[Sigmet-officers] Webinar
Judit Bar-Ilan
barilaj at mail.biu.ac.il
Sun Jul 31 01:07:20 EDT 2011
Dear All,
I think that visualization is a good topic for the Webinar.
Regards,
Judit
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> 1. Re: nominations committee (Stasa Milojevic)
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> Date: Sat, 30 Jul 2011 18:25:13 -0400
> From: Stasa Milojevic <smilojev at indiana.edu>
> Subject: Re: [Sigmet-officers] nominations committee
> To: sigmet-officers at mail.asis.org
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> Dear Jonathan,
>
> I will serve on the nominations committee.
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> Best,
> Stasa
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> On 7/30/2011 2:56 PM, Jonathan Levitt wrote:
> >
> > *Dear all,*
> >
> > * *
> >
> > *Following on my email regarding the nominations committee, Dietmar
> > has agreed to serve. No-one has replied to my request for volunteers
> > for the nominations committee.*
> >
> > * *
> >
> > *Could someone else please volunteer to serve on the nominations
> > committee so that we can start the election process?*
> >
> > * *
> >
> > *Thanks,*
> >
> > *Jonathan.*
> >
> > --- On *Fri, 22/7/11, Jonathan Levitt /<jonathan at levitt.net>/* wrote:
> >
> >
> > From: Jonathan Levitt <jonathan at levitt.net>
> > Subject: [Sigmet-officers] officers for 2011 to 2112
> > To: "SIG/MET" <sigmet-officers at mail.asis.org>
> > Date: Friday, 22 July, 2011, 13:24
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> > *Hi,*
> >
> > * *
> >
> > *Following on from a posting from Dietmar, I think it is time to
> > begin focusing on electing the officers for 2011 to 2112. *
> >
> > * *
> >
> > *According to the SIG officers manual ?The chair ... serve as
> > chair of the SIG's nominating committee? and ?Candidates for SIG
> > officers should be nominated by a standing committee consisting of
> > the SIG chair and two other SIG members appointed by the chair.? I
> > require two officers to join me on the standing (nominations)
> > committee; who wants to be on this committee?*
> >
> > * *
> >
> > *Jonathan.*
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> Date: Sat, 30 Jul 2011 21:13:44 -0700 (PDT)
> From: Jonathan Levitt <jonathan at levitt.net>
> Subject: Re: [Sigmet-officers] Webmar debate: topic and speakers
> To: SIG/MET <sigmet-officers at mail.asis.org>
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> Dear all,
> ?
> Following on from my posting, Cassidy wrote ?I think it would be nice to
> have Jonathan do a 5 minute introduction to the topic, but not represent the
> pro as he represents a commercial interest.? The topic, suggested by
> Cassidy, is not related to my research and I attended neither Jonathan
> Adams? talk nor Eric?s response; in addition, as we should arrange speakers
> ASAP, it is not a good idea to have a topic on which we are struggling to
> find even two speakers that we consider suitable.
> ?
> Under these circumstances, I propose switching to a topic on which there
> are several suitable speakers including more than one from North America.?
> ?How about some aspect of visualization? ?If you agree to this topic, I will
> approach potential speakers.
> ?
> Best,
> Jonathan.
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> --- On Sat, 30/7/11, Jonathan Levitt <jonathan at levitt.net> wrote:
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> From: Jonathan Levitt <jonathan at levitt.net>
> Subject: [Sigmet-officers] Webmar debate: topic and speakers
> To: "SIG/MET" <sigmet-officers at mail.asis.org>
> Date: Saturday, 30 July, 2011, 20:20
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> Dear all,
> ?
> Following on from my previous email on this topic, to me the priority is to
> settle on topic and speakers.?
> ?
> In her useful notes, Cassidy wrote ?The topic that received the most
> discussion was expanding on Eric Archambault?s criticisms of Jonathan Adam?s
> Book Citation Index presentation ? We discussed approaching Eric Archambault
> to do the con, but could not think of anyone to do the pro.?? How about
> Jonathan providing the pro; after all Jonathan is the person who gave the
> Book Citation Index presentation?? Could you please give feedback soon, so
> that I can take things forward by either approach Eric and Jonathan or
> pursuing a different topic?
> ?
> Best,
> Jonathan.
>
> --- On Tue, 26/7/11, Jonathan Levitt <jonathan at levitt.net> wrote:
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> From: Jonathan Levitt <jonathan at levitt.net>
> Subject: Re: [Sigmet-officers] Webmar debate
> To: "SIG/MET" <sigmet-officers at mail.asis.org>
> Date: Tuesday, 26 July, 2011, 9:40
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> Dear all,
> ?
> Thanks for your very helpful feedback.? On the basis of the feedback I
> suggest the following revised proposal:
> Time of day: 2 p.m. EST.
> Date of week: Friday.
> Month: September, but not September 24 (overlaps with Collnet).
> Speakers: Preferably one from Europe and ne from North America.
> Cost: About $15 for students, members of ASIST, members or ISSI; $49 for
> others.
