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2009Q3: Sponsorship Committee

2009-07-29T16:45:26Z

OwenRambow:

; current nature of sponsorship committee:
:* covers sponsorship for all *ACL conferences in a given year (to avoid competition between conferences for sponsors)
:* consists of the following people:
:** two people from each region (= "regional sponsorship chairs")
:** for each conference happening during a given year, a single sponsorship chair responsible only for that conference (= "local sponsorship chair")
:** the ACL business manager
:* the local sponsorship chairs may or may not overlap with the regional sponsorship chair, but the original intention was that they do not; the local sponsorship chairs concentrate on raising money only for their conference from local sources (local to town or region)
:* some of the current members have agreed to serve for a second year, with the result that the committee has a rolling membership and we have more continuity
:* the business manager and the ACL and EACL treasurers are also subscribed on the mailing list

; current problems:
:* no leadership - no individual member is responsible for overseeing the work of the committee
:* no accountability - the sponsorship committee doesn't report to anyone
:* annual churn - no experience is built up, members don't get to learn from last year's problems
:* demarcation issues - in the absence of communication, local chairs have got involved in sponsorship
:* recruitment is difficult - no-one wants to be a sponsorship chair

; recommendations:
:* we recommend that the sponsorship committee be chaired by a member of the ACL exec; the exec member would have this portfolio for their term of office
:* the sponsorship chair should report to the ACL president
:* as previously suggested, a contacts database should record the history of past contacts, who was contacted and when, who did the contacting, the result (e.g. call again in two months); ''there's a question about who would have access to this''
:* we need to find suitable ways to recognize the work of sponsorship chairs (e.g. at exec++ dinner)

; items for immediate action:
:* given that we need a sponsorship committee chair right away, for 2010, the president can have the role until a regular exec member is identified
:* identify the regional members of the sponsorship committee for 2010

; other ideas for reducing the amount of churn:
:* assign each regular member to a portfolio that they have for their term of office, with a one-year overlap with their predecessor to learn the ropes (and avoid a 3-year cycle that coincides with our geographical rotation)
:* e.g. portfolio 1: sponsorship; portfolio 2: publication issues/report collection/SIG convener

2009Q3: Sponsorship Committee

2009-07-29T16:33:41Z

OwenRambow: typo correction

; current nature of sponsorship committee:
:* covers sponsorship for all *ACL conferences in a given year (to avoid competition between conferences for sponsors)
:* consists of two people from each region, plus a single sponsorship chair responsible for each conference (= "local sponsorship chair"), plus the ACL business manager; the local sponsorship chairs may or may not overlap with the regional sponsorship chair, but the original intention was that they do not; the local sponsorship chairs concentrate on raising money only for their conference from local sources (local to town or region)
:* some of the current members have agreed to serve for a second year, with the result that the committee has a rolling membership and we have more continuity
:* the business manager and the ACL and EACL treasurers are also subscribed on the mailing list

; current problems:
:* no leadership - no individual member is responsible for overseeing the work of the committee
:* no accountability - the sponsorship committee doesn't report to anyone
:* annual churn - no experience is built up, members don't get to learn from last year's problems
:* demarcation issues - in the absence of communication, local chairs have got involved in sponsorship
:* recruitment is difficult - no-one wants to be a sponsorship chair

; recommendations:
:* we recommend that the sponsorship committee be chaired by a member of the ACL exec; the exec member would have this portfolio for their term of office
:* the sponsorship chair should report to the ACL president
:* as previously suggested, a contacts database should record the history of past contacts, who was contacted and when, who did the contacting, the result (e.g. call again in two months); ''there's a question about who would have access to this''
:* we need to find suitable ways to recognize the work of sponsorship chairs (e.g. at exec++ dinner)

; items for immediate action:
:* given that we need a sponsorship committee chair right away, for 2010, the president can have the role until a regular exec member is identified
:* identify the regional members of the sponsorship committee for 2010

; other ideas for reducing the amount of churn:
:* assign each regular member to a portfolio that they have for their term of office, with a one-year overlap with their predecessor to learn the ropes (and avoid a 3-year cycle that coincides with our geographical rotation)
:* e.g. portfolio 1: sponsorship; portfolio 2: publication issues/report collection/SIG convener

