[Asis-l] FW: InfoShare Call for nominations

[Vika Kravchyna]

Apologies for cross posting
 
Dear Colleagues,
 
       The ASIS&T International Information Issues Special Interest Group (SIG III) is pleased to announce that for 2008 we will be able to sponsor another group of deserving information professionals from developing countries for complimentary ASIS&T memberships (the financial burden of which would otherwise be prohibitive).
We are soliciting nominations of candidates for the InfoShare Membership Award.  
 
       Please send recommendations of deserving candidates to Vika Kravchyna (vika.kravchyna[at]airus3d.com) or Caryn Anderson (caryn.anderson[at]simmons.edu). Please include a Curriculum Vitae and a brief description of why this person is deserving of membership, including their willingness to promote ASIS&T within their networks and build relationships between ASIST&T and the national/regional organizations. Awardees will be decided by a vote of the SIG III officers at the end of 2007.
 
       Each membership award will be for one year, with the possibility of renewal for a second year if the new member proves to be a strong advocate for ASIS&T in their home country during the course of the year. Awardees will be asked to submit a report on their activities by next year's Annual Meeting, which may include, but are not limited to:
        
- sharing ASIS&T publications that you receive (the Bulletin of ASIS&T and JASIS&T) with other colleagues
        - promoting the SIG-III paper contest among your colleagues
- serving as a contact/coordinator for ASIS&T members traveling to your area who may be able to speak about ASIS&T and information science
-having the ability to strengthen the relationships between ASIST&T and the national/regional organizations
       - sponsoring lectures on information science topics in your area on behalf of ASIS&T
 
       We look forward to welcoming new members to ASIS&T from across the globe, especially from countries that have never been ASIST members or have limited ASIST membership, with your help.  Please start thinking about candidates among your networks and send your nominations.
 
Thank you and best wishes for the upcoming months and we hope to see you in Milwaukee in October!
 
Vika Kravchyna
Caryn Anderson
InfoShare Program
SIG-III
ASIST
InfoShare page: http://www.asis.org/SIG/SIGIII/index.htm
 
 ASIS&T 2007 (Milwaukee, WI: 18-25 October 2007): 
 http://www.asist.org/conferences.html (conferences page)
 
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