[Sigifp-l] Chair Fall 2006 Letter

[John Gathegi]

      2006 Annual Meeting Knocks

Dear SIG-IFP Members, the year has come to a close and in less than two 
weeks we meet in Austin, Texas. The SIG-IFP Planning meeting will be on 
Tuesday November 7 from 3:00 p.m. to 4:00 p.m. in Room 1.  I hope to see 
many of you there, and to share ideas that will strengthen your SIG as 
we go into 2007. We will also be entertaining ideas for papers and panel 
topics for the 2007 Meeting.

This time slot has a conflict with a panel that some members might want 
to attend, and so we are also planning to have a dutch-treat lunch "get 
together" on Wednesday November 8 at 12:00 p.m., to get to know each 
other and update those who might not be able to make the planning 
meeting. We will have a lunch sign-up sheet on the message board, and 
hope to have many takers.


      Tom Lipinski to Chair SIG-IFP!

Please join me in welcoming Tom Lipinski as the incoming SIG Chair! Tom 
is an Associate Professor in the School of Information Studies at the 
University of  Wisconsin-Milwaukee and serves as Co-Director of the 
school's Center for Information Policy Research.  Welcome Tom!


      Paneling and Rocking in '06!

We are very excited to be working with various SIG's to bring you 
several panels at this year's meeting:

In collaboration with SIG-III: "Life After WSIS: Lessons Learnt and 
Implications for the Information Professions". The panelists include:

Leslie Chan, Bioline Int'l and University of Toronto at Scarborough; 
Robert Guerra, Privaterra; Sheri Webber, Florida State University; and 
Johannes Britz, University of Wisconsin-Milwaukee.

Nadia Caidi (University of Toronto) and John Gathegi (Florida State 
University) will moderate.

The panel takes place on Tuesday November 7, 2006 at 1:45 p.m.  

 

In collaboration with SIG-SI and SIG-CRIT:  "Anarchists, Pirates, 
Ideologists & Disasters: New Digital Trends and Their Impacts". The 
panelists include:

Pnina Shachaf; Noriko Hara; Kristin Eschenfelder; Abby Goodrum; Lori 
Cooke Scott; Kalpana Shankar; Muzaffer Ozakca; and Alice Robbin.

The panel is on Tuesday November 7, 2006 at 5:00 p.m.

 
In collaboration with SIG- III, SIG-USE, SIG-MED, and SIG-CRIT: 
 "Information Realities of HIV/AIDS Information in Sub-Saharan Africa: 
Barriers and Challenges to Information Professionals".  The panelists 
include:

Kingo Mohombu; Rosemary Kabugo; Renee Schoombee; and Modou Fall Sall.

This panel will be on Wednesday November 8, 2006 at 8:30 a.m. Kendra 
Albright (Sheffield, UK) will moderate.

THREE panels that should be very interesting!


       


      SIG Web Site Moved to Milwaukee!

In the past few months, the SIG-IFP web site moved from the College of 
Information at Florida State University to the University of Wisconsin 
at Milwaukee, where it is hosted by the School of Information Studies. 
The link to the website in the SIG list is in the process of being 
updated. Watch out for more information on this.


       


      Adios!

As I indicated in my previous Chair Letter, I have really enjoyed 
working with all those who volunteered their time working with SIG-IFP 
and I look forward to more collaboration in the future, both within and 
outside the SIG. Best wishes and good luck!

___________________________
John N. Gathegi, PhD, JD
SIG-IFP Chair
Associate Professor
College of Information
Florida State University
Tallahassee, FL32306
850-644-8104

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