2015Q3 Reports: ACL 2016 - Revision history

ChrisManning: Minor updates.

2015-06-29T21:49:35Z

Minor updates.

ChrisManning: Minor updates based on feedback.

2015-06-29T21:45:33Z

Minor updates based on feedback.

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	* Antal van den Bosch, general chair, <a.vandenbosch@let.ru.nl>		* Antal van den Bosch, general chair, <a.vandenbosch@let.ru.nl>
	* Markus Egg, local chair <markus.egg@rz.hu-berlin.de>		* Markus Egg, local co-chair <markus.egg@rz.hu-berlin.de>
	* Valia Kordoni, local chair <evangelia.kordoni~~@anglistik.hu-berlin.de>~~		* Valia Kordoni, local co-chair <evangelia.kordoni@anglistik.hu-berlin.de>
	* Kostadin Cholakov, local chair <kostadin.cholakov@anglistik.hu-berlin.de>		* Katrin Erk, program co-chair <katrin.erk@gmail.com>
	* Katrin Erk, program chair <katrin.erk@gmail.com>		* Noah Smith, program co-chair <nasmith@cs.washington.edu>
	* Noah Smith, program chair <nasmith@cs.washington.edu>		* Kostadin Cholakov, local website administrator <kostadin.cholakov@anglistik.hu-berlin.de>

	The committee email list address is: acl16cc@aclweb.org .		The committee email list address is: acl16cc@aclweb.org .
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	Since the 2015Q1 report:		Since the 2015Q1 report:

	* We are very pleased to announce that Katrin Erk and Noah Smith accepted our entreaties to be ~~general chair~~ for the conference.		* We are very pleased to announce that Katrin Erk and Noah Smith accepted our entreaties to be program co-chairs for the conference.
	* We have an involved Local Arrangements Committee of 3 people and a PCO.		* We have an involved Local Arrangements Committee of 3 people and a PCO, con gressa, where Ms. Delia Lemke is the main contact.
	* Contracts have been signed with Humboldt University, con gressa ~~(the PCO)~~, the Maritim Hotel (for the poster session), and for blocks of rooms at four nearby hotels.		* Contracts have been signed with Humboldt University, con gressa, the Maritim Hotel (for the poster session), and for blocks of rooms at four nearby hotels.
	* The local organizers, supported by the PCO and their web designer. have created an attractive website for the conference. Kostadin Cholakov and Ms Lemke from the PCO are sharing the webmaster duties. The website is hosted on a Humboldt U. server. Initial content still needs to be added to the site before it is announced.		* The local organizers, supported by the PCO and their web designer. have created an attractive website for the conference. Kostadin Cholakov and Ms Lemke from the PCO are sharing the webmaster duties. The website is hosted on a Humboldt U. server. Initial content still needs to be added to the site before it is announced.
	* Local organizer Valia Kordoni will be the local sponsorship chair. She has a good network of contacts in the German IT industry.		* Local organizer Valia Kordoni will be the local sponsorship chair. She has a good network of contacts in the German IT industry.
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	* Set up an email address for conference chairs. (Responsibility: General Chair.)		* Set up an email address for conference chairs. (Responsibility: General Chair.)
	* Publicize ACL 2016 including Call for Participation. (Responsibility: General Chair & Local Chairs)		* Publicize ACL 2016 including Call for Participation. (Responsibility: General Chair & Local Chairs)
			* Program chair timetable of calls, paper due dates etc. This is under construction and should be circulated soon. (Responsibility: Program Chairs.)

	After that, key tasks are to:		After that, key tasks are to:
	* Develop conference budget. Estimate registration dates and costs. (Responsibility: General Chair, Local Chairs, and Priscilla)		* Develop conference budget. Estimate registration dates and costs. (Responsibility: General Chair, Local Chairs, and Priscilla)
	* Create Call for Papers, determine dates for paper submission, work on finding Area Chairs and Invited Speakers. (Responsibility: Program Chairs.)		* Create Call for Papers, determine dates for paper submission, work on finding Area Chairs and Invited Speakers. (Responsibility: Program Chairs.)

