Publications

General Pubs

Board directed the Chairman to form a standing committee on publications to coordinate all SIGGRAPH-related publications, including TOGS. (December 5, 1978)

Agendas for Board meetings to be published in the final conference program each year. (July 17, 1981)

Computer Graphics &Applications to be offered to SIGGRAPH members at a special price. Jan 22, 1983

(CG&A was discussed at nearly every meeting for the next several years, such things as including it in membership, but nothing officially went further than this.)

ACM Press to distribute SIGGRAPH materials. (October 1988)

Declined to request that ACM copyright the SIGGRAPH CD-ROM publications. (August 12, 1995)

To remove the Member Value Plus publications from the membership form and materials and add them to a separate mailing to be sent to new members. (January 27-28, 2001)

Uniform pricing model for all ACM SIGGRAPH publications approved. (April 10, 2002)

Proposal: ACM SIGGRAPH Publications Pricing Model

Objective:

A pricing model that provides for consistent pricing across all points

of purchase (annual conference, ACM Member Services, organization-

sanctioned events) and for member and non-member pricing.

Why:

At present we don't offer consistent member / non-member pricing on our

publications, and we also don't have a consistent model for setting the

basic cost of our publications. By adopting a reasonable and consistent

policy, we do a great service to our members and to our community.

Detail:

1. Determine an appropriate unit cost of production based on the

     size and layout of the book and the estimated print run.

     (Typically prepared by the contractor charged with producing

      the final product, whether book, videotape, CD-ROM or DVD.)

2. Set the member price of the publication so that the costs in #1

     are covered, as well as administrative and distribution overhead.

     (Typically set by the Director for Publications in cooperation

     with the ACM SIGGRAPH Program Director and other ACM HQ personnel

     as appropriate.)

3. Set the non-member price at 150% of the member price, in effect

     giving the member a 33% discount.

4. Member and non-member pricing shall be offered at organization

     and conference points of sale. In the event that this is not

     possible, the member price shall be used.

5. Internal transfers (conference transfers, professional chapters,

     etc.) shall be made at the unit cost. The purchasing entity shall

     be responsible for shipping costs.

6. External transfers (agreements with affiliated organizations, etc.)

     shall be made at the member price. The purchasing entity shall be

     responsible for shipping costs.

7. Sales of publications secured from the organization through either

     internal or external transfer may not be sold at a price point higher

     than the non-member price.

Newsletter

The charter for "Computer Graphics" (July, 1981 issue)

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A Shift in Emphasis for "Computer Graphics"

Over the past several months your Executive Board has been examining the

role of this newsletter. Since our field has matured greatly and with

the advent of the ACM "Transactions on Graphics" (January 1982),

Pergamon Press' "Computers & Graphics," and the IEEE Computer Society's

"Graphics and Applications," it seems a particularly appropriate time to

evaluate our SIGGRAPH publication and more clearly define its focus and

structure. In trying to understand the issues involved, two major areas

were considered: member needs and practical constraints.

evaluate our SIGGRAPH publication and more clearly define its focus and

structure. In trying to understand the issues involved, two major areas

were considered: member needs and practical constraints.

A predominant number of SIGGRAPH members appear primarily concerned that

quarterly provide timely news, that it not contain lengthy articles of

limited interest, that it be clearly structured, and that it arrive

regularly. Since the conference issue (issue number 3) is specifically

the conference proceedings, it was not considered further.

The following charter has been developed:

PURPOSE: The quarterly is to provide timely and educational information

to SIGGRAPH members. As such, its first obligation is to the reader and

not the writer. It is intended to complement the ACM, IEEE and other

reviewed and refereed publications on graphics.

CONTENT: The content should emphasize areas of graphics which are of

general interest to SIGGRAPH members and which are not readily available

elsewhere.

  - A regular portion of each issue should function as a newsletter.

    This section should include such items as Board actions, news updates

    (for example, ANSI X3H3 status or Eurographics items), a calendar of

    graphics events and announcements.

  - Generally the scope of the technical portion of the quarterly should

    be decreased. The quarterly should continue to provide a vehicle for

    the presentation of special subjects (for example, the Report of the

    Graphics Standards Planning Committee), but the quarterly should not

    generally accept full length papers nor "working papers." It is

    anticipated that the page count of each issue will probably decrease.

  - A section of the quarterly should be reserved for letters to the

    editor and technical memos on work in progress or project

    descriptions. These are brief, informal write-ups of thoughts and

    applications which provide a rapid vehicle to spread ideas and to keep

    members updated on current work.

