that's a great idea! it would be really fantastic if AOIR 2007 is held in beautiful vancouver. as the last canadian venue of AOIR was in toronto, hopefully in 2007 AOIRers would be able to enjoy the best weather in canada and appreciate the wonderful resources [academic, cultural and natural] vancouver could offer. miraj khaled --- air-l-request@listserv.aoir.org wrote: Date: Tue, 28 Feb 2006 16:18:55 -0800 From: Richard Smith <smith@sfu.ca> Subject: [Air-l] AIR in Vancouver in 2007? To: air-l@listserv.aoir.org Dear fellow AIR members, As a break from the current discussions on teens and IM and SMS and all that, I have a question. Want to come to Vancouver in 2007? I had a wonderful time at the AIR conference in Chicago last fall, and I am looking forward to Brisbane this fall (spring there, I guess). A few years ago I was at the Maastricht and Toronto AIR conferences and enjoyed those, as well. All of which is a preface to my seeming madness at what I am about to propose - hosting the next, next AIR (2007) in Vancouver, Canada. I think it is time to give something back. I haven't done a formal proposal yet, and only spoken about it to a few people here in Vancouver, so if others are thinking similarly and are further along, let me know and I can tag along. If others think this is a good idea and would like to help out - please contact me directly (smith@sfu.ca). If you think this is a bad idea and I should NOT pursue it, I'd certainly like to hear about that, too! I will be approaching the executive in the next week or so, with a few cost estimates and suggestions for venues. I think we can have a fun, interesting, and exciting conference here in Vancouver, and I look forward to showing you our lovely home. In the mean time, feedback is most welcome. ...r -- Richard Smith, Associate Professor School of Communication Simon Fraser University, 515 West Hastings Street, Vancouver, CANADA V6B 5K3 Phone: 604 291 5116 Web: http://www.sfu.ca/~smith/ Mobitus: 2001 1070 0578 skype - callto://richard_k_smith PGP Public Key: http://arago.cprost.sfu.ca/smith/ richardsmithpublickey.asc __________________________________________________ Do You Yahoo!? Tired of spam? Yahoo! Mail has the best spam protection around http://mail.yahoo.com