My Sussex pix are here: http://pix.rafaeli.net/AoIRCOnference2004 (or, for the DNS challenged, try http://gsb.haifa.ac.il/~sheizaf/tmunot/AoIRConference2004/ ) On absenteeism -- I too am unhappy with very-late cancellations. But am reminded these are people. Hundreds of them. One can expect a certain percentage of unexpected developments. We did have over 40 cancellations before the last draft of the program went out. Then about two dozen more during the last week. I think only one or two sessions had to be cancelled without advance notice (that makes for 1%!) My experience with other conferences (including HICSS, ICA, ICIS, APA, Academy of Management) is that our rate of no-shows (around 10-15%) is on par, or even better. Given the European venue, participation from several dozen countries, and the absence of a traditionally set date (like US memorial day for ICA, or second week in August like APA), I think we are doing fine. Sheizaf Prof. Sheizaf Rafaeli Center for the Study of the Information Society and the Graduate School of Business University of Haifa. Tel +972-4-8249578 sheizaf@rafaeli.net http://sheizaf.rafaeli.net Si fractum non sit, noli id reficere.
-----Original Message----- From: Nancy Baym [mailto:nbaym@ku.edu] Sent: Sunday, September 26, 2004 4:23 AM To: air-l@aoir.org Subject: [Air-l] conference pix?
I noticed an awful lot of camera flashes flashing throughout the Sussex conference (kind of funny, I thought, for a crowd prone to presenting papers on the dangers of the surveillance society). If any of you post them to the web can you please let me or the list know?
Thanks, Nancy
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