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SIGGRAPH Financial Recap and Future Goals

Learn about SIGGRAPH's financial status, successes in 2011, member benefits, and strategic goals for the future, including partnerships, member engagement, and educational initiatives.

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SIGGRAPH Financial Recap and Future Goals

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  1. SIGGRAPH Finances • FY 2011--under required fund balance by $1,200,000 • Plan in place to rebuild fund balance • SIGGRAPH to return to West Coast for foreseeable future • Reduced SIGGRAPH expenses; reduced ACM SIGGRAPH expenses • With SIGGRAPH Asia continuing to run at a deficit ($530K in 2009 and $232K in 2010, negotiated contract with Koelnmesse to mitigate any risks from SIGGRAPH Asia; SIGGRAPH receives flat fee of $50K or 4% of income plus and a percentage of operational profit (based on a sliding scale). No liability for losses. • Successful SIGGRAPH 2011 in Vancouver--$801,574 • Successful SIGGRAPH Asia 2011 in Hong Kong--$80,000 (estimated) to ACM SIGGRAPH • Estimated fund balance 6/30/12 is $ 3,215,868; required fund balance is $ 3,048,110 • Goal is to build fund balance to $5M over next 2-3 years

  2. Member benefits • ACM Digital Library • Reduced registration at a large number of conferences • Interactions, monthly electronic newsletter (first issue, October 2011) • Streaming Video of SIGGRAPH Conference Presentations • Streaming SIGGRAPH Video Review likely to become member benefit in FY13 • 32 years of archived SVR to be added to Digital Library • SIGGRAPH email aliases • Awards • Awardees give talks at SIGGRAPH which are recorded and posted on YouTube and included in Digital Library

  3. SIGGRAPH Goals • Continue providing excellent and exciting content, adding programs that invite broader participation from members. • Strong SIGGRAPH Conferences in 2010 in LA and 2011 in Vancouver • Strong SIGGRAPH Asia Conferences; first financially successful conference in 2011 in Hong Kong • Robust line-up of in-cooperation and sponsored/co-sponsored small conferences • Communicate efficiently and effectively to ACM SIGGRAPH members and the broader community. • Create an interactive website and content management system that provides access to both our traditional content and new, user-generated content. • Continue to increase social media presence—Facebook fans (over 8100 fans), YouTube views (over 726,000), Linked-In—(5700 in our professional group), Twitter (over 10,000 followers and 2,000 subscribers)

  4. SIGGRAPH Goals • Support the Education Community and provide year-around education to the community: • Education Committee: CGEMs, curricular materials (education.siggraph.org) • Incorporate professional development into products and services • Support the Digital Arts Community • Digital Arts Committee (arts.siggraph.org) social networking site—600 members • First online curated Art Exhibit, July 2011 • Over 2500 artistic works uploaded to site • Collaboration with Leonardo, the journal of the International Society for the Arts, Sciences and Technology • Support Students • Reel, Resume, and Portfolio Reviews (84 students, 30 mentors) • Webinars

  5. SIGGRAPH Goals • Build partnerships with external communities • Renewed affiliate agreements with Eurographics, FMX, Digital Content Association of Japan and Laval Virtual • Redefine membership to involve more of the community and enhance value to members • Awarding one-year free membership to all SIGGRAPH non-member attendees • Expand our Chapters Community and better integrate them into SIGGRAPH • 47 Chapters in 19 countries; new chapter in Taipei • Estimated 2300-2700 professional and student members; attendance at events: 19,000 • Provide closer ties to and support for Chapters and help them become the year-round, local presence of the organization.

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