Sedona, Arizona
September 28-30, 2001
The ACM SIGGRAPH
Executive Committee and six invited guests gathered in Sedona, Arizona, to
determine concrete goals for the upcoming year. This was the third year in a
cycle of organizational planning, with each year building on the previous
year's work. In the fall of 1999, we held an Executive Committee retreat and
set organizational priorities based on the earlier determined mission and
values. From this base, we developed the ACM SIGGRAPH
Strategic plan.
In the fall of 2000, we
met in Jackson Hole, Wyoming, with some additional experts in computer graphics,
and we used a scenario-based method to determine how to adapt to and lead a
rapidly changing field. Globalization and the "Hub," a greatly
enhanced and personalized online presence emerged as key organizational goals
in our report
on the Wyoming meeting.
In September, 2001,
building upon the strategic plan and the earlier scenario based strategic
planning, we set a specific number of goals that are to be accomplished during
this year. This meeting, facilitated by Gayle Magee, was based on the
"Best Year Yet" organizational planning method and book by Jinny S.
Ditzler. This method is intended to help a group determine the top ten goals
that they feel they must accomplish during the next year. The process involves
a look at accomplishments and disappointments from the past year, a review of
lessons learned, and a discussion of limitations that we place on ourselves.
The result of the
meeting was a list of goals and a discussion of how we will ensure that we
accomplish these goals. We arrived at about twenty goals and assigned project
leaders to the top ten goals. The top goals were identified by having the
meeting participants each vote for the five goals they felt we should most
pursue, based on not just the desirability of the goal but also whether it was
well-defined and whether it was achievable within a one-year timeframe. A few other goals were also picked up
by volunteer project leaders. All current goals are listed below, along with
the project leader for each goal, and a summary of how that goal supports the
goals in the ACM SIGGRAPH Strategic Plan. These goals are intended to be
accomplished by July 1, 2002.
In addition to the ACM
SIGGRAPH Executive Committee, some leaders in computer graphics were invited so
that we could ensure that our diverse community was represented. We thank the
following colleagues for taking time from their busy schedules to help us with
our planning: David Arnold, Alain Chesnais, Bill Kroyer, Craig Reynolds,
Kathryn Saunders, and Turner Whitted.
For each goal, the
project leader is listed, and the goals from the ACM SIGGRAPH Strategic Plan
that are supported by this activity are highlighted.
1) Complete an online membership
survey by May EC meeting with at least 300 responses - Leo Hourvitz
a) Supports Strategic Plan Goal
4. Develop and maintain an effective organization to accomplish these goals.
i)
Be a membership organization in which members take pride.
ii) Seek
new membership opportunities.
iii) Strive for
effective communication among volunteers and members.
2) Complete Hub prototype
implementation by September 2002 - David Ebert, Gudrun Enger, Leo Hourvitz
i)
--Have S2002 presentations available online by 9/1/02 and develop plan for
sustainability
ii) --Complete
implementation of Ask Dr. SIGGRAPH, threaded newsgroups, and news alliances
b) Supports Strategic Plan Goal
1. Be the premier catalyst for the advancement of computer graphics and
interactive technologies.
i)
Develop personalized and greatly expanded online services for year-round online
access.
c) Supports Strategic Plan Goal
3. Promote computer graphics and interactive techniques through education and
professional development.
i)
Provide information to educators, both those who teach computer graphics and
those who use computer graphics to teach other disciplines.
ii) Provide
information to educators who use computer graphics to teach other disciplines
iii) Promote student
membership and access to SIGGRAPH materials and activities.
3) Take steps to make as much
conference content online as possible (sketches, courses, etc.) by January 2002 - Stephen Spencer
i)
--Modify the permissions form.
b) Supports Strategic Plan Goal
1. Be the premier catalyst for the advancement of computer graphics and
interactive technologies.
i)
Develop personalized and greatly expanded online services for year-round online
access.
c) Supports Strategic Plan Goal
3. Promote computer graphics and interactive techniques through education and
professional development.
i)
Provide information to educators, both those who teach computer graphics and
those who use computer graphics to teach other disciplines.
ii) Provide
information to educators who use computer graphics to teach other disciplines
iii) Promote student
membership and access to SIGGRAPH materials and activities.
