[Tccc] So long and thanks for all the fish...
James P.G. Sterbenz
jpgsatsterbenz.org
Mon Oct 29 15:01:15 EDT 2012
On 29 Oct 2012, at 13:15, Joe Touch wrote:
> Hi, all,
>
> This is my final note to the list as TCCC Chair. I have been glad to
> serve this community for the past four years.
>
> I'd like to recognize the hard work of everyone on this list, and the
> elected officers I've been privileged to serve with:
> Sonia Fahmy Vice Chair 2008-2010
> Xiaoming Fu Vice-Chair 2010-2012, Secretary 2008-2010
> Martin Reisslen Secretary 2010-2012
>
> as well as the following volunteers:
> Joerg Ott conf. coordinator/monitor
> Patrick Seeling web coordinator
> R Venkatesha Prasad ComSoc Standards Board liason
> Fan Zhong Smart Grid ad-hoc committee rep.
> Chunming Qiao & Kun Yang Cloud ad-hoc committee reps.
Thanks to all of you for your outstanding service!
>
> Over the past four years, they and you together have enabled TCCC to:
> - coordinated TCCC re-certification twice
> completed recertification in 11/2009
> 2012 recertification is currently underway
> - developed detailed meeting endorsement policies
> substantially raising the bar for meeting endorsements
> a subset of which the ComSoc has adopted
> - documented our policies and procedures
> - completely revised and updated our website
> - posted results of our conf issues discussion online
> - transferred the e-mail list to IEEE ComSoc servers (underway)
> - organized four successful Computer Communications Workshops
> - held TCCC meetings at ICC, Globecom, and Infocom conferences
> - nominated chairs for symposia at ICC and Globecom
> - nominated ComSoc Distinguished Lecturers and IEEE Experts
>
> As you may recall, we also all had a detailed discussion of conference
> operations and participation in Dec 2009-Jan 2010, addressing:
> presentations by non-authors
> conference cost issues
> pay-for-publication issues
> participation by disadvantaged authors
> This discussion resulted in changes to current ComSoc policy:
> - all financially-sponsored ComSoc conferences now
> require that all papers are presented by named authors
> - most ComSoc conferences now use EDAS for publishing
> CDROM/USB proceedings, resulting in a significant cost reduction
>
> I'd would like to thank everyone on this list again for your support and
> participation over the past four years. As I have noted, I will continue
> to support the ComSoc in my role as Director of Conference Operations,
> to represent the entire ComSoc community and ensure the best possible
> conference experience to authors and attendees alike.
>
> I also look forward to participating with you side-by-side in support of
> the incoming officers, and to seeing you at the next ComSoc event.
I'm counting on Joe and the other officers helping with the transition to
new officers. I hope to see many of you at the TCCC meeting at Globecom.
Cheers,
James
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