[Tccc] So long and thanks for all the fish...
Medhi, Deep
DMedhiatumkc.edu
Mon Oct 29 14:30:31 EDT 2012
Joe,
Thanks for your service to the community.
-- Deep
On Oct/29/2012 1:15 PM, "Joe Touch" <to... at isi.edu> 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.
>
>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.
>
>Joe - former TCCC Chair
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