[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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