Well just about everyone should have received a decision by now on their proposal(s) for IR 9.0. There are a few outstanding which I have been assured will be completed this weekend. So anyone who has not heard anything by Monday, and believes that they submitted something, should contact me directly. I'm walking in the English Lakes (a smart trick I think you will agree!)for a couple of days and out of email contact so please get in touch on Monday. A big thanks again to all the reviewers and especially the Track Directors who have given so much time to this process. The quality of the abstracts was excellent and we can look forward to a really good conference again this year. Brian -- Brian D. Loader, Co-Director, Social Informatics Research Unit, Department of Sociology, Wentworth College, University of York, Heslington, YORK YO1 5DD. United Kingdom. Tel: +44 (0) 1904 432639 Fax: +44 (0) 1904 433043 email: bl506@york.ac.uk