2009Q3: Sponsorship Committee

2009-07-22T03:50:08Z

OwenRambow: Edits for clarity

; current nature of sponsorship committee:
:* covers sponsorship for all *ACL conferences in a given year (to avoid competition between conferences for sponsors)
:* consists of two people from each region (may or may not overlap with the local sponsorship chair)
:* some of the current members have agreed to serve for a second year, with the result that the committee has a rolling membership and we have more continuity
:* the business manager and the ACL and EACL treasurers are also subscribed on the mailing list

; current problems:
:* no leadership - no individual member is responsible for overseeing the work of the committee
:* no accountability - the sponsorship committee doesn't report to anyone
:* annual churn - no experience is built up, members don't get to learn from last year's problems
:* demarcation issues - in the absence of communication, local chairs have got involved in sponsorship
:* recruitment is difficult - no-one wants to be a sponsorship chair

; recommendations:
:* we recommend that the sponsorship committee be chaired by a member of the ACL exec, who has this portfolio for their term of office
:* the sponsorship chair should report to the ACL president
:* a contacts database should record the history of past contacts, who was contacted and when, who did the contacting, the result (e.g. call again in two months); ''there's a question about who would have access to this''
:* we need to find suitable ways to recognize the work of sponsorship chairs (e.g. at exec++ dinner)

; items for immediate action:
:* given that we need a sponsorship committee chair right away, for 2010, the president can have the role until a regular exec member is identified
:* identify the regional members of the sponsorship committee for 2010

; other ideas for reducing the amount of churn:
:* assign each regular member to a portfolio that they have for their term of office, with a one-year overlap with their predecessor to learn the ropes (and avoid a 3-year cycle that coincides with our geographical rotation)
:* e.g. portfolio 1: sponsorship; portfolio 2: publication issues/report collection/SIG convener

Agenda 2009Q3

2009-07-06T17:29:57Z

OwenRambow:

MORNING (9-1)

* membership update (Priscilla)
* conference registrations (Priscilla)
* NAACL (Owen) (5 min)
* EACL (Giorgio)
* AFNLP (Kam-Fai, Hwee Tou)
* ACL11 (Ido)
* ACL12 (Kevin)
* SIGS (Ido)
* Treasurer (Graeme)
* Secretary (Drago)
* Journal (Robert)

AFTERNOON (2-6)

* ACL09 report (Keh-Yih, Haizhou)
* ACL10 (Jan?, Joakim?)
* Anthology? (Min)
* sudoku? (Drago?)
* publications/journals (Ido)
* [[Short papers]] (Owen) (45 minutes)
* [[Diversification of papers]] (Nicoletta) (moved up by Owen, July 6 2009)
* joint fundraising (Owen)
* new initiatives? (Drago?)

Agenda 2009Q3

2009-07-06T17:29:26Z

OwenRambow:

MORNING (9-1)

* membership update (Priscilla)
* conference registrations (Priscilla)
* NAACL (Owen) (5 min)
* EACL (Giorgio)
* AFNLP (Kam-Fai, Hwee Tou)
* ACL11 (Ido)
* ACL12 (Kevin)
* SIGS (Ido)
* Treasurer (Graeme)
* Secretary (Drago)
* Journal (Robert)

AFTERNOON (2-6)

* ACL09 report (Keh-Yih, Haizhou)
* ACL10 (Jan?, Joakim?)
* Anthology? (Min)
* sudoku? (Drago?)
* publications/journals (Ido)
* [[Short papers]] (Owen) (45 minutes)
* [[Diversification of papers]] (Nicoletta) (moved up by Owen)
* joint fundraising (Owen)
* new initiatives? (Drago?)

