In response to Cathryn and Ralph

We'll have a Call for Streams, Events etc with the detials of who to 
contact out by the end of the month - we're just setting up email accounts 
etc and getting the team together.

If you want to organise a pre-conference event, don't wait for the call 
deadline but talk to the conference organisers direct once the call is 
issued and you have your ideas together. If we need to reserve theatre 
space etc outside the conference dates it's as well to do it sooner rather 
than later.

The conference will NOT have a theme other than The Art of Management and 
Organization. As is AoMO tradition, the streams drive the themes, and 
special events offer variety rather than cohesion.

So it's an open and inclusive field....

Best

Steve


On Jun 23 2010, Cathryn Lloyd wrote:

>HI Everyone
>
>Firstly I want to say that it is good news to hear that the AOM will rise
>again in 2012.  It will give us time to plan and as Cheryl noted for those
>of us on the other side of the UK this is helpful.  Having lived in the UK
>for a few years I am always looking for opportunities to return - this will
>be a good one.
>
>I like the idea of trying to do something as a group in some way.  I would
>be happy to be involved in some capacity.  I'm not sure what the conference
>is going to be about and there may be a way to link into the theme in some
>way.  And yes an opportunity for further exploration of this community of
>practice.
>
> Anyway its all good news and I've not had a chance to get to Bristol and 
> by all accounts it is a very cultural city so I look forward to getting 
> to know it.
>
>Best to all and enjoy the Winter/Summer Solstice - don't forget to light a
>candle
>
>Enjoy the ritual
>
>Namaste
>
>Cathryn
>
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>-----Original Message-----
>From: Aesthetics, Creativity, and Organisations Research Network
>[mailto:[log in to unmask]] On Behalf Of Bathurst, Ralph
>Sent: Wednesday, 23 June 2010 2:47 PM
>To: [log in to unmask]
>Subject: Still thinking about the problem of institutionalising AACORN
>
>Hi Folks
>
> 
>
>  
> I'm 
> still thinking about the problem of institutionalising AACORN. Perhaps 
> that's 
> because 
> it's 
> the middle of winter here and I have nothing else to distract me.
>
> 
>
> Thinking back over the number of years 
> I've 
> been a member of AACORN my summary sense is that people are delighted to 
> be invited into the network, make the appropriate comments about being 
> privileged to belong, and then wonder what it is they have joined. Yes we 
> have had several attempts at community building through the website and 
> special interest blogs but nothing seems to happen. Then we might get 
> excited about an issue, post a flurry of emails, offend some folks, swamp 
> others and then a few decide to opt out. And so it goes.
>
> 
>
> I know there are successful on-line groups (gaming etc) but I have not 
> yet seen a successful academic on-line community in action. Yes I may 
> live a sheltered life and might need to get out more but 
> that's 
> my impression.
>
> 
>
>I have a cunning plan.  
>
> 
>
> Now that the Art of Management Conference is confirmed as going ahead in 
> September 2012, why 
> don't 
> we as The AACORN Group host/take responsibility for an event at that 
> conference. I am thinking of something like the one day Theatre 
> Exploratorium we had at Banff prior to the last conference. We could 
> repeat that at Bristol and take responsibility for organising and hosting 
> it. Theatre is something for which a lot of members have expertise and 
> passion. It would seem to be easy and relatively cheap to mount (we just 
> need a small theatre with a stage and some lights 
> - 
> which Bristol could offer). We could charge a small extra fee or it could 
> be built into the conference fee structure. Yes we could do painting but 
> that might involve greater costs in amassing materials, or we could do 
> choral singing for the day but that might be scary for some.
>
> 
>
> The benefits would be that we identify as a community, we bond together 
> on a project, we decide in the process how we want to proceed, then we 
> carry on the good work in our own areas waving the AACORN flag wherever 
> we are located.
>
> 
>
>What do you think?
>
> 
>
>Ralph Bathurst
>