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Deb Armstrong, Florida State University, who served as the Chair of the 2009 SIGMIS Nominating Committee, has announced the results of the SIGMIS elections. Our 2009-2011 SIGMIS officers (as of July 1, 2009) are: Chair: Janice C. Sipior, Villanova University, janice.sipior@villanova.edu Vice-Chair: Eileen M. Trauth, Pennsylvania State University, etrauth@ist.psu.edu Secretary/Treasurer: Christina Nicole Outlay, DePaul University, coutlay@depaul.edu Deb would like to thank all who were willing to serve the SIGMIS community and who participated in the process. Please join me in extending a heartfelt thank you to the members of the SIGMIS CPR 2009 Conference Committee. We appreciate all their hard work in making this year's conference, held at the University of Limerick campus in Limerick, Ireland from May 28-30, 2009, a success: Conference Co-Chairs: Norah Power, University of Limerick Kate Kaiser, Marquette University Program Co-Chairs: Jack Downey, University of Limerick Damien Joseph, Nanyang Technological University, Singapore Doctoral Consortium Co-Chairs: Deb Armstrong, Florida State University Cindy Riemenschneider, University of Arkansas Conference Treasurer: Indira Guzman, Touro University International Conference Publicity: Sandra Newton, Sonoma State University I am pleased to announce the recipients of the sixth annual "Magid Igbaria Outstanding Conference Paper of the Year Award:" Klodwig Mgaya, Faith-Michael Uzoka, Ernest Kitindi, and Alice Shemi for their paper, "Examining Career Orientations of Information Systems Personnel in an Emerging Economy Context." Please join me in congratulating each of them for their excellent research! Their award-winning paper can be found in the SIGMIS CPR 2009 Conference Proceedings, available in the ACM Digital Library at: http://portal.acm.org/dl.cfm. The annual SIGMIS Business Meeting was held at the close of the conference. Norah Power, University of Limerick, and Kate Kaiser, Marquette University, CPR 2009 Conference Co-Chairs, presented a Preliminary Outcome Report for the conference. Plans for next year's CPR 2010 Conference are now underway: Where: Vancouver, British Columbia, Canada When: May 27-29, 2010 Submission deadline: October 15, 2009 Mark your calendar now! Please plan to submit a paper, join the program committee, participate in conference planning, attend the doctoral consortium, and, of course, attend the conference. All are welcome! Encourage your colleagues to participate! For more information, please contact the SIGMIS CPR 2010 Conference Committee: Conference Chair: Mike Gallivan, Georgia State University, mikegallivan@yahoo.com Program Chair: Damien Joseph, Nanyang Technological University, Singapore Local Arrangements Chair: Gaëtan Mourmant, Université Paris Dauphine, gmourmant@gmail.com Treasurer: Indira Guzman, Touro University International Doctoral Consortium Chair: Deb Armstrong, Florida State University Or, check our website for conference information at: http://www.acm.org/sigmis Finally, we are pleased to invite you to the Ninth Annual ACM-SIGMIS Reception: Where: International Conference on Information Systems (ICIS2009) Phoenix, Arizona USA (Location to be determined) When: Monday, December 14, 2009, 5:30 to 7:00 pm Who: All ACM-SIGMIS members and their invited guests are welcome! |
