Well, this is a pilot program just to gauge interest. I think this is a great idea - since internet studies is so inherently interdisciplinary, it's nice to have a student forum for organizing this kind of collaboration. Joshua Joshua Raclaw - PhD student Department of Linguistics University of Colorado at Boulder Quoting elw@stderr.org: * * * 1) What, exactly, does the exec have in mind? * * 2) Wouldn't it have been a good idea to discuss the formation of such a * group on the air-grad list *first*, to see if there's interest in it? * (I haven't seen any such discussion, which is why I'm asking...) * * --elijah * * * On Mon, 20 Mar 2006, Ted M Coopman wrote: * * > Date: Mon, 20 Mar 2006 09:43:41 -0800 (PST) * > From: Ted M Coopman <coopman@u.washington.edu> * > Reply-To: air-l@listserv.aoir.org * > To: air-l@listserv.aoir.org * > Subject: [Air-l] CFP: Graduate Student Research Group * > * > Hello All, * > * > I am happy to announce the formation of the Association of Internet * > Researchers Graduate Student Research Group (AoIR-GSRG) and a call for * > participants. * > * > The purpose of the GSRG is to recruit graduate student members of AoIR * > who wish to take a more active role in the association. GSRG members * > would agree to serve one year as part of a pool of volunteers from which * > specific Graduate Student Research Teams (GSRT) would be drawn. GSRT * > participation would be on a voluntary basis. Individual teams would be * > tasked with a research project that would benefit the association and * > its members. The AoIR Executive Committee would determine the projects, * > the scope, and the disposition of the research performed. The rationale * > is that the association and its members can make better decisions with * > accurate information on topics of interest. More details on potential * > projects are below. * > * > It is envisioned that any project would be distributed among team * > members so that the time commitment would be on par with an average * > research paper or less. * > * > Members wanting to serve for more than one year may be renewed at the * > discretion of the Graduate Student Representative to the Executive * > Committee who acts as overall project coordinator. * > * > Teams are largely self-managing, but will be required to submit research * > plans and meet specific deadlines. The Executive, through the Graduate * > Student Representative, would work collaboratively with each team to * > ensure that projects are successfully completed within the terms * > originally approved by the Executive. * > * > GSRG and GSRT members will be recognized by the association at the * > annual conference, receive tasteful certificates (suitable for framing) * > and most of all the gratitude of the Executive Committee and the * > association. Service for AoIR in this way provides a significant credit * > to members' vitae and valuable experience working in a * > multi-disciplinary, distributed research team. In many cases, data and * > results will be made available to GSRT members for their own use in * > publications or presentations if they so desire. * > * > It is the hope of the Exec that the experience will help reinforce the * > concept of the association as a field for action and interaction, and * > build strong ties across geography, disciplines, and outside of thematic * > interest areas. * > * > GSRG applicants must be a graduate student and a paid member of AoIR. * > * > Interested graduate students should contact Ted M. Coopman, Graduate * > Student Representative, at coopman@u.washington.edu. * > * > * > Project Details Please note that all protocols concerning ethical * > research methods and the protection of personal data will be strictly * > adhered to. In the case of AoIR member information, all identifying * > data will be stripped out prior to any release to a GSRT. * > * > Students who favor social scientific as well as humanistic approaches * > are welcome. * > * > Research approaches could include both qualitative and quantitative * > methods or (more likely) a combination of both. Potential projects * > would include analyzing data that would give the Exec more accurate * > information on the demographic make-up of AoIR membership and/or * > conference participants (disciplines, affiliation, nationalities, etc.), * > identification of Internet related graduate programs, and creation of * > annotated subject related multi-disciplinary bibliographies to name a * > few. The research would result in professional-practice publications * > that would be available via the AoIR website some of which will be * > exclusively for AoIR members. * > * > This initial effort is a pilot program to see if there is sufficient * > interest in participation, the ability to execute association directed * > tasks, and the quality/utility of results. * > * > Sincerely, * > * > -TED * > * > Ted M. Coopman * > AoIR Graduate Student Representative * > Department of Communication * > University of Washington * > * > * > * > _______________________________________________ * > The air-l@listserv.aoir.org mailing list * > is provided by the Association of Internet Researchers http://aoir.org * > Subscribe, change options or unsubscribe at: * http://listserv.aoir.org/listinfo.cgi/air-l-aoir.org * > * > Join the Association of Internet Researchers: * > http://www.aoir.org/ * > * _______________________________________________ * The air-l@listserv.aoir.org mailing list * is provided by the Association of Internet Researchers http://aoir.org * Subscribe, change options or unsubscribe at: * http://listserv.aoir.org/listinfo.cgi/air-l-aoir.org * * Join the Association of Internet Researchers: * http://www.aoir.org/ *