Dear friends this is just a brief mailing from your conference programme chair to say that I will be unavailable for two weeks so please direct any queries to Lisbeth (klastrup@itu.dk)during that period. I understand the registration site will be up shortly so please make those registrations as soon as you can to enable me to put the programme together and share it asap. Cheers, Brian Brian D. Loader Co-Director, Social Informatics Research Unit (SIRU), Department of Sociology, Wentworth College, University of York, Heslington, York YO10 5DD Email bl506@york.ac.uk Tel: +44(0) 1904 432639 Fax: +44(0) 1904 433043