Agenda 2009Q3

2009-07-06T16:53:42Z

OwenRambow:

MORNING (9-1)

* membership update (Priscilla)
* conference registrations (Priscilla)
* NAACL (Owen) (5 min)
* EACL (Giorgio)
* AFNLP (Kam-Fai, Hwee Tou)
* ACL11 (Ido)
* ACL12 (Kevin)
* SIGS (Ido)
* Treasurer (Graeme)
* Secretary (Drago)
* Journal (Robert)

AFTERNOON (2-6)

* ACL09 report (Keh-Yih, Haizhou)
* ACL10 (Jan?, Joakim?)
* Anthology? (Min)
* sudoku? (Drago?)
* publications/journals (Ido)
* [[Short papers]] (Owen) (45 minutes)
* joint fundraising (Owen)
* new initiatives? (Drago?)
* [[Diversification of papers]] (Nicoletta)

Short papers

2009-06-25T21:18:19Z

OwenRambow:

I would like to discuss the short papers, in order to avoid a situation where the NAACL HLT short paper track diverges from the new ACL short paper track in weird ways. Specifically, the issues are:

* Parallel submission to short and long paper tracks. I think this has been agreed on by email, but it may be good to formally agree, and to talk about date ranges for concreteness.
* Topics.
* Target acceptance rates.
* Presentation types.
* Detail: I think we should not include the references in the short paper page limit, either (i.e., 4+references, not 4 including references).

I will be happy to present the NAACL policy on these issues, which can change of course as a result of the ACL Exec discussion.

This discussion will set policy which the PC co-chairs will need to take into account when drafting the CfP. Note that NAACL sees short papers as the preferred way to explore making the conference more diverse, so this topic is also implicated in this discussion.

Note: it looks like the PC co-chairs are already making all these decisions for ACL, so this point may be academic.

Owen

Back to [[Agenda_2009Q3]]

Short papers

2009-06-25T21:17:04Z

OwenRambow:

Agenda 2009Q3

2009-06-25T04:36:18Z

OwenRambow:

''location for 2009Q3 agenda''

I would like to discuss the short papers, in order to avoid a situation where the NAACL HLT short paper track diverges from the new ACL short paper track in weird ways. Specifically, the issues are:

* Parallel submission to short and long paper tracks. I think this has been agreed on by email, but it may be good to formally agree, and to talk about date ranges for concreteness.
* Topics.
* Target acceptance rates.
* Presentation types.
* Detail: I think we should not include the references in the short paper page limit, either (i.e., 4+references, not 4 including references).

I will be happy to present the NAACL policy on these issues, which can change of course as a result of the ACL Exec discussion.

This discussion will set policy which the PC co-chairs will need to take into account when drafting the CfP. Note that NAACL sees short papers as the preferred way to explore making the conference more diverse, so this topic is also implicated in this discussion.

Owen

AGENDA:

- Short papers (45 minutes)

Agenda 2009Q3

2009-06-25T04:35:57Z

OwenRambow:

''location for 2009Q3 agenda''

I would like to discuss the short papers, in order to avoid a situation where the NAACL HLT short paper track diverges from the new ACL short paper track in weird ways. Specifically, the issues are:

* Parallel submission to short and long paper tracks. I think this has been agreed on by email, but it may be good to formally agree, and to talk about date ranges for concreteness.
* Topics.
* Target acceptance rates.
* Presentation types.
* Detail: I think we should not include the references in the short papers, either (i.e., 4+references, not 4 including references).

I will be happy to present the NAACL policy on these issues, which can change of course as a result of the ACL Exec discussion.

This discussion will set policy which the PC co-chairs will need to take into account when drafting the CfP. Note that NAACL sees short papers as the preferred way to explore making the conference more diverse, so this topic is also implicated in this discussion.

Owen

AGENDA:

- Short papers (45 minutes)

Agenda 2009Q3

2009-06-25T04:34:55Z

OwenRambow:

''location for 2009Q3 agenda''

I would like to discuss the short papers, in order to avoid a situation where the NAACL HLT short paper track diverges from the new ACL short paper track in weird ways. Specifically, the issues are:

+ Parallel submission to short and long paper tracks. I think this has been agreed on by email, but it may be good to formally agree, and to talk about date ranges for concreteness.
+ Topics.
+ Target acceptance rates.
+ Presentation types.
+ Detail: I think we should not include the references in the short papers, either (i.e., 4+references, not 4 including references).

I will be happy to present the NAACL policy on these issues, which can change of course as a result of the ACL Exec discussion.

This discussion will set policy which the PC co-chairs will need to take into account when drafting the CfP. Note that NAACL sees short papers as the preferred way to explore making the conference more diverse, so this topic is also implicated in this discussion.

