Agenda 2009Q1

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Reference Material
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
Minutes of last meeting
(2008Q3 Minutes) - Drago
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
  • 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) - Bonnie
  • impact of sponsorship on conference budget (Steven)
  • other issues flagged by Bonnie in her questions to general chair (Bonnie)
Discussion topics
  • ideas for promoting membership
  • creative ways to respond to economic difficulties, e.g. streaming video of conference talks for people who can't attend
  • others? please add here
Other business
  • AFNLP report?
  • 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