Perhaps that is the very thing we should talk about - is the mailing list still the best environment for discussion, or has it become largely a technology (in academia anyway) of information? I'm on a bunch of academic mailing lists, but the conversation is usually CFPs, job ads and sometimes requests for help. Discussion is rare - and Air-L is one of the most 'discuss-y' of those I'm on even then. I discuss things all the time pertaining to AOIR... face-to-face, on Twitter... on Facebook... on blogs (or via reading others' blogs)... in forums... and in email too - but less so. Email once felt like a dynamic medium, now it doesn't really. I'm not saying we 'take it all to Twitter' or blogs, that'd be madness, as I think the list is still incredibly useful but maybe we ought to think about whether our discussion can thrive elsewhere as well? -----Original Message----- From: air-l-bounces@listserv.aoir.org [mailto:air-l-bounces@listserv.aoir.org] On Behalf Of Jeremy hunsinger Sent: 31 May 2013 16:14 To: air-l@listserv.aoir.org Subject: Re: [Air-L] Let's talk about AoIR. aside from the conference and submission system, are there other significant cultural/structural questions that we should think about in regards to AoIR? or is the conference the main issue? I think one of the issue is that the conference has become the main issue, and the list has basically changed from a fairly dynamic one, to a fairly circumscribed announcement list with a little discussion instead of being, as it once was, a sort of intellectual heart that drives the conference. So for me, I'd say list-culture and perhaps other AoIR media cultures need some intervention to transform them toward a more integrative and enabling structure. That's always been one of my concerns though... I'm wondering what non-conference related matters are out there? _______________________________________________ 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/