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Suddenly, the sea air was replaced by the moist atmosphere of temperate forest. Laura found herself standing in the middle of a four way crossroad with Dante holding her gently. She fell out of his grip and braced herself against a tree, her knees beginning to buckle.
"Take your time," Dante said, calmly. "The guild is only half a kilometer away. We can be there in fifteen minutes, but this is as far as I can get a non-guild member."
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Slowly, the two companions made their way downhill to the gate of the guild. Dante was right, the walk was not very long at all, but Laura was still shaky from stress, which made it no easier.
The gate of the guild was monstrous. It stood taller than the highest buildings in Mon Garnage. Constructed from Oak and Teak, the gigantic structure hogged most of the landscape. Its edges were weathered by age, but it still retained a grand presence. Above the gate, the word 'Eve' was spelled out before her in five foot tall gold lettering.
Dawn's purple lines shot across the sky. Dante walked up to the door and stepped forward. Laura hung back, unsure of what to do. He drew back his sleeve and exposed a seal of some sort. It resembled the Yin Yang symbol, which Laura had seen on the clothing of oriental traders in the ports, but was bright gold. Shining in the ever-growing sunlight, the seal glowed with a mysterious, abstract feeling. The gate before them creaked open.
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Dante, knowing what to do, tapped the stones in a particular fashion with a sword at his hilt. Laura was amazed at his nimbleness; the sword had to have weighed at least twenty pounds, yet he was maneuvering it about as if it were a stick. Having finished, he stopped. The wall crumbled away, leaving them in a room with a complete three dimensional map of Arcadia. People wandered about, each wearing a specific type of robe. Everything was full of life.
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Bernard Frimpong, 39, daily lurked in queues at bus stops and outside nightclubs, loitered in parks and hunted for titillating opportunities on Tube escalators with his strategically poised hidden camcorder.
Each night he would save the photographic fruits of his latest expedition on small computer memory sticks so he could carry his complete collection with him wherever he went.
His behaviour first came to police attention when a pickpocket patrol spotted him at a bus stop in the early hours staring unblinkingly at a woman's bottom, London's Southwark Crown Court heard.
Undeterred at the prospect of arrest, he told the young female police officer: "Women are gorgeous and beautiful. There is nothing wrong with what I do. This is what I like doing. I love watching beautiful women."
He then cheekily added: "I wish I had a picture of you. I would make £500."
The court heard that although the defendant's equipment was confiscated and he was released on bail he lost little time returning to his all-consuming passion - until he was arrested for a second time earlier this year.
Opening the case, prosecutor Gino Connor said he wanted to make it clear that despite what Frimpong had told the officer there was no evidence he had ever sold any photos or footage of the "hundreds" of women he had captured on film.
"But what is abundantly clear is that he specialised in going to the West End and Covent Garden to take up-the-skirt pictures at bus stops, in queues for nightclubs, on the London Underground escalators and on platforms at Victoria and Waterloo stations as well."
The barrister explained that it was outside nightclubs where the defendant, who lived with his mother, got many of his thrills.
He would frequently hang around outside the most popular ones and wait for tipsy clubbers to stumble outside, desperate for a break from the heaving dance floor. Then, when they were not watching, he would surreptitiously sidled up to them and place a large black satchel containing his camcorder by their feet.
Goatee-bearded Frimpong, of Green Street, Upton Park, east London, pleaded guilty to six sample counts of indecency in a public place between November 2003 and September this year.
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Normal Rotation: SE US, US West, Europe Slovenia (2004); Charleston (Feb 2005), Vancouver? Always Informal, But Serious Work 7 10 Minute History of INSNA Founded by Barry Wellman in 1976-1977 Sabbatical Travel Carried Tales Nick Mullins: Every "Theory Group" Has an Organizational Leader Owned by Wellman until 1988 as small business Subsequent Coordinators/Presidents Al Wolfe, Steve Borgatti, Martin Everett • Steering Committee • Non-Profit Constitution under Borgatti; Coordinator > President Bill Richards President, 2003• Scott Feld VP; Katie Faust Treasurer; Frans Stokman, Euro. Rep. • Our First Real Election Grown from 175 to 400 Members Many More on Listserv (Not Limited to Members) Steve Borgatti maintains; unmoderated Website: www.insna.sfu.ca -- being upgraded Barry Wellman www.chass.utoronto.ca/~wellman 10 Minute Overview - Journals Wellman founded,edited,published Connections, 1977 Lin Freeman founded, edits Social Networks, 1978? Informal journal: "Useful" articles, news, gossip, grants, abstracts, book summaries Bill Richards, Tom Valente edit now Formal journal: Refereed articles Ronald Breiger now co-editor David Krackhardt founded, edits J of Social Structure, 2000? Online, Refereed Lots of visuals Articles Appear Occasionally when their time has come 9 10 Minute Overview – Key Books 1) 2) 3) 4) 5) 6) 7) 8) 9) 10) 11) 12) 13) Elizabeth Bott, Family & Social Network, 1957 J. Clyde Mitchell, Networks, Norms & Institutions, 1973 Holland & Leinhardt, Perspectives on Social Network Research,1979s S. D. Berkowitz, An Introduction to Structural Analysis, 1982 Knoke & Kuklinski, Network Analysis, 1983, Sage, low-cost Charles Tilly, Big Structures, Large Processes, Huge Comparisons, 1984 Wellman & Berkowitz, eds., Social Structures, 1988 David Knoke, Political Networks, 1990 John Scott, Social Network Analysis, 1991 Ron Burt, Structural Holes, 1992 Manuel Castells, The Rise of Network Society, 1996, 2000 Wasserman & Faust, Social Network Analysis, 1992 Nan Lin, Social Capital (monograph & reader), 2001 10 Minute Overview – Software 1) UCINet – Whole Network Analysis 1) Lin Freeman, Steve Borgatti, Martin Everett 2) MultiNet – Whole Network Analysis 1) + Nodal Characteristics 3) Structure – Ron Burt – Not Maintained 4) P*Star – Dyadic Analysis – Stan Wasserman 5) Krackplot – Network Visualization (Obsolete) 1) David Krackhardt, Jim Blythe 6) Pajek – Network Visualization – Supersedes Krackplot 1) Slovenia 7) Personal Network Analysis 1) SPSS/SAS – See Wellman, et al. "How To…" papers 10 Minute Overview – Data Basis Small Group "Sociometry"1930s > (Moreno, Bonacich, Cook) Ethnographic Studies, 1950s > (Mitchell, Barnes) Organizational, Inter-Organizational, Inter-National Analyses Political Structures, 1970s > (Tilly, Wallerstein) Formalist / Methods & Substantive Analysis Survey & Archival Research, Whole Nets, 1970s > Community, Support & Social Capital, "Guanxi" Mathematics & Simulation, 1970s > (Freeman, White) Does Modernization > Disconnection? Survey Research: Personal Networks, 1970s > Finding People Who Enjoy Working Together Evolved into Exchange Theory, Small Group Studies Social Movements, Mobilization (anti Alienation) World Systems (asymmetric structure > Globalization) Computer Networks as Social Networks, late 1990s > (Sack) Automated Data Collection The Multiple Ways of Network Analysis Method – The Most Visible Manifestation Data Gathering – see previous slide Theory – Pattern Matters Substance Add a Few Network Measures to a Study Integrated Approach Community, Organizational, Inter-Organizational, Terrorist, World System An Add-On: Misleading to Confuse Appearance with Reality A Way of Looking at the World: Theory, Data Collection, Data Analysis, Substantive Analysis Not Actor-Network Theory Barry Wellman www.chass.utoronto.ca/~wellman The Social Network Approach The world is composed of networks - not densely-knit, tightly-bounded groups Networks provide flexible means of social organization and of thinking about social organization Networks have emergent properties of structure and composition Networks are a major source of social capital mobilizable in themselves and from their contents Networks are self-shaping and reflexive Networks scale up to networks of networks 14 Barry Wellman www.chass.utoronto.ca/~wellman The Social Network Approach Moving from a hierarchical society bound up in little boxes to a network – and networking – society Multiple communities / work networks Multiplicity of specialized relations Management by networks More alienation, more maneuverability Loosely-coupled organizations / societies Less centralized The networked society 15 Barry Wellman www.chass.utoronto.ca/~wellman Changing Connectivity: Groups to Networks Densely Knit > Sparsely-Knit Impermeable (Bounded) > Permeable Broadly-Based Solidarity > Specialized Multiple Foci 16 Barry Wellman www.chass.utoronto.ca/~wellman Networked Individualism Moving from a society bound up in little boxes to a multiple network – and networking – society Networks are a flexible means of social organization Networks are a major source of social capital: mobilizable in themselves & from their contents Networks link: Persons Within organizations Between organizations and institutions 17 Little Boxes Ramified Networks **** Each in its Place Mobility of People and Goods **** United Family Serial Marriage, Mixed Custody Shared Community Multiple, Partial Personal Nets Neighborhoods Dispersed Networks Voluntary Organizations Informal Leisure Face-to-Face Computer-Mediated Communication Public Spaces Private Spaces Focused Work Unit Networked Organizations Job in a Company Career in a Profession Autarky Outsourcing Office, Factory Airplane, Internet, Cellphone Ascription Achievement Hierarchies Matrix Management Conglomerates Virtual Organizations/Alliances Cold War Blocs Fluid, Transitory Alliances Little Boxes Glocalizatio n Networked Individualism Barry Wellman co-editor Social Structure: A Network Approach JAI-Elsevier Press 1998 Barry Wellman www.chass.utoronto.ca/~wellman Ways of Looking at Networks Whole Networks & Personal Networks Focus on the System or on the Set of Individuals Graphs & Matrices We dream in graphs We analyze in matrices 20 Barry Wellman www.chass.utoronto.ca/~wellman Whole Social Networks Comprehensive Set of Role Relationships in an Entire Social System Analyze Each Role Relationship – Can Combine Composition: % Women; Heterogeneity; % Weak Ties Structure: Pattern of Ties Village, Organization, Kinship, Enclaves, World-System Copernican Airplane View Typical Methods: Cliques, Blocks, Centrality, Flows Examples: (1) What is the Real Structure of an Organization? (2) How Does Information Flow Through a Village? 21 Barry Wellman www.chass.utoronto.ca/~wellman Cumulative GlobeNet Intercitation Through 2000 Howard White & Barry Wellman, 2003 "Does Citation Reflect Social Structure" 22 Barry Wellman www.chass.utoronto.ca/~wellman Strongest Globenet Co-Citation, Intercitation Links Thru 2000 23 Barry Wellman www.chass.utoronto.ca/~wellman Duality of Persons & Groups People Link Groups Groups Link People An Interpersonal Net is an Interorganizational Net Ronald Breiger 1973 24 Barry Wellman www.chass.utoronto.ca/~wellman The Dualities of Persons and Groups -- Graphs 25 Barry Wellman www.chass.utoronto.ca/~wellman Dualities of Persons and Groups -- Matrices 26 Barry Wellman www.chass.utoronto.ca/~wellman Dualities of Persons and Groups: Event-Event Matrix 27 Barry Wellman www.chass.utoronto.ca/~wellman Neat Whole Network Methods QAP Regression of Matrices • Example: Co-Citation (Intellectual Tie) Predicts Better than Friendship (Social Tie) To Inter-Citation Clustering: High Density; Tight Boundaries ("Groups") Block Modeling Similar Role Relationships, Not Necessarily Clusters Canada & Mexico in Same Block – US Dominated 28 Barry Wellman www.chass.utoronto.ca/~wellman Erickson, 1988: From a Matrix > . . . 29 Barry Wellman www.chass.utoronto.ca/~wellman . . . To a Block Model 30 Barry Wellman www.chass.utoronto.ca/~wellman Costs of Whole Network Analysis Requires a Roster of Entire Population Requires (Imposition of) a Social Boundary This May Assume What You Want to Find Hard to Handle Missing Data Needs Special Analytic Packages Becoming Easier to Use 31 Barry Wellman www.chass.utoronto.ca/~wellman Personal Social Networks Ptolemaic Ego-Centered View Good for Unbounded Networks Often Uses Survey Research Example: (1) Do Densely-Knit Networks Provide More Support? (structure) (2) Do More Central People Get More Support? (network) (2) Do Women Provide More Support? (composition) (3) Do Face-to-Face Ties Provide More Support Than Internet Ties? (relational) (4) Are People More Isolated Now? (ego) 32 Barry Wellman www.chass.utoronto.ca/~wellman Costs of Personal Network Studies Concentrates on Strong Ties Collecting Proper Data in Survey Takes Much Time Ignores Ecological Juxtapositions Hard to Aggregate from Personal Network to Whole Network Easier to Decompose Whole Network • (Haythornthwaite & Wellman) Often Relies on Respondents' Reports 33 Barry Wellman www.chass.utoronto.ca/~wellman Social Network Analysis: More Flavors Diffusion of Information (& Viruses) Organizational Analyses "Real" Organization" Knowledge Acquisition & Management Inter-Organizational Analysis Flows Through Systems Is There a Ruling Elite Strategies, Deals Networking: How People Network As a Strategy Unconscious Behavior Are There Networking Personality Types? 