SIG Leaders Orientation September 22, 2011
Grand Hyatt
Ballroom V
8:30 – 9:15 a.m. | Continental Breakfast | ||||
9:15 - 9:20 a.m. | Introductions | ||||
9:20 – 9:30 a.m. | Welcome | ||||
Vicki Hanson, SGB Chair John White, ACM CEO Alain Chesnais, ACM President |
Presentation | ||||
9:30 – 9:50 a.m. | Volunteer Structure Review | ||||
9:50 - 10:00 a.m. | Break | ||||
Group A | Group B | ||||
10:00 – 10:50 a.m. | Workshop | Finance | IS | ||
10:50 – 11:00 a.m. | Break | ||||
11:00 – 11:50 a.m. | Workshop | IS | Publications | ||
11:50 - 1:00 p.m. | Lunch | ||||
1:00 - 1:50 p.m. | Workshop | Publications | Memb/Chapters/PR | ||
1:50 - 2:00 p.m. | Break | ||||
2:00 - 2:50 p.m. | Workshop | Memb/Chapters/PR | Finance | ||
2:50 - 3:00 p.m. | Break | ||||
3:00 - 5:00 p.m. | SIG Fair presented by the SIG Services Department | ||||
TMRF and Approval Cycle | Maritza Nichols | ||||
Conference Site Selection | Stephanie Sabal | ||||
Proceedings/By-Products | Adrienne Griscti | ||||
Newsletter Administration | Julie Goetz | ||||
Conference Operations & Logistics | Ashley Cozzi | ||||
April Mosqus | |||||
SIG Operations & | Ginger Ignatoff | ||||
SIG Reference Sheet 2011 | Irene Frawley | ||||
Fran Spinola | |||||
Promotions/Awards/RegOnline/Travel Grants | Ann Lane |
Workshops
Finance
IS
Publications
Membership & Marketing
The orientation is meant to provide an overview of ACM for newly elected SIG leaders. It will start with a continental breakfast followed by a general session from 8:30 am – 9:15 am. Participants will then be placed into small groups to attend workshops on Finance, IS, Publications, Membership, Chapters and PR. The workshops are done in “round-robin” fashion with the speakers moving from session to session. Following the last session at 2:50 which will be followed by a SIG/Conference Fair where participants will have appointments at a variety of stations to discuss the latest information on SIG Services and conference activity. The “Fair” is a new format we are experimenting with in order to personalize the sessions based on the specific needs of the participants.
ACM Case Studies
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The DevOps Phenomenon
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Why I Belong to ACM
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