From the chair

I am happy to report that the ACM-SIGMIS CPR (Computer Personnel Research) 2007 Conference was a great success!

This year's conference was held at the Hyatt Regency Hotel in Saint Louis, Missouri, USA from April 19-21, 2007, http://www.sigmis.org/conferences.html. The theme was "The Global Information Technology Workforce." Please check the ACM Digital Library at: http://portal.acm.org/dl.cfm to find the SIGMIS CPR 2007 Conference Proceedings.

Thanks to the members of the 2007 CPR Conference Committee for all their efforts in making this conference a success:

• Conference Co-Chairs: Fred Niederman, St. Louis University Mary Sumner, Southern Illinois University Edwardsville

• Program Co-Chairs: Diane Lending, James Madison University Chelley Vician, Michigan Tech University

• Local Arrangements: Jo Ellen Moore, Southern Illinois University Edwardsville Susan Yager, Southern Illinois University Edwardsville

• Treasurer: Donald Amoroso, Appalachian State University

• Publicity: Anne Powell, Southern Illinois University Edwardsville Sandra Newton, University of South Florida

• Doctoral Consortium Co-Chairs: Thomas W. Ferratt, University of Dayton Mike Gallivan, Georgia State University

Please join me in congratulating the recipients of the fourth annual "Magid Igbaria Outstanding Conference Paper of the Year Award:" Tim Klaus, Stephen Wingreen, and J. Ellis Blanton for their paper, "Examining User Resistance and Management Strategies in Enterprise System Implementations." Warm congratulations to all of you!

At the close of the conference, the fifth annual SIGMIS Business Meeting was held. Fred Niederman, St. Louis University, and Mary Sumner, Illinois University Edwardsville, CPR 2007 Conference Co-Chairs, presented a Preliminary Outcome Report for the conference. Donald Amoroso, Appalachian State University, who is the CPR 2008 Conference Chair, provided a Progress Report. Next year's CPR 2008 Conference will be held in the beautiful Blue Ridge Mountains from April 19--21 in Boone, NC USA. Please visit www.sigmis.org/2008_CPR_Call_for_Papers.pdf for more information

I encourage you to submit your research to the CPR 2008 Conference. Everyone is welcome! Please continue to submit your best work to Data Base.

As always, we thank you for your continued support of SIGMIS. Please feel free to contact any one of us with suggestions or ideas to improve SIGMIS. Have a great summer!