From the chair

Greetings! Welcome to the new academic year. I hope it brings success and happiness to all of you. I would like to encourage you to consider sending a submission to the ACM-SIGMIS CPR (Computer Personnel Research) 2004 Conference to be held April 22-24, 2004 in Tucson, Arizona, USA. The theme of this year's conference is "Computer Personnel and Ethics in a Networked Environment."The submission deadline is October 27, 2003. Your participation is welcome! For more information, please contact the Conference Chair: Mohan Tanniru, University of Arizona, mtanniru@eller.arizona.edu or visit the conference website: http://www.eller.arizona.edu/mis/CPR2004.htmI would also like to encourage you to consider hosting a future SIGMIS CPR Conference. As you know, SIGMIS is committed to preserving and developing the CPR Conference. Let's all work to make it a continuing success!Please plan to attend the International Conference on Information and Knowledge Management (CIKM'03), which SIGMIS co-sponsors with ACM-SIGIR (Special Interest Group on Information Retrieval): Conference : International Conference on Information and Knowledge Management Dates : November 3-8, 2003 Location : New Orleans, LA USA, Hotel Inter-Continental Website : http://www.cikm.org/2003 I would like to take this opportunity to thank Sajda Qureshi, University of Nebraska at Omaha, for her outstanding service as Program Chair of Knowledge Management for CIKM'02. Sajda has graciously agreed to continue in this role for CIKM'03. For additional information, you may contact her at: squreshi@ist.unomaha.edu.Finally, I would like to ask you to mark your calendar now for the "Third Annual ACM-SIGMIS Reception:" Where : International Conference on Information Systems (ICIS2003) Seattle, WA USA, Sheraton Seattle Hotel & Towers, Room 418/420 When : 5:30 to 7:00 pm, Saturday, December 13, 2003 Who : All ACM-SIGMIS members and their invited guests are welcome Thank you for your continued support of SIGMIS. We encourage your comments and suggestions. Please feel free to contact any one of us.