ACM SIGGRAPH Policy
Awards Program

The Steven A. Coons Award is awarded in odd-numbered years to recognize long-term creative impact on the field of computer graphics and interactive techniques.

The Computer Graphics Achievement Award is awarded yearly to recognize significant recent accomplishments in the field of computer graphics and interactive techniques.

The Significant New Investigator Award is awarded annually to a researcher who has made a recent significant contribution to the field of computer graphics and interactive techniques and is new to the field.

The scope of the areas of accomplishment for the Coons, Achievement, and Significant New Investigator awards will encompass both theory and application. It will include, but not be limited to, works of art, algorithms, and hardware designs. None of these awards will be based on service to ACM SIGGRAPH.

The Outstanding Service Award is awarded in even-numbered years to recognize a career of outstanding service to ACM SIGGRAPH by a volunteer. It recognizes an individual who has given extraordinary service to ACM SIGGRAPH, both in the trenches and in positions of more responsibility or visibility, over a significant period of time.

The Awards Program will be administered by the ACM SIGGRAPH Awards Chair who will be appointed by the ACM SIGGRAPH President with consent of the Board of Directors.


ACM SIGGRAPH Policy
Past President

For one year after the completion of their term as President, the Past President will be an ex-officio member of the ACM SIGGRAPH Executive Committee.

The Past President shall be the chair of the nominating committee through the term of the next President.


ACM SIGGRAPH Policy
Values

ACM SIGGRAPH is built on a fundamental set of values and strives to support and follow these values in all its activities. These values are:
Excellence
ACM SIGGRAPH values excellence in the information and experience provided by its products and activities.
Integrity
ACM SIGGRAPH values personal and organizational integrity in the selection of our content and in our interpersonal and organizational relationships.
Volunteerism
ACM SIGGRAPH values volunteers and volunteerism in an environment that actively supports its volunteers.
Passion
ACM SIGGRAPH values the passion its community feels for SIGGRAPH and for the field of computer graphics and interactive techniques.
Cross-Disciplinary Interaction
ACM SIGGRAPH values the interaction among the many disciplines that make up its community.


ACM SIGGRAPH Policy
Ex-officio Members

The following shall be ex-officio non-voting members of the Board:
The Chair of the Conference Advisory Group (CAG)
The Conference Chief Staff Executive
The ACM Program Director for ACM SIGGRAPH
The Past President, for the first year of the new President’s term.


ACM SIGGRAPH Policy
CAG Chair

With the nomination of the CAG, the Executive Committee shall select the Chair of the CAG. The Chair of the CAG will be selected every third year, beginning in 2007, for a three-year term beginning on January 1 of the following year.

The duties of the Chair of the Conference Advisory Group are:
i. Managing the work of the CAG; and
ii. Serving as the primary communication link between the annual SIGGRAPH conference and the ACM SIGGRAPH Executive Committee.


ACM SIGGRAPH Policy
Standing Committees

The following shall be standing committees of the Board:
Communications (includes outreach, international, SIGGRAPH village)
Information Services
Publications
Education
Chapters
Awards
CAG
Conferences and Activities (small conferences, spheres of influences such as BOFs)
Digital Arts Committee
Student Services Committee

The following groups of committees shall coordinate their activities and explore ways to organize their areas:
Communications, Information Services, Publications
CAG, Conferences and Activities

The chairs of these committees will be selected by the Executive Committee.


ACM SIGGRAPH Policy
Associate Members

Members of a professional or student ACM SIGGRAPH chapter shall qualify as Associate Members.


ACM SIGGRAPH Policy
Nominating Committee

By July 15 of each year, the Past President will put forward an odd number of persons, numbering three or more, to serve on a Nominating Committee which will propose candidates for election. These must be voting members of ACM and voting members of ACM SIGGRAPH and must not be members of the ACM SIGGRAPH Executive Committee. The candidates for the nominating committee must be approved by the Executive Committee before being accepted. The Past President serves as the chair of the Nominating Committee.

ACM SIGGRAPH Policy
Establishment of Standing and Ad Hoc Committees

Standing Committees are established and their chairs appointed and removed by a majority vote of the EC. Standing committees exist until dissolved by a majority vote of the EC. Ad hoc committees are established for a specific duration of time, not to exceed one year unless a longer duration is authorized by a majority vote of the EC. Ad hoc committees may be established and their chairs may be appointed or removed by the President or by a majority vote of the EC, except that the President cannot dissolve committees established by the EC or remove chairs appointed by the EC.