4) Determine a public relations
task force to define opportunities to enhance the "brand identity" of
ACM SIGGRAPH by
January - Bill Kroyer and Gudrun Enger
a) Supports Strategic Plan Goal
2. Foster the innovative and creative application of computer graphics and
interactive techniques.
i)
Attract new disciplines to the field.
b) Supports Strategic Plan Goal
4. Develop and maintain an effective organization to accomplish these goals.
i)
Be a membership organization in which members take pride.
ii) Seek
new membership opportunities.
iii) Strive for
effective communication among volunteers and members.
5) Finish pre-1985 conference
proceedings digitization project by March 2002 - Stephen Spencer
a) Supports Strategic Plan Goal
1. Be the
premier catalyst for the advancement of computer graphics and interactive
technologies.
i)
Develop personalized and greatly expanded online services for year-round online
access.
b) Supports Strategic Plan Goal
3. Promote computer graphics and interactive techniques through education and
professional development.
i)
Provide information to educators, both those who teach computer graphics and
those who use computer graphics to teach other disciplines.
ii) Promote
student membership and access to SIGGRAPH materials and activities.
iii) Be a reliable,
objective source of information about computer graphics and interactive
techniques.
6) Have effective project
management process in place by July 2002 Erica Johnson and Dino Schweitzer
i)
Create a template with goals, timeline, evaluation criteria, resources,
monitoring, and reporting by November 1, 2001, with reporting to include
dependency, exceptions, monthly and final reports.
b) Supports Strategic Plan Goal
4. Develop and maintain an effective organization.
i)
Continually monitor progress and success.
ii) Ensure
that all ACM SIGGRAPH activities, products, and processes exhibit a high degree
of excellence.
7) Come up with Volunteer
Information Piece and Volunteer Information Manual by April 2002 - Gudrun Enger.
i)
Each Executive Committee member will write 3 job descriptions by January, 2002.
ii) Expand
potential volunteer base by May, 02.
b) Supports Strategic Plan Goal
4. Develop and maintain an effective organization.
i)
Be an organization that values its volunteers for their skills, commitment, and
mentoring of new volunteers.
ii) Strive
for effective communication among volunteers and members.
8) Document financial policies
and procedures (as part of larger Policies and Procedures development) by June
30, 2002 -Garry Paxinos
a) Supports Strategic Plan Goal
4. Develop and maintain an effective organization.
i)
Strive for effective communication among volunteers and members.
ii) Continually
monitor progress and success.
iii) Ensure that all
ACM SIGGRAPH activities, products, and processes exhibit a high degree of
excellence.
9) Create a review committee to
explore the "Traveling SIGGRAPH Show" -- two hour live
lecture/presentation program featuring conference speakers that opens the
Traveling Art Show -- and provide report by June 2002 - Gudrun Enger, with help from
Bill Kroyer
a) Supports Strategic Plan Goal
3. Promote computer graphics and interactive techniques through education and
professional development.
i)
Provide information to educators, both those who teach computer graphics and
those who use computer graphics to teach other disciplines.
ii) Provide
information to educators who use computer graphics to teach other disciplines
iii) Provide
educational opportunities to help computer graphics professionals get started.
iv) Be a
reliable, objective source of information about computer graphics and
interactive techniques.
v) Promote
the field of computer graphics in terms understood by decision makers,
including funding agencies, politicians, and university and industrial
administrators.
b) Supports
Strategic Plan Goal 4. Develop and maintain an effective organization.
i)
Strive for effective communication among volunteers and members.
