Dear all I just read Nancy's presidential toughts and I would like to emphasize that the special membership price for non-OECD countries is a powerful help to "bring more people in from underrepresented parts of the world" (I am quoting Nancy's message here). Membership does not help people being able to afford to travel for the anual meeting but it enables access to many conference papers, what constitutes a nice starting point for sharing ideas and so on. It is not, however, well known that people in non-OECD countries can be members of AoIR for a (relatively) small amount of money - I therefore suggest that this should be better publicised (both in the AoIR web site and in other mailing lists, for example academic ones shared by scholars located in those non-OECD countries). If most people agree with this, I can try to publicise special membership conditions in some Latin American lists and groups. Sue PS For those who intend to protest *against* special prices for non- OECD countries, I offer just one example: *one coffee* in Canada costs the equivalent to *a whole healthy meal* in many places in Brazil - notice that our salaries are proportional to national costs, not international ones, and you will understand why prices are as relative as many other matters. Dr. Suely Fragoso UNISINOS Sao Leopoldo RS BRASIL