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The ACM-SIGMIS CPR (Computer Personnel Research) 2005 Conference was a great success! This year's conference was held at the Atlanta Doubletree/Buckhead in Atlanta, Georgia USA from April 14-16, 2005, http://www.acm.org/sigmis/CPR_2005_Home_Page.htm.Look for the SIGMIS CPR 2005 Conference Proceedings in the ACM Digital Library at: http://portal.acm.org/dl.cfm.Our sincere appreciation is extended to the members of the 2005 Conference Committee for all their hard work in making this conference a success: Conference Chair: Mike Gallivan, Georgia State University, mgallivan@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.eduThe second annual "Magid Igbaria Outstanding Conference Paper of the Year Award" was awarded to Kelly J. Fadel and Mohan Tanniru, both of the University of Arizona, for their paper, "A Knowledge-Centric Framework for Process Redesign." Congratulations to you both!At the close of the conference, Diane Lending, CPR Committee Chair, held the third annual SIGMIS Business Meeting. Mike Gallivan, CPR 2005 Conference Chair, presented a Preliminary Outcome Report for the CPR 2005 Conference. Conrad Shayo, California State University, who is the CPR 2006 Conference Chair, provided a Progress Report for the CPR 2006 Conference. Next year's CPR 2006 Conference will be held April 13-15, 2006 in Claremont, California, USA. Please visit http://www.acm.org/sigmis/2006_CPR_Call_for_Papers.pdf or contact any member of the 2006 Conference Committee for more information: Conference Chair: Conrad Shayo, California State University San Bernardino, cshayo@csusb.edu Program Co-Chairs: Kate M. Kaiser, Marquette University, kate.kaiser@mu.edu Terry Ryan, Claremont Graduate School, terry.ryan@cgu.edu Local Arrangements: Seta Whitby, University of La Verne, whitbys@ulv.edu Treasurer: Laurie Schatzberg, University of New Mexico, laurie@mgt.unm.edu Publicity: Tony Coulson, California State University, San Bernardino, tcoulson@csusb.eduEveryone is welcome! Please continue to consider the ACM-SIGMIS CPR Conference and Data Base as outlets for your research and sources of information.Thank you for your continued support of SIGMIS. Please feel free to contact any one of us with suggestions or ideas to improve SIGMIS. Have a nice summer!