This Year's Region 8 Conference
Bonni Graham, Region 8 Director-Sponsor

Yes, folks, we will be having a Region 8 Conference this year. Well, not quite this year, but more this year than not. Here's the latest from our new Conference Manager, Patrick Morrissey:

We're planning to hold the 2002-2003 Region 8 Conference in mid-January in Las Vegas, Nevada, USA. The tentative theme, if we get the accommodations we seek, is January in Paris. (A hint as to where I'd like to have the conference.) Conference tracks subject to approval include: Passport and Maps (Content and Knowledge Management); Exploring The Countryside (Writing and Editing); Exploring the Infrastructure (Technology and Applications); Understanding the EURO (Localization and Usability); From Writing at Your Favorite Bistro to Teaching at The Sorbonne' (Your Career).

With a great deal of assistance from Bonnie and Kathryn, our next conference has been jump-started and we'll be putting the committee together in short order. Those initially involved with the conference planning will be contacted right away to see if they can still provide their expertise. Of course, there's always room for more victims, er, volunteers. I fully intend to utilize the Southern Nevada Chapter's resources to assure this will be a stellar conference keeping in the tradition of Region 8.

If you have any questions or comments, please feel free to direct them to Bonnie at...just kidding! You can contact me via email. I'll be presenting at Region 5 and Region 7 (Oklahoma City, Oklahoma and Vancouver, BC, respectively) so if you're attending either or both, please say "hello" in the appropriate regional accent. Cheers!"

Patrick, thanks so much for taking this on! Cheers to the Southern Nevada Chapter and the conference committee.

I hope to see all of you there in January.