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SIGAPP Viability Review

SIGAPP Viability Review. Sung Shin, Chair. SGB Meeting, October 26, 2009, New York, NY. Financials. Fund balances June 2009 $411,033 June 2008 $383,662 June 2007 $311,747 June 2006 $243,186

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SIGAPP Viability Review

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  1. SIGAPP Viability Review Sung Shin, Chair SGB Meeting, October 26, 2009, New York, NY

  2. Financials • Fund balances • June 2009 $411,033 • June 2008 $383,662 • June 2007 $311,747 • June 2006 $243,186 Fund balance has increased by an average of 17% each of the last 3 years, due in large part to the success of SAC

  3. Membership/Volunteer Development • Membership – currently 522 • Membership has increased at average of 19% over the last 3 years, primarily among affiliate and student members • Elections held in June 2009 – 4 incumbent officers ran against 5 candidates who had never been involved with SIGAPP previously, 2 new officers elected • Much enthusiasm among membership for SIGAPP activities

  4. Conferences Symposium on Applied Computing (SAC) • 2006 (Dijon, France), 2007 (Seoul, Korea), 2008 (Fortaleza, Brazil), 2009 (Hawaii, USA), 2010 (Sierre, Switzerland), 2011 (TaiChung, Taiwan) • Attendance has averaged approximately 485 over last 4 years, increasing approximately 20% from 2006 to 2009 • Paper submissions have averaged 1026 submissions per year over last 4 years, increasing approximately 10 % from 2006 to 2009 • 2010 SAC hit record number of submissions, 1354 submissions • Surplus over last 4 years has averaged $44,555

  5. Member Benefits • Members receive reduced registration to SAC • Members receive CD of the SAC Proceedings • Increasing Student Travel Award Program to $30,000 • Developing Country Participant Travel Award Program established with initial budget of $10,000

  6. Publications • SIGAPP Newsletter, Applied Computing Review is planned to be published again from Spring of 2010 • Currently looking into establishment of refereed publication, e.g. ACM Transactions on Applied Computing

  7. Challenges • Increase membership numbers • Increase membership retention rate • Increase non-presenting attendees at SAC conference

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