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President’s Report

President’s Report. Andrea Goldsmith. IT Society BOG Meeting October 13, 2009 Taormina, Sicily. Executive Summary. State of the society is excellent Society functioning well; vibrant committees and initiatives Finances in good shape with money to spend this year

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President’s Report

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  1. President’s Report Andrea Goldsmith IT Society BOG MeetingOctober 13, 2009Taormina, Sicily

  2. Executive Summary • State of the society is excellent • Society functioning well; vibrant committees and initiatives • Finances in good shape with money to spend this year • ITTrans, ISITs/ITWs, and members highly successful • Changes on the horizon • Distinguished Lecture program will start next year • Potential budget changes could reduce our income • New EiC next year, move to MC, and sub-to-pub initiatives • Votes and discussion at today’s meeting • Bylaws changes (main change wrt IT paper award process) • Proposed AEs; AE seniority and appointment process • Proposals for ITWs, ISITs, and co-sponsorship

  3. State of the Society • Healthy financial outlook and reserves (some concerns) • Transactions highly prestigious • Sub-to-pub time has not changed (have more AEs; moving to MC) • Symposium/workshops this year highly successful so far • Agenda item for discussion on nature/fees/venues • Website a leap forward: heavily utilized, new initiatives • New committees very active and engaging more members • Members frequently honored for their work • Membership steady with increase in students • Chapters vibrant and growing • New chapters in New Zealand and Chengdu, China

  4. Financial Snapshot • Little change from June • Will get update from IEEE this month and at Nov. TAB • Estimated $100K budget surplus this year (can spend now) • Reserves • IEEE lost $1.2M of our reserves, now@$1.8M (~2006 levels) • Reserve spending restricted by IEEE due to overall loss • Market recovery should result in increase in our reserves and IEEE reserves (will know more in November) • Risks • Reduced Xplore income (~120K) due to a new formula • Potential library subscription reductions • May put current spending levels and spending for new initiatives at risk. More in Treasurer report .

  5. Society Governance • Officers are now ex-officio members of all committees • Would like BoG members more involved in committees • Most BoG members have expressed their interest in serving on one or more committees • These interests will be forwarded to the Nominations and Appointments committee and Officers for staffing in 2010 • The Pubs committee consists of AEs and Publication Editors • Would need to change the bylaws to include BoG members • Should we make this change to allow BoG members on Pubs?

  6. Officer Initiatives on Sub-to-Pub • My goal this year was to reduce sub-to-pub time without compromising quality • Progress • Ezio has put much effort into this issue • Number of AEs increased; moving to MC, Best practices for Aes • Still, the sub-to-pub time has not budged • Officer initiatives to address both • Budget for a 50% “managing editor” to track stats and help the EiC and AEs focus on editorship rather than administration • Form ad-hoc committee to monitor and improve sub-to-pub. This committee could become a standing Steering committee • Become more “businesslike” in our paper processing • Develop an editorial policy for authors and reviewers • Create and impose firm deadlines • Track and act on AE, reviewer, and author statistics We have both cultural and administrative challenges

  7. Awards • Changes to IT Paper Award Process (Bylaws) • Open call nominations go to Awards Committee Chair • Publications Committee generates a separate list of nominations • Awards Committee recommends up to 3 papers (3 weeks before ISIT) • At Annual BoG meeting, BoG votes to accept Awards Committee Report or ask for revision. If accepted, a vote in taken. • Baker Prize Status • Endorsed by IEEE TAB and Awards Board • Will be submitted to IEEE BoD at November meeting • Will recognize outstanding paper published in any IEEE publication during 3-5 year window prior to nomination, on fundamentals of EE, computing, and related arts and sciences within the IEEE. • Went from “near-dead” proposal to one co-sponsored technically and/or financially by 15 societies. Much help from Jose Moura (President of SP) • Some controversy with Comsoc on 2-stage joint award process

  8. Officers for 2010 • President: Frank Kschichang • 1st VP: Giuseppe Caire • 2nd VP: Muriel Medard • Junior Past President: Andrea Goldsmith • Senior Past President: G. David Forney. • Secretary: Aria Nostratinia • Treasurer: Nihar Jindal

  9. BoG Election • Election for 6 new BoG members closed yesterday • Results will be known by Oct. 12 • First time we used web-based voting for this election • Managed by the IEEE • Any feedback?

  10. BoG Meetings for 2010 • BoG meeting #1:  Sunday January 31st in La Jolla at noon (just before the ITA workshop) • Board meeting #2: Sunday June 13 in Austin, TX at noon (at ISIT). • BoG meeting #3: Tuesday Sept. 28 in Monticello, IL at 6:30pm (at Allerton)

  11. Adieu

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