Dear all Writing on behalf of Fay Sudweeks, Program Chair and Axel Bruns, Conference Chair, may I provide the following important information about the upcoming 2006 AoIR Conference in Brisbane. Firstly, our thanks to the 70+ people who have already registered, including many who took advantage of the earlybird registration rate. We welcome you to AoIR, since your registration includes a membership of the association for a year. On the matter of registrations, we are pleased to announce that the EARLYBIRD REGISTRATION is now extended until 7 July 2006. This will be the only extension for earlybird registration, which saves you $40 USD. Secondly, here are some important dates: 1) 7 July: Student papers to be submitted for judging in the Best Student Paper competition. (1 week extension). Email papers to m.allen@curtin.edu.au (I will collect them and pass them onto Fay for judging). 2) 31 July: First submission of papers for inclusion in the conference archive (which will be available to all conference attendees in advance via the AoIR website) . You will receive an email in late July notifying you of the submission procedure. 3) mid-August: Final call for registrations for paper presenters to secure your place in the program. Dr Matthew Allen Associate Professor in Internet Studies President Association of Internet Researchers Faculty of Media Society and Culture Curtin University of Technology CRICOS Provider Code 00301J http://smi.curtin.edu.au/NetStudies/allen.htm +61 8 92663511 (v) +61 8 92663166 (f)