IPMN Newsletter 2001
Number 2

Odense 2001 Workshop a Successful Milestone for IPMN One of the most successful IPMN events ever held took place at the University of Southern Denmark in Odense July 18-20. This biennial IPMN Workshop was a huge success both intellectually and socially due in no small measure to the meticulous planning and execution of our host Professor Kurt Klaudi Klausen, Director of the Public Management Programs at USD, Odense. The Workshop program and papers may be viewed on the IPMN website (www.inpuma.net). The format for this Workshop was new for IPMN in that only one paper was presented and the rest of the time was spent actually working - in this instance developing alternative public management program curricula in small working groups, presenting the models to the entire group of approximately thirty participants, and engaging in dialogue about the alternatives and what we learned from the exercise in constructing the models. In addition, the group ate at fine restaurants, visited a number of fascinating and beautiful Danish castles, saw the graveyard where Elvira Madigan is buried (under a magnificent Danish oak tree) and concluded the event with a lavish formal banquet. The group ended the evening and event drinking wine, singing, smoking Cuban cigars (well, some of us did) into the night. This was an event that all who attended will remember. And Professor Klausen actually brought the Workshop in under budget (typically Danish) so that we have funds left to support our next conference in Siena, Italy in June, 2002. As Workshop rapporteur Sandford Borins, University of Toronto, put it in his closing remarks, this event was, indeed, representative of IPMN events as "The Leisure of the Theory Class." IPMN Conference in Siena, Italy June 2002 For those interested in sending proposals for the Siena 2002 conference, please see the call for papers in IPMN Newsletter Number 1, 2001 on the IPMN website (address above). In this regard, please note that proposals should be sent to Riccardo Mussari (mussari@uinsi.it) and to Kuno Schedler (KunoSchedler@unisg.ch) as the chairs of this event. The call for papers issued in Newsletter Number 1, 2001 requested that proposal be sent to Riccardo Mussari and to Larry Jones. However, Kuno Schedler has replaced Jones as co-chair of this conference. Additionally, a revised call for papers will be sent out on the IPMN list server soon. Request for Manuscript Submissions The editors of IPMN's two journals continue to seek manuscripts for publication review. Please send manuscripts (electronically as e-mail attachments in Word) for the International Public Management Journal to Fred Thompson, Editor at fthompso@willamette.edu. For the International Public Management Review (e-journal) please send manuscripts to L. R. Jones, Editor at Dukedmb@aol.com. 

IPMJ is published semiannually (soon to be tri-annually and quarterly) by Oxford-Elsevier Press in hardcopy and mailed to IPMN members and institutional subscribers. IPMR may be viewed on the IPMN website. Both journals use double blind, peer review processes for determination of what will be published. The editorial policies of the journals, instructions for preparation of manuscripts and other pertinent information for authors are provided on the IPMN website. 

Finally, if you have news items for this quarterly newsletter, e.g., to provide notice of events to come, about new websites to visit or any other information you think may be of interest to IPMN members, please send such to me for the next newsletter. 

Best Regards, Larry Jones IPMN Coordinator