ACM SIGGRAPH is in search of candidates for three open director-at-large positions on the ACM SIGGRAPH Executive Committee, with terms beginning July 1, 2016. The positions are volunteer, with term lengths of three years.
As part of a nine-person committee charged with steering the organization on its mission to foster and celebrate innovation in computer graphics and interactive techniques, directors-at-large hold crucial leadership positions within the organization. Like all voting members of the ACM SIGGRAPH Executive Committee, directors-at-large are elected by the ACM SIGGRAPH membership.
Specific duties include:
- Attendance at ACM SIGGRAPH Executive Committee meetings
- Voting on important decisions affecting ACM SIGGRAPH operations and membership
- Participate in committee oversight of the ACM SIGGRAPH newsletter, the ACM SIGGRAPH website and uses of the ACM SIGGRAPH email lists
Types of decisions facing the EC:
- Benefits ACM SIGGRAPH members will receive
- Level of the fees for ACM SIGGRAPH
- Policies for the conferences sponsored by ACM SIGGRAPH and in-cooperation with ACM SIGGRAPH
- Which awards are given by ACM SIGGRAPH
- Determining the winners of ACM SIGGRAPH awards
- What programs and projects that ACM SIGGRAPH participates in or underwrites
- Communication with the ACM SIGGRAPH membership
General expectations for ACM SIGGRAPH EC members:
- Promoting technical excellence, through taking an active role in the technical community as individuals
- Providing high-quality technical resources and programs (conferences, newsletters, etc.) within the scope of ACM SIGGRAPH's mission statement
- Promoting communication and interaction between ACM SIGGRAPH and others in the technical community, both within ACM (chapters, other SIGs) and outside
- Providing benefits to ACM SIGGRAPH members
- Overseeing conferences, symposia and workshops, both for technical quality and fiscal soundness
- Identifying additional benefits for members within the scope and financial resources of ACM SIGGRAPH
- Promoting and publicizing ACM SIGGRAPH achievements within the membership
The ACM SIGGRAPH Nominations Committee will be interviewing potential candidates at SIGGRAPH 2015 in Los Angeles, which takes place from August 9 to 14. To express interest in running for ACM SIGGRAPH Director-at-Large, and to schedule an interview at the conference, please contact Nominations Committee Chair G. Scott Owen at owen@siggraph.org.
Election Timeline
- July : Call for nominations posted
- August: Nominations Committee conducts interviews at the annual SIGGRAPH conference
- October: Slate of candidates presented
- March: Candidate statements posted
- April: Ballot posted
- June: Election results announced
- July: New EC members take office