See in-line comments. Ted M. Coopman Department of Communication University of Washington On Mon, 20 Mar 2006, Jeremy Hunsinger wrote:
I have a few questions:
What sort of things are to be produced?
Currently, we are trying to get a better picture on who attends the conferences. Please see the list of potential projects in the CFP.
What is this new organizational structure's relationship to AoIR working groups?
No specific relationship. These are more ad hoc.
Is AoIR going to become some sort of research consultancy, where AoIR produces research instead of the members producing research?
No. I don't know where this question is coming from. Please refer to the terms in the CFP.
What is the audience of this research?
This depends on the project. Mainly the exec, secondly the membership, lastly the general population interested in internet research. will it be vetted? by whom? The exec and members that the exec may tap with specific expertise.
Who decides who gets to be on which project, given the natural tendency for some projects to be more interesting than others?
Anyone who qualifies (a student and a member) wants to participate in s GSRT will be able to, so it's self-selection. Many hands make light work. In the case of topics that may not seem interesting I will likely ask people to step up. I have faith that those who volunteer for the GSRG will during the year feel obligated to be a member of a GSRT. Overall, I will manage the project as Grad rep.
How does this fit with the mission and bylaws?
Looks like it fits right in there to me, do you have some specific concerns that this project steps out-of-bounds in specific or in general? -TED
On Mar 20, 2006, at 4:08 PM, elw@stderr.org wrote:
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
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