34 Barry Wellman www.chass.utoronto.ca/~wellman SNA: Branching Out Social Movements World-Systems Analyses Cognitive Networks Citation Networks Co-Citation Inter-Citation Applied Networks Terrorist Networks Corruption Networks 35 Multilevel Analysis: New Approach to an Old Problem Switching and Combining Levels Consider Wider Range of Theories Disentangles (& Avoids Nagging Confounding) Individual Agency, Dyadic Dancing, Network Facilitation & Emergent Properties Tie Effects Network Effects Contingent (Cross-Level) Effects Interactions Addresses Emergent Properties Fundamental Sociological Issue Simmel vs. Homans Barry Wellman www.chass.utoronto.ca/~wellman Multilevel Analysis – Tie Effects Tie Strength: Stronger is More Supportive Workmates: Provide More Everyday Support •(Multilevel Discovered This) 37 Barry Wellman www.chass.utoronto.ca/~wellman Multilevel Analysis– Network Effects Network Size •Not Only More Support from Entire Network •More Probability of Support from Each Network Member Mutual Ties (Reciprocity): •Those Who Have More Ties with Network Members Provide More Support •Cross-Level Effect Stronger (and Attenuates) Dyadic (Tie-Level) Effect It's Contribution to the Network, Not the Alter 38 Barry Wellman www.chass.utoronto.ca/~wellman Multilevel Analysis: Cross-Level, Interaction Effects Kinship No longer a solidary system Parent-(Adult) Child Interaction •More Support From Each When > 1 Parent-Child Tie •Single P-C Tie: 34% •2+ P-C Ties, Probability of Support from Each: 54% 39 Barry Wellman www.chass.utoronto.ca/~wellman Multilevel Interactions-- Accessibility 37% of Moderately Accessible Ties Provide Everyday Support But If Overall Network Is Moderately Supportive, 54% of All Network Members Provide Everyday Support Women More Supportive In Nets with More Women 40 Barry Wellman www.chass.utoronto.ca/~wellman The Internet in Everyday Life Computer Networks as Social Networks Key Questions Community On and Off line Networked Life before the Internet Netville: The Wired Suburb Large Web Surveys: National Geographic Work On and Off line Towards Networked Individualism, or The Retreat to Little Boxes 41 Barry Wellman www.chass.utoronto.ca/~wellman Social Affordances of New Forms of Computer-Mediated Connectivity Bandwidth Ubiquity – Anywhere, Anytime Convergence – Any Media Accesses All Portability – Especially Wireless Globalized Connectivity Personalization 42 Research Questions Ties: Does the Internet support all types of ties? 1. 1. 2. 3. Social Capital: Has the Internet increased, decreased, or multiplied contact – at work, in society? 2. 1. 2. 3. 3. Weak and Strong? Instrumental and Socio-Emotional? Online-Only or Using Internet & Other Media (F2F, Phone)? Interpersonally – Locally Interpersonally – Long Distance Organizationally GloCalization: Has the map of the world dissolved so much that distance does not matter? Has the Internet brought spatial and social peripheries closer to the center? Barry Wellman www.chass.utoronto.ca/~wellman Research Questions (cont'd) 4. 5. Structure: Does the Internet facilitate working in loosely-coupled networks rather than dense, tight groups? Knowledge Management: How do people find and acquire usable knowledge in networked and virtual organizations 44 Barry Wellman www.chass.utoronto.ca/~wellman Guiding Research Principles Substitute systematic data analysis for hype Do field studies, not lab experiments Combine statistical with observational info. Study the use of each media in larger context Work with other disciplines Analyze Existing Uses Develop New Uses 45 Barry Wellman www.chass.utoronto.ca/~wellman Studies of Community On and Off-Line Pre-Internet Networked Communities "Netville": The Wired Suburb National Geographic Web Survey 1998, 2001 Other Internet Community Studies Barry Wellman, "The Network Community" Introduction to Networks in the Global Village Westview Press, 1999 46 Source: Dan Heap Parliamentary Campaign 1992 (NDP) Toronto in the Continental Division of Labor Barry Wellman www.chass.utoronto.ca/~wellman Physical Place and Cyber Place Door to Door, Place to Place, Person to Person, Role to Role Barry Wellman, "Changing Connectivity: A Future History of Y2.03K." Sociological Research Online 4, 4, February 2000: http://www.socresonline.org.uk/4/wellman.html Barry Wellman, "Physical Place and Cyber Place: The Rise of Networked Individualism." International Journal of Urban and Regional Research 25 (2001): June. 48 Barry Wellman www.chass.utoronto.ca/~wellman Door To Door Old Workgroups/ Communities Based on Propinquity, Kinship Pre-Industrial Villages, Wandering Bands All Observe and Interact with All Deal with Only One Group Knowledge Comes Only From Within the Group – and Stays Within the Group 49 Place To Place (Phones, Networked PCs, Airplanes, Expressways, RR, Transit) Home, Office Important Contexts, Ramified & Sparsely Knit: Not Local Solidarities Not Intervening Space Not neighborhood-based Not densely-knit with a group feeling Partial Membership in Multiple Workgroups/ Communities Often Based on Shared Interest Connectivity Beyond Neighborhood, Work Site Household to Household / Work Group to Work Group Domestication, Feminization of Community Deal with Multiple Groups Knowledge Comes From Internal & External Sources "Glocalization": Globally Connected, Locally Invested Barry Wellman www.chass.utoronto.ca/~wellman Person To Person (Cell Phones, Wireless Computing) Little Awareness of Context Individual, Not Household or Work Group Personalized Networking Tailored Media Interactions Private Desires Replace Public Civility Less Caring for Strangers, Fewer Weak Ties Online Interactions Linked with Offline Dissolution of the Internal: All Knowledge is External 51 Barry Wellman www.chass.utoronto.ca/~wellman Role To Role Tailored Communication Media Little Awareness of Whole Person Portfolios of Specialized Relationships Boutiques, not Variety Stores Cycling among Specialized Communities / Work Groups Role-Based Media Interactions Management by Network 52 Barry Wellman www.chass.utoronto.ca/~wellman "Netville": The Wired Suburb Leading-Edge Development Exurban Toronto Mid-Priced, Detached Tract Homes Bell Canada, etc. Field Trial 10Mb/sec, ATM-Based, No-Cost Internet Services Ethnographic Fieldwork Hampton Lived There for 2 Years Survey Research Wants, Networks, Activities 53 The entrance to Netville Barry Wellman www.chass.utoronto.ca/~wellman View of Netville 55 Barry Wellman www.chass.utoronto.ca/~wellman "Wired" and "Non-Wired" Neighboring in Netville Mean Number of Neighbors: Ratio Signif. Level (p <) 8.4 3.0 .00 6.3 3.1 2.0 .06 Invited into Own Home 3.9 2.7 1.4 .14 Invited into Neighbors' Homes 3.9 2.5 1.6 .14 # of Intervening Lots to Known Neighbors 7.5 5.6 1.4 .08 (37) NonWired (20) Recognized by Name 25.5 Talk with Regularly Wired Wired/ NonWired 56 Barry Wellman www.chass.utoronto.ca/~wellman Neighboring Ties Wired Residents