PLPE mailing list is for scholars interested in issues around Policy, Law, and Political Economy (PLPE). It is intended to help foster a scholarly community around these issues. At this point, the main purpose of the list is to pass along academic and policy related information. The list will include a weekly list of announcements relevant to the policy community, e.g., conferences, CFPs, and job announcements. A separate weekly message will provide a list of new working papers or publications by list members. A second purpose of the list will be to identify issues that generate consensus within PLPE and our scholarly community. Once these issues are identified, we can decide how best to influence policy in a collective manner. to join: http://listserv.aoir.org/listinfo.cgi/air-plpe-aoir.org Jeremy Hunsinger Information Ethics Fellow, Center for Information Policy Research, School of Information Studies, University of Wisconsin-Milwaukee (www.cipr.uwm.edu ) Words are things; and a small drop of ink, falling like dew upon a thought, produces that which makes thousands, perhaps millions, think. --Byron