I think the click on donation is key. as a lifetime member award winner, I'm going to join Monica and others in contributing what would have been my annual dues to the graduate student fund.
Thank you Jeremy . This is a wonderful tought and a great action of yours :) I am learning how to develop (smile) "the Murero's found for students and researchers with no money " :-) But please, do not come to me and ask for money, because I have not anymore!! I will do my best to convince the exec and AoIR to destinate a generous amount EVERY year to the found :-)) Being the new Treasurer, I hope I can be persuasive and convince that great group of people (...see, I am working here :-) ! There are many creative ways to make MORE people access the conference like rotate venues, and also negotiating affordable hotels deals, or flight+hotel stays, a direction I am working towards at the moment within the exec, as promised at the AGM. I plan to organize some fund raising as well. I will be back as soon as I learn how to do it in practice ;-) ...now dealing with the international bureaucracy... I guess I will be back one of these years ! but we'll do it, I promise. Let's see together where this goes to...we really need *your help* to make it happen. Aoir's are great people ! cheers from Florence (Italy) Monica ================================================================ Prof. Monica Murero, PhD Director, E-Life International Institute, Professor in Communication and Media Integration MICC, Center of Excellence for Media Integration and Communication Treasurer of the Association of Internet Researchers (AoIR) - Executive Board University of Florence Largo de Gasperi, 1 - 50137 Firenze (Italy) Tel. + 390 55 4237401 Fax + 390 55 4237400 or +390 550 5187 29 Website http://www.micc.unifi.it E-mail: monica.murero@unifi.it http://www.aoir.org/?q=node/133 http://www.captaindoc.com/interviews/interviews12.html ----- Original Message ----- From: "Jeremy Hunsinger" <jhuns@vt.edu> To: <air-l@listserv.aoir.org> Sent: Wednesday, October 26, 2005 12:55 AM Subject: Re: [Air-l] Chicago Follow-Up - late response (as usual)
I think the click on donation is key. as a lifetime member award winner, I'm going to join Monica and others in contributing what would have been my annual dues to the graduate student fund. It might take us a few years, but if people contribute money explicitly for this purpose, we can in the end create some sort of annuity that either sustains the graduate student award system or expands it. I also agree with Denise, Matt's points are a key strategy and Denise's idea is a way to get things done in the long term. On Oct 25, 2005, at 6:42 PM, Denise N. Rall wrote:
Dear Air-ers -
Regarding AoIR follow-up I thought perhaps the comments from Matt Allen were quite pertinent and realized that only those at the meeting might have heard them.
In further discussion of how to sponsor more graduate students to the meetings (always a worry) Matt raised an excellent point:
Putting together ALL of our extra funds that could be solicited from members' generousity would only support airfare for one or (at most) two graduate students.
Matt pointed out that by moving the conference AROUND the world, AoIR has facilitated the attendance and participation of many more graduate students in the conference vicinity than could be supported by a fellowship/scholarship/sponsorship.
My contribution at the meeting was that the conference registration form could include a $10 or $25 dollar button for donations to graduate students or prizes. Also a button for purchase of a tee shirt, giving the exec some heads-up about tee shirt numbers.
Ok, I know that all of these things take effort and time and especially an expenditure for those who are thinking of attending in Australia.
I'm excited to see AoIR come to Australia and I hope many members make the jump and come and see us 'down under.'
Cheers, Denise
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