Agenda 2009Q1

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

Admin topics requiring exec input

• Minutes of last meeting, matters arising (2008Q3 Minutes) - Drago
• Office report (2009Q1 Reports: Office) - 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 (2009Q1 Reports: Treasurer) - Graeme
  • implications of declining sponsorship (Steven)
• SIGs (Report) - Steven
  • SIGDAT proposed constitution (Steven)

Publications

• Journal discussion (Report) - Robert
• support for more work on anthology - Steven (pending input from Min-Yen Kan)

2009 Conference

• Report - Keh-Yih? Bonnie?
  • impact of sponsorship on conference budget (Steven)

Other business

• AFNLP report?
• ideas for promoting membership
• request for suggestions for hosting ACL-2011 - Steven (from Ido)

Call 2: Europe/America daytime

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 (Report) - Drago

Future Events (Europe and USA)

• ACL 2010 Uppsala (Report) - Steven, Joakim, Jan
• ACL 2011 Americas (Report) - Ido
• greenlighting about efficient ways to operate our conferences
• EACL (Report) - Giorgio
• NAACL (Report) - Owen

Other possible topics

how to encourage a higher standard of conference reviewing

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 GMT-8       10:00 11:30
D+0 GMT-5       13:00 14:30
D+0 GMT         18:00 19:30
D+0 GMT+1       19:00 20:30
D+0 GMT+2       20:00 21:30
D+1 GMT+8       02:00 03:30 - optional
D+1 GMT+11      05:00 06:30 - optional