Recognize More Talk with More Invite More Into their Homes And are Invited by Them Neighbor in a Wider Area 57 Barry Wellman www.chass.utoronto.ca/~wellman Long-Distance Ties (>50 km/30 mi ) Compared to one year before moving to Netville, Wired Residents Have More Than Non-Wired: Social Contact – especially over 500 km Help Given (e.g., childcare, home repair) Help Received from Friends and Relatives Especially between 50 and 500 km 58 Barry Wellman www.chass.utoronto.ca/~wellman Long-Distance Ties Wired Residents Say the Internet: Makes it Easier to Communicate Fosters Greater Volume of Communication Introduces New Modes of Communication Acquire More Diverse Knowledge 59 Barry Wellman www.chass.utoronto.ca/~wellman "Netville": The Wired Suburb With Keith Hampton (MIT) "Netville Online and Offline: Observing and Surveying a Wired Suburb." American Behavioral Scientist 43, 3 (Nov 1999): 475-92. "Examining Community in the Digital Neighborhood" Pp. 475-92 in Digital Cities: Technologies, Experiences and Future Perspectives, edited by Toru Ishida and Katherine Isbister. Berlin: Springer-Verlag, 2000. "Long Distance Community in the Network Society" American Behavioral Scientist, 45 (Nov 2001): 477-97 "How the Internet Builds Local Community". City and Community, 2001 Barry Wellman www.chass.utoronto.ca/~wellman National Geographic Survey 2000 and Survey 2001 "Survey 2000" -- Fall 1998 35,000 Americans 5,000 Canadians 15,000 "Others" "Survey 2001" -- Fall 2001, N > 6,000 61 Barry Wellman www.chass.utoronto.ca/~wellman Survey 2000 Research Questions Are There Systematic Social Variations in Who Uses the Internet – for What? Does the Internet Multiply, Add To, or Decrease Interpersonal Ties? Does the Internet Multiply, Add To, or Decrease Organizational Involvement? Does the Internet Increase, Decrease or Transform Community Commitment? Does the Internet Increase Knowledge? Are There Variations by National Context? 62 Barry Wellman www.chass.utoronto.ca/~wellman Figure 2a: Frequency of Contact with Near-by Kin (Days/Year) 250 208 200 193 191 209 201 228 150 117 100 84 113 67 116 118 65 64 116 114 63 58 23 49 7 7 50 6 6 0 1 5 Never Rarely 13 6 6 Monthly 6 Weekly Few times/wk Daily Email Use Total Phone F2F Email Letters Percentage of Different Media Used for Contact with Near-By Kin Email 17% F2F 27% Letters 3% Phone 53% 63 Barry Wellman www.chass.utoronto.ca/~wellman Figure 3a: Frequency of Contact with Near-By Friends (Days/Year) 400 350 345 300 250 248 207 200 150 100 236 136 106 109 102 97 87 76 72 5 19 6 50 0 194 192 1 5 6 5 Never Rarely 110 124 120 83 92 36 9 Mont hly Weekly 7 Few t imes/wk 9 Daily Emai l Use Tot al Phone F2F Em ail Let t ers P e rc e n t a g e o f M e d i a : U s e d f o r C o n t a c t w i t h N e a rB y F ri e n d s Email 29% Let t ers 3% P hone 39% F2F 29% 64 Barry Wellman www.chass.utoronto.ca/~wellman Figure 4a: Frequency of Contact with Far-away Kin (Days/Year) 140 132 120 100 91 80 60 40 20 0 73 53 35 10 7 1 Never 71 57 56 39 37 35 32 10 7 4 Rarely F2F 18 9 10 87 Monthly Weekly Email Use Phone 42 34 Letters Email 9 Few times/ wk 10 9 Daily Total Percentage of Media Used for Contact with Far-Away Kin Letters 8% Email 49% Phone 35% F2F 8% 65 Barry Wellman Figure www.chass.utoronto.ca/~wellman 5a: Frequency of Contact with Far-Away Friends (Days/Year) 140 128 120 100 86 80 63 60 40 48 36 35 28 20 0 19 10 7 0 Never 17 7 6 1 4 Rarely 17 17 8 6 15 7 6 Monthly Weekly 29 25 19 8 7 Few times/ wk 9 8 Daily Email Use Total Phone F2F Email Letters Percentage of Media Used for Contact with Far-Away Friends Letters 7% Phone 22% F2F 9% Email 62% 66 Barry Wellman www.chass.utoronto.ca/~wellman Computer Supported Cooperative Work Fishbowls and Switchboards Media Use and Choice Cerise Indigo Networked Scholarly Organizations Technet Globenet Teleworking: The Home-Work Nexus 67 Barry Wellman www.chass.utoronto.ca/~wellman The "Fishbowl" Group Office: Door-to-Door All Work Together in Same Room All Visible to Each Another All have Physical Access to Each Other All can see when a Person is Interruptible All can see when One Person is with Another No Real Secrets No Secret Meetings Anyone can Observe Conversations & Decide to Join Little Alert to Others Approaching 68 Barry Wellman www.chass.utoronto.ca/~wellman Neighbors have Hi Visual & Aural Awareness Limited Number of Participants Densely-Knit (most directly connected) Tightly Bounded (most interactions within group) Frequent Contact Recurrent Interactions Long-Duration Ties Cooperate for Clear, Collective purposes Sense of Group Solidarity (name, collective identity) Social Control by Supervisor & Group 69 Barry Wellman www.chass.utoronto.ca/~wellman The "Switchboard" Network Office: Person-to-Person Each Works Separately Office Doors Closable for Privacy Glass in Doors Indicate Interruptibility If Doors Locked, Must Knock If Doors Open, Request Admission Difficult to learn if Person is Dealing with Others Unless Door is Open Large Number of Potential Interactors Average Person knows > 1,000 Strangers & Friends of Friends May also be Contacted 70 Barry Wellman Sparsely-Knit Most Don't Know Each Other Or Not Aware of Mutual Contact No Detailed Knowledge of Indirect Ties Loosely-Bounded www.chass.utoronto.ca/~wellman Many Different People Contacted Many Different Workplaces Can Link with Outside Organizations Each Functions Individually Collective Activities Transient, Shifting Sets Subgroups, Cleavages, Secrets Can Develop 71 Barry Wellman www.chass.utoronto.ca/~wellman "Cerise" / "Indigo" CSCW Using Video/ Email at Work R&D Work: Caroline Haythornthwaite & Laura Garton Faculty, Students, Programmers, Admin. Collaborators Survey and Ethnography 72 Barry Wellman www.chass.utoronto.ca/~wellman CSCW Research Questions How do Work, Social Roles Affect Media Use? Is Email Used Only for Specialized Communication? Does Email Use: Replace, Add To, or Increase F2F, Phone Contact? Does Email Move Spatial/Social Peripheries Socially Closer? Does Email Foster Networked Organization? 