2021Q1 Minutes (public version)

1. ACL Ethics (30mins)

(1) Formation of an ethics committee (Rada)

(2) Ethics policy reforcement and reporting (Colin)

(3) Ethics expectations for ACL fellows (Tim)

2. Consistency across conferences (20mins)

(1) Proposal for consistent policies across *ACL conferences (Hinrich)

(2) Consistency across the awards at *ACL conferences (Rada)

3. Review data collection at *ACL (Iryna) (15mins)

Todo: Iryna will move a motion to the Exec for a formal vote on the proposal.

4. An inquiry for setting up an ACL policy on efficient and green NLP (Iryna) (15mins)

Todo: Iryna will coordinate a working group. Besides the current people working on the policy, more members will be invited to the working group, especially: (1) people from Asia/Pacific region, for a better diversity, and (2) people from the industry.

5. ACL sponsorship COI policy (Colin) (15min)

6. PCC topics (Graeme, Emily) (20mins)