From the chair
Authors: Sipior Janice C. , Lending Diane , Amoroso Donald L. , Shayo Conrad , Vowels Susan 
Published: October 2006

I am happy to report that the ACM-SIGMIS CPR (Computer Personnel Research) 2006 Conference was a great success! This year's conference was held at the Shilo Inns Hilltop Hotel in Pomona, California, USA from April 13-15, 2006, http://www.sigmis.org/conferences.html. The SIGMIS CPR 2006 Conference Proceedings can be found in the ACM Digital Library at: http://portal.acm.org/dl.cfm.I would like to thank the members of the 2006 Conference Committee for all their hard work in making this conference a success:

Conference Chair::
Conrad Shayo, California State University, San Bernardino

Program Co-Chairs:
Kate M. Kaiser, Marquette Univ. & Terry Ryan, Claremont Graduate University

Local Arrangements:
Seta Whitby, University of La Verne

Treasurer:
Laurie Schatzberg, University of New Mexico

Publicity:
Tony Coulson, California State University, San Bernardino

Doctoral Consortium Co-Chairs:
Andrea Tapia, Penn State University & Lynette Kvasny, Penn State University

The third annual "Magid Igbaria Outstanding Conference Paper of the Year Award" was awarded to Margaret F. Reid, Myria W. Allen, Cynthia K. Riemenschneider, and Deborah J. Armstrong, all from the University of Arkansas, for their paper, "Affective Commitment in the Public Sector: The Case of IT Employees." Congratulations to all of you!At the close of the conference, Diane Lending, CPR Committee Chair, held the fourth annual SIGMIS Business Meeting. Conrad Shayo, California State University, San Bernardino, CPR 2006 Conference Chair, presented a Preliminary Outcome Report for the conference. Fred Niederman, St. Louis University, and Mary Sumner, Southern Illinois University Edwardsville, who are the CPR 2007 Conference Co-Chairs, provided a Progress Report for the CPR 2007 Conference. Next year's CPR 2007 Conference will be held April 19-21, 2007 in Saint Louis, Missouri, USA. Please visit www.sigmis.org/2007_CPR_Call_for_Papers.pdf or contact any member of the 2007 Conference Committee for more information:

Conference Chairs:
Fred Niederman, St. Louis University, niederfa@slu.edu Mary Sumner, Southern Illinois University Edwardsville, msumner@siue.edu

Program Co-Chairs:
Diane Lending, James Madison University, lendindc@jmu.edu Chelley Vician, Michigan Tech University, cvician@mtu.edu

Local Arrangements:
Jo Ellen Moore, Southern Illinois University Edwardsville, joemoor@siue.edu Susan Yager, Southern Illinois University Edwardsville, syager@siue.edu

Treasurer:
Donald Amoroso, Appalachian State University, amoroso@appstate.edu

Publicity:
Anne Powell, Southern Illinois University Edwardsville, apowell@siue.edu Sandra Newton, University of South Florida, snewton@coba.usf.edu

I would like to encourage you to submit your research to the CPR 2007. Everyone is welcome! Please continue to consider the ACM-SIGMIS CPR Conference and Data Base as outlets for your research and sources of information. Your continued support of SIGMIS is appreciated. If you have any suggestions or ideas to improve SIGMIS, please feel free to contact any one of us with. Have a wonderful summer!