[Sig-l] Scheduling of SIG workshops for 07

[Richard Hill]

What I posted is really a primary principle of operation.  Details of
implementation have not been fully considered yet, in part so SIGs could
voice their thoughts.

Dick

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Richard B. Hill
Executive Director
American Society for Information Science and Technology
1320 Fenwick Lane, Suite 510
Silver Spring, MD  20910
Fax: (301) 495-0810
Voice: (301) 495-0900 

> -----Original Message-----
> From: KRISTIN R ESCHENFELDER [mailto:eschenfelder at wisc.edu]
> Sent: Thursday, October 26, 2006 12:56 PM
> To: Richard Hill
> Cc: sig-l at asis.org; board at asis.org; nhara at indiana.edu
> Subject: Re: [Sig-l] Scheduling of SIG workshops for 07
> 
> Greeting Dick
> 
> I understand the need to move SIG pre con events to _after_ the
> conference.  My question is, will these post conference events be
> allowed to price themselves to "break even" rather than generating a
> return to ASIST? Or will all pre and post con events be required to
> generate a return to ASIST?  Can you please provide clarification of
> this point?
> 
> Background:
> SIG SI (in collaboration with other SIGs) intends to continue offering
> annual or biannual pre/post con research symposium where researchers can
> disseminate work in progress (e.g., shorter papers).  An increase in
> costs would discourage attendance at our events and particularly
> attendance by cash starved PhD students.
> 
> Respectfully yours,
> 
> Kristin
> 
> Kristin Eschenfelder
> Associate Professor
> School of Library and Information Studies
> University of Wisconsin-Madison
> eschenfelder at wisc.edu
> 1-608-263-2105
> http://slisweb.lis.wisc.edu/~kreschen
> 
> ----- Original Message -----
> From: "Mikel (Micki) Breitenstein" <mikel.breitenstein at verizon.net>
> Date: Wednesday, October 25, 2006 4:52 pm
> Subject: Re: [Sig-l] Scheduling of SIG workshops for 07
> To: Richard Hill <rhill at asis.org>, sig-l at asis.org, board at asis.org
> 
> > Dick -- Thanks for this very interesting message -- I don't think
> > SIG-CR, one of the traditional workshop groups, ever had a role in
> > pricing.... not to my knowledge. I agree that these need to be
> > priced to support themeselves and be worth it to ASIST for all the
> > many costs, and also wonder why they are being held by so many all
> > of a sudden.  These are costly efforts. How did those very low
> > prices get set?  Why are so many running a workshop? It's a lot of
> > work! Did they get ASIST approval?
> >
> > I think I can speak for SIG-CR that we consider the pre-con
> > workshops to be a serious commitment by the SIG and by ASIST and to
> > of course require a payment by participants -- determined by ASIST -
> > - that suits ASIST and in the case of for-profit providers, to
> > cover their costs.
> >
> > Thanks, Micki Breitenstein   SIG-CR Board Member
> >
> > >From: Richard Hill <rhill at asis.org>
> > >Date: 2006/10/25 Wed PM 02:29:06 CDT
> > >To: sig-l at asis.org, board at asis.org
> > >Subject: [Sig-l] Scheduling of SIG workshops for 07
> >
> > >At the '05 Annual meeting there were two pre cons sponsored by
> > SIGs (CR and
> > >USE).  This year (AM 06) there are seven:
> > >
> > >* Shaping Things to Come - Daser Summit III and Tri Society
> > Symposium ($85)
> > >* SIG CR 16th Annual Classification Research Workshop: Social
> > >Classification: Panacea or Pandora?  ($105)
> > >* Symposia: Interrogating the Social Realities of Information and
> > >Communications Systems (SIG SI) ($40)
> > >* Doing Ethnography: Examining ICT Use in Context (SIG SI) ($40)
> > >* Information Realities: Exploring Affective and Emotional Aspects in
> > >Information Seeking and Use:
> > >SIG USE 6th Annual Research Symposium ($80)
> > >* Workshop on Blogs and Wikis:  How They Can Improve Conference
> > >Communications (SIGs BWP & DL) ($40)
> > >* SIG HCI Research Symposium: Human Computer Interaction in
> > Information>Intensive Environments ($45)
> > >
> > >Our desire is not to limit SIG sponsored workshops.  But this is
> > becoming>increasingly challenging, as these sessions complete with
> > our normal
> > >pre-conference offerings: compete in terms of bodies, time, and
> > space (all
> > >of our prices from the hotel are contingent on how much space we
> > require).>And the SIG sessions are frequently configured to compete
> > on a price basis,
> > >with SIG "workshops" being priced and configured only to break
> > even or to
> > >return any surplus to the SIG's projects.  The "normal" pre cons
> > are priced
> > >to provide a return over costs to the society.  In FY '05, the
> > return was
> > >$13,871.
> > >
> > >Hence, for AM 07, it is our intention to have pre cons that are
> > priced to
> > >provide a return to ASIS&T scheduled on the Friday and Saturday
> > preceding>the meeting and to move the SIG Workshops to the Thursday
> > and Friday
> > >following the meeting.
> > >
> > >_____
> > >Richard B. Hill
> > >Executive Director
> > >American Society for Information Science and Technology
> > >1320 Fenwick Lane, Suite 510
> > >Silver Spring, MD  20910
> > >Fax: (301) 495-0810
> > >Voice: (301) 495-0900
> > >
> > >
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