I'm passing this along as suggested, please forgive any duplication.  I quote:
"This conference will be of interest to anyone who is charged with 
bringing history to a general audience, including museum 
professionals, archivists,
librarians, historic preservationists, filmmakers, as well as academic
historians."
Cheers,
Janine Henri

>Subject:  Upcoming conference
>
>Dear Professors of HP,
>
>I wanted to write to you about a neat conference that I am pulling
>together for April of 2007.
>The American Association for History and Computing - of which I am the
>newly minted president -
>has decided to focus on historic preservation, museums, and public
>history for their annual
>conference.  This conference will be held at the John Brown Center for
>American Civilization on
>the Brown University Campus.  It will seek to explore the connection
>between public history
>(broadly defined) and computing (broadly defined to include all
>technologies).  Ideas for
>conference topics include the use of GIS in archaeology, iPod's in
>museums, or web based video in
>historic preservation.  We hope to have a series of speakers and a few
>workshops.  We would also
>be thrilled to have a session on how computers are used on preservation
>education.
>
>I am seeking support from you and your institution.  There are many ways
>that this could be done.
>If you and/or your students wished to present at this conference - they
>can find the CFP on the
>internet (www.theaahc.org/cfp.html)  If your students were interested in
>volunteering, I would
>love to have them.  If your institution or department would like to help
>sponsor the conference,
>we would welcome co-sponsors.  (Events like an evening dinner, a
>keynote, or even a set of
>speakers could all be sponsored.)  Or you could simply pass the word
>about this great event.  We
>are looking forward to a chance to get about 100 people to discuss the
>state of computing within
>historic preservation, museums, and public history and would leap at the
>chance to have your
>distinguished programs participate.
>Please consider this opportunity.  If you have questions, do not
>hesitate to contact me.
>Thank you,
>
>Aaron Marcavitch
>AAHC President
>
>http://www.theaahc.org
>--------------------------------------
>
>Call for Papers
>Open Source History: Making History Public
>The American Association for History and Computing (AAHC)
>2007 Annual Conference
>
>In association with the Brown University Public Humanities Program
>Providence, RI
>
>April 19-21, 2007
>
>Join the American Association for History and Computing and Brown
>University?s Public Humanities
>Program for an innovative look at how technology is allowing for a
>shared public dialogue between
>historians and a broad public audience. This conference will be of
>interest to anyone who is
>charged with bringing history to a general audience, including museum
>professionals, archivists,
>librarians, historic preservationists, filmmakers, as well as academic
>historians. The conference
>will explore:
>The role of technology in breaking down the barriers between historians
>and the larger public
>Ways that historians have used digital technology to communicate with
>diverse public audiences
>Ways in which the practice of "academic history" is altered when made public
>The "wikipedia-ization" of history
>New forms of collaboration between historians, archivists, librarians,
>historic preservationists,
>teachers and students
>New forms of display and historical representation
>If you are an historian (academic, public, secondary education, graduate
>student) or engage
>history through a related discipline (librarian, archivist, publisher,
>editor, etc.), you are
>invited to submit your panel or single presentation proposals.
>
>All presenters must be current members of the AAHC. For more information
>about membership, please
>visit our website http://theaahc.org
>
>Proposals for complete panels should include a chair. All proposals must
>include a 200-word
>abstract for each paper, along with a brief vita for each participant.
>Please be sure to indicate
>which member of the panel will serve as the contact person for future
>correspondence. Please
>include name, address, telephone number, and email address for each
>participant.
>
>Deadline for Proposal Submissions: January 31, 2007. Electronic
>submissions are encouraged.
>
>Please direct submissions and inquiries to either:
>Aaron Marcavitch
>President, AAHC
>Phone: 508-325-6231
>Email: [log in to unmask]
>
>or
>
>Sue Collins
>Secretary, AAHC
>Senior Librarian
>Hunt Library
>4904 Frew Street
>Carnegie Mellon University
>Pittsburgh, PA 15213-3890
>Phone: 412-268-5019
>Fax: 412-268-7148
>Email: [log in to unmask]


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