[Sig-l] ASIS&T Chapter & SIG wiki

[Caryn Anderson]

Dear SIG and Chapter Leaders,

As was mentioned at Annual Meeting in Milwaukee, we have created a wiki 
for SIGs and Chapters (http://www.asis.org/wiki/chapters-sigs/) because:
      * It will give each chapter and SIG a space to have their own
wiki pages without having to create and maintain their own wiki
software.
      * It will allow chapters and SIGs to easily collaborate on
projects with other groups, including planning panels for Annual Meeting 
or regional events.
      * It might be a good place to hold the Annual Reports (all
members of a chapter can work on the report in one place and then
chapters and SIGs can learn from each other and get new ideas or ask
for help from another chapter). Although I know we are working on 
streamlining that process.
      * It will allow us to update general reference documents quickly
as we develop new procedures or ideas to make things run more smoothly.

We encourage you to explore the wiki and create as many additional
pages as you like to help you facilitate the activities of your
Chapter or SIG and learn from the activities of others.

There is a Wiki FAQ linked from the home page
(http://www.asis.org/wiki/chapters-sigs/index.php/ASIST_Chapters-SIGs_Wi
ki_FAQ) that will introduce you to the wiki and how to use it. There are
also extra links at the bottom and top of the home page to help
you.

If you are looking for examples of use, the New England chapter has
posted their Annual Report, the International Information Issues SIG
is using it for planning their InfoShare procedures, and we've created
a page for the Annual Reports and Awards Submission
Project/Conversation that we started at the Chapter Leaders Breakfast
at Annual Meeting (under Chapters > Reference and All Chapters Area).
Amy Wallace sent an email about it a while ago and we've posted
that email on the page and you can just "edit" the page to add your
comments about the various points (Caryn already started in the "how
should we share this information" section).

Please let us know if you have any questions about, comments on,
problems with or ideas for the wiki. It's for you, so if something
would make it better for you, we can make it so (probably).

All our best for the holiday season,

Caryn Anderson, Membership Chair
Beata Panagopolous, Chapter Assembly Director
Amy Wallace, Deputy Chapter Assembly Director
KT Vaughan, SIG Cabinet Director
Shelley Warwick, Deputy SIG Cabinet Director


Caryn Anderson
Doctoral Studies Program Manager
GSLIS, Simmons College
300 The Fenway, P-310H
Boston, MA  02115
caryn.anderson at simmons.edu
617.521.2829
http://www.simmons.edu/gslis/doctoral/