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<h1 style="text-align:center" align="center">2012-2013 AIS Student Competition<br>
Call for Track Proposals</h1>

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<p class="MsoNormal">As many of you know, earlier this year we had a successful inaugural
AIS Student Competition. Preparation for this year’s competition is underway and
we request your participation in making it an even greater success for our
students. </p>

<p class="MsoNormal">The student competition is divided multiple tracks based on
submitted and approved track proposals.<span style> 
</span>Competition within each track is divided into two main phases: 1) an
initial virtual component that any student/team can participate in and 2) an
onsite, face-to-face student competition for the top teams in each track from
the virtual competition.<span style>  </span>The virtual
competition will begin December 1^st.<span style> 
</span>This year’s onsite competition will be held at Walmart in Bentonville, AR
on April 19-20, 2013 and will co-occur with the AIS Student Leadership
conference.</p>

<p class="MsoNormal"><b style><br></b></p><p class="MsoNormal"><b style>With this call, we
are requesting proposals for competition tracks from you and your students.</b><span style>  </span>Content areas for each track may vary from
year to year depending on the interest of the students and the faculty track
chairs.<span style>  </span></p>

<h2>Competition Tracks</h2>

<p class="MsoNormal">The AIS student competition seeks to provide competition
tracks in a wide variety of content areas related to the Information Systems
discipline.<span style>  </span>The precise format of the
competition will likely vary between these tracks.<span style>  </span>Possible competition content areas may
include but are not limited to:</p>

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</span></span></span>Foundations of IS<br><span style="font-family:Symbol"><span style>·<span style="font:7.0pt "Times New Roman"">        
</span></span></span>Enterprise Architecture<br><span style="font-family:Symbol"><span style>·<span style="font:7.0pt "Times New Roman"">        
</span></span></span>IS Strategy, Management and Acquisition<br><span style="font-family:Symbol"><span style>·<span style="font:7.0pt "Times New Roman"">        
</span></span></span>Data and Information Management<br><span style="font-family:Symbol"><span style>·<span style="font:7.0pt "Times New Roman"">        
</span></span></span>Systems Analysis and Design<br><span style="font-family:Symbol"><span style>·<span style="font:7.0pt "Times New Roman"">        
</span></span></span>IT Infrastructure<br><span style="font-family:Symbol"><span style>·<span style="font:7.0pt "Times New Roman"">        
</span></span></span>Project Management<br><span style="font-family:Symbol"><span style>·<span style="font:7.0pt "Times New Roman"">        
</span></span></span>Application Development<br><span style="font-family:Symbol"><span style>·<span style="font:7.0pt "Times New Roman"">        
</span></span></span>Business Process Management<br><span style="font-family:Symbol"><span style>·<span style="font:7.0pt "Times New Roman"">        
</span></span></span>Collaborative Computing<br><span style="font-family:Symbol"><span style>·<span style="font:7.0pt "Times New Roman"">        
</span></span></span>Data Mining/Business Intelligence<br><span style="font-family:Symbol"><span style>·<span style="font:7.0pt "Times New Roman"">        
</span></span></span>Enterprise Systems<br><span style="font-family:Symbol"><span style>·<span style="font:7.0pt "Times New Roman"">        
</span></span></span>Human-Computer Interaction<br><span style="font-family:Symbol"><span style>·<span style="font:7.0pt "Times New Roman"">        
</span></span></span>Information Search and Retrieval<br><span style="font-family:Symbol"><span style>·<span style="font:7.0pt "Times New Roman"">        
</span></span></span>IT Audit and Controls<br><span style="font-family:Symbol"><span style>·<span style="font:7.0pt "Times New Roman"">        
</span></span></span>IT Security and Risk Management<br><span style="font-family:Symbol"><span style>·<span style="font:7.0pt "Times New Roman"">        
</span></span></span>Knowledge Management<br><span style="font-family:Symbol"><span style>·<span style="font:7.0pt "Times New Roman"">        
</span></span></span>Social Informatics



