Minutes of the August 2008 EC Meeting
Approved by the EC on 4 September, 2008.
Attendance: Scott Owen, Jim Foley, Rick Barry, Tony Baylis, Marie-Paule Cani, Alain Chesnais, Jeff Jortner, Jim Kilmer, Scott Lang, Alyn Rockwood, Kathryn Saunders, Peter Schröder, Andrian Sng, Thierry Frey, Jackie White, Jessica Fried, Erin Butler, Gregg Talley
Guests: David Duce, Chair of Eurographics
Electronic Motions
To approve the CAG’s recommendation to approve the Qube CRF proposal
For: Kilmer (motion), Owen (second), Baylis, Lang, Saunders
Against: Cani, Foley, Jortner, Schröder
To approve the SOMA Content Capture proposal for SIGGRAPH 2008 and the $30,000 funding request from the EC Reserve Fund
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For: Saunders (motion), Owen (second), Baylis, Foley, Lang
Abstain: Cani, Jortner, Kilmer, Schröder
To add Chair of the External Relations Committee to the duties of the Past-President of ACM SIGGRAPH
For: Lang (motion), Owen (second), Barry, Jortner, Kilmer, Rockwood
Abstain: Saunders, Schröder
To approve the CRF proposals for the Geek Bar project and the Rome Reborn exhibition for SIGGRAPH 2008.
For: Kilmer (motion), Saunders (second), Lang , Owen, Rockwood, Schröder
Abstain: Barry, Jortner
To approve the three-year affiliation agreement with Imagina
For: Lang (motion), Saunders (second), Barry, Owen, Rockwood
Abstain: Jortner, Kilmer, Schröder
To approve the minutes of the May 2008 EC Meeting
For: Barry (motion), Jortner (second), Kilmer, Lang, Owen, Rockwood, Saunders, Schröder
To approve the CAG’s recommendation to appoint Tony DeRose as the SIGGRAPH 2010 Papers Chair
For: Rockwood (motion), Jortner (second), Barry, Kilmer, Lang, Owen, Saunders, Schröder
To approve the selection of Brian Wyvill as the Chair of the Small Conferences Committee
Passed
To approve the Eurographics affiliation agreement for 2008-2011
For: Owen (motion), Schröder (second), Foley, Jortner, Kilmer, Saunders, Baylis,
Abstain: Cani, Lang
Meeting Motions
To approve Rob Cook and Fran McAffee as members of the Nominating Committee
For: Kilmer (motion), Schröder (second), Baylis, Cani, Foley, Jortner, Lang, Owen, Saunders
To approve the general affiliate agreement with NCACG with the addition of a clause stating that the ACM SIGGRAPH trademark/logo cannot be used without written permission
For: Owen (motion), Baylis (second), Cani, Jortner, Saunders
Against: Foley, Lang, Schröder
To approve Alyn Rockwood as the third member of the Nominating Committee
For: Jortner (motion), Schröder (second) Baylis, Cani, Foley, Kilmer, Lang, Owen
Abstain: Saunders
To approve Marie-Paule Cani as EC liaison to the Small Conference Committee
For: Foley (motion), Baylis (second), Jortner, Kilmer, Owen, Schröder
Abstain: Lang, Saunders, Cani
To approve the preliminary SIGGRAPH Asia 2009 budget
For: Lang (motion), Baylis (second), Cani, Foley, Jortner, Owen, Saunders, Schröder
Abstain: Kilmer
Motion that the SACAG submit a proposal to ACM asking for financial support for the promotion and marketing of the SA2009 conference.
For: Foley (motion), Jortner (second), Baylis, Cani, Kilmer, Lang, Owen, Saunders, Schröder
To approve ACM implementing an on-line credit card payment system for initiation or renewal of ACM SIGGRAPH Chapters membership through the ACM website.
For: Lang (motion), Jortner (second), Baylis, Cani, Foley, Kilmer, Owen, Saunders, Schröder