New Executive Board Appointments At the 2009 Executive Board meeting, by unanimous vote of the Board... Darwin Hall, California State University, Long Beach, was appointed the new WEAI Executive Director; and Seth Norton, Wheaton College, was appointed the new Secretary-Treasurer.  Thanks to outgoing Board members Paul Milgrom, Lawrence White, Richard Meese, and Anil Puri for their commitment of time and energy over the years in helping to further WEAI's educational objectives. _____________________________________________________________________________________
	2008 Best Article Award Winners  Winners of the Best Article Awards for Economic Inquiry (EI) and Contemporary Economic Policy (CEP) were announced at the 2009 annual conference.  Edward C. Lawrence and Gregory Elliehausen, “A Comparative Analysis of Payday Loan Customers” published in the April 2008 issue of CEP. Naci Mocan, “What Determines Corruption? International Evidence from Microdata” published in the October 2008 issue of EI.  ___________________________________________________________________________________
VOTE NOW!	2009 Bylaws and Corporate Name Amendment As of Friday, March 20th, the 2009 a proposed bylaws amendment and update of WEAI's corporate name are underway. Voting can be done electronically in a matter of minutes, and for every 100 votes cast WEAI will donate a dairy goat through Heifer International, an organization that helps families around the world become self-reliant. All it takes is a few minutes of your time. Current WEAI members were e-mailed voting information, however if you prefer to receive your election materials by mail, please call 714-965-8800 today.  _____________________________________________________________________________________
	84th Annual Conference June 29-July 3, 2009, Vancouver, B.C. Thank you to all who attended and participated in the conference.  LOST & FOUND: The only items turned in this year are a pen and a flash drive. If you would like to contact us with an accurate description, we would be happy to return the items to you.  General Information Exhibitors Preliminary Program (rev.5/18/09)     Participant Directory Session Instructions Program Addenda (rev.6/22/09) _____________________________________________________________________________________
	Graduate Student Dissertation Workshop June 29, 2009, Vancouver, B.C. WEAI's Executive Board extends its thanks to Ron Oaxaca, University of Arizona, Tucson, and Ellis Tallman, Oberlin College, who served as the advisors for this year's student workshop. The following students were selected and participated in the inaugural workshop held at WEAI's 84th Annual Conference: Macro/Trade Group  (Advisor: Ellis Tallman)               Hirokazu Ishise, Boston University; Brian Kovak, University of Michigan, Ann Arbor; Tatevik Sekhposyan, University of North Carolina; Greg Wright, University of California, Davis Applied Micro Group (Advisor: Ron Oaxaca)             Moriah Bellenger, Oregon State University; Sera Linardi, California Institute of Technology; Maria Canon, University of Rochester; Byron Lee, University of Toronto  _____________________________________________________________________________________
INCEIF	Welcome to WEAI's Newest Institutional Member! International Centre for Education in Islamic Finance _____________________________________________________________________________________
JOBS! JOBS! JOBS!	Opportunities for Economists * Economic Research Analyst, Milken Institute * Senior Economist/Project Director/Center for Global Capital Markets, Milken Institute * Project Faculty, Department of Economics, National Cheng Kung University * Faculty Position, Department of Economics, National Cheng Kung University * Tenure-track positions, Department of Economics, National Chengchi University * Tenure-track positions, Department of Economics, National Chengchi University _____________________________________________________________________________________
	EI & CEP Online Log in using your last name as your username and your membership ID number as your password. If you don't know your membership ID number, please e-mail info@weai.org and we will send you your ID number as quickly as possible. _____________________________________________________________________________________