ChrisManning at 16:34, 24 June 2015

2015-06-24T16:34:28Z

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	== ACL 2016 - report by Christopher Manning ==		== ACL 2016 - report by Christopher Manning ==

	In 2016 there will be a joint ACL and EACL conference in Berlin, with local arrangements ~~organized~~ by Humboldt-Universität zu Berlin.		In 2016 there will be a joint ACL and EACL conference in (central) Berlin, with hosting and local arrangements organization by Humboldt-Universität zu Berlin. The dates are: 7-12 August 2016.

	=== Coordinating Committee ===		=== Coordinating Committee ===
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	The committee email list address is: acl16cc@aclweb.org .		The committee email list address is: acl16cc@aclweb.org .

	~~ACL 2016 will be hosted by Humboldt University in central Berlin. The dates are: 7-12 August 2016.~~

	=== Progress ===		=== Progress ===

ChrisManning: Started to write ACL 2016 report. Still needs updating!

2015-06-24T16:30:19Z

Started to write ACL 2016 report. Still needs updating!

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== ACL 2016 - report by Christopher Manning ==

In 2016 there will be a joint ACL and EACL conference in Berlin, with local arrangements organized by Humboldt-Universität zu Berlin.

=== Coordinating Committee ===

The conference coordinating committee is:

* Lluís Màrquez, EACL chair <lluism@lsi.upc.edu>
* Caroline Sporleder, EACL secretary <secretary@eacl.org>
* Mike Rosner, EACL treasurer <treasurer@eacl.org>
* Walter Daelemans, EACL chair-elect <walter.daelemans@ua.ac.be>
* Christopher Manning, ACL past president in 2016, chair <manning@stanford.edu>
* Drago Radev, ACL secretary <radev@umich.edu>
* Graeme Hirst, ACL treasurer <gh@cs.toronto.edu>
* Yejin Choi, ACL conference officer <yejin@cs.washington.edu>

Additional non-voting members of the committee are:

Observers:

* Priscilla Rasmussen, ACL business manager <acl@aclweb.org>
* Stephen Clark, EACL past chair <sc609@cl.cam.ac.uk>
* Jian Su, past ACL information officer <sujian@i2r.a-star.edu.sg>
* Pushpak Bhattacharyya, ACL past president in 2017 <pushpakbh@gmail.com>
* Joakim Nivre, ACL past president in 2018 <joakim.nivre@lingfil.uu.se>

Key Organizers:

* Antal van den Bosch, general chair, <a.vandenbosch@let.ru.nl>
* Markus Egg, local chair <markus.egg@rz.hu-berlin.de>
* Valia Kordoni, local chair <evangelia.kordoni@anglistik.hu-berlin.de>
* Kostadin Cholakov, local chair <kostadin.cholakov@anglistik.hu-berlin.de>
* Katrin Erk, program chair <katrin.erk@gmail.com>
* Noah Smith, program chair <nasmith@cs.washington.edu>

The committee email list address is: acl16cc@aclweb.org .

ACL 2016 will be hosted by Humboldt University in central Berlin. The dates are: 7-12 August 2016.

=== Progress ===

Since the 2015Q1 report:

* We are very pleased to announce that Katrin Erk and Noah Smith accepted our entreaties to be general chair for the conference.
* We have an involved Local Arrangements Committee of 3 people and a PCO.
* Contracts have been signed with Humboldt University, con gressa (the PCO), the Maritim Hotel (for the poster session), and for blocks of rooms at four nearby hotels.
* The local organizers, supported by the PCO and their web designer. have created an attractive website for the conference. Kostadin Cholakov and Ms Lemke from the PCO are sharing the webmaster duties. The website is hosted on a Humboldt U. server. Initial content still needs to be added to the site before it is announced.
* Local organizer Valia Kordoni will be the local sponsorship chair. She has a good network of contacts in the German IT industry.

