AoIR-niks might be interested in reading my piece, "CITASA and ICS" about how the special issue relationship can to be -- as the process was quite similar about the AoIR annual special issue in ICS (information, Communication & Society), with Caroline Haythornthwaite quite prominent. It's at http://www.citasa.org/ and then click on the appropriate line. CITASA is the Communication and Information Technologies section of the American Sociological Association. It is slated to become CITAMS as of the ASA's general meeting in August, when Media joins Communication and Information. Barry Wellman _______________________________________________________________________ FRSC INSNA Founder University of Toronto http://www.chass.utoronto.ca/~wellman twitter: @barrywellman NETWORKED:The New Social Operating System. Lee Rainie & Barry Wellman MIT Press http://amzn.to/zXZg39 Print $14 Kindle $9 _______________________________________________________________________