From the chair

Abstract

Happy New Year! I hope 2009 brings us all health, happiness, and prosperity! "The Eighth Annual ACM-SIGMIS Reception," held at the International Conference on Information Systems (ICIS2008) in Paris, France was a delightful and successful networking event. Thanks to everyone who attended for encouraging guests to join SIGMIS! Next year's reception is planned for Saturday, December 14, 2009, from 5:30 -- 7:00pm, prior to ICIS2009 to be held in Phoenix, Arizona USA, December 15-18, 2009. Please plan on attending our forthcoming: Conference: ACM-SIGMIS CPR (Computer Personnel Research) 2009 Conference and Doctoral Student Consortiumd Theme: "New Concepts and Practices in Preparing, Recruiting, and Retaining IS Professionals in the Global Context" When: May 28-30, 2009 (Doctoral Consortium: May 28, 2009) Where: University of Limerick Campus, Limerick, Ireland URL: http://www.sigmis.org/CPR_2009_Home_Page.htm. For more information regarding ACM-SIGMIS CPR2009, please contact the Conference Co-Chairs: Norah Power, University of Limerick, norah.power@ul.ie Kate Kaiser, Marquette University, kate.kaiser@mu.edu. For information regarding the Doctoral Consortium, please contact the Doctoral Consortium Co-Chairs: Deb Armstrong, Florida State University, djarmstrong@cob.fsu.edu Cindy Riemenschneider, University of Arkansas, cindy_riemenschneider@baylor.edu. The refereed conference proceedings will be published by ACM and distributed at the conference. Additionally, an award for best doctoral consortium paper will be presented. We invite you to consider hosting a future SIGMIS CPR (Computer Personnel Research) Conference. Those interested should email Conrad Shayo at cshayo@csusb.edu) or me at janice.sipior@villanova.edu. Our astute Data Base editorial team, including Editor-in-Chief Tom Stafford, University of Memphis; Global Co-Editor Patrick Y.K. Chau, The University of Hong Kong; Managing Editor Colleen Schwarz, Louisiana State University; and Technical Editor Loel Kim, University of Memphis, has been doing an excellent job in maintaining the high quality and furthering the respected reputation of this quarterly ref-ereed publication. I invite you to send your best research to Data Base at: http://the-database.org. Finally, I encourage you to vote in the 2009 SIGMIS elections this spring. I would like to thank Deb Armstrong, Florida State University, for serving as Chair of the Nominating Committee. The elections will be conducted electronically. Watch for the election announcement and visit the electronic voting site to review biographical information of candidates and cast your vote. Thanks for your continued support of SIGMIS. Your participation, comments, and suggestions are always welcome. We look forward to seeing you at SIGMIS CPR'09 in Limerick!