TG02 MEMBERSHIP APPLICATION FORM
I herewith declare that I want to be considered a member of the Thematic
Group on Sociocybernetics and Social Systems of the ISA, and that I am
- or have just signed up as - an individual ISA member.
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Name:......................................................................
Address (if incorrect on envelope):........................................
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Office phone: ...............................
Office fax: .................................
Home phone: .................................
E-mail address:...........................................................
Home fax, if available:...................................................
Please return this form, together with your questionnaire (enclosure-5), to:
Felix Geyer, SISWO, Plantage Muidergracht 4, 1018 TV Amsterdam, The
Netherlands. If you are not yet an ISA member, but want to become one,
please return the ISA membership form, together with your payment as
indicated on that form, to the ISA secretariat in Madrid, AND NOT TO
AMSTERDAM!
ENCLOSURE - 5
QUESTIONNAIRE
THEMATIC GROUP ON SOCIOCYBERNETICS AND SOCIAL
SYSTEMS
Please fill out and airmail this questionnaire at your earliest convenience
- but
latest by May 15 - to: Felix Geyer, SISWO, Plantage Muidergracht 4, 1018
TV Amsterdam, The Netherlands. Or even better: perhaps you can either fax
(31206229430) it, or - if you have access to e-mail - ask me for an e-mail
copy to fill out and return also by e-mail ("geyer@SISWO.UVA.NL"). Please
circle number after appropriate answer.
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NAME AND ADDRESS:
Your name: ..................................................................
Your address, if incorrect:..................................................
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MEMBERSHIP:
1. Do you want to consider yourself as a member of TG02, and be on our
mailing list? yes - 1
no - 2
Please note: Membership is free of charge for the time being, until we will
have a regular Newsletter; then we may have to charge you some $25 (First
World) or $10 (all others and First World students); membership implies you
will be on our mailing list for regular communications.
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2. Are you presently an individual member of the ISA? yes - 1
no - 2
Please note: I am asking this for certainty's sake, since you may have signed
up only recently; in that case please disregard the ISA membership application
form, enclosed in your case.
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3. Do you want to become one? yes - 1
no - 2
Please note: This is in principle obligatory for all members of ISA-groups;
exceptions can be made on motivated request. An ISA membership application
form is enclosed if you are not anymore an ISA individual member, according
to my most recent information. Please pay your membership dues as instructed
on that form (with a copy of the form to me, please!), or send me a motivated
request asking for an exemption of this obligation - e.g., membership of
another international professional association like IPSA.
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INTERIM-CONFERENCE, BUCHAREST, AUGUST 26-31, 1996:
4. Do you intend to participate in the planned TG02 interim conference in
Bucharest? yes - 1
no - 2
don't know yet - 3
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[If you answered "yes" to question 4]:
5a. Are you planning to present a paper there? yes - 1
no - 2
don't know yet - 3
If so, please mention tentative title, plus short description of subject
matter:
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5b. Are you in principle willing to organize one or more sessions there?
yes - 1
no - 2
don't know yet - 3
Please note: Sessions will probably last for about two hours, and comprise 3-
5 papers.
[If you answered "yes" to 5b]: Please suggest a title, and give a short
description of the subject, if possible:
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YOUR ACTIVITIES IN THE FIELD OF SOCIOCYBERNETICS:
In order to give the board some idea of your core scientific interests and
activities, as well as your possible organizational activities in the field,
please
provide detailed information about the following points:
6. Please enclose an overview of your publications (books, articles, etc.)
during the last decade, especially in the field of (socio)cybernetics and
systems research.
Please note: It would probably be easiest if you could enclose the relevant
portion of your CV; otherwise, please use a separate sheet of paper.
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7. Also, please enclose an overview of your organizational activities in this
area, if any (organization of conferences, editorship of journals, etc.).
Please note: Same comment as above. Your answer to questions 6 and 7 will
enable us to have more focussed contacts with you in the future; the following
questions also serve this purpose.
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8. Which projects or publications are you working on at present? To what
extent does the cybernetics/systems approach play a role in these projects and
publications?
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b).........................................................................
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Please add additional projects on a separate sheet.
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9. What do you expect to become the three most important subareas within
the rather wide and diffuse field of sociocybernetics/systems studies in the
next few years?
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b).........................................................................
c).........................................................................
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Thank you for filling out and returning this form - preferably by fax or
e-mail,
otherwise by airmail, as indicated in the header. Please use additional sheets
if the space after the open questions is not sufficient.