Re: Where Should We Be Discussing Topics LikeCAPS?

[John Jones <100h@rewrite.aisboard.org>]

Hi all,

Just some clarification:

AISDiscuss goes to Board members, committee chairs AND
RVPs, Section and Cooperating Societies. 

I should also say that it is up to individuals and societies to let the AIS Secretary know when personnel or contact information changes so we can have a list with up-to-date contact information.

We also have an RVP list and and Affiliates list that can be used to send out mesages. But again they are only as good as the contact information for them.

Additionally the archives of AISDiscuss, located at aisboard.org, are open to anyone who cares to go there, no password or ID required. I know of several people that routinely review the messages there.

However Janet is certainly correct that it is up to the individual to pass information along to anyone who they think might be interested, although that happens with varying degrees of enthusiasm.

There are also other email lists: iris@hort.net, iris-photos, sibrob, spaceagerobin, iris-species, and others that could be used to solicit ideas from. (Yea I know, dangling preposition - LOL)

I think we should allow anyone subscribe to AISDiscuss that wants to. We should welcome comments from any source. We may not agree with or use all of the ideas, but you never know where the new idea will come from. I know occasionally we have an inappropriate post or someone thinks they can really send an anonymous text message, but you just dismiss that sort of thing considering the source.

If posting relevant parts of the CAPS reports on the AIS blog would solicit some comments, I think it would be worth it.

John


On Jul 31, 2014, at 8:04 AM, "Janet Smith" <4f80107e1@rewrite.aisboard.org> wrote:

> 1. Not everyone can afford to got to conventions or fall board
> meetings.
> 2. AISDiscuss only goes to Board members and committee chairs, so
> your audience is limited.
> 3. Many RVP's are silent to their affiliates, so the word does not
> get out to them.
> 4. The Directors in the Regions are even more silent to the
> affiliates they oversee, so the word does not get out.
> 5. It is not in the IRISES Bulletin, so... 
> 6. Not in your Newsletter.....  But that is only if they have a
> computer.  For those members who do not have a computer they are left
> out.
> 7. Facebook and Blog are not the place for this.
> 
> I keep hearing we should-----when am I going to hear ---- its done!
> 
> Janet Smith
> 
> 
> 
> 
> 
> 
> ---- Original Message ----
> From: 101p@rewrite.aisboard.org
> To: aisdiscuss@aisboard.org
> Subject: Re: [AISdiscuss] Where Should We Be Discussing Topics
> LikeCAPS?
> Date: Thu, 31 Jul 2014 07:30:52 -0400 (EDT)
> 
>> Wayne you are correct in that AIS Discuss is not exactly the venue of
>> choice for continued discussion. Since I was commissioned by the
>> board to attend and report I wanted to give an overview to the
>> society. Further discussion of for example of the copyright issue
>> will occur in the intellectual property committee. Continued
>> discussion of what we can do for the future to improve the society
>> will occur in the strategic planning committee. 
>> 
>> I decided it was important for everyone to know of our being a part
>> of CAPS for several reasons. Much of what the board does is not known
>> throughout the organization. This is not because it is in closed
>> board meetings but because few other than board members attend board
>> meetings. Secondly I wanted to get some information out so that board
>> members and other parties could do their homework. If one has a
>> chance to contemplate these issues before the fall meeting the
>> discussion can be much more productive. And third I know there are
>> very creative members who are not on the board that may be able to
>> offer totally new perspectives on these problems.
>> 
>> The issues involved in whether we succeed in making it to our hundred
>> birthday in 6 years as a robust AIS are issues that should be thought
>> about at all levels, from affiliates to regions to national and to
>> each section. Despite the fact that each of these units functions
>> quite independently we are also quite dependent on them all working
>> together. While the wiki by definition is a collaboration platform
>> perhaps half of the officers of all of these groups are even
>> registered as wiki users so that they could post. 
>> Bob
>> 
>> ----- Original Message -----
>> From: "Wayne Messer" <6d200f2f1@rewrite.aisboard.org>
>> To: aisdiscuss@aisboard.org
>> Sent: Wednesday, July 30, 2014 8:53:10 PM
>> Subject: [AISdiscuss] Where Should We Be Discussing Topics Like CAPS?
>> 
>> Bob's ongoing reports on CAPS and initial concerns about limited
>> response
>> make me wonder:  Is AISDiscuss the best place to have some of these
>> discussions?  I've only been on AISDiscuss for a year; so I'm not
>> aware of
>> how and where some of the discussions take place.  It seems to be a
>> good
>> place for AIS business and notices; however, dealing with issues such
>> as
>> what can we learn from CAPS and what should we do are more
>> problematic.
>> Maybe these different types of topics would benefit from a different
>> approach.
>> 
>> Bob posting the CAPS reports to this group is useful for at least two
>> reasons. First, it makes us aware of what is happening in these
>> meetings
>> and what topics other groups consider important.  Second, it plants
>> the
>> seeds for further discussions and eventually action.  The latter I
>> would
>> expect to have a longer time frame and maybe require a different
>> group.
>> 
>> I suspect the reports could benefit both from a smaller and from a
>> larger
>> group being involved with them.  A smaller group might be better for
>> brainstorming how to apply some of the lessons learned from CAPS. 
>> And a
>> larger group, maybe all our membership, should be aware of the topics
>> and
>> our interest.  I think it's great that Sue Barnes has shared them
>> with the
>> Region's Club presidents and Ron Killingsworth has been sharing with
>> the
>> SLI president.
>> 
>> Do we have other venues that we should use or consider for this?
>> 
>> As an aid to our discussion and a possible venue, I've created a
>> (Sandbox)
>> CAPS Resource page in the Iris Wiki.  It has some links to books and
>> authors Bob has mentioned as well as other info.  The only topic I
>> have
>> steered away from, because of Bob's comments in his discussion, is
>> copyright.  It I believe is better handled in AISDiscuss or some
>> other
>> limited venue because of the legal implications.  You are encouraged
>> to
>> check the page out and edit it - it is on a wiki.  You can see the
>> page at:
>> 
>> http://wiki.irises.org/bin/view/Sandbox/CAPSResources
>> 
>> Regards,
>> 
>> Wayne Messer
>> 
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