73 Barry Wellman www.chass.utoronto.ca/~wellman Separate Information Exchange Roles Derived from Factor Analysis of Specific Exchanges Work Giving Work Receiving Work Collaborative Writing Computer Programming Social Sociability Major Emotional Support 74 Barry Wellman www.chass.utoronto.ca/~wellman Communication Roles Scheduled Classes, Meetings Research Meetings Email Unscheduled Less Media Meetings Frequent, More Wide-Ranging that Afford Control of Interactions Media associated with Group Norms 75 Barry Wellman www.chass.utoronto.ca/~wellman Social Roles Sociability, major emotional support Media Use follows Pairs' Interaction Patterns Unscheduled Meetings for Close Friends Unscheduled, Scheduled, Email for Work-Only Media that Affords Spontaneity Social Messages Tag on Work Messages Work-Only Pairs; Formal Work-Role Pairs 76 Barry Wellman www.chass.utoronto.ca/~wellman The Average Pair: Specialized: Via 1 or 2 Media Exchanges 3/6 Types of Information Unscheduled F2F, Scheduled F2F Meetings, or Email Mean = 5.2 Information-Media Links / Pair 77 Barry Wellman www.chass.utoronto.ca/~wellman Conclusions: The Cerise Study Away from Individual Choice, Congruency Social Affordances Only Create Possibilities Email Used for All Roles: Work, Knowledge, Sociability and Support Email Lowers Status Distances Email Network Not a Unique Social Network Intermixed with Face-to-Face (low use of phone, video, fax) Reduces Temporal as well as Spatial Distances 78 Barry Wellman www.chass.utoronto.ca/~wellman The More Email, the More F2F Contact The More Intense Work & Friendship Tie The More Frequent Email Independent Predictors: Friendship a bit Stronger The More Intense Work & Friendship Tie The More Types of Media Used to Communicate Independent Predictors: Friendship Stronger F2F the Medium of choice in weaker ties. In Stronger Ties, Email Supplements F2F 79 Barry Wellman www.chass.utoronto.ca/~wellman Indigo: Work Interaction Time 1 Work Interaction (All Media) Prior to Telepresence 80 Barry Wellman www.chass.utoronto.ca/~wellman Indigo: Work Interaction Time 3 Work Interaction (All Media) 14 months after Telepresence Intro Greater Decentralization 81 Barry Wellman www.chass.utoronto.ca/~wellman "Cerise" / "Indigo" Papers Caroline Haythornthwaite and Barry Wellman, "Work, Friendship and Media Use for Information Exchange in a Networked Organization."Journal of the American Society for Information Science 49 (1998): 1101-14 Marilyn Mantei, Ronald Baecker, William Buxton, Thomas Milligan, Abigail Sellen and Barry Wellman. "Experiences in the Use of a Media Space." 1992. Pp 372-78 in Groupware, edited by David Marca and Geoffrey Bock. Los Alamitos, CA: IEEE Computer Society Press, 1992. Caroline Haythornthwaite, Barry Wellman & Marilyn Mantei "Work Relationships and Media Use." Group Decision and Negotiation 4 (1995): 193-211. Caroline Haythornthwaite, Barry Wellman & Laura Garton, "Work and Community Via Computer-Mediated Communication." Pp. 199-226 in Psychology and the Internet, edited by Jayne Gackenbach. San Diego: Academic Press, 1998. 82 Barry Wellman www.chass.utoronto.ca/~wellman Netting Scholars: Communities of Practice & Inquiry Emmanuel Koku, Nancy Nazer & Barry Wellman "Netting Scholars: Online and Offline." American Behavioral Scientist, 44 ,10 (June, 2001): 1750-72 Emmanuel Koku & Barry Wellman "Scholarly Networks as Learning Communities" In Designing Virtual Communities in the Service of Learning, Edited by Sasha Barab & Rob Kling. Cambridge: Cambridge University Press, 2002 83 Barry Wellman www.chass.utoronto.ca/~wellman Comparison of 2 Scholarly Networks Year Founded Globenet Founded in 1991-93 Technet Founded in 1995-96 Size Membership 16 (13 men, 3 women) 32 (22 men, 9 women) Invitational: merit, Voluntary interdisciplinary, niche Location Activities Canada, US, UK 3 Meetings /year Production of a book Funding 1 Ontario university Frequent seminars, conferences Joint courses, retreats 9 Senior Fellows get full Members not funded by salaries Technet 7 Associate Fellows get Many receive other partial funding research grants 84 Barry Wellman www.chass.utoronto.ca/~wellman Globenet members use both F2F & email to get their joint projects done. The dispersion of members across Canada, U.S. & U.K. leads them to use email as a collaborative tool. 85 Barry Wellman www.chass.utoronto.ca/~wellman . For Globenetters, the distance between members of scholarly pairs is unrelated to the frequency of their email contact. Except when they're in the same building 86 Barry Wellman www.chass.utoronto.ca/~wellman Friendship is the strongest predictor to face-to-face & email contact in Technet & Globenet 87 Barry Wellman www.chass.utoronto.ca/~wellman The scholarly relationship of collaborating on a project is the second strongest predictor of frequent F2F contact & frequent email contact. It & friendship are the only 2 significant predictors. 88 Barry Wellman www.chass.utoronto.ca/~wellman Congruent with the theories of media use: Tasks requiring complex negotiations preferably conducted via richer F2F contacts. Technet members use F2F contact when possible. Email fills in temporal & informational gaps. Those Technet members who often read each other's work, communicate more by email. 89 Barry Wellman www.chass.utoronto.ca/~wellman Where F2F contact is easily done, it is the preferred medium for collaborative work. However, colleagues easily share their ideas and their work – or announce its existence – by email and web postings. They do not have to walk over to each other's offices to do this, although Canadian winters can inhibit in-person visits 90 Barry Wellman www.chass.utoronto.ca/~wellman Sources of Prominence in Globenet External Sources Important for Gaining Entrance Scholarly Status Niche Plus Perceived Internal Congeniality Internal Sources Important Within Network Knights of the Roundtable Formal Role Scholarly Communication within Network Number of Friendships 91 Barry Wellman www.chass.utoronto.ca/~wellman Summary: Ties Internet Supports Strong & Weak Ties Internet Supports Instrumental & Socioemotional Ties Evidence: Netville, National Geographic, Netting Scholars, Cerise, Telework Ties Rarely are Internet-Only Evidence: Netville, Netting Scholars, Cerise, Telework Evidence: Netville, National Geographic, Netting Scholars, Cerise, Telework Internet Replaces Fax & May Reduce Phone – Not F2F Evidence: Netville, Netting Scholars, Cerise 92 Barry Wellman www.chass.utoronto.ca/~wellman Summary: Local Social Capital Multiplied Number & Range of Neighbors Increased Contact with Existing Neighbors – Email Adds On to Same Levels of F2F, Phone Evidence: Netville Evidence: National Geographic, Berkeley, Netville? Demand for Local Information Evidence: Netville, Berkeley, Small City Study 93 Barry Wellman www.chass.utoronto.ca/~wellman Summary: Long Distance Ties Increased Contact with Long Distance Ties – Email Adds On to Same Levels of F2F, Phone 1. Friends More than Kin 2. Long-Distance Ties More than Local 3. Post Used Only for Rituals (Birthdays, Christmas) Evidence: National Geographic, Netville 94 Barry Wellman www.chass.utoronto.ca/~wellman Summary: Long Distance Ties Increased Contact with Long Distance Ties – Email Adds On to Same Levels of F2F, Phone 1. Friends More than Kin 2. Long-Distance Ties More than Local 3. Post Used Only for Rituals (Birthdays, Christmas) Evidence: National Geographic, Netville 95 Summary: Computer-Mediated Communication Not only supports online "virtual" communities Supports and maintains existing ties: strong & weak Increases connectivity with weak ties Supports both local and non-local social ties In Neighborhood, High-speed Network: Increases local network size Increases amount of local contact Long-Distance, High-Speed Network Increases amount of contact