We would like to invite new MIS faculty to participate in this year’s MIS Camp, which will be held at The Americas Conference on Information Systems on THURSDAY, AUGUST 10th. The conference proper runs from August 11th-13th, 2000 in Long Beach, California, USA.

The theme of MIS Camp is "Things They Forgot To Tell Me In My Doctoral Program", and the program will consist of a series of interactive activities built around discussions of  research, teaching, and service expectations (and how you balance these with your personal life). There will be one senior or mid-level faculty mentor for each three or four campers. Potential campers include AIS members beginning their SECOND or THIRD year in an academic position in the Fall of 2000, for example. This MIS Camp format has been very successful in the past (we think mostly because it is important for new faculty to share their experiences at their new institution with peers.) If you attended camp last year, you should NOT attend this year.

MIS Camp will be held on THURSDAY, AUGUST 10th from 12:00 PM. to 5:00 PM. All campers MUST be registered for the conference and there may be a small additional charge for MIS Camp. In order to keep this experience an intimate one,  registration is limited to 25 people. Notice that the camp is the afternoon BEFORE the regular program begins, so you should plan to arrive in Long Beach in enough time to begin camping starting with a light lunch. And the camp won't be very valuable unless you are able to participate in the entire afternoon! There will be an afternoon break service to refresh us.

We hope MIS Camp sounds interesting for junior faculty members! It should be both educational and a lot of fun.

To register for MIS Camp, you will, of course, have to register for the AMCIS Conference. You will be able to indicate on the form that you are attending MIS Camp. The conference web (registration ) page is at : 

https://commerce.mindspring.com/www.aisnet.org/amcis/

In addition, if you decide to attend MIS Camp, please send
Julie E. Kendall and Kenneth E. Kendall, the MIS Camp Track Chairs,
julie@thekendalls.org
an e-mail message containing the following information:

• your name
• (preferred nickname, if any),
• institution,
• full mailing address,
• telephone,
• fax address,
• e-mail address,
• date and university where you received your Ph.D. degree,
• and any other information about yourself that you believe is relevant. We look forward to seeing many of you at MIS Camp.

We look forward to seeing many of you at MIS Camp.

Julie E. Kendall and Kenneth E. Kendall, MIS Camp Track Chairs
<<mailto:julie@thekendalls.org>
School of Business Camden
Phone: 1-856-225-6585
Rutgers University
Camden, NJ 08102, U.S.A