[Sigcr-l] Proposals for SIG/CR panels for next year's conference

[Joseph Tennis]

Barbara:

I don't see anything official about limitations on the conference  
submission guidelines website.

On 13-Nov-06, at 3:52 PM, Barbara Kwasnik wrote:

> Final issue: ideas for panels for next year.
>
> In the past, SIG/CR has been very prolific in submitting ideas for
> panels, but I understand that there will be more limitations on number
> of panels per SIG (Joe, did you find out anything more about this?).
> Here's how the process works:
> 1. A person takes on organizing a panel and outlines the topic
> 2.Organizer chooses potential presenters and gets their tentative
> approval. If the panel will be co-sponsored it's sometimes the  
> custom to
> reserve at least one of the speakers to be suggested by the  
> cooperating
> SIG if they wish.
> 3. Organizer submits panel description according to specs to SIG/CR
> vice-president/presidentn elect who forwards them to the Conference
> Program Committee. I'm not sure the submission process still goes this
> way, but that's how it was in the past.
> 4. SIG/CR VP contacts the counterpart in other SIGs to get approval  
> for
> co-sponsoring. Often this requires nothing more of the co-sponsors
> except an OK, or perhaps the suggestion of a speaker or adjustment to
> the proposal. As a rule, ASIST likes co-sponsored SIG Panels and you
> stand a better chance of acceptance if that is the case.
> 5. Panel is accepted or rejected by program committee.
> 6. If accepted, Organizer submits an abstract and info. about speakers
> by the deadline.
> 7. Organizer coordinates the panel at the conference (often, but not
> necessarily, as moderator or as one of the speakers)
> 8. SIG/CR gives Organizer a BIG pat on the back.
>
> So, on to ideas for next year. As far as I know, we have only one thus
> far. Usually we spend some time at the planning meeting brainstorming,
> but this year we used up our time discussing all the other pressing
> issues.
>
> The one suggestion is to have a reprise of Joseph Busch's panels on
> "Classification in Everyday Life." He said he'd be willing to organize
> them again. The two sessions we had were well attended, and those who
> spoke to us commented that they liked the mix of practitioner and
> academic perspectives. I personally thought they were very interesting
> sessions and was surprised by how much I learned from the guys doing
> classification work "in the trenches." Thanks for a great pair of
> session, Joseph. Barring any objections, I think we can proceed with
> this panel idea, so it's over to you Joseph to get that going.
>
> Meanwhile, any other ideas?
> Follow-up work on social tagging for instance?
>
> I'll collect the ideas and pass them on to our new VP once he/she has
> been elected.
>
> Barbara
>
>
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Joseph T. Tennis, PhD
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