Difference between revisions of "2021Q3 Minutes"

Revision as of 19:15, 25 July 2021

Item 1
- ACL multiple submission policy for conferences without archival proceedings papers
- Roger Levy
- Todo: Roger sends the exec a draft suggestion for an update of multiple submission policy.

Item 2
- Unifying awards across conferences
- Jonathan Kummerfeld
- Todo: Jonathan and Yusuke discuss to form a committee for unifying the awards across conferences. PC chairs of recent *ACL conferences can be included in the committee, and diversity of the committee members should be guaranteed.

Item 3
- Proposal for handling paper retractions in the Anthology (the process for handling them, and how to display them)
- Matt Post
- Todo: Matt updates the proposal according to the comments from the exec, and then sends it to the exec for formal approval.

Item 4
- Centralized identification of future conference venues
- Shuly Wintner
- Minutes: (1) It is difficult to find a global PCO company for all the *ACL conferences, and some of the local organization teams want to use their own PCO companies. (2) The unsuccessful bids for a *ACL can be recommended to the other upcoming *ACL conferences.

Item 5
- EACL budget (EACLs are typically held before the other conferences, and external support is usually obtained later in the year, we need to allocate some funds as a buffer)
- Shuly Wintner
- Todo: (1) EACL conferences will be put on the radar of ACL sponsorships, which were not for the recent years; (2) The sponsorship work will be started earlier every year, so that EACL conferences can be covered.

Item 6
- ACL Finances
- David Yarowsky
- Todo: David sends proposals to the exec on the following three issues: (1) SIG surplus/loss allocation, (2) ACL self-insurance contigency buffers, (3) role of general chair in financial decisions vs. chapter leaders and ACL exec.

Item 7 (20 minutes)
- Imbalance of the ACL fellows
- Iryna Gurevych
- Todo: (1) Priscilla gives the statistics of genders of ACL memberships, (2) the nominating committee should work closely with the chapter leaders to solicit candidates of fellows.

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 ** EACL budget (EACLs are typically held before the other conferences, and external support is usually obtained later in the year, we need to allocate some funds as a buffer)
 ** Shuly Wintner
-** '''Todo''': (1) EACL conferences will be put on the radar of ACL sponsorships, which was not for the recent years; (2) The sponsorship work will be started earlier every year, so that EACL conferences can be covered.
+** '''Todo''': (1) EACL conferences will be put on the radar of ACL sponsorships, which were not for the recent years; (2) The sponsorship work will be started earlier every year, so that EACL conferences can be covered.
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 ** ACL Finances
 ** David Yarowsky
-** '''Todo''': David will send proposals to the exec on the following three issues: (1) SIG surplus/loss allocation, (2) ACL self-insurance contigency buffers, (3) role of general chair in financial decisions vs. chapter leaders and ACL exec.
+** '''Todo''': David sends proposals to the exec on the following three issues: (1) SIG surplus/loss allocation, (2) ACL self-insurance contigency buffers, (3) role of general chair in financial decisions vs. chapter leaders and ACL exec.