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<p class="MsoNormal">Just a reminder of SIGGIS (Special Interest Group on
Geographic Information Systems) events to put in your calendar for AMCIS 2012:<b style><u></u></b></p>

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<p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-left:.25in">SIGGIS will be hosting a paper session
on Spatial Business Intelligence, chaired by Jim Pick from Redlands University.
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<p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-left:.5in">The session is scheduled for Friday,
August 10, 2012, 10:30-12:00 (Metropolitan A, 3^rd Floor)</p>

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<p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-left:.5in"><b>Spatial Buisiness Intelligence
and Pervasive Computing</b></p>

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    in Support of Understanding Movement Patterns: A Data Mining Approach<br>
    <i><u>Aya Rizk</u>; Ahmed Elragal</i></span></p>
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    Systems and the Nonprofit Sector: The Last Frontier?<br>
    <i><u>Sidne Ward</u>; Brent Never</i></span></p>
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    Analysis of Japan’s Prefectural Digital Divide<br>
    <i>Tetsushi Nishida; <u>James Pick</u>; Avijit Sarkar</i></span></p>
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    Hierarchies for Document Stores<br>
    <i><u>Karen Corral</u>; Gregory Schymik; David Schuff; Robert St. Louis</i></span></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-left:.25in">SIGGIS will have a business
meeting also on Friday, August 10, 2012, 6:00-8:00pm (Redwood B, 2^nd
Floor). All are welcome.</p>

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<p class="MsoNormal">You can join the SIG at the AIS Website or join the Listserv
by sending a blank email with the subject “subscribe” to:<span style>   </span><a href="mailto:siggis-request@lists.aisnet.org">siggis-request@lists.aisnet.org</a><span class="MsoHyperlink"></span></p>

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<p class="MsoNormal">We hope to see you in Seattle.</p>

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<p class="MsoNormal">Dan</p>

</div>-- <br>Dan Farkas, PhD<br>Chair, Information Technology Department<br>Seidenberg School of Computer Science and Information Systems<br>Pace University<br>Pleasantville, NY,  10570 USA<br>