Forwarded message from [mgurst@TECHBC.CA (Michael Gurstein)] sent originally on Sat, 27 May 2000 19:29:21 -0700: : We would like to re-invite you to submit a paper to the Hawaii International : Conference on Systems Sciences, HICSS-34, on January 3-6, 2001 on the : Island of Maui, Hawaii. The details are at : http://www.hicss.hawaii.edu/HICSS_34/h34cfp.htm : : We are seeking submissions for the mini-track on Community Informatics, and : we know your work in this field is relevant to that subject (see description : below). Unfortunately, we are late with the call for papers this year, and : if you are interested to submit, the deadline is June 1st, although there's : normally a couple of weeks leeway with that, but no more. Please let me : know if you are able to submit a paper. : : Thanks : : Davidson/de Vreede/Gurstein/Harris/Vogel : : Community Informatics : : Description: This mini-track provides one of the key international : platforms relating to issues concerned with community informatics (CI), the : study of the application of Information and Communications Technologies : ICT) to the social, economic, political or cultural goals of communities. : CI as an approach begins with the perspective that ICT can provide a set of : resources and tools that individuals and communities can use, initially to : provide "access" to information management and processing and thus with : "access", to pursue their goals in such areas as local economic : development, cultural affairs, civic activism, and community based health : and environmental initiatives. CI pays attention to the needs and : objectives of physical communities and looks at how technology can support : the achievement of those objectives. Thus, a CI approach is concerned with : both the technology and the "user" (and the "uses"); and with community : processes, user access and technology usability as well as systems analysis : and hardware or software design. CI takes into account the design of the : social system and culture within which the technology resides, as well as : the technology system with which it interacts. : : We take a wide view of community informatics so as to include relevance to : developing as well as developed countries and rural as well as urban : communities. As such CI is a technology strategy or discipline which links : economic and social development efforts at the community level with : emerging opportunities in such areas as electronic commerce, community and : civic networks and telecentres, electronic democracy and on-line : participation, self-help and virtual health communities, advocacy, : cultural enhancement and others. We welcome papers that contain original : ideas and : examples of practical application and implementation of information : technology in CI contexts. : : Roger Harris : Faculty of Information Technology : Universiti Malaysia Sarawak : 94300 Kota Samarahan : Sarawak : Malaysia : Phone: 082-671000 ext. 605 : Fax: 082-672301 : Email: roger@fit.unimas.my : : Doug Vogel : Dept. of Information Systems : City University of Hong Kong : 83 Tat Chee Avenue, Kowloon : Hong Kong : Phone: 852-2788-7534 : Fax: 852-2788-8694 : Email: isdoug@is.cityu.edu.hk : : Robert Davison : Dept. of Information Systems : City University of Hong Kong : Tat Chee Avenue, Kowloon : Hong Kong : Phone: 852-2788-7534 : Fax: 852-2788-8694 : Email: isrobert@is.cityu.edu.hk : : Gert-Jan de Vreede, : Faculty of Technology, Policy and Management : Delft University of Technology : The Netherlands : Phone: +31.15.278-7170 : Fax: +31.15.278-3429 : Email: devreede@sepa.tudelft.nl : : Michael Gurstein : Technical University of British Columbia : Suite 301-10334 152A Street : Surrey, British Columbia : Canada : Phone: 604-586-6064 : Email: gurstein@techbc.ca : : >IMPORTANT DEADLINES : > : June 1, 2000 Full papers/panel proposals submitted to Minitrack : Chairs. : Contact Minitrack chairs for submission instructions. : >August 31, 2000 Notice of accepted papers sent to Authors. : >October 1, 2000 Accepted manuscripts sent electronically to the : Conference. : > Authors must have registered for the conference : > by this date. : > : >INSTRUCTIONS FOR PAPER SUBMISSION : >1. Submit the full paper, consisting of 15-20 double-spaced pages, : >including diagrams, directly to the Minitrack Co-Chair at : >gurstein@techbc.ca : > : > - All papers should be in Microsoft Word or Adobe Acrobat PDF format - : > : >2. Do not submit the manuscript to more than one Minitrack Chair. Papers : >should contain original material and not be previously published, or : >currently submitted for consideration elsewhere. : > : >3. Each paper must have a title page to include title of the paper, full : >name of all authors, and complete addresses including affiliation(s), : >telephone number(s), and e-mail address(es). : > : >4. The first page of the manuscript should include only the title and a : >300-word abstract of the paper. : > : >5. Proposals for Panels will also be accepted. : > : >HICSS conferences are devoted to advances in the information, computer, and : >system sciences, and encompass developments in both theory and practice. : >Invited papers may be theoretical, conceptual, tutorial or descriptive in : >nature. Submissions undergo a peer referee process and those selected for : >presentation will be published in the Conference Proceedings. Submissions : >must not have been previously published. : > : >2001 CONFERENCE VENUE: Outrigger Wailea Resort : > 3700 Wailea Alanui Dr. : > Wailea, Maui, Hawaii 96753 : > (808) 879-1922 or 1-800-367-2960 : > : : ÿÿStart of ISWorld List Footer ÿÿ : ISWorld list is a service of the Association for Information Systems (AIS) : (http://www.aisnet.org) hosted at University College Dublin. For archives, : subscribing, or posting "norms" see http://www.isworld.org/isworldlist : ÿÿEnd of ISWorld List Footer ÿÿ

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