  - The SIGGRAPH fiche, video review, and slide sets are unique means of

    publishing graphics work. These activities should continue, and a

    technical section should contain more supplementary material for

    information and education. In particular, the techniques for creating

    the picture, the algorithm employed, comparison to other results and

    the significance of the final output should be stressed.

  - The section on references and reviews should be continued and

    enhanced to include abstracts of theses, dissertations and reports.

    Some form of cross-indexing should. be provided.

  - In order to provide more timely news, we should consider publishing

    bimonthly rather than quarterly.

The implementation of this new/revised charter will begin with Volume

16, Number 1.

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Vetoed the idea of paid advertising in "Computer Graphics." (Nov 9, 1981)

ACM policy now allows paid advertising in SIG newsletters. Three types of ads are allowed: job wanted, job postings, and product ads. Product ads must appear in CACM as well as the SIG newsletter. (November 1-2, 1991)

Effective immediately, "Computer Graphics" will be published 5 time a year. Issue 4 will be the Proceedings issue. (July 1986)

Proceedings

Agreed to discount the price of the Proceedings when ordered by university bookstores and/or educational institution. Book stores must agree that the selling prices (discounted price plus markup) not exceed the SIGGRAPH member prices. (Nov 9, 1981)

All papers presented at a conference must appear in the proceedings. (Previously, the best papers at the annual conference were published only in TOG.) (Jan 22, 1983)

The proceedings are advised to be limited to 350 pages. (May 10, 1985)

Approved publication of three volumes of conference documentation and directed that papers and awards notices be published in a separate volume. (May 17, 1997)

To accept the following names for the three publications that document the annual conference: Conference Proceedings, Electronic Art and Animation Catalog, and Conference Abstracts and Applications. (December 5-7, 1997)

To increase the cost of the conference publication package to $40 and each separate conference publication to $25. (March 11, 2000)

EC agreed that SIGGRAPH proceedings could be included in the ACM DL based on the assumption that all members of a SIG would have access to all the SIG’s materials on a basis determined by the SIG, and that the SIG would receive compensation for direct sales of the SIG’s materials and some proportion of the revenue on each general subscription. (May 17, 1997)

To allow access to the SIGGRAPH content in the ACM Digital Library at no fee to SIGGRAPH members. (February 21-22, 1998)

To publish the annual conference proceedings as an issue of ACM Transactions on Graphics (TOG), beginning with SIGGRAPH 2002 for a period of two years. (May 5, 2001)

Slides

First slide sets will be distributed at no profit, with cost about $15/50 slides including descriptions. (December 5, 1978)

The Technical slide set is a SIGGRAPH organizational activity, but requires close cooperation with the annual conference. (June 16, 1984)

Slides are a conference function. The person responsible for gathering, managing production, and delivering slides to the conference will be appointed by the conference chair and report to the conference chair. (October 12, 1984)

The technical slide set is not a required activity of the annual conference. (October 12, 1984)

Production of slide sets is moved under control of the editor-in-chief. (October 12, 1985)

SVR

SIGGRAPH Video Review should be self-sufficient. (August 9, 1979)

Tom DeFanti will make a new three-hour video tape of the latest and greatest computer animations. To recoup costs, members would be charged $45 per tape and non-members $60. (August 6, 1987)

Since ACM pubs board does not recognize videotapes as publications, SIGGRAPH distributes them on its own. (June 16, 1984)

TOG

Voted to provide monetary grants to ACM Publications Board for the support of The Transactions on Graphics (TOG), given that there is a voting member on the TOG Editorial Board for a fixed term who is an ex-officio member on the SIGGRAPH Board, appointed by  the SIGGRAPH Board with concurrence of the TOG Editorial Board. (Oct. 23-29, 1980)

To provide funding up to $9,999 for computer equipment for Transactions on Graphics.

(February 11, 1989)

To publish the annual conference proceedings as an issue of ACM Transactions on Graphics (TOG), beginning with SIGGRAPH 2002 for a period of two years. (May 5, 2001)

To continue the relationship with ACM TOG (Transactions on Graphics) permanently to publish the Proceedings from the annual SIGGRAPH Conference as an issue of TOG.

Approved (10,0, 0) – May, 2003

Intellectual Property

In cases where ownership of intellectual property is submitted to an ACM SIGGRAPH publication and is disputed, our policy is to use the expertise within our community to evaluate the issue. Should our evaluation show the material is publishable, our policy is to take necessary action to publish in furtherance of our mission. (March 11, 2000)