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</o:shapelayout></xml><![endif]--></head><body lang=EN-US link=blue vlink=purple><div class=WordSection1><p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif"'>AIS would like to congratulate Aalto University Professor <b>Matti Rossi</b> on his appointment as the new editor-in-chief of the <i>Communications of the Association of Information Systems</i>, effective as of July 2012. Rossi's expertise in mobile commerce systems, software business, ERP implementation projects, and the design and development of CASE tools will undoubtedly serve him well in this position as he oversees the publication of articles on a wide range of subjects related to various research results and beyond.<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif"'><o:p> </o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif"'>In addition to Rossi's numerous articles and publications, he has also been an active member of the information systems <o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif"'>community. He has served as a senior and associate editor of the <i>Journal of Information Systems</i>, a member of the editorial board for the <i>Journal of Database Management </i>and the <i>American Journal of Business</i>, as well as a reviewer for several leading IS journals and conferences. He has held a number of positions at different AIS conferences including track co-chair and associate editor. <o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif"'><o:p> </o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif"'>If you have any questions about becoming involved with the AIS publications team, please contact Kalle Lyytinen, the AIS vice president of publications, at <a href="mailto:kjl13@case.edu?subject=AIS%20Publications">kjl13@case.edu</a>.<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><o:p> </o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal><o:p> </o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal><b><span style='font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Lucida Handwriting"'>Best regards,<o:p></o:p></span></b></p><p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:12.0pt'><o:p> </o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><b><span style='font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Lucida Handwriting"'>Aretha Wright<o:p></o:p></span></b></p><p class=MsoNormal><b><span style='font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Lucida Handwriting"'>Office Manager<o:p></o:p></span></b></p><p class=MsoNormal><b><span style='font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Lucida Handwriting"'>Association for Information Systems<o:p></o:p></span></b></p><p class=MsoNormal><b><span style='font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Lucida Handwriting"'>404-413-7445- office<o:p></o:p></span></b></p><p class=MsoNormal><b><span style='font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Lucida Handwriting"'>404-413-7443 - fax<o:p></o:p></span></b></p><p class=MsoNormal><b><span style='font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Lucida Handwriting"'><o:p> </o:p></span></b></p><p class=MsoNormal><b><span style='font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Lucida Handwriting"'><o:p> </o:p></span></b></p><div style='mso-element:para-border-div;border:solid windowtext 1.0pt;padding:1.0pt 4.0pt 1.0pt 4.0pt'><p class=MsoNormal align=center style='text-align:center;border:none;padding:0in'><span style='color:#1F497D'>AIS is hosted by and located in the Computer Information Systems Department<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal align=center style='text-align:center;border:none;padding:0in'><span style='color:#1F497D'>Georgia State University, 35 Broad Street, Suite 917, Atlanta, GA 30303 USA<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal align=center style='text-align:center;border:none;padding:0in'><span lang=FR style='color:#1F497D'>Phone: +1 404 413-7445 - Fax: +1 404 413-7443 - E-mail: <a href="mailto:onestop@aisnet.org"><span style='color:blue'>onestop@aisnet.org</span></a> - Internet: <a href="http://www.aisnet.org/"><span style='color:blue'>http://www.aisnet.org</span></a><o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal style='text-align:justify;border:none;padding:0in'><span lang=FR style='font-size:8.0pt;color:blue'><o:p> </o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal align=center style='text-align:center;border:none;padding:0in'><b><i><span style='color:#1F497D'>It is our pleasure to serve you. Click <u><a href="http://www.zoomerang.com/Survey/?p=WEB228C87J7BHB"><span style='color:blue'>here</span></a></u> to tell us how we did.</span></i></b><span style='color:#1F497D'><o:p></o:p></span></p></div><p class=MsoNormal><b><span style='font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Lucida Handwriting"'><o:p> </o:p></span></b></p><p class=MsoNormal><o:p> </o:p></p></div></body></html>