2015Q1 Reports: EACL

EACL Report, January 2015

Lluis Marquez, Chair

Walter Daelemans, Chair-Elect

Caroline Sporleder, Secretary

Mike Rosner, Treasurer

EACL 2017

Report by Lluis Marquez

The call for bids to organize EACL 2017 was launched on October 1, 2014. See the call at http://eacl.coli.uni-saarland.de/contents/cfb17.html. Currently, we are in the second round of evaluation expecting final proposals from the pre-selected bidders by March 15, 2015. The complete schedule is as follows:

• December 20, 2014: Deadline for draft bids
• January 31, 2015: Feedback to bidders and announcement of shortlist of bidders
• March 15, 2015: Deadline for final bids
• April 30, 2015: Final bid chosen
• April, 2017: EACL Conference.

Financial Report

Report by Mike Rosner

2014 CHAPTER FINANCES (SHADOW ACCOUNTING)

 31-Dec-13 balance                        7,949

 EXPENSES
 Bank Charges                                -5
 EACL Sponsorship                        -2,500

 31-Dec-14 balance                        5,444

2015 CHAPTER FINANCES (SHADOW ACCOUNTING)

 INCOME
 Estimated surplus EACL2014              20,700

 31-Jan-15 (estimated balance)           26,144

EACL Sponsorships

Nothing new since last report 2014Q3. Student sponsorship is expected for 2015 following the usual EACL Sponsorship Policy. Candidates are ESSLII and ACL.

EACL Elections

Elections for the EACL Board were held in autumn 2014. The list of nominated candidates was sent to the Chapter in early November. By December 1, no additional nominations had been received. The new EACL Board for the period 2015-2016 is as follows:

• Chair: Lluis Marquez (Qatar Computing Research Institute, Qatar)
• Chair-Elect: Walter Daelemans (University of Antwerp, Belgium)
• Secretary: Caroline Sporleder (Trier University, Germany)
• Treasurer: Mike Rosner (University of Malta, Malta)
• Advisory Board: Iryna Gurevych (Technical University Darmstadt, Germany), Frank Keller (University of Edinburgh, UK), Roberto Navigli (University of Rome, Italy), and Stephan Oepen (University of Oslo, Norway)

The EACL welcomes the new members of the EACL Board and greatly thanks the outgoing members for their years of service to the CL community.

EACL Officers per January 1, 2015

Chair: Lluis Marquez (Qatar Computing Research Institute, Qatar)

Chair-Elect: Walter Daelemans (University of Antwerp, Belgium)

Secretary: Caroline Sporleder (Trier University, Germany)

Treasurer: Mike Rosner (University of Malta, Malta)

Advisory Board:

• Iryna Gurevych (Technical University Darmstadt, Germany)
• Frank Keller (University of Edinburgh, UK)
• Roberto Navigli (University of Rome, Italy)
• Stephan Oepen (University of Oslo, Norway)

Student Board:

• Desmond Elliott (University of Edinburgh, UK)
• Douwe Kiela (University of Cambridge, UK)
• Mariona Coll Ardanuy (Trier University, Germany)