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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:10.0pt;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif"'>Dear Colleagues,<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif"'>This posting is on behalf of John Affisco, Hofstra University, USA - Program Chairperson 2013 Northeast Decision Sciences Institute Annual Meeting<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif"'><o:p> </o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif"'>Attached is a call for papers for the 2013 Annual Meeting of the Northeast Region of the Decision Sciences Institute will be held April 5-7, 2013 at the NY Marriott at the Brooklyn Bridge Hotel in New York. <a href="http://www.nedsi.org/">http://www.nedsi.org/</a><o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif"'><o:p> </o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif"'>For more information:<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif"'><o:p> </o:p></span></p><p class=MsoBodyText2><span style='font-size:10.0pt;color:#333333'>John F. Affisco, 2013 NEDSI Program Chair<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoBodyText2><span style='font-size:10.0pt;color:#333333'>Dept. of IT/QM, Zarb School of Business <o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoBodyText2><span style='font-size:10.0pt;color:#333333'>Hofstra <a name="_GoBack"></a>University<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoBodyText2><span style='font-size:10.0pt;color:#333333'>Hempstead, NY 11549-1340<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoBodyText2><span style='font-size:10.0pt;color:#333333'>516-463-5362 (voice mail) 516-463-4834 (FAX)<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoBodyText2><span style='font-size:10.0pt'><a href="mailto:nedsi13@conferencemgt.com">nedsi13@conferencemgt.com</a><br></span><a href="mailto:John.F.Affisco@hofstra.edu">John.F.Affisco@hofstra.edu</a><o:p></o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif"'><o:p> </o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif"'><o:p> </o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif"'>Thanks<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif"'><o:p> </o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif"'><o:p> </o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal>--------------------<o:p></o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:9.0pt;font-family:"Lucida Calligraphy"'>Dr. Khalid S. Soliman<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:9.0pt;font-family:"Lucida Calligraphy"'>IBIMA Publishing, USA<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:9.0pt;font-family:"Lucida Calligraphy"'><a href="http://www.ibimapublishing.com/"><span style='color:blue'>http://www.ibimapublishing.com</span></a><o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:9.0pt;font-family:"Lucida Calligraphy"'>International Business Information Management Association, USA<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:9.0pt;font-family:"Lucida Calligraphy"'><a href="http://www.ibima.org/"><span style='color:blue'>http://www.ibima.org</span></a><o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:9.0pt;font-family:"Lucida Calligraphy"'><a href="http://www.ksoliman.com/"><span style='color:blue'>http://www.ksoliman.com</span></a><o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:9.0pt;font-family:"Lucida Calligraphy"'>facebook: <a href="http://clicky.me/ksoliman"><span style='color:blue'>http://clicky.me/ksoliman</span></a><o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif"'><o:p> </o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif"'><o:p> </o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif"'><o:p> </o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif"'><o:p> </o:p></span></p><div><div style='border:none;border-top:solid #B5C4DF 1.0pt;padding:3.0pt 0in 0in 0in'><p class=MsoNormal><b><span style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Tahoma","sans-serif"'>From:</span></b><span style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Tahoma","sans-serif"'> John F. Affisco [mailto:John.F.Affisco@hofstra.edu] <br><b>Sent:</b> Tuesday, September 04, 2012 4:11 PM<br><b>To:</b> ksoliman@ibima.org<br><b>Subject:</b> Hello and a Favor<br><b>Importance:</b> High<o:p></o:p></span></p></div></div><p class=MsoNormal><o:p> </o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Tahoma","sans-serif";color:#002060'>Hello Khalid,<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Tahoma","sans-serif";color:#002060'><o:p> </o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Tahoma","sans-serif";color:#002060'>I hope this finds you and your family doing well.<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Tahoma","sans-serif";color:#002060'><o:p> </o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Tahoma","sans-serif";color:#002060'>I have followed developments with IBIMA with great interest. I have been drawn into heavier involvement with the Decision Sciences Institute since I chose not to continue as department chair 3 years ago. Unfortunately, the dates of their Meetings conflict with the Fall IBIMA Conferences. Also, the spring dates present a problem. <o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Tahoma","sans-serif";color:#002060'><o:p> </o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Tahoma","sans-serif";color:#002060'>We are working harder than ever at Hofstra. We all are teaching overloads since we are heavily understaffed and the University administration is unwilling to give us the resources to add new faculty. <o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Tahoma","sans-serif";color:#002060'><o:p> </o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Tahoma","sans-serif";color:#002060'>On a personal note, I was married two years ago and now find myself with many more family duties. <o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Tahoma","sans-serif";color:#002060'><o:p> </o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Tahoma","sans-serif";color:#002060'>I have been delinquent in not staying in touch with you. Somehow it seems that there never is time enough to do the things I really should do. I must be better about this. Because of this I am somewhat reluctant to ask a favor of you. Regardless, I know that you will consider it, because that is who you are. As you can see below, I am the Program Chair for the 2013 Northeast Decision Sciences Institute Meeting which will be held in April at the Brooklyn Bridge Marriott, just across the bridge from Manhattan. Can you help me in promoting the meeting by distributing the Call for Papers to any membership list, etc. that you may have available. This would be a great help. I know yours is a truly international organization so I don’t expect many people to submit; but even if only one or two did, that would be great. I have attached the Call. <o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Tahoma","sans-serif";color:#002060'><o:p> </o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Tahoma","sans-serif";color:#002060'>Please accept my best regards and fondest hope that we will see each other again<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Tahoma","sans-serif";color:#002060'><o:p> </o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Tahoma","sans-serif";color:#002060'><o:p> </o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Tahoma","sans-serif";color:#002060'>John<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Tahoma","sans-serif";color:#002060'><o:p> </o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-family:"Tahoma","sans-serif";color:#002060'>John F. Affisco, Ph.D.<br>Professor<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-family:"Tahoma","sans-serif";color:#002060'>Academic Faculty Coordinator MBA Program in Quality Management<br>Department of Information Technology and Quantitative Methods<br>Frank G. Zarb School of Business<br>Hofstra University<br>Hempstead, NY 11549-1340<br>(516) 463-5362<br><a href="mailto:John.F.Affisco@hofstra.edu">John.F.Affisco@hofstra.edu</a><o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><b><span style='font-family:"Tahoma","sans-serif";color:#002060'>Program Chairperson 2013 Northeast Decision Sciences Institute Annual Meeting<o:p></o:p></span></b></p><p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-family:"Tahoma","sans-serif";color:#002060'><o:p> </o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><o:p> </o:p></p></div></body></html>