[Sigcabinet] Fwd: Re: Three items for SIG-ED from SIG Cabinet teleconference

Tue Apr 27 14:57:32 EDT 2010

All of the ideas sound excellent, but do raise policy questions. Do we we want to use the general fund for awards - and/or can we commit/want to commit to fund awards on an on-going basis? Should the general SIG fund be used for activities that benefit ASIS&T as a whole but are not particularly SIG focused?

I could see funding AM attendance for someone who had not attended before if they committed to working for a specific SIG.  However, we don't want to dump the governance of a SIG on a newbie and overwhelm them so they quit. 

-----Original Message-----
>From: Phillip M Edwards <pmedward at email.unc.edu>
>Sent: Apr 27, 2010 12:57 PM
>To: Sigcabinet at mail.asis.org
>Subject: [Sigcabinet] Fwd: Re: Three items for SIG-ED from SIG Cabinet	teleconference
>
>Fodder for SIG fund proposals from SIG-ED... -Phil
>
>-------- Original Message --------
>Subject: Re: Three items for SIG-ED from SIG Cabinet teleconference
>Date: Tue, 27 Apr 2010 11:01:40 -0400
>From: "Cassidy R. Sugimoto" <sugimoto at indiana.edu>
>To: phillip.m.edwards at unc.edu
>
>Dear Phil:
>
>Thank you for your email.  We discussed various projects and would love 
>to have your feedback on these [many apologies for the long email to 
>follow].
>
>*First, we have two monetary awards that we would like to give and are 
>interested to see whether these could be supported by the SIG general fund.
>
>1) SIG ED Research Award:  we are interested in hosting an award to 
>encourage information science education research (akin to the History 
>Award).  However, we are unsure of the appropriate method of funding 
>such an award.  It appears the History Award is supported by book 
>royalties and donations.  We would like to see whether research-related 
>awards could be sponsored through the general fund.
>
>2) SIG ED Sponsorship of Student chapters: we are interested in 
>providing funding to support an outstanding programs proposed by student 
>chapters.  This would be a nice marriage between SIG and chapter events 
>and show the connectedness of the ASIS&T community.  Again, we would 
>like to inquire as to the appropriateness of the SIG general fund for 
>such events.
>
>3) Leadership program: we have been in discussions with Dick Hill and 
>Amy Wallace regarding a scholarship program that would provide funding 
>for new members (within the first three years) to attend the AM.  The 
>original proposal (see attached) sought to make this an open award 
>applying to all SIGs, Chapters, and Committees.  The goal would be to 
>recruit new members and to retain them through direct mentoring and 
>engagement.  Recently, Amy has proposed a new idea that will provide 
>conference registration and a year's membership to new members who 
>commit to engaging with a SIG, Chapter or Committee.  They would be 
>asked to work with Melissa (new Interaction Manager) to tweet, blog, or 
>write (for the Bulletin) about their experience at the AM.  We would 
>like to know whether the general fund (or SIG Cabinet) would be 
>interested in a scholarship-type proposal that encompassed all SIGs.
>
>*Second, we are very interested in incorporating mentoring programs into 
>the AM.  Some ideas we discussed at our planning meeting:
>
>1) A speed networking event for those members on the job market and 
>those members hiring (possibly split into groups based on career area).  
>This could possibly be done as a pre- or post-AM event with a small 
>charge (unless it could be considered an AM session).
>
>2) A "talk to your hero" type event in which we pair newer members up 
>with eminent members in the organization (just for the AM).
>
>3) Matching mentors with new members for a prolonged time (not just the
>AM).
>
>We welcome comments and criticism!
>
>Cassidy R. Sugimoto, PhD
>Assistant Professor
>School of Library and Information Science
>Indiana University Bloomington
>http://ella.slis.indiana.edu/~sugimoto/index.html
>
>
>On 4/26/2010 12:57 PM, Phillip M Edwards wrote:
>> Hi, SIG-ED officers,
>>
>> I just wanted to pass along some bits and pieces that the SIG Cabinet
>> discussed in last weeks' teleconference.
>>
>> (1) Confirming current officers with ASIST HQ. My list of current
>officers
>> for SIG-ED is as follows:
>>
>> Chair: Ingrid Hsieh-Yee<hsiehyee at cua.edu>
>> Chair-Elect: Cassidy R. Sugimoto<sugimoto at indiana.edu>
>> Past-Chair: Michelle Kazmer<kazmer at ci.fsu.edu>
>> Secretary: Patricia Evans<pevans at supremecourt.gov>
>> Treasurer: Jeonghyun "Annie" Kim<jkim5 at emporia.edu>
>> Communications Officer: Cassidy R. Sugimoto<sugimoto at indiana.edu>
>>
>> If there have been any changes to the above officer roster, please let me
>> know. If not, I'll pass this along to ASIST HQ to make sure that they
>have
>> the most up-to-date list available.
>>
>> (2) Any resources needed for planning or programs. We're in the process
>of
>> compiling a list of models for proposals that SIGs might submit to cover
>> activities/events/programs from the SIG general fund. This list will
>> hopefully provide some guidance for what SIGs can/should spend society
>> money on. If you've got a set of activities that you *have* done or that
>> you'd *like* to in the near future that might be supported by the SIG
>> general fund, please let me know. In terms of requesting funds for the
>> upcoming year, the deadline for proposals will be June 1, 2010.
>>
>> (3) Annual Meeting deadlines. Just FYI, the AM site lists the current set
>> of deadlines for AM submissions: http://asis.org/asist2010/
>>
>> That's it for now. If you have any questions that the Cabinet or ASIST HQ
>> should hear about, feel free to let me know, and I'll pass them along.
>I'm
>> also (ostensibly) on the AM Program Committee, so if you have any
>questions
>> about the AM, I can try to help with those as well. Thanks!
>>
>> Phil
>>
>>    
>
>-- 
>Phillip M. Edwards
>http://www.unc.edu/home/pmedward/
>University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill
>School of Information and Library Science

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