Owen

AGENDA:

- Short papers (45 minutes)

Agenda 2009Q3

2009-06-25T04:34:42Z

OwenRambow:

''location for 2009Q3 agenda''

I would like to discuss the short papers, in order to avoid a situation where the NAACL HLT short paper track diverges from the new ACL short paper track in weird ways. Specifically, the issues are:

+ Parallel submission to short and long paper tracks. I think this has been agreed on by email, but it may be good to formally agree, and to talk about date ranges for concreteness.
+ Topics.
+ Target acceptance rates.
+ Presentation types.
+ Detail: I think we should not include the references in the short papers, either (i.e., 4+references, not 4 including references).

I will be happy to present the NAACL policy on these issues, which can change of course as a result of the ACL Exec discussion.

This discussion will set policy which the PC co-chairs will need to take into account when drafting the CfP. Note that NAACL sees short papers as the preferred way to explore making the conference more diverse, so this topic is also implicated in this discussion.

Owen

AGENDA:

- Short papers (45 minutes)

2009Q1 Reports: NAACL

2009-03-12T16:23:24Z

OwenRambow:

=Report from NAACL, March 2009 Owen Rambow, Chapter Board Chair=
http://www.naacl.org

==1. Elections==

The NAACL election was held electronically in the Fall of 2008.
Chris Brew (OSU) and Ted Petersen (UMN Duluth) replace Jennifer Chu-Carrol (IBM) and Bill Dolan (Microsoft) on the Board.

==2. Executive Committee Meetings==

The Board converses regularly by e-mail. In addition, in 2009, the
Board will meet in person at the NAACL HLT 2009 conference in Boulder.
This needs to be scheduled asap (competition with ACL Board for time).

==3. NAACL Treasurer's report==

March 2009

The Chapter's bank account held $71,460.74 at the end of Feb 2009, and
hasn't changed noticeably since then. This is a modest increase over
the same time last year ($67,000.83) and a big increase over the same
time in 2007 ($31,609.34). As usual, delays in conference accounting
mean that this number can be far from the Chapter's true financial
situation.

The gain comes from the fact that last month I eventually got the
mothership to hand over NAACL's share of the profits from ACL 2005.
Expenses have been for supporting students attending JHU WS2008 and
for supporting NACLO 2008.

The Treasurer's undone items are accounting for NAACL HLT 2006 and
2007. I intend to make progress on the former during spring break and
have it done before the summer NAACL Executive meeting.

Christopher Manning, NAACL Treasurer; March 12, 2009, Palo Alto, CA.
.

==4. North American conference in 2008==

The 2008 conference was joint with ACL. The preparation of the conference using the coordinating committee with members from the ACL and NAACL boards worked well, once this was established (a bit late). The NAACL Board is grateful to the ACL Board for agreeing to some of its requests for creating a sense of continuation for the North American conferences. This includes the name (the appearance of "HLT" in the short name and "Human Language Technology Conference" in the long name, as well as adoption of the format that attempts to reach out to the Speech and IR communities. The report on this conference can be found elsewhere. (ADD LINK.)

==5. North American conference in 2009==

NAACL HLT 2009 will take place in Boulder, Colorado, in June 2009.
Mari Ostendorf is conference chair, Michael Collins, Massachusetts Institute of Technology (NLP)
Lucy Vanderwende, Microsoft (NLP)
Doug Oard, University of Maryland (IR)
Shri Narayanan, University of Southern California (Speech) are PC co-chairs, and Martha Palmer and James Martin
are local organizers. Paper selection for the main conference (long papers) is about to be announced. No major problems have arisen so far, other than a heated debate about the conference dinner (no ideal solution available).

==6. North American conference in 2010==

A call for proposals has been issued. A bid from ISI/USC for a conference in downtown Los Angeles was accepted, but competing bids were also excellent and the choice was hard.

==7. North American conference in 2011==

This is joint with ACL. The coordinating committee was formed early and work has started smoothly under Ido Dagan's leadership.

==8. Support for Summer Schools and Other Educational Outreach==

The NAACL Board has not yet discussed renewing support for the JHU Summer WOrkshop, though I expect this will happen.

