aside from the conference and submission system, are there other significant cultural/structural questions that we should think about in regards to AoIR? or is the conference the main issue? I think one of the issue is that the conference has become the main issue, and the list has basically changed from a fairly dynamic one, to a fairly circumscribed announcement list with a little discussion instead of being, as it once was, a sort of intellectual heart that drives the conference. So for me, I'd say list-culture and perhaps other AoIR media cultures need some intervention to transform them toward a more integrative and enabling structure. That's always been one of my concerns though... I'm wondering what non-conference related matters are out there?