Increases support exchanged Facilitates contact with geographical periphery Summary: The GloCalization Paradox Surf and Email Globally Stay Wired at Office/Home to be Online Desire for Local/Distant Services and Information Internet Supplements/Augments F2F Doesn't Replace It; Rarely Used Exclusively Media Choice? By Any Means Available Many Emails are Local – Within the Workgroup or Community Local Becomes Just Another Interest Evidence: Netville, National Geographic, Small Cities, Berkeley, Netting Scholars, Cerise, Indigo, Telework Barry Wellman www.chass.utoronto.ca/~wellman Summary: Social Network Structure Internet Aids Both Direct & Indirect Connections Knowledge Acquisition & Management • Accessing Friends of Friends • Forwarding & Folding In: Making Indirect Ties Direct Ties Social and Spatial Peripheries Closer to the Center Shift from Spatial Propinquity to Shared Interests Shifting, Fluid Structures Networked, Long-Distance Coordination & "Reports" 98 Barry Wellman www.chass.utoronto.ca/~wellman Conclusions: Changing Connectivity By Any Means Available Door-to-Door > Place-to-Place > Person-to-Person Connectivity Less Solidary Households New Forms of Community Dual Careers Multiple Schedules Multiple Marriages Partial Membership in Multiple Communities Networked & Virtual Work Relationships 99 Barry Wellman www.chass.utoronto.ca/~wellman Conclusions: Role-to-Role Relationships Partial Communities of: Shared, Specialized Interest Importance of Informal Network Capital Production Reproduction Externalities Bridging and Bonding Ties 100 Barry Wellman www.chass.utoronto.ca/~wellman Conclusions: How a Network Society Looks Multiplicity of Specialized Relations Management by Networks More Uncertainty, More Maneuverability Boutiques, not General Stores Less Palpable than Traditional Solidarities Need Navigation Tools An Electronic Group is Virtually a Social Network." Pp. 179205 in Culture of the Internet, edited by Sara Kiesler. 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Little awareness of others' availability - must be contacted Little awareness of availability Must be contacted Visibility and audibility must be negotiated Access Control Doors wide open to in-group members Walled off from others External gate guarded Doors ajar within and between networks Look, knock and ask Doors closed Access to others by request Knock and ask Physical Access All have immediate access to all Core have immediate access Contacting others requires a journey or telecommunications Contact requires a journey or telecommunications Permeability Impermeable wall around unit Household and workgroup have strong to weak outside connections Individual has strong to weak connections 107 Barry Wellman www.chass.utoronto.ca/~wellman Boundaries (continued) Phenomena Little Boxes Glocalization Networked Individualism Interruptibility High: (Open Door) Norm of Interruption Mixed: Core interruptible Others require deliberate requests Answering machine Knocking on door that may be ajar or closed Norm of Interruption within immediate network only Low: Contact must be requested May be avoided or refused Prioritizing voice mail Internet filter Knocking on door that may be ajar or closed Norm of interruption within immediate network only Observability High: All can see when other group members are interacting Mixed: Core can observe core Periphery cannot observe core or interactions with other network members Low: Interactions with other network members rarely visible Privacy Low information control: Few secrets Status/Position becomes important capital Low information control: Few secrets for core Variable information control for periphery Material resources and network connections become important capital High information control: Many secrets Information and ties become important capital Joining In Anyone can observe interactions Anyone can join Interactions outside the core rarely observable Difficult to join Interactions rarely observable Difficult to join Alerts Little awareness of others approaching Open, unlocked doors High prior awareness of periphery's desire to interact Telephone ring, doorbell High prior awareness of others' desire to interact Formal requests 108 Interpersonal Interactions Phenomena Little Boxes Glocalization Networked Individualism Predominant Basis of Interaction Ascription (What you are born into) e.g., Gender, ethnicity "Protect Your Base Before You Attack" (attributed to Mao) Free agent Frequency of Contact High within group Moderate within core; Low to moderate outside of core Variable, low with most; Moderate overall Recurrency Recurrent interactions within group Recurrent interactions within core; Intermittent with each network member Low with most others; Moderate overall Duration Long duration ties: cradle-to-grave; employed for life Long duration for household core (except for divorce); Short duration otherwise Short duration ties Domesticity Cradle-to-grave Mom and Dad Dick and Jane Long-term partners Serial monogamy Dick lives with divorced parent Changing partners; Living together; Singles; Single parents; Nanny cares for Jane Scheduling Drop-In anytime Drop-in within household, work core; Appointments otherwise Scheduled appointments Transaction Speed Slow Variable in core; Fast in periphery Fast Autonomy & Proactivity Low autonomy High reactivity Mixed: Autonomy within household & work cores High proactivity & autonomy with others High autonomy High proactivity Tie Maintenance Group maintains ties Core groups maintain internal ties; Other ties must be actively maintained Ties must be actively maintained, one-byone Predictability Predictability, certainty and security within group interactions Moderate predictability, certainty and security within core; Interactions with others less predictable, certain and secure Unpredictability, uncertainty, insecurity, contingency, opportunity Latency Leaving is betrayal; Re-Entry difficult Ability to reestablish relationships quickly with network members not seen in years Ability to reestablish relationships quickly with network members not seen in years Social Networks Phenomena Little Boxes Glocalization Networked Individualism Number of Social Circles Few: Household, kin, work Multiple: Core household, work unit; Multiple sets of friends, kin, work associates, neighbors Multiple: Dyadic or network ties with household, work unit, friends, kin, work associates, neighbors Maneuverability Little choice of social circles Choice of core and other social circles Choice of social circles Trust Building Enforced by group Betrayal of one is betrayal of all Core enforces trust Networked members depend on cumulative reciprocal exchanges and ties with mutual others Dependent on cumulative reciprocal exchanges and ties with mutual others Social Support Broad ("multistranded") Broad household and work core; Specialized kin, friends, other work Specialized