I do accept the nomination made by Nancy Baym. Although I am not 100% sure about the tasks of a secretary, I would also be willing and happy to provide my time and services for aoir in this position. on myself...... I am a trained sociologist and anthropologist and did research in the field of ethnic identity and Internet. I am less than many people on this list an Internet researcher, but I do research on, about and with the Internet as part of my work and research interests. It is mainly the Internet in a global social context that I am interested in as well as its anthropological sides and features. Apart from that I work on issues such as violence, identity, surveillance, social interface. Thus my networks extend into areas that until now have not heard about aoir and are new to internet research. More under http://www.uni-muenster.de/PeaCon/zurawski my interest/goals in the aoir..... I am very much interested in bringing in more Europeans and other people not living in North America, to help widening the scope and outreach of aoir and to make it known among the research community. A European conference finds my strong support and even the future idea of regional chapters. I cannot attend the IR2.0 this year, despite earlier plans, but hope to be in contact and discussions with some of you anyway. Best wishes Nils Zurawski / nilz