> Moderator: Dietma has agreed to moderate; thanks very much.
> ?
> Judit asked whether the people I mentioned have agreed to participate; no,
> I have not approached anyone about the possibility of speaking so we are
> free to select speakers.
> ?
> Stasa asked about the format; this is still to be decided.? I would be
> pleased to build on Cassidy?s experiences with SIG/ED: ?For example, what
> format was used and what changes she would recommend.? Also, it could be
> useful to know how many paid $49.
> ?
> Cassidy thanks for providing your notes from the ISSI meeting.? They are
> very helpful and I fully understand about the delay.? You wrote ?We decided
> to wait and ask other SIG/MET officers for their opinions?; I welcome
> suggestions from the officers not only on the topic, but on other matters
> such as the format.
> ?
> Best,
> Jonathan.
>
> --- On Fri, 22/7/11, Dietmar Wolfram <dwolfram at uwm.edu> wrote:
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> From: Dietmar Wolfram <dwolfram at uwm.edu>
> Subject: Re: [Sigmet-officers] Webmar debate
> To: "Cassidy Sugimoto" <cassidysugimoto at gmail.com>
> Cc: sigmet-officers at mail.asis.org
> Date: Friday, 22 July, 2011, 21:17
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> #yiv434162307 p {margin:0;}
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> Thanks, Cassidy. That's less than I thought it would be.
> Dietmar
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> From: "Cassidy Sugimoto" <cassidysugimoto at gmail.com>
> To: "Dietmar Wolfram" <dwolfram at uwm.edu>
> Cc: "Stasa Milojevic" <smilojev at indiana.edu>,
> sigmet-officers at mail.asis.org
> Sent: Friday, July 22, 2011 11:08:12 AM
> Subject: Re: [Sigmet-officers] Webmar debate
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> The current pricing for webinars is as follows:
>
> The initial flat price for having ASIS&T set up the webinar, put it on the
> website and run registration will be $50 (paid by the SIG, Chapter, etc.).?
>
> If there is a charge associated with the webinar, ASIS&T HQ will collected
> $1.75 per person (even if one group of people is free). Any extra revenue
> will go directly to the sponsoring unit (SIG, Chapter, etc.).
>
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> On Fri, Jul 22, 2011 at 11:59 AM, Dietmar Wolfram <dwolfram at uwm.edu>
> wrote:
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> Dear all,
> ?
> I like the idea of holding the webinar on a Friday as well for the reasons
> cited. I'll be happy to serve as a moderator for the session if we find we
> need one.
> ?
> What is the procedure for?mounting a webinar? I notice that go2meeting has
> been used for others. Is there a cost for the sponsoring SIG? As a first
> event, I think it would be great if we could offer it for free to SIG
> members and students to get more buy-in to the SIG. Of course, this?would
> not be feasible if there is a?usage charge for the platform used that would
> need to be recouped.
> ?
> Dietmar
> ?
>
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> From: "Stasa Milojevic" <smilojev at indiana.edu>
> To: sigmet-officers at mail.asis.org
> Sent: Friday, July 22, 2011 8:24:54 AM
> Subject: Re: [Sigmet-officers] Webmar debate
>
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> Dear Jonathan,
>
> Thank you for moving this forward. I have a few suggestions and questions.
>
> I think that having a webinar during a working week might bring in bigger
> audience. One possibility would be a Friday, since there are fewer classes
> on Fridays (in the US), which would mean that more faculty and students
> might be able to attend.
>
> What format do we envision? Are these two lecture-type presentations? What
> would the role of a moderator be in that case? Who is our targeted audience
> (bibliometrics community or general IS community)?
>
> Best,
> Stasa
>
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> On 7/22/11 8:05 AM, Jonathan Levitt wrote:
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> Dear all,
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> ?
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> I am a bit hampered by not having Cassidy?s notes on the SIG/MET meeting,
> but cannot delay pressing on with SIG meters (I am going on my annual
> holiday in August). ?I recall two suggestions from our discussions on the
> Webmar debate:
>
> (1)????? The strengths and weaknesses of using citation data in the
> humanities.
>
> (2)????? The strengths and weaknesses of using citation data.
>
> ?
>
> I prefer the second proposal for two reasons: (a) we were unable to find a
> person who we thought would defend using citation data in the humanities and
> (b) the second topic is more closely related to our accepted panel on the
> use of informetric information and could attract participants at our panel.?
>
> ?
>
> My suggestions are:
> Topic: The strengths and weaknesses of using citation data.
> Time of day: Afternoon (EST) so at to be a comfortable time of day for
> members from California and Europe.
> Date of week: Saturday or Sunday.
> Month: September.
> Speakers: One from Holland (Loet or Henk) and one from Belgium (Ronald or
> Wolfgang).
> Moderator: A particularly experienced SIG/MET officer (Dietmar? or Judit).
> Cost: $14.99 for members of ASIST or ISSI; $49.99 for other people.
> ?
> Could you please let me know what you think?
> ?
> Thanks,
> Jonathan.
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