2009Q1 Reports: NAACL

2009-03-12T16:22:57Z

OwenRambow:

=Report from NAACL, June 2008 Owen Rambow, Chapter Board Chair=
http://www.naacl.org

==1. Elections==

The NAACL election was held electronically in the Fall of 2008.
Chris Brew (OSU) and Ted Petersen (UMN Duluth) replace Jennifer Chu-Carrol (IBM) and Bill Dolan (Microsoft) on the Board.

==2. Executive Committee Meetings==

The Board converses regularly by e-mail. In addition, in 2009, the
Board will meet in person at the NAACL HLT 2009 conference in Boulder.
This needs to be scheduled asap (competition with ACL Board for time).

==3. NAACL Treasurer's report==

March 2009

The Chapter's bank account held $71,460.74 at the end of Feb 2009, and
hasn't changed noticeably since then. This is a modest increase over
the same time last year ($67,000.83) and a big increase over the same
time in 2007 ($31,609.34). As usual, delays in conference accounting
mean that this number can be far from the Chapter's true financial
situation.

The gain comes from the fact that last month I eventually got the
mothership to hand over NAACL's share of the profits from ACL 2005.
Expenses have been for supporting students attending JHU WS2008 and
for supporting NACLO 2008.

The Treasurer's undone items are accounting for NAACL HLT 2006 and
2007. I intend to make progress on the former during spring break and
have it done before the summer NAACL Executive meeting.

Christopher Manning, NAACL Treasurer; March 12, 2009, Palo Alto, CA.
.

==4. North American conference in 2008==

The 2008 conference was joint with ACL. The preparation of the conference using the coordinating committee with members from the ACL and NAACL boards worked well, once this was established (a bit late). The NAACL Board is grateful to the ACL Board for agreeing to some of its requests for creating a sense of continuation for the North American conferences. This includes the name (the appearance of "HLT" in the short name and "Human Language Technology Conference" in the long name, as well as adoption of the format that attempts to reach out to the Speech and IR communities. The report on this conference can be found elsewhere. (ADD LINK.)

==5. North American conference in 2009==

NAACL HLT 2009 will take place in Boulder, Colorado, in June 2009.
Mari Ostendorf is conference chair, Michael Collins, Massachusetts Institute of Technology (NLP)
Lucy Vanderwende, Microsoft (NLP)
Doug Oard, University of Maryland (IR)
Shri Narayanan, University of Southern California (Speech) are PC co-chairs, and Martha Palmer and James Martin
are local organizers. Paper selection for the main conference (long papers) is about to be announced. No major problems have arisen so far, other than a heated debate about the conference dinner (no ideal solution available).

==6. North American conference in 2010==

A call for proposals has been issued. A bid from ISI/USC for a conference in downtown Los Angeles was accepted, but competing bids were also excellent and the choice was hard.

==7. North American conference in 2011==

This is joint with ACL. The coordinating committee was formed early and work has started smoothly under Ido Dagan's leadership.

==8. Support for Summer Schools and Other Educational Outreach==

The NAACL Board has not yet discussed renewing support for the JHU Summer WOrkshop, though I expect this will happen.

Agenda 2009Q1

2009-03-12T00:39:14Z

OwenRambow:

; Reference Material:
:* [http://tangra.si.umich.edu/~radev/aclsec/reports-winter08/AGENDA-OLD 2008 agenda]
:* [[Reports]] - expected reports and their topics

; Admin Subcommittee preparations:
:* past minutes, matters arising (Drago)
:* Treasurer's report (Graeme)
:* Secretary's report (Drago)
:* Office report (Priscilla)
:* SIG report (Steven)
:* Chapter reports
:* LTA approval
:* Nominations committee

== Call 1: Asia/America daytime ==

''All administrative topics already pre-processed by admin subcommittee; all public reporting already completed via admin wiki''

'''Please add bullet points under each item for issues you want us to discuss, and add your name'''

; Useful information:
* Tuesday, January 27 from 8 PM Eastern Time
* schedule: http://www.doodle.com/participation.html?pollId=hp8y69ew25bkd7ex

; Welcome - Steven
* new members of this committee; departing members
* changes, using chat during the call, ...

; Minutes from last meeting: ([[2008Q3 Minutes]]) - Drago
* for now we just have a list of to-do items; does anything need discussion right away?

