I'd like to follow up Nancy's thanks (now that the fog of jet lag seems to be finally clearing, a week later) with my own. Now, I may on the one hand be seeing AoIR conferences through rose colored glasses since I no longer have responsibility for them, but if so they are less tinted just due to the fact that I know full well what goes into planning and executing a conference. AoIR 9 was another in an unbroken string of memorable conferences. We are fortunate to have individuals, such as the ones Nancy named in her email, who step up each year to deliver an excellent conference, and individuals who serve on the executive committee to help guide the association. All of them put in tremendous effort behind the scenes and I hope they derive at least a bit of the satisfaction I feel about AoIR. We are also fortunate to have a community that values collegiality, knowledge, interdisciplinarity, the exchange of ideas, respect and friendship. I applaud and thank you all for making AoIR an example of what a scholarly community can be, and for wanting to put in the effort to make it better. I'm looking forward to AoIR in Milwaukee in 2009. I am sure I will be as incredulous then as I am now that it will be the 10th annual conference. Sj On Oct 21, 2008, at 1:26 PM, Nancy Baym wrote:
Let me thank again the people in Copenhagen (most especially Lisbeth Klastrup, Gitte Stald, Thomas Jeppesen, Klaus Bruhn Jensen, Stine Gotved and the many volunteers) as well as Brian Loader and all the reviewers for their hard work making the conference such a success.
When Jeremy Hunsinger and I organized the first conference in Kansas in 2000, it was only in our wildest dreams that we imagined its becoming what it has. I am continuously awed by the internationalism, interdisciplinarity, open minds and friendliness amongst scholars that characterizes our meetings. It's the only conference I go to where the most respected of senior scholars and the greenest of grad students are listened to with equal respect.
Plus, on a purely personal level, I think we've got the coolest, best looking and easily the best-dressed academic community out there.
Thanks to those who made it happen and everyone who came. See you in Milwaukee where we can all honor the coolness that is AoIR with a field trip to the statue of The Fonz.
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