Re Latin America vs. Asia it seems that Nancy's points rest on 2 distinct criteria: a) number of AIR members in the contemplated area b) level of Internet research carried out in the area. Obviously the 2 are valid but may perhaps need to be combined, rather than used alternatively Though probably less "visible" because of language Latin American Internet research might be no less significant than Asian one. The level of Internet related activities (in education, communities, E-Gov, e-Health, networks devployment, etc.) is also quite impressive. One may furthermore look at the conferences as a means to promote both AIR membership and Internet research - when the chances of economic soundness for a given location seem fair. Michel air-l-request@listserv.aoir.org a écrit : Message: 15 Date: Fri, 3 Mar 2006 08:23:40 -0600 From: Nancy Baym <nbaym@ku.edu> Subject: Re: [Air-l] AIR 2007 in Vancouver or else snip goes well, we might eventually be on a rotation schedule that would include the Pacific Rim/Asia, as there is a good deal of internet research going on not just in Australia, but in Korea, China, Japan and other Asian countries as well. The idea of Mexico and Latin America as meeting places has also been discussed and the concerns Suely raises are pretty much those that we considered -- that we don't have a Latin American or Mexican base yet snip =