[Sigiii-l] Change in schedule for global Plaza

[Aaron Bowen]

Dear SIG III members and friends,

I just wanted to offer a quick correction concerning the Global Plaza.  
It is still on November 7th, but has been moved to 3:30 PM from 5:00 
PM.  I hope that time works for everyone and that you can all join us at 
the Plaza.  As I'm sure you all know, the theme of the Plaza is trust 
in information, a discussion of which we have begun on the SIG III Blog:

http://www.neasist.org/icisc/blog/

Thanks, and see you all in Austin!

Aaron Bowen
SIG III Blog administrator
Moderator, Global Information Village Plaza
asb01 at myuw.net


Nadia Caidi <nadia.caidi at utoronto.ca> wrote:

      Dear SIG III members and friends,

      The 2006 annual meeting of ASIST is upon us. We hope to see many 
of you
      at the meeting. Please come to meet the SIG III officers at the 
various
      events. We will be at the SIG Cabinet meeting, the Reception on 
Sunday,
      at the SIG Rush, at the Alumni Reception, the International 
Reception,
      the Awards luncheon, at the Global Plaza session, etc.

      Also pencil in the three sessions organized or co-organized by SIG 
III:

      * Tue Nov 7, 1;45PM; Life After WSIS: Lessons Learned and 
Implications
      for The Information Professions (in conjunction with SIG IFP).

      * Tue Nov 7, 5PM: 4th Global Information Village Plaza, Personal 
and
      Professional Trust in Information in the 21st Century.

      * Wed Nov 8, 8:30AM: Information Realities of HIV/AIDS Information 
in
      Sub-Saharan Africa: Barriers and Challenges to Information 
Professionals
      (with SIG USE, MED, IFP, and CRIT).

      Finally, and as usual, there will be two business meetings of the 
SIG
      III at the conference ( along with free pizza!). Even if (or 
rather
      especially if) you are not a current SIG III officer, but you want 
to
      get involved in our dynamic team, come to the meetings (details 
below).
      Duncan Omole, our next year's Chair will be delighted to add you 
to the
      roster of sig iii members.

      Attached to this email is the most recent draft of the agenda for 
the
      SIG III meetings in Austin. FYI, two meetings will be held: one on
      Monday, November 6, 5-6:20pm, and the other on Tuesday, November 
7,
      6:30-8pm. We will forward the location of the meetings as soon as 
we get
      them.

      In the meantime, please take a look at the agenda. If there is 
anything
      that you would like to add, please let us know asap.

      Also, fyi, here is a list of SIG III attendees for this annual 
meeting.
      We note with regret the absence of so many longstanding members 
and
      mentors: Sue Johnson, Michel Menou, Yin Zhang, Bahaa El Hadidy, 
Norman
      Horrocks, Liwen vaughan and a few others. They will be sorely 
missed.
      But we also have a great slate of dedicated officers present, so 
we look
      forward to meeting you all there!

      2006 SIG III Officers in attendance:
      - Duncan Omole (Chair, 2006-2007)
      - Toni Carbo
      - Aaron Bowen
      - Yunfei Du
      - Julian Warner
      - Caryn Anderson
      - Kate Johnson
      - Judy Jeng
      - Hong Cui
      - Vika Kravchyna
      - Aditya Nugraha from Indonesia
      - Zhang Chengyu from China
      - Yashwant G Kanade from India
      - Praveen Kumar Jain from India
      - Nadia Caidi

      See you soon!
      Nadia