¹And it came to pass in the days following the submission deadline for AEJMC that two research chairs from RMIG cried out from the wilderness, ²saying “Behold all ye who have ears to hear and eyes to read email.  For the day is coming when all conference papers shall be judged, ³reviewed by a host of two or three peers who shall weigh the papers based on their scholarly merits, like a shepherd weighs a lamb based on the quality of its wool.  ⁴Who among you will answer the call to review papers?”

 

⁵And there in that same place stood a crowd of scholars, grad students and tenured professors alike, who asked among themselves, “Surely these men are mad.  For what have we to gain by reviewing the work of our peers?”  ⁶And the research chairs heard the crowd and replied, “Do you not know of the recognition by AEJMC of those who answer the call to review papers, ⁷for their names shall be written in the book of convention so that all may know of their efforts, and so that they may note their service in their CVs.”

 

⁸The crowd grumbled among itself, saying “But we are too busy to review papers.”  ⁹The research chairs replied, “Fear not, for we will not assign you more papers than you can handle.  ¹⁰Verily, we say to you: we anticipate each reviewer shall receive no more than three papers to review.”

 

¹¹“But sirs,” replied the crowd, “surely there is not enough time to review papers before the deadline of judgment.”  ¹²And the research chairs responded, “Yes, the deadline of judgment is nigh, but it shall not come until the end of the month of April.  There is still time upon us to review.”

 

¹³Upon hearing this the more righteous members of the crowd raised their voices in unison, saying “We are ready to review papers.  Lead us to where we can receive these papers.”  ¹⁴And the research chairs rejoiced, saying “You are the most blessed.  Send ye an email to Kyle Huckins at kyle.huckins@indwes.edu and say that you wish to review papers.  ¹⁵And also, get ye an account on the AEJMC All-Academic site at http://www.aejmcstlouis.org/home/papercall.”  ¹⁶And these new reviewers accepted these papers into their lives, and they were richly blessed beyond measure.