I'm thrilled to announce that AoIR 3.0 in Maastricht was truly international. Based on the demographics in the conference program, we had 357 attendees from 43 countries. I'm especially happy that I would not be able to locate two of these countries on the map, because it means that our association has grown beyond even my wildest imagination! I am also very excited that we have been able to draw a stronger representation from African countries. Way to go! Here are the stats. Ulla (Secretary) Geographic Demographics of AoIR 3.0 participants in Maastricht, October 13-16, 2002 (based on conference program). Total: 357 Australia: 8 Austria: 5 Belgium: 7 Cameroon: 1 Canada: 11 Chile: 2 Congo: 2 Croatia: 1 Denmark: 13 Ecuador: 1 Finland: 2 France: 10 Germany: 17 Ghana: 5 Greece: 6 Hungary: 3 India: 3 Indonesia: 1 Ireland: 2 Israel: 8 Italy: 3 Japan: 3 Luxembourg: 1 Macau: 1 Malawi: 1 Netherlands: 74 New Zealand: 1 Nigeria: 8 Norway: 7 Pakistan: 2 Poland: 2 Russian Federation: 2 Rwanda: 1 Singapore: 2 Slovenia: 2 South Korea: 1 Spain: 3 Sweden: 10 Switzerland: 2 Taiwan: 2 United Arab Emirates: 1 United Kingdom: 33 United States of America: 87 ---------------------------------------------------- Ulla Bunz Assistant Professor Department of Communication Rutgers University 4 Huntington Street New Brunswick, NJ 08901 Email: bunz@scils.rutgers.edu ----------------------------------------------------