Dear AIRhearts, I am sure these won't be my LAST last words, but I just wanted to say how honoured and proud I am to have been your host here in Vancouver. It is like having a party at your home and seeing the guests enjoying themselves and going away with the fun that they have created between themselves. The magic of co-presence, perhaps. I have a glow on. LUNCH The conference has gone very well - with the exception of the weather, I'm afraid - and in almost every case where something wasn't quite right it was a simple thing that I had forgotten or not thought about (e.g., titles for the keynote speakers!). Your staying power (almost all of the Saturday afternoon sessions are either full or half full) is a credit to your dedication to the field and each other, even if it is stressing my catering predictive powers (I am sorry if you didn't get a sandwich at lunch). While your kind words have been much appreciated, I am also quite happy to hear about things that HAVEN'T gone well and will try to fix anything I can. RECYCLING I hope you will all recycle your badge holders and bags. I don't imagine that everyone will do so, but everyone who does reduces our planetary impact a little bit. I have chosen "year neutral" text on the bags, so you can do even better than recycling by reusing it at next year's conference. We will be bundling the ones we collect up and sending them to Copenhagen, and I hope that a "last year's badge/ bag" becomes a badge of honour (ahem) in future conferences. Perhaps we can "create a tradition" in this way. TRAVEL Have a safe trip home. Let me know if there is anything I can do to help you in your departure/travel plans. I shall be here in the building until at least 6pm. ...r -- Richard Smith, Professor, School of Communication Simon Fraser University, 515 West Hastings Street, Vancouver, CANADA V6B 5K3 New phone number: +1 778 782 5116 Web: http://www.sfu.ca/~smith/ Skype - callto://richard_k_smith New book: http://arago.cprost.sfu.ca/smith/mawc
Dear all as outgoing President, can I take this opportunity to tell everyone what a great job Richard did, and Mia also as program chair. Massively good conference from what I can see and looking forward to next year's conference in.... *strangled cry as Charles takes over* Matt Dr Matthew Allen Associate Professor Internet Studies Curtin University of Technology, CRICOS 00301J Australia m.allen@curtin.edu.au http://smi.curtin.edu.au/netstudies/allen.htm <https://email.curtin.edu.au/exchweb/bin/redir.asp?URL=http://smi.curtin.edu.au/netstudies/allen.htm> +61 8 92663511 (v) +61 8 9266 3166 (f) President, Association of Internet Researchers http://www.aoir.org <https://email.curtin.edu.au/exchweb/bin/redir.asp?URL=http://www.aoir.org/>
Hear hear! (In regard to the part about the conference being wonderful, kudos to Richard, Mia and many, many volunteers, sponsors and supporters, not to the part about Charles, I may be out of earshot.) It is also a good moment to thank the members of the outgoing executive committee for their hard work and to thank the incoming members and wish them good luck. I am knocked out by the degree to which people have taken up the AoIR flag and put in much effort, energy and enthusiasm, and I hope that the association will continue to evolve as its members see fit and set forth with ideas and actions. Sj On Oct 20, 2007, at 7:03 PM, Matthew Allen wrote:
Dear all
as outgoing President, can I take this opportunity to tell everyone what a great job Richard did, and Mia also as program chair. Massively good conference from what I can see and looking forward to next year's conference in.... *strangled cry as Charles takes over*
Matt
Dr Matthew Allen Associate Professor Internet Studies Curtin University of Technology, CRICOS 00301J Australia m.allen@curtin.edu.au http://smi.curtin.edu.au/netstudies/allen.htm <https:// email.curtin.edu.au/exchweb/bin/redir.asp?URL=http:// smi.curtin.edu.au/netstudies/allen.htm> +61 8 92663511 (v) +61 8 9266 3166 (f) President, Association of Internet Researchers http://www.aoir.org <https://email.curtin.edu.au/exchweb/bin/redir.asp?URL=http:// www.aoir.org/>
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