[Sigmetrics] important notice about migration of the SIG MET listserv to a new platform!!!

[David Wojick]

Dear Loet,

I was not volunteering, just making an observation before I saw your email. 
If you can do this it would be wonderful.

Cheers,

David

At 02:12 PM 2/27/2018, Loet Leydesdorff wrote:
>Dear David,
>
>Fine with me. Let's leave the prerogative with the current 
>list-administrators. If they prefer one of us to do this (for whatever 
>reason), we can move swiftly. I copied the membership list for the good 
>order.Â
>
>Best,
>Loet
>
>
>Loet Leydesdorff
>
>Professor emeritus, University of Amsterdam
>Amsterdam School of Communication Research (ASCoR)
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>------ Original Message ------
>From: "David Wojick" 
><<mailto:dwojick at craigellachie.us>dwojick at craigellachie.us>
>To: "Philippe Mongeon" 
><<mailto:philippe.mongeon at gmail.com>philippe.mongeon at gmail.com>; "Ramón 
>B. Rodríguez" <<mailto:ramon.rodriguez at csic.es>ramon.rodriguez at csic.es>
>Cc: <mailto:sigmetrics at mail.asis.org>sigmetrics at mail.asis.org
>Sent: 2/27/2018 7:57:28 PM
>Subject: Re: [Sigmetrics] important notice about migration of the SIG MET 
>listserv to a new platform!!!
>
>>Or a Yahoo! group, which I have personal experience with. The owner or 
>>moderator can pretty easily enter a starting list of members, in this 
>>case the Sigmetrics members. New membership can then be by approval or 
>>open, and the messages can be set up as publicly viewable or only by 
>>members. It is simple and flexible.
>>
>>David
>>http://insidepublicaccess.com/
>>
>>At 12:13 PM 2/27/2018, Philippe Mongeon wrote:
>>>Dear all,
>>>
>>>To summerize, ASIST has decided to close down all the listservs of the 
>>>different special interest groups (including Sig Metrics) and replace 
>>>them with community platform (basically a discussion forum) on the 
>>>ASIST website that requires users to login (and thus be members of 
>>>ASIST). As Christina said, this is a shame since our listservs has more 
>>>than a thousand members and contributors, many of which are not members 
>>>of ASIST or Sig Metrics. As she also pointed out, I think we should look 
>>>for an alternative solution to maintain this communication channel open 
>>>and relatively free of organizational constraints (perhaps a google 
>>>group?). Your suggestions are most welcome.
>>>
>>>All the best,
>>>
>>>Philippe Mongeon
>>>Chair-elect of Sig Metrics
>>>
>>>
>>>
>>>
>>>
>>>
>>>
>>>
>>>
>>>2018-02-27 11:27 GMT-05:00 "Ramón B. Rodríguez" 
>>><<mailto:ramon.rodriguez at csic.es>ramon.rodriguez at csic.es >:
>>>Hi, same question here.Â
>>>ASIST membership is mandatory to join SIG/MET
?
>>>ASSIST membership is USD140/year
?
>>>Thanksââ€Â¦
>>>- -
>>>Ramón B. Rodríguez, PhD
>>>Director, CSIC Press
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>>>>El 27 feb 2018, a las 17:15, Patricia Meindl 
>>>><<mailto:pmeindl at chem.utoronto.ca>pmeindl at chem.utoronto.ca > escribió:
>>>>I do not understand - what is the membership to and how does one know 
>>>>if they are signed up?
>>>>Patricia Meindl
>>>>U of Toronto
>>>>Quoting "Smalheiser, Neil R" <<mailto:neils at uic.edu>neils at uic.edu>:
>>>>>This is an important notice about migration of the SIG MET listserv to 
>>>>>a new platform.
>>>>>Â
>>>>>Â
>>>>>Â
>>>>>Â
>>>>>If you are a member who has lapsed their SIG MET membership, you still 
>>>>>receive the listserv as of now -- but once the listserv is migrated to 
>>>>>a new platform (very soon!), you will lose all further communications 
>>>>>from us. So please consider renewing your membership if you have lapsed.Â
>>>>>Â
>>>>>Â
>>>>>Â
>>>>>Â
>>>>>Thanks!
>>>>>Â
>>>>>Â
>>>>>Â
>>>>>Â
>>>>>Neil Smalheiser
>>>>>Â
>>>>>SIG MET chair
>>>>>Â
>>>>>Â
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