So, we have established that a lot of unpaid work is involved in not only putting a F2F conference together, but also one that includes some elements of virtuality in it. Yes, some of us are feeling guilty, but that still doesn't alleviate the workload that we all have. Where do we go from here? I don't think we need people running cameras per se. What about IChat or Web-Cams in sessions? What I am thinking is the session organizer can try and organize this for his/her session. If we have laptops in every presentation room, we could have IChat or Web-Cams with the laptop and projector. I don't think it is overly complicated (but I could be wrong). Have we considered sponsorship from somewhere? We have had Apple products on display before - would they be willing to contribute either some cash or hardware to the event? We don't know if we don't ask. Anyone with connections? Perhaps we can gather some people who are interested in discussing whether this will work (and if we can afford it) off the list. Even if we start off on a small scale for next year to test this all - like the keynotes or a handful of sessions. What about a call for virtual volunteers who can put some time into this? I will field the "call for virtual volunteers" - to discuss the implementation of virtuality at the next AoIR conference and then we can go from there.....if there are no takers, then that takes care of that. email me tkennedy@netwomen.ca ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ Tracy L.M. Kennedy PhD Candidate and NetLab Research Associate Department. of Sociology University of Toronto, Ontario www.netwomen.ca/Blog tkennedy@netwomen.ca ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~