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I am pleased to announce the incoming editors of Data Base: Editor-in-Chief: Tom Stafford, University of Memphis, tstaffor@memphis.edu and Global Co-Editor: Patrick Y.K. Chau, The University of Hong Kong, pchau@business.hku.hk.Please join me in extending a warm welcome to Tom and Patrick. We look forward to their capable leadership and the continued success of Data Base.Our outgoing Co-Editors Wynne Chin, University of Houston, and Dorothy Leidner, Baylor University, will cycle off effective December 31, 2006 after serving a five year term. We wish to thank them again for the excellent job they have done in maintaining the high quality of this quarterly refereed publication.Please plan to attend our "Sixth Annual ACM-SIGMIS Reception," to be held as an ACM-SIGMIS event prior to the International Conference on Information Systems (ICIS2006) in Milwaukee, Wisconsin, USA, December 10-13, 2006. Light refreshments will be served. Where: International Conference on Information Systems (ICIS2006) The Hyatt Hotel, Room TBD, Milwaukee, Wisconsin USA When: Saturday, December 9, 2006, 5:30 to 7:00 pm Who: All ACM-SIGMIS members and their invited guests are welcome .As a reminder, the SIGMIS CPR'07 Conference will be held April 19-21, 2007 in St. Louis, Missouri, USA. The theme of this year's conference is "The Global Information Technology Workforce." Please plan to attend. More information can be found at: http://www.sigmis.org/2007_CPR_Call_for_Papers.pdf.Finally, we invite you to consider hosting a future SIGMIS CPR (Computer Personnel Research) Conference. We are currently accepting Calls For Proposals for the SIGMIS CPR'08 Conference. If you are interested, please email me (janice.sipior@villanova.edu) or Conrad Shayo (cshayo@csusb.edu).Thanks for your interest in SIGMIS. We hope to see you at ICIS'06!