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This is the first year that ACL has had a Sponsorship Director position. The position was created in July of 2020, and official began in Jan 2021. The position is currently filled by Prof. Chris Callison-Burch from the University of Pennsylvania, who previous served in several positions for the ACL: he was the General Chair for ACL 2017, Program Co-Chair for EMNLP 2015, Chair of the NAACL Executive Board 2012-2013 and a Board Member for NAACL Executive Board 2010-2011. When he was the General Chair for ACL 2017 he recruited several new sponsors, including Apple and Alibaba, in order to ensure that the conference was financially viable, because he wanted to do an D&I outreach effort to provide childcare at the conference to allow parents with younger children to attend more easily. Based on that experience, Priscilla Rasmussen recommended him to the ACL Exec for the new position. Chris will serve as Sponsorship Director until the end of 2023. | This is the first year that ACL has had a Sponsorship Director position. The position was created in July of 2020, and official began in Jan 2021. The position is currently filled by Prof. Chris Callison-Burch from the University of Pennsylvania, who previous served in several positions for the ACL: he was the General Chair for ACL 2017, Program Co-Chair for EMNLP 2015, Chair of the NAACL Executive Board 2012-2013 and a Board Member for NAACL Executive Board 2010-2011. When he was the General Chair for ACL 2017 he recruited several new sponsors, including Apple and Alibaba, in order to ensure that the conference was financially viable, because he wanted to do an D&I outreach effort to provide childcare at the conference to allow parents with younger children to attend more easily. Based on that experience, Priscilla Rasmussen recommended him to the ACL Exec for the new position. Chris will serve as Sponsorship Director until the end of 2023. | ||
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The responsibilities of the Sponsorship Director are still being defined. These are the current responsibilities: | The responsibilities of the Sponsorship Director are still being defined. These are the current responsibilities: | ||
| − | * Coordinate the ACL Sponsorship Committee, which consists of the Sponsorship Director, the ACL Business Manager, 2 regional representatives from each chapter, 2 representatives from SIGDAT. Here are more details about the [ACL Sponsorship Committee Procedures] | + | * Coordinate the ACL Sponsorship Committee, which consists of the Sponsorship Director, the ACL Business Manager, 2 regional representatives from each chapter, 2 representatives from SIGDAT. Here are more details about the [https://docs.google.com/document/d/1Gb9UYtgDlz4itt-Rsm-4smg6OIxJ547X2nXkokYuzFI/edit?usp=sharing|ACL Sponsorship Committee Procedures]. |
* Coordinate with the ACL Business Manager to set the sponsorship rates for the conferences, and benefits for each sponsorship level | * Coordinate with the ACL Business Manager to set the sponsorship rates for the conferences, and benefits for each sponsorship level | ||
* Produce a sponsorship booklet which is distributed to potential sponsors, and which outlines the costs and benefits for each sponsorship level | * Produce a sponsorship booklet which is distributed to potential sponsors, and which outlines the costs and benefits for each sponsorship level | ||
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* Maintain an organized list of current sponsors and of potential sponsorship leads | * Maintain an organized list of current sponsors and of potential sponsorship leads | ||
* Help establish policies relating to sponsorship and streamline the process of sponsorship | * Help establish policies relating to sponsorship and streamline the process of sponsorship | ||
| + | * Currently the Sponsorship Director helps oversee sponsorship for *ACL conferences only. In the future, it may be useful to help provide guidance for workshops or SIGs as well. | ||
== Sponsorship rates for 2021 Conferences == | == Sponsorship rates for 2021 Conferences == | ||
| + | Here are the [https://docs.google.com/spreadsheets/d/1O0N8rAAKQRkswWyck60KL3HLdoPf7uo5j4AV5QD-4o4/edit?usp=sharing|Sponsorship rates for 2021 Conferences]. | ||
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| + | We hired a designer to make the Sponsorship Booklet look more professional. We hired Kira Grennan <kira.grennan@gmail.com> who completed the new sponsorship booklet for about $350 USD. Here's last year's booklet, | ||
== Suggested Policies == | == Suggested Policies == | ||
Revision as of 08:34, 12 March 2021
This is the first year that ACL has had a Sponsorship Director position. The position was created in July of 2020, and official began in Jan 2021. The position is currently filled by Prof. Chris Callison-Burch from the University of Pennsylvania, who previous served in several positions for the ACL: he was the General Chair for ACL 2017, Program Co-Chair for EMNLP 2015, Chair of the NAACL Executive Board 2012-2013 and a Board Member for NAACL Executive Board 2010-2011. When he was the General Chair for ACL 2017 he recruited several new sponsors, including Apple and Alibaba, in order to ensure that the conference was financially viable, because he wanted to do an D&I outreach effort to provide childcare at the conference to allow parents with younger children to attend more easily. Based on that experience, Priscilla Rasmussen recommended him to the ACL Exec for the new position. Chris will serve as Sponsorship Director until the end of 2023.
The responsibilities of the Sponsorship Director are still being defined. These are the current responsibilities:
- Coordinate the ACL Sponsorship Committee, which consists of the Sponsorship Director, the ACL Business Manager, 2 regional representatives from each chapter, 2 representatives from SIGDAT. Here are more details about the Sponsorship Committee Procedures.
- Coordinate with the ACL Business Manager to set the sponsorship rates for the conferences, and benefits for each sponsorship level
- Produce a sponsorship booklet which is distributed to potential sponsors, and which outlines the costs and benefits for each sponsorship level
- Coordinate with the web admins of each conference to post the sponsorship booklet on the conference website
- Help recruit new sponsors to the conference, and direct new sponsors to the Business Manager for invoicing once they've joined
- Coordinate with the general chairs of the conferences to let them know about sponsor benefits like exhibition space (which needs to be replicated in online conferences)
- Coordinate with web admins fo each conference to post logos/URLs of sponsors when they agree to sponsor the conference
- Maintain an organized list of current sponsors and of potential sponsorship leads
- Help establish policies relating to sponsorship and streamline the process of sponsorship
- Currently the Sponsorship Director helps oversee sponsorship for *ACL conferences only. In the future, it may be useful to help provide guidance for workshops or SIGs as well.
Sponsorship rates for 2021 Conferences
Here are the rates for 2021 Conferences.
We hired a designer to make the Sponsorship Booklet look more professional. We hired Kira Grennan <kira.grennan@gmail.com> who completed the new sponsorship booklet for about $350 USD. Here's last year's booklet,
Suggested Policies
Potential successor for the Sponsorship Director
Raffaella Bernardi is a member of the ACL Sponsorship Committee as a representative of EACL. She has been actively involved in helping with sponsorship this year, and has spearheaded activities like researching the sponsorship rates at peer conferences, contacting new sponsors, and helping keep the committee, at the sponsorship director and the business manager organized. I recommend that the ACL consider nominating her to new the Sponsorship Director beginning in January of 2024.