[Sigmet-officers] JL feedback on the latest Google doc

[Judit Bar-Ilan]

Dear All,
If ASIST does not provide us with a submission website, we can apply for an
account on the easychair conference system. It is free and quite widely
used, and rather easy to set up (http://www.easychair.org/). There are many
other free conference submission and reviewing systems, but this is the one
I am most acquainted with. ASIST uses the START system, which is not free.
Regards,
Judit

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> Subject: [Sigmet-officers] Paper contest: JL feedback on the latest
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> Dear all,
> ?
> Here is my feedback on the latest draft of the Google doc:
> (1)?? Initial paragraph: We have omitted to describe anything about
> ourselves or refer the reader to our Web-site; conferences often do one or
> both of these.
> (2)?? Selection -> There will be up to 3 winners: I responded to this in my
> feedback on point (1), posted to this list earlier today.
> (3)?? Selection -> These experts will place emphasis on originality of
> presented concept(s), place emphasis on originality of presented concept(s),
> applicability to the qualification criteria set forth, practical
> applications of the concept, and suitability for presentation at the ASIS&T
> Meeting: Whilst it may be useful to specify the selection criteria I think
> that any the selection criteria should be fully debated in this list.? As a
> full discussion will add to the number of ongoing issues and could delay the
> announcement of this contest, I suggest that we omit this sentence from the
> initial call, but add a section on this to subsequent calls once we have
> reached a consensus.?
> (4)?? Prizes-> each winner: If we adopt the approach in my feedback on
> point (1), posted to this list earlier today, we would need to change our
> reference to ?each winner?.?
> (5)?? Prizes -> first paragraph: As I see it we are unlikely to get more
> from ASIS&T than the amount we asked for, so it is important that the total
> cost does not exceed the amount for which Cassidy applied.
> (6)?? Prizes -> The selected winner will be notified via e-mail and will be
> expected to present their paper at the SIGMET Workshop at the 2011 ASIS&T
> annual conference, where a formal recognition of the winner and presentation
> of the award will be made.? Award winners will be required to sign a
> presenter agreement. The SIG/MET reserves the right, at its discretion, to
> not to present an award: I am not happy about this requirement for two
> reasons: (a) we are not offering to fund the attendance of the workshop, so
> how can we penalize a strong candidate for not having the funds to attend
> and (b) it is not certain that we will be holding a workshop, as this we
> have not received approval (to quote Dietmar ?we won't know before late June
> if it's accepted?).
> (7)?? Format: We have not stipulated the expected length of the
> submissions; typically conference submissions do so
> (8)?? Submission and Deadline -> The research should be original works and
> has not been submitted to or published by other conferences (but not ASIS&T)
> or journals by the time it is submitted: I responded to this in my feedback
> on point (2), posted to this list earlier today.
> (9)?? Submission and Deadline -> April 30, 2011: I responded to this in my
> feedback on point (4), posted to this list earlier today.
> (10) Submission and Deadline: We have omitted to describe the procedure for
> submitting (it would be very helpful if ASIS&T could set up a site for
> receiving our submissions ? does anyone know if this is possible?);
> typically conferences provide this.
> ?
> Best regards,
> Jonathan.
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Judit Bar-Ilan
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