; Office report :([[2009Q1 Reports: Office|Report]]) - Priscilla
* sale of proceedings to free up office space and reduce rental (Steven)
* prospect of moving office to Priscilla's home and cost savings (Steven)
* John's travel to 2009 conference (Steven)

; Treasurer's report: ([[2009Q1 Reports: Treasurer|Report]]) - Graeme
* discussion of issues raised in the "Future" section of the report

; SIGs: ([[2009Q1 Reports: SIG Convener|Report]]) - Steven
* SIGDAT proposed constitution (Steven)

; Journal: ([[2009Q1 Reports: CL Journal|Report]]) - Robert
* any issues?

; 2009 Conference: ([[2009Q1 Reports: ACL/IJCNLP-09|Report]]) - Bonnie
* impact of sponsorship on conference budget (Steven)
* other issues flagged by Bonnie in her questions to general chair (Bonnie)
* AFNLP representative (Bonnie); brief verbal report from AFNLP? (Kam-Fai?)
* possibility of a call between organizers and some of the admin committee
* any issues?

; Discussion topics:
* economic difficulties re sponsorship, travel to conferences -- how can we respond? e.g. streaming video of conference talks for people who can't attend; ideas for cost-containment? how are other professional societies responding?
* membership depends heavily on conference attendance -- any ideas for promoting membership? (NB ACL Portal project)
* others? ''please add here''

; Other business:
* request for suggestions for hosting ACL-2011 - Steven (from Ido)
* suggestion for quarterly meetings

== Call 2: Europe/America daytime ==

''All administrative topics already pre-processed by admin subcommittee; all public reporting already completed via admin wiki''

; Minutes from last meeting: ([[2008Q3 Minutes]]) - Drago

; Secretary's report: ([[2009Q1 Reports: Secretary|Report]]) - Drago

; Treasurer's update [tentative] - Graeme (2 mins)

; Future Events:
* ACL 2009 Singapore - Bonnie
* ACL 2010 Uppsala ([[2009Q1 Reports: ACL 2010|Report]]) - Steven
* ACL 2011 Americas ([[2009Q1 Reports: ACL 2011|Report]]) - Ido

; Chapter Reports
* EACL ([[2009Q1 Reports: EACL|Report]]) - Giorgio
* NAACL ([[2009Q1 Reports: NAACL|Report]]) - Owen

; SIGs: ([[2009Q1 Reports: SIG Convener|Report]]) - Ido
* SIGDAT proposed constitution (continued from last meeting)
* SIGMT approval
* SIGFSM discussion

; Publications Discussion - Ido

; Other possible topics
: how to encourage a higher standard of conference reviewing
: greenlighting about efficient ways to operate our conferences

== Schedule ==

<pre>
Call 1

DATE START END
D-1 GMT-8 17:00 18:30
D-1 GMT-5 20:00 21:30
D+0 GMT 01:00 02:30 - optional
D+0 GMT+1 02:00 03:30 - optional
D+0 GMT+2 03:00 04:30 - optional
D+0 GMT+8 09:00 10:30
D+0 GMT+11 12:00 13:30

Call 2

DATE START END
D+0 10:00 11:30 US/Canada - Pacific
D+0 13:00 14:30 US/Canada - Eastern (GMT-4)
D+0 17:00 18:30 UK
D+0 18:00 19:30 Western Continental Europe
D+0 19:00 20:30 Israel
D+1 01:00 03:30 Hong Kong/Taiwan
D+1 04:00 06:30 Australia

</pre>

2009Q1 Reports: NAACL

2009-03-12T00:36:10Z

OwenRambow:

=Report from NAACL, June 2008 Owen Rambow, Chapter Board Chair=
http://www.naacl.org

==1. Elections==

The NAACL election was held electronically in the Fall of 2008.
Chris Brew (OSU) and Ted Petersen (UMN Duluth) replace Jennifer Chu-Carrol (IBM) and Bill Dolan (Microsoft) on the Board.

=2. Executive Committee Meetings=

The Board converses regularly by e-mail. In addition, in 2009, the
Board will meet in person at the NAACL HLT 2009 conference in Boulder.
This needs to be scheduled asap (competition with ACL Board for time).

