AECM (Accounting Education Using Computers and Multimedia) is the listserv for accounting professors. Membership fluctuates between 600-1,000.
Over the years, the e-mail discussions have been carried out between Bob Jensen, David Fordham, Paul Williams, Jagdish Gangolly, Amy Dunbar, Ed Scribner, Richard Campbell, myself and several others (my apologies for not mentioning any that want to be recognized).
How do these discussions get started? It’s just like in any group. Usually there’s a leader, who in this case is Bob Jensen (emeritus professor from Trinity University). He’s always finding interesting articles out on the web (he’s a prolific surfer). He’ll bring them to our attention, sometimes with his own comment. Then, if the article strikes someone’s fancy, they’ll respond and pretty soon there’s a pretty good exchange going. Discussions can get started in other ways, but not usually.
In recent years, Bob has been picking up on the commentary provided by bloggers. Bob has passed along links to many posts written by some of the AECM members.
Bill McCarthy (Michigan State AIS guru) got the idea that a blogger panel discussion at the American Accounting Association annual meeting would be a good idea. Five of us–Tom Selling, Ed Ketz, Francine McKenna, Joe Hoyle and myself–quickly jumped on board. At the last minute, I’ve had to drop off due to a scheduling conflict. It has been eating at me for weeks that I won’t be there on Wednesday, August 4, 2010 in San Francisco.
Here’s a preview of these bloggers and what they mean to AECM.
The Summa 