--- On Wed, 2/17/10, Abebe Rorissa wrote: From: Abebe Rorissa Subject: [Asis-l] ASIS&T SIG-III InfoShare Professional/Regular Membership Award - Call for Nominations Date: Wednesday, February 17, 2010, 3:56 AM *** Please excuse cross posting *** Dear Colleagues, The ASIS&T International Information Issues Special Interest Group (SIG-III) is pleased to announce that for 2010 we will be able to sponsor another group of deserving information professionals from developing countries for complimentary ASIS&T memberships (the financial burden of which would otherwise be prohibitive). We are soliciting nominations of candidates for the InfoShare Membership Award.    Please include a Curriculum Vitae and a brief description of why this person is deserving of membership, including their willingness to promote ASIS&T within their networks and build relationships between ASIS&T and the national/regional organizations. Awardees will be decided by a vote of the SIG-III officers at the beginning of March 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 you receive (the Bulletin of ASIS&T and JASIS&T) with other colleagues - promoting the SIG-III paper contest among your colleagues - serving as a contact/coordinator for ASIS&T members traveling to your 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 your area on behalf of ASIS&T We look forward to welcoming new members to ASIS&T from across the globe, especially from countries that have never been ASIS&T members or have limited ASIS&T membership, with your help.  Please start thinking about candidates among your networks and send your nominations of deserving candidates to Abebe Rorissa (arorissa@albany.edu) or Masqood Shaheen (shaheenma@gmail.com).  Deadline for all nominations is February 28, 2010. Thank you and best wishes for the upcoming months and we hope to see you in Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania in October! Abebe Rorissa Masqood Shaheen InfoShare Program SIG-III ASIS&T InfoShare page: http://www.asis.org/SIG/SIGIII/index.htm ASIS&T 2010 Annual Meeting (Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania: October 22-27, 2010): http://www.asis.org/conferences.html (conferences page) -- This message has been scanned for viruses and dangerous content by MailScanner, and is believed to be clean.