From the chair

I would like to wish all of you a happy, healthy, and prosperous New Year!I would like to thank all of our members and their guests who attended the "Third Annual ACM-SIGMIS Reception," held as an ACM-SIGMIS event on Saturday, December 13, 2003, prior to the International Conference on Information Systems (ICIS2003) in Seattle, Washington, USA. It was great fun seeing all of you! Photos from the event will soon be posted to ACM-SIGMIS's website at: http://www.acm.org/sigmis. This is an annual event, so please mark your calendar now. Next year's reception is planned for Saturday, December 11, 2004, prior to ICIS2004 to be held in Washington, D.C., USA, December 12 - 15, 2004.Please plan to attend our ACM-SIGMIS Computer Personnel Research 2004 (CPR'04) Conference. For more information, please contact the Conference Chair, Mohan Tanniru, University of Arizona, mtanniru@eller.arizona.edu or visit the conference website listed below: Conference : ACM-SIGMIS Computer Personnel Research 2004 (CPR'04) Conference Theme : "Computer Personnel: Careers, Culture, and Ethics in a Networked Environment" Dates : April 22-24, 2004 Location :Tucson, Arizona, USA Website : http://www.eller.arizona.edu/mis/CPR2004.htm I am pleased to announce the establishment of the annual SIGMIS Magid Igbaria Outstanding Conference Paper of the Year Award, in recognition of the outstanding contributions to MIS and CPR by the late Magid Igbaria, Claremont Graduate School. This award, approved in October 2003 by the ACM awards committee, will be presented for the first time at this year's CPR'04 conference. I would like to express my sincere gratitude to Fred Niederman, Saint Louis University, for all his efforts in establishing this award. I would also like to thank Lorne Olfman, Claremont Graduate School; Tor Guimaraes, Tennessee Technological University; Al Lederer, University of Kentucky; Munir Mandviwalla, Temple University; and Conrad Shayo, California State University for their support.Thank you for your interest and involvement in SIGMIS. We encourage your comments and suggestions. Should you have any questions, ideas, or other input, please feel free to contact any one of us. We look forward to seeing you at ACM-SIGMIS CPR'04!