[Sigmet-officers] two questions

[Isabelle Dorsch]

Dear Neil,

if we have the budget a keynote speaker would be an interesting idea (in 
my opinion). Are there any people you have personally in mind? At the 
moment I have no suggestions, but I will keep my eyes open.

Regarding other activities:
During the SIG MET meeting at the annual meeting 2017 one suggested the 
idea for a webinar about "Career/job options in the field of 
Informetrics". I think such a webinar would be really interesting. Maybe 
this goes also in line with some actual or previous projects of someone, 
so that one can report about their own career in the field?

Best wishes and a good start into the new year to everyone,
Isabelle


Am 2018-01-10 18:25, schrieb Smalheiser, Neil R:
> I am beginning to prepare a proposal for SIGMET. As mentioned earlier,
> I hope to add a session on metrics for article intrinsic attributes
> including reproducibility. In addition, I think we have money in the
> budget to support inviting some big-name keynote speaker [support =
> paying their registration to the workshop at least, plus travel
> expenses; probably not an honorarium unless they are a REALLY big
> name]. I welcome suggestions for people to invite as keynote speakers
> - either big names, with support, as well as names of people who live
> near Vancouver and/or are likely to attend ASIST anyway and so don't
> need support. These people should be in the general area of metrics
> but this can be very broadly defined - they could be involved in
> technological forecasting, private foundations who do policy and
> funding of science, or people from nearby industry such as Microsoft
> or Amazon. We should lock-in these invitations early since big names
> have tight schedules.
> 
> Second question, I have not heard much activity in SIGMET lately. What
> other activities should we be doing? Are there any activities that
> you-all are doing as part of your academic work, that could benefit
> from input or collaboration with SIGMET? I don't want to create
> busy-work but I also don't want to miss opportunities for SIGMET to do
> more than host the workshop. Please advise.....
> 
> Note that I am sending this to SIGMET officers only, first. And then,
> after I hear from you, will send to the membership.
> 
> Neil
> 
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