10) Create an online
"chapter bullets" page for quarterly update of activities by chapter
officers to be presented at Chapters committee meeting in Nov 2001 - Thierry Frey
a)
Supports Strategic Plan Goal 2. Foster the innovative and creative
application of computer graphics and interactive techniques.
i)
Provide networking opportunities to enable cross-fertilization.
b) Supports Strategic Plan Goal
3. Promote computer graphics and interactive techniques through education and
professional development.
i)
Provide educational opportunities to help computer graphics professionals get
started.
c)
Supports Strategic Plan Goal 4. Develop and maintain an effective organization.
i)
Strive for effective communication among volunteers and members.
11) Actively promote computer
graphics throughout the world - Alan Chalmers.
i)
Take delegation to Oceania by April, 2002.
ii) Develop
contacts for future delegation to India by August, 2002.
iii) This is an
ongoing goal
b) Supports Strategic Plan Goal
1. Be the
premier catalyst for the advancement of computer graphics and interactive
technologies.
i)
Be a catalyst for research and development in fields that demand new technology
in computer graphics and interactive techniques.
c) Supports Strategic Plan Goal
2. Foster the innovative and creative application of computer graphics and
interactive techniques.
i)
Provide networking opportunities to enable cross-fertilization.
ii) Foster
collaborations and interdisciplinary interactions that will advance computer
graphics and interactive technologies.
d) Supports Strategic Plan Goal
3. Promote computer graphics and interactive techniques through education and
professional development.
i)
Promote student membership and access to SIGGRAPH materials and activities.
ii) Be a
reliable, objective source of information about computer graphics and
interactive techniques.
iii) Promote the
field of computer graphics in terms understood by decision makers, including
funding agencies, politicians, and university and industrial administrators.
e) Supports Strategic Plan Goal
4. Develop and maintain an effective organization.
i)
Seek new membership opportunities.
f) Supports Strategic Plan Goal
5. Pursue involvement from the entire worldwide community in computer graphics
and interactive techniques.
i)
Collaborate with other societies worldwide in the advancement of computer
graphics and interactive techniques, helping to form new societies when
appropriate.
ii) Because
ACM SIGGRAPH is an international society, keep globalization and global
thinking as an essential part of all Supports Strategic planning.
12) Determine service and
evaluation plan between ACM SIGGRAPH and ACM by July 2002 - Judy Brown and Erica Johnson
a)
Have a high level meeting with ACM staff by Dec 2001 [to include the ACM
president, high level headquarters staff, ACM SIGGRAPH President, Vice
President, Treasurer, and Director for Communications.]
b) Supports
Strategic Plan Goal 4. Develop and maintain an effective organization.
i)
Continually monitor progress and success.
ii) Ensure
that all ACM SIGGRAPH activities, products, and processes exhibit a high degree
of excellence.
13) Set up infrastructure to
continue to support twice-a-year campfires as a forum to validate possible
multidisciplinary interaction by June 2002 – Alan Chalmers.
a) Supports Strategic Plan Goal
1. Be the premier catalyst for the advancement of computer graphics and
interactive technologies.
i)
Be a catalyst for research and development in the field of computer graphics
and interactive techniques.
ii) Be a
catalyst for research and development in fields that demand new technology in
computer graphics and interactive techniques.
b) Supports Strategic Plan Goal
2. Foster the innovative and creative application of computer graphics and
interactive techniques.
i)
Attract new disciplines to the field.
ii) Provide
networking opportunities to enable cross-fertilization.
iii) Foster
collaborations and interdisciplinary interactions that will advance computer
graphics and interactive technologies.
14) Initiate endowment of a
computer graphics chair at a university in
southern Africa by February, 2003 – Alan Chalmers.
a) Supports Supports Strategic Plan Goal 5. Pursue involvement from the entire
worldwide community in computer graphics and interactive techniques.
i)
Collaborate with other societies worldwide in the advancement of computer graphics
and interactive techniques, helping to form new societies when appropriate.
ii) Because
ACM SIGGRAPH is an international society, keep globalization and global
thinking as an essential part of all Supports Strategic planning.