From the chair

Welcome to the new academic year! I hope you had an enjoyable summer.The transition to our newly appointed Information Director, Susan Vowels, Washington College, has been completed. Susan replaces Diane Lending, James Madison University, who has graciously agreed to serve as the next CPR (Computer Personnel Research) Committee Chair. We again thank Diane for her superior service as Information Director and her continued service as CPR Committee Chair. Fred Niederman, Saint Louis University, was presented with a plaque for his outstanding contributions as the first CPR Committee Chair at the ACM-SIGMIS CPR (Computer Personnel Research) 2004 Conference held in April in Phoenix, Arizona USAConsider sending a submission to the SIGMIS Computer Personnel Research 2005 Conference: Where: Atlanta, Georgia USA When: April 14-16, 2005 Theme: "Beyond the Bust: Preparing for the Boom?" The submission deadline is October 15, 2004. Your participation is welcome! For more information, please contact the SIGMIS CPR Conference Committee: Conference Chair: Mike Gallivan, Georgia State University, mgalliva@gsu.edu Program Co-Chairs: Jo Ellen Moore, Southern Illinois University Edwardsville, joemoor@siue.edu Susan E. Yager, Southern Illinois University Edwardsville, syager@siue.edu Local Arrangements: Ephraim McLean, Georgia State University, emclean@gsu.edu Treasurer: Laurie Schatzberg, University of New Mexico, laurie@mgt.unm.edu Publicity: Manju Ahuja, Indiana University Bloomington, mahuja@indiana.edu Or, check our website at: http://www.acm.org/sigmis Also, I would like you to consider hosting a future SIGMIS CPR Conference. Let's make the SIGMIS CPR Conference a continuing success!Finally, please mark your calendar now for the Fourth Annual ACM-SIGMIS Reception: Where: International Conference on Information Systems (ICIS2004) Washington, D.C. USA When: 6:00 to 8:00 pm (to be confirmed) Saturday, December 11, 2004 Who: All ACM-SIGMIS members and their invited guests are welcome! We encourage any comments or suggestions. Please feel free to contact any one of us. Thank you for your interest in and continued support of SIGMIS.