Many thanks to all who have made kind comments about Inkshed 22, and thanks for all the suggestions about future conferences. I just want to clarify one aspect of the graduate students’ participation this year. We did not identify grad students on the participants list in an effort at equalization. We had eight (or nine?) grad students presenting, at least four of whom presented in the regular sessions on Friday and Saturday. Four more presented in the “Research Works in Progress” sessions late on Saturday, along with four non-student presenters. These sessions were scheduled late in the program mainly because the previous sessions seemed to have a coherence that we didn’t want to disrupt. This was the first year that a “research in progress” session was added to the program. By its nature, this category may be more difficult to connect to any conference theme. (Those who were at Inkshed 21 may recall that this category came about after some participants said they wanted to know what other Inkshedders were working on). Having said that, I agree that being last on the agenda is tough, and this should be a consideration. We certainly want to continue to encourage graduate students to come to Inkshed. I’d also like to respond to the “more inkshedding/more discussion” requests, which I heartily support. To do this will mean restricting the number of presenters. Many people cannot get funding to attend unless they appear on the program, so there may be an effect on the number of participants in doing this. In keeping with the past practices of inclusion, we refused only a few proposals that were too late or were unrelated to the theme. In our committee, I argued in favour of inclusion because I was not clear that we had the mandate to change the practice without broader discussion, but I think it is time to reconsider this as a group. We did try to encourage more proposers to switch to poster presentations, but were not successful for a variety of reasons. Perhaps there is a way to make alternate modes of presentation more attractive. The comments on these two issues have hit on the two most difficult aspects of the conference preparation for us – well, those and the shuttle bus details. Best wishes and many thanks to the Manitoba Bisons for taking on Inkshed 23. Jane Milton -=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=- To leave the list, send a SIGNOFF CASLL command to [log in to unmask] or, if you experience difficulties, write to Russ Hunt at [log in to unmask] For the list archives and information about the organization, its newsletter, and the annual conference, go to http://www.stu.ca/inkshed/ -=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-