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</o:shapelayout></xml><![endif]--></head><body lang=EN-US link=blue vlink=purple><div class=WordSection1><p><b><span style='font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif";color:black'>AMCIS (the Americas Conference on Information Systems)</span></b><span style='font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif";color:black'> is an annual conference sponsored by the Association for Information Systems (AIS) and typically held in early August. The Site Advisory Committee (SAC) of the AMCIS Executive Committee solicits preliminary bids from individuals or teams interested in chairing the AMCIS 2019 conference in Central America, South America, or the Caribbean. We invite you to submit an expression of interest in chairing AMCIS 2019 by completing the form at: </span><span style='font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif"'><a href="http://start.aisnet.org/?AMCISIntenttoBid" target="_blank"><span style='color:windowtext;text-decoration:none'> <u><span style='color:blue'>http://aisnet.org/?AMCISIntenttoBid</span></u></span><span style='color:black'> </span></a><span style='color:black'> <br><br>Because most of the conference arrangements are now handled by the AIS Office, it is no longer necessary for conference chairs to reside in the proposed conference location. It is more important that conference chairs </span>be interested in organizing and leading a team of creative individuals dedicated to designing and delivering a great conference experience. <span style='color:black'><o:p></o:p></span></span></p><p><span style='font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif";color:black'><o:p> </o:p></span></p><p><span style='font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif";color:black'>AIS Staff have collected data from AIS Members in Region 1 in the recent past about the preferences for conference locations in the Central America, South America, and Caribbean area. Some key cities that have been mentioned in the past that appear to be feasible for the AMCIS conference include Mexico City, Panama City, and the Cancun area. The AIS Conference Director is presently researching options in those areas. <o:p></o:p></span></p><p><span style='font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif";color:black'> <o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif";color:black'>Site Selection Procedures for AMCIS can be found on the AIS website at </span><span style='font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif"'><a href="http://aisnet.org/?AMCISSiteSelection">http://aisnet.org/?AMCISSiteSelection</a><span style='color:black'><br><br>If you are interested in chairing AMCIS in 2019, we ask that you first complete the AIS Notice of Intent to Bid (NIB) form found at </span><a href="http://aisnet.org/?AMCISIntenttoBid">http://aisnet.org/?AMCISIntenttoBid</a><span style='color:black'> no later than <b>March 1, 2015</b>. Completion of this form will notify us of your interest in chairing the conference. Once the form is received, you will be contacted by Lise Fitzpatrick, the AIS Conference Director, who will provide you more information about the process. PLEASE NOTE: You DO NOT NEED to contact any hotel/venue or convention/visitors bureau. Lise Fitzpatrick will handle initial communication with these contacts. She is open to your suggestions, but she makes the contacts.<br><br>If you have any questions about chairing an AMCIS conference, please do not hesitate to contact me at cbeath at mail.utexas.edu<br><br>Cynthia Beath<br>VP Meetings and Conferences and Chair of the Site Advisory Committee for AMCIS 2019<br>Professor Emerita, University of Texas at Austin<o:p></o:p></span></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-family:"Courier New";color:black'><o:p> </o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:11.0pt'><o:p> </o:p></span></p></div></body></html>