=3. Shadow Account Status=

To be supplied.

=4. North American conference in 2008=

The 2008 conference was joint with ACL. The preparation of the conference using the coordinating committee with members from the ACL and NAACL boards worked well, once this was established (a bit late). The NAACL Board is grateful to the ACL Board for agreeing to some of its requests for creating a sense of continuation for the North American conferences. This includes the name (the appearance of "HLT" in the short name and "Human Language Technology Conference" in the long name, as well as adoption of the format that attempts to reach out to the Speech and IR communities. The report on this conference can be found elsewhere. (ADD LINK.)

=5. North American conference in 2009=

NAACL HLT 2009 will take place in Boulder, Colorado, in June 2009.
Mari Ostendorf is conference chair, Michael Collins, Massachusetts Institute of Technology (NLP)
Lucy Vanderwende, Microsoft (NLP)
Doug Oard, University of Maryland (IR)
Shri Narayanan, University of Southern California (Speech) are PC co-chairs, and Martha Palmer and James Martin
are local organizers. Paper selection for the main conference (long papers) is about to be announced. No major problems have arisen so far, other than a heated debate about the conference dinner (no ideal solution available).

=6. North American conference in 2010=

A call for proposals has been issued. A bid from ISI/USC for a conference in downtown Los Angeles was accepted, but competing bids were also excellent and the choice was hard.

=7. North American conference in 2011=

This is joint with ACL. The coordinating committee was formed early and work has started smoothly under Ido Dagan's leadership.

=8. Support for Summer Schools and Other Educational Outreach=

The NAACL Board has not yet discussed renewing support for the JHU Summer WOrkshop, though I expect this will happen.

2009Q1 Reports: NAACL

2009-03-12T00:34:18Z

OwenRambow: New page: Report from NAACL, June 2008 Owen Rambow, Chapter Board Chair http://www.naacl.org 1. Elections The NAACL election was held electronically in the Fall of 2008. Chris Brew (OSU) an...

Report from NAACL, June 2008 Owen Rambow, Chapter Board Chair
http://www.naacl.org

1. Elections

The NAACL election was held electronically in the Fall of 2008.
Chris Brew (OSU) and Ted Petersen (UMN Duluth) replace Jennifer Chu-Carrol (IBM) and Bill Dolan (Microsoft) on the Board.

2. Executive Committee Meetings

The Board converses regularly by e-mail. In addition, in 2009, the
Board will meet in person at the NAACL HLT 2009 conference in Boulder.
This needs to be scheduled asap (competition with ACL Board for time).

3. Shadow Account Status

==To be supplied.==

4. North American conference in 2008

The 2008 conference was joint with ACL. The preparation of the conference using the coordinating committee with members from the ACL and NAACL boards worked well, once this was established (a bit late). The NAACL Board is grateful to the ACL Board for agreeing to some of its requests for creating a sense of continuation for the North American conferences. This includes the name (the appearance of "HLT" in the short name and "Human Language Technology Conference" in the long name, as well as adoption of the format that attempts to reach out to the Speech and IR communities. The report on this conference can be found elsewhere. (ADD LINK.)

5. North American conference in 2009

NAACL HLT 2009 will take place in Boulder, Colorado, in June 2009.
Mari Ostendorf is conference chair, Michael Collins, Massachusetts Institute of Technology (NLP)
Lucy Vanderwende, Microsoft (NLP)
Doug Oard, University of Maryland (IR)
Shri Narayanan, University of Southern California (Speech) are PC co-chairs, and Martha Palmer and James Martin
are local organizers. Paper selection for the main conference (long papers) is about to be announced. No major problems have arisen so far, other than a heated debate about the conference dinner (no ideal solution available).

6. North American conference in 2010

A call for proposals has been issued. A bid from ISI/USC for a conference in downtown Los Angeles was accepted, but competing bids were also excellent and the choice was hard.

7. North American conference in 2011

This is joint with ACL. The coordinating committee was formed early and work has started smoothly under Ido Dagan's leadership.

8. Support for Summer Schools and Other Educational Outreach

The NAACL Board has not yet discussed renewing support for the JHU Summer WOrkshop, though I expect this will happen.