http://isss.org/world/en/units Comments for "Units" en http://isss.org/world/en/units <h1>Units</h1> <p>There are (at least) three formal ways in which ISSS members can formally interact with other like-mind systems thinkers in the ISSS community.</p> <p><a href="http://isss.org/world/en/special_integration_groups">SIGs</a> -- which mean <a href="http://isss.org/world/en/special_integration_groups">Special <em>Integration</em> Groups</a>, not Special <em>Interest</em> Groups -- come together to share knowledge in common pursuits. The discussions are meant to be expansive, not reductive. SIGs bring together a large part of the content at the <a href="http://isss.org/world/conferences">annual meetings</a>.</p> <p>Regional <a href="http://isss.org/projects/chapters">Chapters</a> take advantage of close geographic proximity to have face-to-face events close to home. Since the <a href="http://isss.org/world/conferences">annual meetings</a> change venue from one location to another, every year, <a href="http://isss.org/projects/chapters">Chapters</a> sometimes host local satellite conferences to share their ideas in a smaller group.</p> <p>Since many of us are members and/or volunteers in multiple professional organizations, formal <a href="http://isss.org/projects/liaisons">Liaisons</a> can help members create bridges to external communities. Other organizations may share mutual interests, and/or exchanges of knowledge.</p> <p>By the <a href="http://isss.org/world/administration/bylaws">ISSS Bylaws</a>, the chairs of active units have a voice in the ISSS Council. They represent the interests and opinions of their constituents in the larger organizational context of ISSS decision-making.</p> http://isss.org/world/en/units#comments Sat, 04 Nov 2006 19:13:16 +0000 admin 8 at http://isss.org/world