ACM SIGGRAPH Strategic Plan

Version of July 11, 2001

Introduction

This plan provides a framework for the mission, purpose, values, and major directions of the ACM SIGGRAPH organization. It is an evolving guide that responds to the needs of the organization and the fields that ACM SIGGRAPH helps to build, energize, and catalyze.

ACM SIGGRAPH Mission Statement

ACM SIGGRAPH's mission is to promote the generation and dissemination of information on computer graphics and interactive techniques.

ACM SIGGRAPH Purpose Statement

ACM SIGGRAPH's purpose is to foster a membership community whose core values help them to catalyze the innovation and application of computer graphics and interactive techniques.

ACM SIGGRAPH Values Statement

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 our 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 our community feels for ACM 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 our community.

ACM SIGGRAPH Strategic Goals

ACM SIGGRAPH's goals define what the organization wants to achieve. Each goal includes key organizational actions.

Goal 1. Be the premier catalyst for the advancement of computer graphics and interactive technologies.

Be a catalyst for research and development in the field of computer graphics and interactive techniques.
Be a catalyst for research and development in fields that demand new technology in computer graphics and interactive techniques.
Provide the forum of choice for the introduction of innovative products in the field.
Develop personalized and greatly expanded online services for year-round online access.

Goal 2. Foster the innovative and creative application of computer graphics and interactive techniques.

Attract new disciplines to the field.
Support early adopters of computer graphics technology.
Provide networking opportunities to enable cross-fertilization.
Foster collaborations and interdisciplinary interactions that will advance computer graphics and interactive technologies.

Goal 3. Promote computer graphics and interactive techniques through education and professional development.

Provide information to educators, both those who teach computer graphics and those who use computer graphics to teach other disciplines.
Provide information to educators who use computer graphics to teach other disciplines
Provide educational opportunities to help computer graphics professionals get started.
Promote student membership and access to SIGGRAPH materials and activities.
Be a reliable, objective source of information about computer graphics and interactive techniques.
Promote the field of computer graphics in terms understood by decision makers, including funding agencies, politicians, and university and industrial administrators.

Goal 4. Develop and maintain an effective organization to accomplish these goals.

Be a membership organization in which members take pride.
Be an organization that values its volunteers for their skills, commitment, and mentoring of new volunteers.
Seek new membership opportunities.
Continually strive for strategic decision-making.
Strive for effective communication among volunteers and members.
Continually monitor progress and success.
Ensure that all ACM SIGGRAPH activities, products, and processes exhibit a high degree of excellence.

Goal 5. Pursue involvement from the entire worldwide community in computer graphics and interactive techniques.

Collaborate with other societies worldwide in the advancement of computer graphics and interactive techniques, helping to form new societies when appropriate.
Because ACM SIGGRAPH is an international society, keep globalization and global thinking as an essential part of all strategic planning.