This message is being sent out to everyone who has signed up for discussion groups prior to the NIE PIs and Practitioners conference, "Balancing Research and Practice." If you signed up for several discussion groups, you'll get multiple copies of this message, but please read at least one of them, and respond as requested. We have placed an online survey on the conference Web site. You can access it from the conference home page, http://www.info-ren.org/projects/conference/ or go directly to the survey form at http://www.info-ren.org/projects/conference/conf_survey.html It should take you no more than a few minutes to asnwer the four questions listed in the survey. Your answers will help us to evaluate how well the pre-conference activities have gone and will provide input on possible conference follow-up activities. Thanks for your participation and your help. We look forward to seeing you all in Pittsburgh later this week. Thanks, Bob Carlitz Common Knowledge: Pittsburgh Information Renaissance