Difference between revisions of "Agenda 2009Q1"

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Reference Material

2008 agenda
Reports - expected reports and their topics

Admin Subcommittee preparations

past minutes, matters arising (Drago)
Treasurer's report (Graeme)
Secretary's report (Drago)
Office report (Priscilla)
SIG report (Steven)
Chapter reports
LTA approval
Nominations committee

Call 1: Asia/America daytime

All administrative topics already pre-processed by admin subcommittee; all public reporting already completed via admin wiki

Please add bullet points under each item for issues you want us to discuss, and add your name

Useful information

Tuesday, January 27 from 8 PM Eastern Time
schedule: http://www.doodle.com/participation.html?pollId=hp8y69ew25bkd7ex

Welcome - Steven

new members of this committee; departing members
changes, using chat during the call, ...

Minutes from last meeting: (2008Q3 Minutes) - Drago

for now we just have a list of to-do items; does anything need discussion right away?

Office report: (Report) - Priscilla

sale of proceedings to free up office space and reduce rental (Steven)
prospect of moving office to Priscilla's home and cost savings (Steven)
John's travel to 2009 conference (Steven)

Treasurer's report: (Report) - Graeme

discussion of issues raised in the "Future" section of the report

SIGs: (Report) - Steven

SIGDAT proposed constitution (Steven)

Journal: (Report) - Robert

any issues?

2009 Conference: (Report) - Bonnie

impact of sponsorship on conference budget (Steven)
other issues flagged by Bonnie in her questions to general chair (Bonnie)
AFNLP representative (Bonnie); brief verbal report from AFNLP? (Kam-Fai?)
possibility of a call between organizers and some of the admin committee
any issues?

Discussion topics

economic difficulties re sponsorship, travel to conferences -- how can we respond? e.g. streaming video of conference talks for people who can't attend; ideas for cost-containment? how are other professional societies responding?
membership depends heavily on conference attendance -- any ideas for promoting membership? (NB ACL Portal project)
others? please add here

Other business

request for suggestions for hosting ACL-2011 - Steven (from Ido)
suggestion for quarterly meetings

Call 2: Europe/America daytime

All administrative topics already pre-processed by admin subcommittee; all public reporting already completed via admin wiki

Minutes from last meeting: (2008Q3 Minutes) - Drago

Secretary's report: (Report) - Drago

Treasurer's update [tentative] - Graeme (2 mins)

Future Events

ACL 2009 Singapore - Bonnie
ACL 2010 Uppsala (Report) - Steven
ACL 2011 Americas (Report) - Ido

Chapter Reports

EACL (Report) - Giorgio
NAACL (Report) - Owen

SIGs: (Report) - Ido

SIGDAT proposed constitution (continued from last meeting)
SIGMT approval
SIGFSM discussion

Publications Discussion - Ido

Other possible topics: how to encourage a higher standard of conference reviewing; greenlighting about efficient ways to operate our conferences

Schedule

Call 1

DATE            START END
D-1 GMT-8       17:00 18:30
D-1 GMT-5       20:00 21:30
D+0 GMT         01:00 02:30 - optional
D+0 GMT+1       02:00 03:30 - optional
D+0 GMT+2       03:00 04:30 - optional
D+0 GMT+8       09:00 10:30
D+0 GMT+11      12:00 13:30

Call 2


DATE      START END
D+0       10:00 11:30 US/Canada - Pacific
D+0       13:00 14:30 US/Canada - Eastern (GMT-4)
D+0       17:00 18:30 UK
D+0       18:00 19:30 Western Continental Europe
D+0       19:00 20:30 Israel
D+1       01:00 03:30 Hong Kong/Taiwan
D+1       04:00 06:30 Australia

