[Tccc] Managing the number of ComSoc TCS'd conferences
Joe Touch
touchatisi.edu
Tue Jun 4 13:03:07 EDT 2013
Hi, all,
Here's the situation: the ComSoc gets over 100 applications per year for
TCS - in addition to the dozen or so meetings it runs individually
(sponsors) or with other organizations (co-sponsors).
Below is a summary of how things work now. If there's an issue you want
to raise, TC email lists aren't sufficient. You need to talk to the
following people - either by email or at a Board of Governor's (BOG)
meeting (they're OPEN) - e.g., at ICC next week, or Globecom in Dec:
ComSoc President
ComSoc Exec Director
ComSoc VP Conferences
ComSoc Members at Large, or any other BOG members
See: http://www.comsoc.org/about/bog/officers
Oh, and ASK THOSE WHO ARE ASKING FOR YOUR VOTE to be on the BOG.
Joe
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Meetings require a only a few key things:
- <50% accept rate
- nonprofit organization running things
- >=3 reviews per paper returned
- >=1 TC endorsement
Most of the other requirements are intentionally 'fuzzy'.
So what does the ComSoc do? Here's the current state:
a) the rules had been vague
I wrote down the TCS process doc, which indicates which rules
are in the bylaws and should not be as vaguely interpreted
(e.g., the above)
b) lots of meetings apply
that's hard to prevent; there is a $350 processing fee
that's intended to deflect casual applications, but does
not remotely cover even the associated staff costs
c) some meetings get exceptions to some above requirements
e.g., OSA's OFC is a huge conference that the ComSoc actually
co-sponsors, but returns *NO REVIEWS AT ALL* to authors.
The ComSoc looks the other way because it gets a lot of money
out of this and other meetings. Exceptions are made by various
people - not necessarily the VP Conferences, FWIW.
d) some TCs endorse a lot of meetings
I asked the TCs to limit how many meetings a single person
can be listed as overseeing; this was a compromise vs.
limiting how many meetings each TC can endorse - because
TCs vary a lot in terms of scope and number of members.
TCCC has specific criteria for endorsement, and we're one
of the toughest to get an endorsement from, FWIW, even
though we're arguably the "blanket" TC covering any area
of the ComSoc.
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