Social Integration By groups only Cross-cutting ties between networks integrate society; Core is the common hub Cross-cutting ties between networks integrate society Cooperation Group cooperation Joint activity for clear, collective purposes Core cooperation; Otherwise: short-term alliances, tentatively reinforced by trust building and ties with mutual others Independent schedules Transient alliances with shifting sets of others Knowledge All aware of most information Information open to all within unit Secret to outsiders Core Knows Most Things Variable awareness of and access to what periphery knows Variable awareness of and access to what periphery knows Social Control Superiors and group exercise tight control Moderate control by core household and workgroup, with some spillover to interactions with periphery Fragmented control within specialized networks Adherence to norms must be internalized by individuals Subgroups, cleavages Partial, fragmented control within specialized networks Adherence to norms must be internalized by individuals Resources Conserves resources Acquires resources for core units Acquires resources for self Basis of Success Getting along Position within group Getting along Position within core; Networking Networking Filling structural holes between networks Barry Wellman www.chass.utoronto.ca/~wellman Norms and Perceptions Phenomena Little Boxes Glocalization Networked Individualism Socialization Obey group elders Obey your parents; cherish your spouse; nurture your children; Defer to your boss; work and play well with colleagues and friends Develop strategies and tactics for self-advancement Sense of Solidarity High group solidarity Collective identity Collective name Moderate solidarity within core household and workgroup, Vitiated by many ties to multiple peripheries Sense of being an autonomous individual Fuzzy identifiable networks Loyalty Particularistic: High group loyalty Public and private spheres: Moderate loyalty to home base takes precedence over weak loyalty elsewhere Self Global weak and divided loyalties Conflict Handling Revolt, coup Irrevocable departure Back-biting Keeping distance Avoidance Exit Commitment to Network Members High within groups High within core; Variable elsewhere Variable Zeitgeist Communitarian Conflicted Existential 111 Barry Wellman www.chass.utoronto.ca/~wellman After 9-11: Retreat to Little Boxes? Back from Networks to Little Boxes? Re-establishing Tight Boundaries Knowledge Workers' Spatial Mobility Hindered Goods Made and Sold Locally Distrust of Outsiders Drawing into Densely-Knit Groups Gated Communities Gated Work: All Work Done on Premises – Autarky Direct Ties, F2F Ties Replace Indirect, Computer Mediated Ties Network Analysis Used by Terrorists & Governments 112 Little Boxes Ramified Networks **** Each in its Place Mobility of People and Goods **** United Family Serial Marriage, Mixed Custody Shared Community Multiple, Partial Personal Nets Neighborhoods Dispersed Networks Voluntary Organizations Informal Leisure Face-to-Face Computer-Mediated Communication Public Spaces Private Spaces Focused Work Unit Networked Organizations Job in a Company Career in a Profession Autarky Outsourcing Office, Factory Airplane, Internet, Cellphone Ascription Achievement Hierarchies Matrix Management Conglomerates Virtual Organizations/Alliances Cold War Blocs Fluid, Transitory Alliances Barry Wellman www.chass.utoronto.ca/~wellman Edited Books The Internet in Everyday Life Networks in the Global Village Caroline Haythornthwaite, co-editor Oxford: Blackwell Publishers 2002 Preliminary: American Behavioral Scientist, Nov 2001 Boulder, CO: Westview Press 1999 Social Structures: A Network Approach S. D. Berkowitz, co-editor Cambridge University Press, 1988; Reprinted: Elsevier-JAI Press, 1997 Reprinted: CSPI Press, Toronto, 2003 114 Barry Wellman www.chass.utoronto.ca/~wellman Recent Integrative Articles "Computer Networks as Social Networks" Science 293 (Sept 14, 2001): 2031-34. "Designing the Internet for a Networked Society." Communications of the ACM, April 2002: in press. Research Supported By: Institute of Knowledge Management, CITO, Mitel, National Science Foundation (US), Social Science & Humanities Research Council of Canada 115 Thank You -- Barry Wellman Director, NetLab Centre for Urban & Community Studies University of Toronto Toronto, Canada M5S 1A1 email@example.com www.chass.utoronto.ca/~wellman


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The WRV Board of Directors includes community members with a variety of professional experience, all of whom share a deep love for restoration and the care of Colorado's open spaces.
Executive Committee
Chair: Chris MacDermaid
Treasurer: Eric Gertler
Vice Chair: Tim Seastedt
Secretary: Sandra Laursen
Member-at-Large: Sarah Thomas
Board Member Biographies
Dan Corson
Dan Corson moved to Boulder in 1973 to attend law school. After a 20-year practice he opted for a masters degree in public history to work in historic preservation. Since 1998 he has worked with the Colorado Office of Archaeology and Historic Preservation supervising federal and state agency environmental compliance, federal and state rehabilitation tax credits and local government programs. Dan has served on human services, environmental and historic preservation boards--the latter at all of the local, state and national levels-- as well as numerous committees. Additionally he served on city boards and two terms on the Boulder city council. Dan has volunteered for over 20 years on trail and restoration projects sponsored by WRV and other organizations.
Eric Gertler
Eric is settling in to his second term as a WRV Board member, having served as the founding Treasurer starting in 2003. During his career Eric has served as a financial manager for a variety of companies, primarily in the software and banking industries. Eric has been active in Boulder's non-profit community, volunteering for the Center for Resource Conservation, Emergency Family Assistance Association, and the Humane Society of Boulder County, among others. Eric is an avid road biker and hiker.
Larry Glassburn
Born and raised in Colorado, Larry's life experiences have encompassed boundless opportunities for domestic and international work, living, and travel. Education (University of Colorado) and continuing training provided a sound foundation to be successfully used in various industrial corporate settings. His roles have included leadership and management of engineering; quality; marketing/sales; and service disciplines. Having been fully engaged in hiking; climbing; skiing; and mountain biking for many years, it is a privilege to be able to give back to the land through WRV activities. He obtains great pleasure being part of the WRV team and fully supports their mission with the hope that future generations of family, friends, and visitors will always enjoy our work.
