vcerf@NRI.RESTON.VA.US (12/21/90)
I hope you will forgive the "broadside" but this seemed the most effective
way to deliver this request for volunteers from among the members of the
Association for Computer Machinery. I expect many of you are members
of ACM SIGCOMM, but a lot of you are members of other special interest
groups as well (such as operating systems, graphics, and so on).
If anyone finds this of interest, please respond to Borman.chi@xerox.com
Thanks,
Vint Cerf
SIGCOMM Chairman
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Date: Thu, 20 Dec 90 10:55 CDT
From: LOR04207@nuacc.acns.nwu.edu
Subject: ACM DataPlan: Call for EGIS Participants
acm/DATAPLAN
Gathering Data for Planning
December 20, 1990
CALL FOR PARTICIPANTS
1. ELECTRONIC GROUP INTERACTIVE SESSION (EGIS) WITH ACM SIG MEMBERS
2. ELECTRONIC GROUP INTERACTIVE SESSION (EGIS) WITH ACM STUDENT MEMBERS
There's a great deal of excitement within ACM lately as a result of the
adoption, by ACM Council, of a "Strategic Plan for the 1990's". A summary
of the plan appears in the December 1989 issue of COMMUNICATIONS. The
plan calls for, among other things, a major effort to gather information
about the needs and desires of members of ACM and its sub-units (and
non-members) in order to make ACM more responsive to the needs of these
individuals and to set ACM's future directions. Information will be
gathered via traditional mail surveys, face-to-face focus groups, and an
experimental concept called EGIS (Electronic Group Interactive Session).
An EGIS is a discussion group conducted over a period of time using
electronic mail.
We are currently forming two EGIS groups made up of approximately 20-30
members each. The first group will consist of members of ACM SIGs (who
may or may not be members of ACM). Please note that for this particular
part of the project, we are primarily interested in SIG members who have
not recently held leadership positions in their SIGs. The second group
will consist of Student members of ACM. From both groups, we are
interested in hearing views on current and future ACM
programs, products, and services.
The questions to be discussed by the groups will primarily be in regard to the
professional needs participants have and whether or not those needs are
currently being met by ACM or any other organization or service.
The groups will run over a two-week period (April 2 - April 15, 1991).
Selection will be based on certain criteria (e.g., location, length of
membership, etc.) with the aim of having the group represent, to the
extent possible, the relevant ACM population. The protocol and process
for managing the groups are currently under review and will be explained
in future communications.
If you are interested in participating in one
of the groups, (YOU MUST BE COMMITTED TO USING E-MAIL REGULARLY, i.e., we
expect that participants will read and respond to discussion group mail
on a daily basis), send the following information to the group's
coordinator, Lorraine Borman, (email is preferred, but US mail is OK; see
address at the end of this memo) by March 15, 1991. Individuals selected to
participate will be notified by March 22, 1991.
Name
Mailing Address
Telephone Number(s)
E-mail Address
EGIS in which you'd like to participate (SIG or Student members)
Please answer the following questions (to help us form a balanced group),
noting the question numbers in your response:
FOR THE EGIS WITH MEMBERS OF ACM SIGS:
1. To which SIG(s) do you belong?
2. How long have you been a SIG member?
3. Do you currently hold a major office or position in the SIG (Chair,
Vice-Chair, Secretary, Treasurer, Newsletter Editor, Advisory Board
member) or have you held such an office or position within the past
year? If so, which one?
4. Are you a member of ACM? Category? (Voting, Associate, Student)
5. Are you a member of an ACM Chapter, Student Chapter, Local SIG?
6. Are you primarily an educator? researcher? practitioner? manager?
student?
FOR THE EGIS WITH STUDENT MEMBERS OF ACM:
1. Are you an undergraduate or graduate student?
2. How long have you been a student member of ACM?
3. Are you a member of ACM SIGs? Which one(s)?
4. Are you a member of an ACM Chapter, Student Chapter, Local SIG?
5. Do you currently hold a major office or position in a SIG, Chapter,
Student Chapter, Local SIG (Chair, Vice-Chair, Secretary, Treasurer,
Newsletter Editor, Advisory Board member) or have you held such an
office or position within the past year? If so, which one?
We appreciate your interest in ACM and expect that your participation in
our project will be rewarding for you as well as beneficial for ACM. It's
your chance to say what you want from your computing society...and be part
of an interesting process!
Thank you.
Lorraine Borman
Email: Borman.chi@xerox.com
US mail: 1865B Tanglewood Drive, Glenview, IL 60025
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