March 17, 2003 Report of the a(o).i.r. executive committee Prepared by Steve Jones AoIR Executive Committee President: Steve Jones Vice-President: Nancy Baym Secretary: Ulla Bunz Treasurer: Benjamin Bates Open Seats: David Silver and Barry Wellman Appointed Seats: Matthew Allen and Leslie Shade Student Seat: Lisbeth Klastrup Publications Officers: Jeremy Hunsinger and Charlie Breindahl 2003 Conference Chair: Liss Jeffrey 2003 Conference Program Co-Chairs: Matthew Allen and David Mitchell Ethics Working Group Chair: Charles Ess Elections Working Group Chair: Mia Consalvo Net Resources Working Group Chair: Charlie Breindahl 1. Introduction & General (Jones) Below is the monthly report from AoIR executive committee members. If you aren't reading this...well, you ought to be. I know it can get lengthy, and it can get detailed, but it's the single best way to know what AoIR is up to, and to find ways to get involved with it (in any number of ways from contacting the people who report to volunteering to work on something you see mentioned to making suggestions to...). 2. Executive Officers' Reports 2.1 President (Jones) 2.1.1 Several important matters are coming up that I urge AoIR members to attend to. One is a vote on a dues increase, information about it will be sent in an email to members. Another very important matter is that of upcoming elections for AoIR executive offices. A call for nominations will soon be distributed, and I urge you to consider running for office. 2.2 Vice President (Baym) 2.2.1 Have been working backstage on arranging future conferences, revising conference planning guide, and generally making sure things continue to go well for the association. 2.3 Secretary (Bunz) 2.3.1 This month on the executive list: . Discussion of the submission process (including discussion of submitter feedback), which resulted in clarification of submission procedures and an extension of the deadline until March 10, as posted to air-l and on the website. . Discussion of the student award details. In conclusion, in order to qualify for the student award a student paper may NOT be co-authored by a faculty. A student must be a student by the time the paper is submitted (but may have graduated by the time the paper is presented). Two students may submit a collaborative paper. Student papers not submitted for the award need not comply with these criteria. . The ethics committee shared a list of potential additions to the committee. Overall, the executive committee was supportive of the candidates. . Program chair Matt Allen submitted a list of issues to be discussed and possibly be improved upon for next year's conference/program organizing. . Specific reviewing issues were delegated to Matt Allen and air-con, which is now active. 2.4 Treasurer (Bates) 2.4.1 Keeping up with memberships, and trying to follow air-exec. 2.5 Open Seats (Silver, Wellman) 2.5.1 Silver: I've spent most of my time trying to catch up with the whirlwind that is conference planning, proposal submissions, etc. AIR 4.0 promises to be a great conference. 2.5.2 Wellman: Working on special events for the October conference in Toronto. Giving quondum advice on Exec committee. Working with student collaborators in prepping papers for Toronto October conference. 2.6 Appointed Seats (Allen, Shade) 2.6.1 Allen: No report. 2.6.2 Shade: Nothing to report. Except reminded Canadians about the AOIR deadline. 2.7 Student Seat (Klastrup) 2.7.1 Nothing to report. 2.8 Publications Officers (Hunsinger, Breindahl) 2.8.1 Hunsinger: Swamped in conference stuff, looks like everyone is taken care of in terms of submissions, thanks for everyone's patience and good will. 2.8.2 Breindahl: I have monitored our e-mail distribution lists and maintained aoir.org. 2.9 2003 Conference (Liss Jeffrey, Chair; Matthew Allen, David Mitchell, Program Co-Chairs) 2.9.1 Jeffrey (with her team: Katherine Parrish, Jason Nolan, Alex Kuskis, and steering committee chair Barry Wellman): Nothing to report. 2.9.2 Mitchell: Nothing to report. 2.10 AoIR Ethics Working Group (Charles Ess, Chair) 2.10.1 The ethics working committee has approved several new members to fill vacancies resulting from general attrition (resignations to pursue other projects, etc.). The new members are Maria Bakardjieva, Janne Bromseth, Radhika Gajjala, Takanori Tamura, Michele White. Our committee will move forward on taking up new ethical concerns not addressed in the current ethics statement, as well as expand the national/cultural perspectives included in our approach to such ethical issues. Suggestions from the AoIR membership - including relatively detailed accounts based on researchers' own recent work - for what issues, problems,challenges, etc., we might consider are welcome! 2.11 AoIR Research Annual Working Group (Mia Consalvo, Chair) 2.11.1 This past month the working group sent out invitations to over 30 potential contributors to the volume. Response was very positive, and most agreed to contribute. The committee also discussed how to organize the book, opting for a thematic focus, with papers within each theme organized by conference year. We also agreed to have section introductions and a history of aoir included in the volume. We are also working with the publisher, beginning the paperwork necessary to move things along, and waiting now for completed manuscripts to arrive. Once manuscripts come in, they will be sent out to the publisher for copyediting. 2.12 AoIR Net Resources Working Group (Charlie Breindahl, Chair) 2.12.1 There has been no activity in the 'Net WG. ------------------------------------end of executive committee report------------------------------ The Association of Internet Researchers is a scholarly association dedicated to the advancement of the cross-disciplinary field of Internet studies. It is a resource and support network promoting critical and scholarly Internet research independent from traditional disciplines and existing across academic borders. The association is international in scope. The association's web site is at http://www.aoir.org. Membership information is available at http://aoir.org/airjoin.html