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<h2>Proposals</h2>

<p class="MsoNormal">Track proposals should consist of the following information:</p>

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</span></span></span>Topic</p>



<p class="MsoListParagraphCxSpLast" style><span style="font-family:Symbol"><span style>·<span style="font:7.0pt "Times New Roman"">        
</span></span></span>- General description of your vision of what would
be required for the virtual component and also the face to face component (not
necessarily the same)<span style="font-family:Symbol"><span style><br></span></span></p><p class="MsoListParagraphCxSpLast" style><span style="font-family:Symbol"><span style>- <span style="font:7.0pt "Times New Roman"">       
</span></span></span>Suggested track chair (self-nominations
preferable)</p>

<p class="MsoNormal">Sample proposals can be found at <a href="http://tmeservy.isyslab.com/AIS_Student_Competition-Example_Proposals.pdf">http://tmeservy.isyslab.com/AIS_Student_Competition-Example_Proposals.pdf</a><span class="apple-style-span"><b><span style="font-size:10.0pt;line-height:115%;font-family:"Verdana","sans-serif";color:black;background:white">. </span></b></span>Proposals
should be submitted by filling out the following survey at <span style> </span><a href="https://byu.qualtrics.com/SE/?SID=SV_ezZwACfrlCd4ULj">https://byu.qualtrics.com/SE/?SID=SV_ezZwACfrlCd4ULj</a>
or alternatively can be submitted to <a href="mailto:tmeservy@byu.edu">tmeservy@byu.edu</a>.
Proposals are due one week from today (November 2, 2012).</p>

<h2>Track Chair Responsibilities</h2>

<p class="MsoNormal">We are also seeking track chairs to oversee each content
area. Come join us and share with us your expertise.<span style>  </span>Track chairs are generally responsible for
all aspects of the competition for that track.<span style> 
</span>Responsibilities include:</p>

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</span></span></span>Creating competition content for the track</p>

<p class="MsoListParagraphCxSpMiddle" style><span style="font-family:Symbol"><span style>·<span style="font:7.0pt "Times New Roman"">        
</span></span></span>Assembling a panel of judges including a
representative from industry</p>

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</span></span></span>Determining judging criteria for submissions</p>

<p class="MsoListParagraphCxSpLast" style><span style="font-family:Symbol"><span style>·<span style="font:7.0pt "Times New Roman"">        
</span></span></span>Evaluating track submissions</p>

<h2>General Dates</h2>

<p class="MsoNormal">The following are general dates for the competition.</p>

<p class="MsoListParagraphCxSpFirst" style><span style="font-family:Symbol"><span style>·<span style="font:7.0pt "Times New Roman"">        
</span></span></span>November 2, 2012 – Deadline for Track Proposals</p>

<p class="MsoListParagraphCxSpMiddle" style="margin-left:1.0in"><span style="font-family:"Courier New""><span style>o<span style="font:7.0pt "Times New Roman"">  
</span></span></span>Acceptance notification within a week following
deadline</p>

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</span></span></span>November 15, 2012 – Track materials due</p>

<p class="MsoListParagraphCxSpMiddle" style><span style="font-family:Symbol"><span style>·<span style="font:7.0pt "Times New Roman"">        
</span></span></span>December 1, 2012 – Virtual competition begins</p>

<p class="MsoListParagraphCxSpMiddle" style><span style="font-family:Symbol"><span style>·<span style="font:7.0pt "Times New Roman"">        
</span></span></span>February 1, 2013 – Virtual competition materials
due; judging begins</p>

<p class="MsoListParagraphCxSpMiddle" style><span style="font-family:Symbol"><span style>·<span style="font:7.0pt "Times New Roman"">        
</span></span></span>February 15, 2013<span style>  </span>- Notification of results</p>

<p class="MsoListParagraphCxSpLast" style><span style="font-family:Symbol"><span style>·<span style="font:7.0pt "Times New Roman"">        
</span></span></span>April 19-20, 2013 – Track Finalist Competition
at Walmart in Bentonville, AR</p>

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