SIGAPP Viability Review

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SIGAPP Viability Review

• Barrett Bryant, Chair

SGB Meeting, August 13, 2005, Newark, NJ
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Financials

• Fund balances
• June 2002 - 53,248
• June 2003 - 90,191
• June 2004 - 141,322
• June 2005 - 212,191
• Fund balance has increased by an average of 60
  each of the last 3 years, due in large part to
  the success of SAC

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Membership/Volunteer Development

• Membership currently 334
• Membership has increased at average of 13 over
  the last 3 years, primarily among affiliate and
  student members
• Elections held in June 2005 4 incumbent
  officers ran against 4 candidates who had never
  been involved with SIGAPP previously, 2 new
  officers elected
• Much enthusiasm among membership for SIGAPP
  activities

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Conferences

• SAC
• 2002 (Madrid, Spain), 2003 (Melbourne, FL), 2004
  (Nicosia, Cyprus), 2005 (Santa Fe, NM), 2006
  (Dijon, France), 2007 (Seoul, Korea)
• Attendance has averaged approximately 275 over
  last 4 years, increasing approximately 50 from
  2002 to 2005
• Paper submissions have averaged 633 submissions
  per year over last 4 years, increasing
  approximately 67 from 2002 to 2005
• In 2005, SAC moved to a 5 day event to
  accommodate the increased number of papers
• Surplus over last 4 years has averaged 35,677
• Others In-Cooperation Interop-ESA 2005, BSN 2005

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Member Benefits

• Affiliate members receive reduced registration to
  SAC
• Student members may apply for student travel
  award to attend conferences sponsored by SIGAPP
  (new in 2005)
• Distinguished Service Awards
• Improved publication planned

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Publications

• SIGAPP Newsletter, Applied Computing Review, was
  terminated by ACM after 10 years when SIGAPP
  became conference-only SIG in 2002
• Members have indicated preference for refereed
  publication over reviewed one, so ACR may no
  longer be preferred publication
• Currently looking into establishment of refereed
  publication, e.g. ACM Transactions on Applied
  Computing