Re Alexis Kusis' comments about AoIR in Toronto. a) There were more than one American on the Executive Committee. b) The change in conference organizer had very little to do with the question of language. It had a lot to do with leadership. c) Other facts are not as I, or people working with me, remember them. I don't think it is appropriate to say more about an unhappy past experience. Barry _____________________________________________________________________ Barry Wellman Professor of Sociology NetLab Director wellman at chass.utoronto.ca http://www.chass.utoronto.ca/~wellman Centre for Urban & Community Studies University of Toronto 455 Spadina Avenue Toronto Canada M5S 2G8 fax:+1-416-978-7162 To network is to live; to live is to network _____________________________________________________________________