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2013 Elections Closed

Voting opened May 9, 2010 at midnight CST (North America) and closed on May 23 at 11:59pm CST (North America)

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    This site allows HTML content. While learning all of HTML may feel intimidating, learning how to use a very small number of the most basic HTML "tags" is very easy. This table provides examples for each tag that is enabled on this site.

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    Tag DescriptionYou TypeYou Get
    Anchors are used to make links to other pages.<a href="http://naisa.org">NAISA</a>NAISA
    Emphasized<em>Emphasized</em>Emphasized
    Strong<strong>Strong</strong>Strong
    Cited<cite>Cited</cite>Cited
    Coded text used to show programming source code<code>Coded</code>Coded
    Unordered list - use the <li> to begin each list item<ul> <li>First item</li> <li>Second item</li> </ul>
    • First item
    • Second item
    Ordered list - use the <li> to begin each list item<ol> <li>First item</li> <li>Second item</li> </ol>
    1. First item
    2. Second item
    Definition lists are similar to other HTML lists. <dl> begins the definition list, <dt> begins the definition term and <dd> begins the definition description.<dl> <dt>First term</dt> <dd>First definition</dd> <dt>Second term</dt> <dd>Second definition</dd> </dl>
    First term
    First definition
    Second term
    Second definition
    Header<h1>Title</h1>

    Title

    Header<h2>Subtitle</h2>

    Subtitle

    By default line break tags are automatically added, so use this tag to add additional ones. Use of this tag is different because it is not used with an open/close pair like all the others. Use the extra " /" inside the tag to maintain XHTML 1.0 compatibilityText with <br />line breakText with
    line break

    Most unusual characters can be directly entered without any problems.

    If you do encounter problems, try using HTML character entities. A common example looks like &amp; for an ampersand & character. For a full list of entities see HTML's entities page. Some of the available characters include:

    Character DescriptionYou TypeYou Get
    Ampersand&amp;&
    Greater than&gt;>
    Less than&lt;<
    Quotation mark&quot;"
  • Lines and paragraphs are automatically recognized. The <br /> line break, <p> paragraph and </p> close paragraph tags are inserted automatically. If paragraphs are not recognized simply add a couple blank lines.

2013 Call for Applications: $$ to Attend Annual Meeting

Feb 27, 2013: Funds are available to assist members accepted to the 2013 Program who need financial assistance to attend the meeting. Click here to access instructions and guidelines on how to apply for the 2013 meeting in Saskatoon.

Co-Editors and Editorial Board for NAIS Journal

Inaugural co-editors for the NAIS Journal were selected by NAISA Council in November 2012: Professors Jean O'Brien (White Earth Ojibwe, University of Minnesota) and Robert Warrior (Osage, University of Illinois, Urbana-Champaign). The Inaugural Editorial Board was appointed by NAISA Council and the Co-Editors in March 2013: click on "Journal" in the left-hand column to see the list!