2011-04-19: Students and Young Professionals teleconference meeting
Introductions/Welcomes
- Lisa Chan - Ryerson
- Jean Emmerson – Saskatchewan
- Amy Fancourt - London
- Alicia Altass - UPEI
- Uptola Borah - India
- Sally Busch– Ottawa
- Jonathan Lane - UPEI
- Bing-yi Pan - UPEI
- Annabel Cohen - UPEI
- Deborah Annear - UPEI
- Andrea Emberly - Australia
Regrets
- Cheryl Filipak - New Jersey
- Rayna Friendly – McMaster University, Hamilton, ON
- Ruth Reveal - Georgia
- Gina Cardillo - Seattle
- Sandra Cornaz - France
- Judy Plantinga - Toronto
- Leah Stevenson – UPEI
1. Purpose of meeting
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Students are one of the most important part of the AIRS project
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Students are future of the project and of research in singing
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AIRS wants to show their support for students
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AIRS wants to support students to research goals of the project and Milestones
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AIRS wants to know what the students need and want
2. Main focus of AIRS is the Annual Meeting
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This year meeting with be in Newfoundland, July 10-11th (and session on the 13th)
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Today is the deadline for abstracts, to be submitted on the website
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Awards will be available for students
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It is also possible for students to participate musically, more information will become available if you would like to propose a musical event or share music at the meeting.
3. Newsletter
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Send your information to the committee (Rayna, Christopher, Sandra)
4. Jonathan and updates
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New listserv for students/yp has been created, you should receive an email by tonight
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Limited flexibility since it is hosted by UPEI
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Private list with private archives, private forum for the current group of students/yp
5. Digital Library
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Repository for AIRS
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Now created but not currently accessible (will be in the very near future)
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Library will only be accessible to AIRS members in the beginning
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Goal is for some things to be accessible to general public in the future
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Some permissions can be enabled
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Ultimate goal is for library to be maintained by UPEI library
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If researchers have video/audio available for library, send an email to Jonathan to facilitate examples being put up online
6. Synergies among themes
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This is the most important part of AIRS
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There will be an opportunity at the general meeting to discuss possibilities
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This will give weight to the overview of the whole project
7. Follow-up meeting in Newfoundland
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There will be a student/yp meeting in Nfld.
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Annabel wants to encourage all students/yp to attend meeting
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Annabel also wants students/yp to know they are welcome at any of the meetings for the different AIRS groups
8. Annabel left meeting – students raise thoughts about any issues
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No major pressing issues at the moment
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How to support cross-fertilization of themes
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AIRS website needs updating for student/yp list (Send Jonathan a current list and he will update it)
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Blog not realistic for AIRS site (can do blog off site)
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Facebook page changed so anyone can post on there (good place to share information)
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Compile information from the newsletter to put on the AIRS site (once completed send to Jonathan to put up on site)
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Student lunch at meeting – needs to be scheduled
9. Thanks for all for joining in, hope to see everyone in Nfld!
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