Difference between revisions of "2015Q1 Reports: NAACL"
| Line 24: | Line 24: | ||
== Results of NAACL 2014 initiatives == | == Results of NAACL 2014 initiatives == | ||
| + | |||
| + | * Reinstated two-year rotating terms for pubs-chairs | ||
| + | * Question for ACL: how will this affect years when NAACL is ACL? | ||
| + | * Emily and Matt are in charge of the Emerging Regions initiative | ||
| + | * We are working to get more "local"/"startup" funding for conferences (in particular NAACL 2015) | ||
| + | * ACL's policy is that supplementary materials need not be anonymous. NAACL disagrees with this policy and is requiring NAACL submissions to be fully anonymous. NAACL encourages ACL to revisit this decision. | ||
| + | * New policies for best paper: there will always be awards for best long, best short and best student, and up to six runners-up will be publicized. This is consistent with ACL though more specific on number of runners up. | ||
| + | * NAACL has adopted ACL's policy on arxiv | ||
| + | * NAACL instituted an anti-harassment policy; Emily and I reviewed reactions to the policy as well as confusions. We revised the policy immediately and included a question about it in the post conference survey. It seems that there is a vocal very tiny minority opposed and everyone else is in favor or neutral. | ||
| + | * NAACL continues to support NACLO. | ||
| + | |||
== North American conference in 2016 == | == North American conference in 2016 == | ||
The location of NAACL 2016 is San Diego. The board is in the process of selecting candidates for general chair. | The location of NAACL 2016 is San Diego. The board is in the process of selecting candidates for general chair. | ||
Revision as of 11:52, 11 February 2015
Report from NAACL, February 2015
Hal Daume - Chapter board chair
Chris Callison-Burch - Past NAACL chair
Joel Tetrault - NAACL treasurer
Elections
The results of the most recent NAACL election were released in December 2014. Matt Post and Fei Xia were elected to serve on the board, replacing out-going members Katrin Erk and Julia Hirschberg. Joel Tetrault has be re-elected treasurer.
Here is a list of all current members of the NAACL board: http://www.naacl.org/officers
Executive Committee Meetings
The board communicates regularly via email. The board met in person at ACL 2014 in Baltimore and will meet at NAACL 2015 in Denver.
NAACL Treasurer's Report
This report is from Joel Tetreault, the NAACL Treasurer.
....
Results of NAACL 2014 initiatives
- Reinstated two-year rotating terms for pubs-chairs
- Question for ACL: how will this affect years when NAACL is ACL?
- Emily and Matt are in charge of the Emerging Regions initiative
- We are working to get more "local"/"startup" funding for conferences (in particular NAACL 2015)
- ACL's policy is that supplementary materials need not be anonymous. NAACL disagrees with this policy and is requiring NAACL submissions to be fully anonymous. NAACL encourages ACL to revisit this decision.
- New policies for best paper: there will always be awards for best long, best short and best student, and up to six runners-up will be publicized. This is consistent with ACL though more specific on number of runners up.
- NAACL has adopted ACL's policy on arxiv
- NAACL instituted an anti-harassment policy; Emily and I reviewed reactions to the policy as well as confusions. We revised the policy immediately and included a question about it in the post conference survey. It seems that there is a vocal very tiny minority opposed and everyone else is in favor or neutral.
- NAACL continues to support NACLO.
North American conference in 2016
The location of NAACL 2016 is San Diego. The board is in the process of selecting candidates for general chair.