=== Upcoming tasks ===

We hope to finish these goals in the next couple of weeks to months:

* Presentation and video of ACL 2016 for presentation at ACL 2015. (Responsibility: Local Chairs.)
* Launching an initial conference website pointing the reserved domain name http://acl2016.org/ at it. The site still needs content, including preliminary local information and preparing an initial conference announcement. (Responsibility: Local Chairs.)
* We need to select Student Workshop Chair(s) and Faculty Advisor, Publications Chair(s), Tutorial Chair(s), Workshop Chair(s), and Demo Chair(s), Exhibits Coordinator, and Publicity Chair(s) soon. (Responsibility: General Chair.)
* Set up an email address for conference chairs. (Responsibility: General Chair.)
* Publicize ACL 2016 including Call for Participation. (Responsibility: General Chair & Local Chairs)

After that, key tasks are to:
* Develop conference budget. Estimate registration dates and costs. (Responsibility: General Chair, Local Chairs, and Priscilla)
* Create Call for Papers, determine dates for paper submission, work on finding Area Chairs and Invited Speakers. (Responsibility: Program Chairs.)

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	* We have an involved Local Arrangements Committee of 3 people and a PCO, con gressa, where Ms. Delia Lemke is the main contact.		* We have an involved Local Arrangements Committee of 3 people and a PCO, con gressa, where Ms. Delia Lemke is the main contact.
	* Contracts have been signed with Humboldt University, con gressa, the Maritim Hotel (for the poster session), and for blocks of rooms at four nearby hotels.		* Contracts have been signed with Humboldt University, con gressa, the Maritim Hotel (for the poster session), and for blocks of rooms at four nearby hotels.
	* The local organizers, supported by the PCO and their web designer. have created an attractive website for the conference. Kostadin Cholakov and Ms Lemke from the PCO are sharing the webmaster duties. The website is hosted on a Humboldt U. server. Initial content still needs to be added to the site before it is announced.		* The local organizers, supported by the PCO and their web designer have created an attractive website for the conference. Kostadin Cholakov and Ms Lemke from the PCO are sharing the webmaster duties. The website is hosted on a Humboldt U. server. Initial content still needs to be added to the site before it is announced.
	* Local organizer Valia Kordoni will be the local sponsorship chair. She has a good network of contacts in the German IT industry.		* Local organizer Valia Kordoni will be the local sponsorship chair. She has a good network of contacts in the German IT industry.

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	* Presentation and video of ACL 2016 for presentation at ACL 2015. (Responsibility: Local Chairs.)		* Presentation and video of ACL 2016 for presentation at ACL 2015. (Responsibility: Local Chairs.)
	* Launching an initial conference website pointing the reserved domain name http://acl2016.org/ at it. The site still needs content, including preliminary local information and preparing an initial conference announcement. (Responsibility: Local Chairs.)		* Launching an initial conference website and pointing the reserved domain name http://acl2016.org/ at it. The site still needs content, including preliminary local information and preparing an initial conference announcement. (Responsibility: Local Chairs.)
	* We need to select Student Workshop Chair(s) and Faculty Advisor, Publications Chair(s), Tutorial Chair(s), Workshop Chair(s), and Demo Chair(s), Exhibits Coordinator, and Publicity Chair(s) soon. (Responsibility: General Chair.)		* We need to select Student Workshop Chair(s) and Faculty Advisor, Publications Chair(s), Tutorial Chair(s), Workshop Chair(s), and Demo Chair(s), Exhibits Coordinator, and Publicity Chair(s) soon. (Responsibility: General Chair.)
	* Set up an email address for conference chairs. (Responsibility: General Chair.)		* Set up an email address for conference chairs. (Responsibility: General Chair.)
	* Publicize ACL 2016 including Call for Participation. (Responsibility: General Chair & Local Chairs)		* Publicize ACL 2016 including a Call for Participation. (Responsibility: General Chair & Local Chairs)
	* Program ~~chair~~ timetable of calls, paper due dates etc. This is under construction and should be circulated soon. (Responsibility: Program Chairs.)		* Finalize Program chairs' timetable of calls, paper due dates etc. This is under construction and should be circulated soon. (Responsibility: Program Chairs.)

	After that, key tasks are to:		After that, key tasks are to:
	* Develop conference budget. Estimate registration dates and costs. (Responsibility: General Chair, Local Chairs, and Priscilla)		* Develop conference budget. Estimate registration dates and costs. (Responsibility: General Chair, Local Chairs, and Priscilla)
	* Create Call for Papers~~, determine dates for paper submission~~, work on finding Area Chairs and Invited Speakers. (Responsibility: Program Chairs.)		* Create Call for Papers, work on finding Area Chairs and Invited Speakers. (Responsibility: Program Chairs.)