The Association of Internet Researchers has begun planning for its 2004 conference (location to be announced in Toronto). At this time, the executive committees (current and incoming) are preparing to appoint an AoIR member to be the Program Chair. This message is a call for interest. In brief, the duties of the program chair include working with the local host to craft the conference theme and Call For Papers, organizing the reviewing of the conference submissions, notifying submitters of acceptance and rejection, and combining the papers into panels and scheduling them. In essense, the program chair is the 'editor' of the event. It is a big job that requires time, experience, and diplomacy. It is also a fantastic way to discover first hand the breadth and quality of current internet research. If you would like to be considered for program chair, please send me a note to that effect. Include any qualifications you would like us to consider. You should also feel free to let us know if there are others whom you think would do an outstanding job and would like us to consider. If possible, please respond by Tuesday Oct 14th. If you are interested or have a great idea but aren't able to reply by then, seek me out in Toronto or email me when you are able. Thank you! Nancy -- Nancy Baym http://www.ku.edu/home/nbaym Communication Studies, University of Kansas Bailey Hall, 1440 Jayhawk Blvd., Room 102, Lawrence, KS 66045-7574, USA Association of Internet Researchers: http://aoir.org