Minutes of the January EC Meeting

ACM SIGGRAPH EC Meeting
January 25-27, 2008
New York, NY

Attendance:
Scott Owen, Alyn Rockwood, Rick Barry, Alain Chesnais, Jeff Jortner, Jim Kilmer, Scott Lang, Kathryn Saunders, Peter Schröder, Thierry Frey, Jackie White, Erin Butler, Jessica Fried, Bob Niehaus, Gregg Talley

Electronic Motions

Motion to approve minutes of October 2007 meeting.
For: Owen (mortion, Barry (Second), Kilmer, Schroeder, Rockwood, Saunders, Jortner
Abstain: Lang

Motion to follow the recommendation of the fund raising task force and
pay for the Phase I study from the EC reserve in full.The ACM SIGGRAPH Executive Committee will ensure that all components of ACM SIGGRAPH are consulted and fully represented in the IEG assessment.
For: Schroeder(Motion), Kilmer(Second), Barry, Saunders, Lang, Owen, Jortner, Rockwood

Motions Approved at EC Meeting

Motion:
To replace the Conference Select CD with the conference DVD and include in mailing a letter from the President noting that this is a one time change. 
For: Jortner (motion), Saunders (second), Owen, Rockwood, Barry, Kilmer, Lang, Schröder

Motion: Any changes to publications or changes that affect member benefits must be approved by EC
For: Jortner (motion), Barry (second), Owen, Rockwood, Kilmer, Lang, Saunders, Schröder

Motion: To approve Nelson Max as SIGGRAPH Asia 2009 Papers Chair.
For: Rockwood (motion), Schröder (second), Owen, Barry, Jortner, Kilmer, Lang, Saunders

Motion: To approve the 2008 Conference budget as presented
For: Kilmer (motion), Rockwood (second), Barry, Jortner, Lang, Owen, Saunders, Schröder

Motion: To approve the 2009 preliminary Conference budget 
For: Lang (motion), Jortner (second), Barry, Kilmer, Owen, Rockwood, Saunders, Schröder

Motion: To approve SIGGRAPH Conference Administration contract for Talley Management Group through 2014 
For: Lang (motion), Barry (second), Jortner, Kilmer, Owen, Rockwood, Saunders, Schröder

Motion: To appoint Peter Schröder as Executive Committee liaison to the Papers Advisory Group
For: Rockwood (motion), Saunders (second), Barry, Jortner, Kilmer, Lang, Owen, Schröder

Motion: To appoint SIGGRAPH Asia Conference Advisory Group (SACAG) chair as an ex officio member of the EC
For: Barry (motion), Schröder (second), Jortner, Kilmer, Lang, Owen, Saunders,
Abstain: Rockwood

Motion:
To amend the current policy from having 2 EC representatives to the CAG and SACAG to 1 once the current terms have run out 
For:  Schröder (motion), Rockwood (second), Barry, Jortner, Kilmer, Lang, Owen, Saunders

Motion: To require all CAG and SACAG volunteers to be ACM SIGGRAPH members
For: Jortner (motion), Barry (second), Kilmer, Lang, Owen, Rockwood, Saunders, Schröder

Motion: To require all EC Standing Committee Chairpersons to be ACM SIGGRAPH members
For: Jortner (motion), Lang (second), Kilmer, Owen, Rockwood, Saunders, Schröder
Abstain: Barry

Motion:
 All SIGGRAPH and SIGGRAPH Asia committee volunteers will be expected to be members of ACM SIGGRAPH, effective with the 2010 Conference. 
For: Barry (motion), Lang (second), Jortner, Kilmer, Owen, Rockwood, Saunders, Schröder

Motion: To establish an Award Committee for oversight of ACM SIGGRAPH awards. The Committee charge and description will be approved by the EC at a later date.
For: Lang (motion), Schröder (second), Barry, Jortner, Kilmer, Owen, Rockwood, Saunders

Motion:  To approve the establishment of an ACM SIGGRAPH Digital Arts Distinguished Lifetime Achievement Award (Conference registration and travel would be included.)
For: Saunders (motion), Rockwood (second), Barry, Jortner, Kilmer, Lang, Owen, Schröder

Motion: To remove membership plus category from the ACM SIGGRAPH offerings and remove online category 
For: Jortner (motion), Rockwood (second), Barry, Kilmer, Lang, Owen, Saunders, Schröder

Motion: To pay $17,000 for the SIGGRAPH 2008 awards videos 
For: Saunders (motion), Rockwood (second), Kilmer
Against: Lang, Schröder
Abstain: Owen, Jortner Absent: Barry