@@ Line 23: / Line 23: @@
 * schedule: http://www.doodle.com/participation.html?pollId=hp8y69ew25bkd7ex
-; Admin topics requiring exec input:
+; Welcome - Steven
-* '''Minutes''' of last meeting, matters arising ([[2008Q3 Minutes]]) - Drago
+* new members of this committee; departing members
-* '''Office report''' ([[2009Q1 Reports: Office]]) - Priscilla
+* changes, using chat during the call, ...
-** sale of proceedings to free up office space and reduce rental (Steven)
-** prospect of moving office to Priscilla's home and cost savings (Steven)
-** John's travel to 2009 conference (Steven)
-* '''Treasurer's report''' ([[2009Q1 Reports: Treasurer]]) - Graeme
-** implications of declining sponsorship (Steven)
-* '''SIGs''' ([[2009Q1 Reports: SIG Convener|Report]]) - Steven
-** SIGDAT proposed constitution (Steven)
-; Publications:
+; Minutes from last meeting: ([[2008Q3 Minutes]]) - Drago
-* Journal discussion ([[2009Q1 Reports: CL Journal|Report]]) - Robert
+* for now we just have a list of to-do items; does anything need discussion right away?
-* support for more work on anthology - Steven (pending input from Min-Yen Kan)
-; 2009 Conference:
+; Office report :([[2009Q1 Reports: Office|Report]]) - Priscilla
-* [[2009Q1 Reports: ACL/IJCNLP-09|Report]] - Keh-Yih?  Bonnie?
+* sale of proceedings to free up office space and reduce rental (Steven)
-** impact of sponsorship on conference budget (Steven)
+* prospect of moving office to Priscilla's home and cost savings (Steven)
+* John's travel to 2009 conference (Steven)
+; Treasurer's report: ([[2009Q1 Reports: Treasurer|Report]]) - Graeme
+* discussion of issues raised in the "Future" section of the report
+; SIGs: ([[2009Q1 Reports: SIG Convener|Report]]) - Steven
+* SIGDAT proposed constitution (Steven)
+; Journal: ([[2009Q1 Reports: CL Journal|Report]]) - Robert
+* any issues?
+; 2009 Conference: ([[2009Q1 Reports: ACL/IJCNLP-09|Report]]) - Bonnie
+* impact of sponsorship on conference budget (Steven)
+* other issues flagged by Bonnie in her questions to general chair (Bonnie)
+* AFNLP representative (Bonnie); brief verbal report from AFNLP? (Kam-Fai?)
+* possibility of a call between organizers and some of the admin committee
+* any issues?
+; Discussion topics:
+* economic difficulties re sponsorship, travel to conferences -- how can we respond?  e.g. streaming video of conference talks for people who can't attend; ideas for cost-containment?  how are other professional societies responding?
+* membership depends heavily on conference attendance -- any ideas for promoting membership?  (NB ACL Portal project)
+* others?  ''please add here''
 ; Other business:
-* AFNLP report?
-* ideas for promoting membership
 * request for suggestions for hosting ACL-2011 - Steven (from Ido)
+* suggestion for quarterly meetings
 == Call 2: Europe/America daytime ==
@@ Line 51: / Line 64: @@
 ''All administrative topics already pre-processed by admin subcommittee; all public reporting already completed via admin wiki''
-; Admin topics requiring exec input:
-* Secretary's report ([[2009Q1 Reports: Secretary|Report]]) - Drago
-; Future Events (Europe and USA):
+; Minutes from last meeting: ([[2008Q3 Minutes]]) - Drago
-* ACL 2010 Uppsala ([[2009Q1 Reports: ACL 2010|Report]]) - Steven, Joakim, Jan
+; Secretary's report: ([[2009Q1 Reports: Secretary|Report]]) - Drago
+; Treasurer's update [tentative] - Graeme (2 mins)
+; Future Events:
+* ACL 2009 Singapore - Bonnie
+* ACL 2010 Uppsala ([[2009Q1 Reports: ACL 2010|Report]]) - Steven
 * ACL 2011 Americas ([[2009Q1 Reports: ACL 2011|Report]]) - Ido
-* greenlighting about efficient ways to operate our conferences
+; Chapter Reports
 * EACL ([[2009Q1 Reports: EACL|Report]]) - Giorgio
 * NAACL ([[2009Q1 Reports: NAACL|Report]]) - Owen
+; SIGs: ([[2009Q1 Reports: SIG Convener|Report]]) - Ido
+* SIGDAT proposed constitution (continued from last meeting)
+* SIGMT approval
+* SIGFSM discussion
+; Publications Discussion - Ido
 ; Other possible topics
 : how to encourage a higher standard of conference reviewing
+: greenlighting about efficient ways to operate our conferences
 == Schedule ==
@@ Line 80: / Line 107: @@
 Call 2
-DATE            START END
-D+0 GMT-8       10:00 11:30
+DATE      START END
-D+0 GMT-5       13:00 14:30
+D+0       10:00 11:30 US/Canada - Pacific
-D+0 GMT         18:00 19:30
+D+0       13:00 14:30 US/Canada - Eastern (GMT-4)
-D+0 GMT+1       19:00 20:30
+D+0       17:00 18:30 UK
-D+0 GMT+2       20:00 21:30
+D+0       18:00 19:30 Western Continental Europe
-D+1 GMT+8       02:00 03:30 - optional
+D+0       19:00 20:30 Israel
-D+1 GMT+11      05:00 06:30 - optional
+D+1       01:00 03:30 Hong Kong/Taiwan
+D+1       04:00 06:30 Australia
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