Katherine Hamilton
Kate is currently a consultant and educator in the environmental policy and management arena. She earned a Master of Environmental Management degree from the Yale School of Forestry and Environmental Studies. Born in Denver, Kate lived in different areas of the U.S. and around the globe but continued to feel the pull of Colorado and the Rocky Mountains. She is now settled in Boulder, loves exploring nature, and is excited to join WRV as a new board member.
Alison Hamm
Allison moved to Colorado in 2009 and never wants to leave. She practiced law in Massachusetts in the '80s and '90s and got her Masters in Environmental Studies in 2003, in Wichita, Kansas. Allison has worked with environmental conservation and restoration both professionally and as an avocation for over 20 years. She has volunteered on WRV projects since 2010.
India Hart Wood
India founded Hart Business Research in Boulder in 2002. Her firm produces national studies of niche markets, including the triennial study of artists and art materials in the USA and Canada. India grew up in Colorado Springs and then went east for college at Dartmouth and an MBA at MIT. She hikes, kayaks, fishes, and has camped in more than 40 places in Colorado with her family. She is a past board member at the Association for Community Living and the Boulder Valley Rotary Club and currently volunteers with Boulder Valley Schools, Boulder-Yamagata (Japan) Sister City Association, and WRV.
Sandra Laursen
After careers as a scientist and educator, Sandra now works as a research faculty member at CU Boulder, leading studies of education and career paths in science, engineering, and mathematics. She is passionate about making science meaningful, fun, and accessible to all. She is a founding Alto 1 with Resonance Women's Chorus of Boulder, a hiker, a worm composter, and a birder active with the Boulder County Nature Association's ecological monitoring projects.
Chris MacDermaid
Chris MacDermaid came to Colorado from Michigan to ski for one season and never left. Is a new WRV board member and this is his fourth year volunteering with WRV. He graduated from CSU and works at NOAA's Earth System Research Laboratory in Boulder through CSU's Cooperative Institute for Research in the Atmosphere. He has been a long-time member and volunteer for the IOOF Boulder Lodge #9, is a Past Noble Grand. Chris is a certified Project Management Professional (PMP).
Sean Mangus - Leeds School of Business Board Fellow
Sean currently attends the University of Colorado, Boulder, where he is pursuing a Master of Business Administration. Prior to enrolling at CU, he was Project Manager for the Institute for Environmental Solutions in Denver focusing on urban forestry and riparian restoration. He enjoys hiking, backpacking, and studio arts in his free time. ;
Todd Sanford
Todd Sanford is a climate scientist working on the ecological and public health impacts of climate change for the non-profit organization, Climate Central, and has an affiliation with the University of Colorado. He has many years of experience volunteering for WRV in various capacities, including crew leader, tool manager, and technical advisor.
Timothy Seastedt
Tim Seastedt began his career as an ecosystem ecologist in 1981 working at Kansas State University on the Konza Prairie Biological Station. In 1991 he moved to Boulder to become the lead scientist on the alpine Long-Term Ecological Research project, and is currently is a Professor of Ecology and Fellow of the Institute of Arctic and Alpine Research at the University of Colorado. He continues to study and work on grasslands and co-leads a long-term restoration project on a parcel of private and Forest Service land just north of Boulder. He joined the WRV board in 2012 and hopes to interface his science with the practical experiences provided by WRV's activities that enhance ecological stewardship in the Front Range region.
Sarah Thomas
Sarah's love of the outdoors started as a child growing up in Colorado and she is excited about supporting WRV's mission of land stewardship. She has worked in the environmental field for nearly 15 years as a strategic consultant, policy analyst, and researcher, and she holds a Ph.D. in Environmental Science, Policy, and Management from UC Berkeley. She enjoys trail running, skiing, backpacking, and canoeing, but lately spends most of her free time running after her two young daughters.
Board of Directors Member Role Description
Title: Member of Board of Directors
Committee Affiliations: Board of Directors and at least one other Committee chosen based on Member's interests and talents.
Description and Objectives: The Board has the overall responsibility for the WRV organization and is charged with its supervision and oversight. The Member works closely with other Members of the Board and the Executive Director to fulfill these objectives.
Fulfill board duties and governance functions
Support the mission, core values and work of WRV.
Plan and position WRV for the future.
Act as an ambassador for WRV, helping to establish relationships with strategically important constituencies.
Support and supervise the Executive Director.
Assist in securing financial resources and oversee their responsible management.
Make a "significant" (for you) annual contribution to WRV.
Support the Fundraising activities at some level in accordance with one's interests and talents.
Background or qualifications: The Board Member should have a good knowledge of WRV and a personal commitment to its goals and Core Values. The Member should also have good communication skills, initiative, good decision-making and planning skills, be a team player, a creative problem solver and be flexible and inclusive. Prior experience on non-profits boards is desired but not a requirement.
Training/Preparation: The Member should attend a Board introduction training. They will be given a Board member packet, with bylaws, mission statement, core values, and strategic plan, etc.
Time / Place: The board meetings are bimonthly (which average 2.5 hours) and the annual Board retreat is typically a two day weekend in January. The Member is expected to participate in at least one WRV committee and to participate in some WRV volunteer projects and activities (may include work projects, trainings, volunteer appreciation dinners, fundraising activities, or staffing WRV booth at local fairs, etc)
Commitment: Perform the duties of Board of Director Member for a term of two years. Multiple terms are encouraged, with a maximum of three consecutive terms.
Oversight: The Member works closely with the Officers of the Board, other members of the Board, the WRV Executive Director and other WRV staff members. The Member does not have supervisory authority over WRV staff members, as that is the exclusive domain of the Executive Director.
Measures of success: Overall success of WRV in meeting its mission and fulfilling its Core Values and personal satisfaction of Member in performing their responsibilities on the Board.


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Bathroom with quality Sanitary-ware fittings.
Bathroom and Sanitary-ware fittings by international brand.
Master Bedroom consists of four fixtures i.e. Rain-shower/Overhead-shower/ Tel-shower and Spout.
Anodized aluminum windows for all the rooms.
Anodized aluminium windows.
Vitrified tile flooring / Designer tiles in the Bathroom.
Sun Deck in master bedroom.
Meter-by-meter vitrified tiles in the Kitchen.
Italian Marble or equivalent brand flooring in Living/Dinning.
Wooden flooring in all bedrooms.
Gundecha House, 141 Jawahar Nagar, Road No. 9, Goregaon West, Mumbai, Pin Code - 400062, Maharashtra, India
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Gundecha Altura, located in Kanjurmarg West, Mumbai is yet another Project of Gundecha Builders.
Nestled on L.B.S. Marg, Gundecha Altura is an extravagant 3 tower project with a plan of 2, 2½ & 3 BHK spacious apartments that offers maximum usable area. It has in its close proximity, reputed schools & colleges, hospitals and shopping malls. Only 7 minutes walking distance from the railway station, it offers excellent construction.