--- On Thu, 11/25/10, Abebe Rorissa wrote: From: Abebe Rorissa Subject: [Asis-l] ASIS&T SIG-III InfoShare STUDENT Membership Award - Call for Nominations Date: Thursday, November 25, 2010, 1:05 AM *** Please excuse cross posting ***   Dear Colleagues,   The ASIS&T International Information Issues Special Interest Group (SIG-III) is pleased to announce that for 2011 we will be able to sponsor a group of deserving information science PhD and Masters students who STUDY and RESIDE in developing countries for complimentary ASIS&T memberships.   We are soliciting nominations of student candidates for the InfoShare Student Membership Award.  Please include a Curriculum Vitae (or equivalent) and a brief description of why this person is deserving of membership, including their willingness to promote ASIS&T within their networks. Awardees will be decided by a vote of the SIG-III officers at the end of 2010.  All Curriculum Vitae will be kept private, viewable only by SIG-III officers.    Each membership award will be for one year, with the possibility of renewal for a second year if the new member proves to be a strong advocate for ASIS&T in their home country during the course of the year. Awardees will be asked to submit a report on their activities by next year’s Annual Meeting, which may include, but are not limited to:   - sharing ASIS&T publications that they receive (the Bulletin of ASIS&T and JASIS&T) with other colleagues - promoting the SIG-III paper contest among their colleagues - serving as a contact/coordinator for ASIS&T members traveling to their area who may be able to speak about ASIS&T and information science -having the ability to strengthen the relationships between ASIS&T and the national/regional organizations - sponsoring lectures on information science topics in their area on behalf of ASIS&T   We look forward to welcoming new members to ASIS&T from across the globe, with your help.  Please start thinking about student candidates among your networks and send recommendations of deserving students to Abebe Rorissa (arorissa@albany.edu) or Devendra Potnis (dpotnis@utk.edu).   Deadline for all nominations is December 15, 2009.   Best wishes, Abebe Rorissa Devendra Potnis   SIG-III Web site: http://www.asis.org/SIG/SIGIII/index.htm  InfoShare page: http://www.asis.org/SIG/SIGIII/index.htm -----Inline Attachment Follows----- ASIS&T 73rd Annual Meeting: Navigating Streams in an Information Ecosystem October 22-27, 2010, Pittsburgh, PA http://www.asis.org/asist2010/ -- This message has been scanned for viruses and dangerous content by MailScanner, and is believed to be clean.