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Chair (non-voting), Mike Atwood
Past Chair, Jim Miller
VC for Conferences, Gerrit van der Veer
VC for Publications, Dan Olsen, Jr.
VC for Operations, Bob Mack
VC for Finance, Jean Scholtz
VC for Communications, Cathleen Wharton (minutes)
Advisory Board (1 vote) John Karat, Allison Druin, Richard Anderson
Bulletin Editor, Steven Pemberton
Program Director, David Riederman
Adjunct-chair for Public Relations, Rosemary Wick Stevens
Information Director, Keith Instone
(These minutes were created on December 30, 1997, and approved by a vote of 7-0-1 on 9 February 1998.)
CMC Update -- Draft Video Policy
Gerrit van der Veer presented the Conference Management Committee's (CMC) position on the role that video plays at both the CHI conference and as a presentation format in other venues. The purpose of the proposal is to help raise the stature of videos as a medium for the presentation of both scholarly and practical efforts. To meet this goal the CMC would like to see video presentations considered along one of three dimensions: (1) video figures, which are reviewed and referred, (2) video papers, which are referred works that are primarily in video format, and (3) video demonstrations, which are used to demonstrate systems, interaction designs, and techniques, and user evaluations.
The SIGCHI EC discussed this proposal at length, particularly the scholarly, logistical, and financial implications of the proposal. A great deal of the discussion focused on how this proposal might be implemented (as an experiment) for CHI 99 and what the cost would be to cover the proposal through a conference fee increase or potential SIGCHI EC budget item.
After much discussion the SIGCHI EC passed a resolution (7-0-0) to adopt the video policy for purposes of experimenting for CHI 99 with community discussion for how to handle reviews, etc. There are three concerns that need to be worked out in detail: (1) copyright, (2) budget, and (3) the stature of video tapes. These concerns and the budget issue will be further discussed and resolved at the December meeting.
Allison Druin updated the SIGCHI EC with the list of volunteers for each task force. Seven task forces have been identified to date. Decisions about the role that these task forces will play and how they will be funded will be made at subsequent meetings. The seven task forces and their new members are as follows:
Allison has also graciously prepared budget proposals for the new task force teams for consideration at the December meeting.
The three SIGCHI EC working groups, as formed at the August 1997 meeting, shared with the rest of the EC their progress. The three working groups are the (1) World-wide Issues Team (Guy Boy, Richard Anderson, Steven Pemberton, and Cathleen Wharton), (2) Membership and Volunteerism Team (Allison Druin, Rosemary Wick Stevens, David Riederman, and Jean Scholtz), and the (3) Conferences Team (Gerrit van der Veer, John Karat, Mike Atwood, and Bob Mack).
At this meeting we discussed in detail the work of Conferences Working Group. Gerrit van der Veer presented the report for his team during the call. Some of the key plans put forth by this working group are highlighted below. The overarching goal of this team is to advance HCI in the world through the facilitation of conferences and information dissemination to promote HCI on a continual basis.
There are four key concerns that this Working Group is focusing on. The first is to better understand and profile the expertise and interests of the membership. The second is to further develop a plan for advertising SIGCHI to other organizations. The third is investigate how Local SIGs might like to be involved in conference planning activities. The fourth and final item is to better reach and collaborate where possible with practitioners through national societies.
We will continue to discuss this team's efforts and our other teams' efforts in subsequent SIGCHI EC meetings.
Richard Anderson announced that as of today we have 29 Local SIGs around the world; additional chapters are being considered but have not yet reached the stage of advertising their existence. The two newest additions to the list of chapters officially chartered by ACM: (1) BulSIGCHI, the chapter in Bulgaria; (2) CHI2 (i.e., CHI-Squared), the Chicago chapter. The newest addition to the list of nonchartered chapters: TwinCHI, a chapter beginning development in the Twin Cities of Minneapolis/St. Paul. Chapters expected to be officially chartered soon include SwissCHI, K-C CHI, and CHI-Atlanta. The SIGCHI EC is encouraged to visit the SIGCHI Local SIGs Web Site and to read the SIGCHI Bulletin column on Local SIGs to begin to develop a better understanding of Local SIGs and their needs.
Steven Pemberton will be the next editor of the Interactions Magazine. Accordingly, it will be necessary to find a new editor for the SIGCHI Bulletin. More information about the search for the new editor will follow at a later date.
John Karat, Richard Anderson, Mike Atwood, and Steven Pemberton are looking into ways that we might better serve economically disadvantaged countries through reduced membership costs. John will talk more with ACM about relevant policies and report back to us. At this time only India, China, and certain countries in Eastern and Central Europe can take advantage of relevant ACM discounts.
Chair (non-voting), Mike Atwood
Past Chair, Jim Miller
Executive Vice-chair, Guy Boy
Vice-chair for Operations, Bob Mack
Vice-chair for Finance, Jean Scholtz
Vice-chair for Communications, Cathleen Wharton (minutes)
Advisory Board (1 vote) John Karat, Allison Druin
Bulletin Editor-in-Chief, Steven Pemberton
Program Director, David Riederman
Adjunct-chair for Public Relations, Rosemary Wick Stevens
Information Director, Keith Instone
Adjunct Chair for Organizational Design, Clare-Marie Karat
Program Director Administrative Assistant, James Vant
These minutes were created on December 30, 1997, and approved by a vote of 6-0-2 on 4 February 1998.)
December 1997 SIGCHI EC Meeting Plans
The EC reviewed their plans for the face-to-face meeting to be held in New York from December 12-14. The main purpose of the meeting is to perform a detailed analysis of the budget and all budget proposals that have been put forth by the SIGCHI membership. At this time, the known agenda items for the December meeting include:
Jean Scholtz reviewed the current collection of budget proposals. To date she has received 10 budget proposals totaling $56,600. Several more proposals are expected to be turned in prior to the December meeting. The proposals received to date have been sent to all EC members for their review prior to the December meeting. The 10 budget proposals received so far are concerned with the following issues:
As soon as the other proposals are received, they will be sent out as well. All proposals will be archived.
Beyond the membership's proposals, it was noted that we needed to make sure that the following items were addressed, as appropriate, in our annual budget:
Additionally, Jean Scholtz noted that she has received two development proposals for a total of $7500. One of these proposals is for $5500 and one is for $2000. We will discuss these proposals further at the December meeting. At this point, $7415 remains in the Development Proposal Fund. We have spent $400 (actual) to date, and the rest of the budget has already been allocated.
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