ACM SIG Chairs: Bylaw Revision Committee Report (1998-01-10)

ACM SIG Chairs Meeting
Bylaw Revision Committee Report
1998-01-10
Mark Scott Johnson, ACM SIG Board Policy Advisor

Note: The draft of the SIG-related bylaws resulting from this meeting can be found at
http://www.sde.org/msj/acm/FinalDraftBylaws.html.

Purpose of Meeting [Lidtke]

Adopt proposed new SIG-related ACM Bylaws
Review proposed new SIG-related ACM Policies

ACM SIG Board Bylaw Revision Committee Members [Lidtke]

Donna Baglio; Director, ACM Office of SIG Services
Lillian N. Cassel; Area D Director, ACM SIG Board
Mark Scott Johnson; Policy Advisor, ACM SIG Board (and Chair, BRC)
Doris K. Lidtke; Chair, ACM SIG Board
Jim Miller; Past Chair, ACM SIGCHI

Background History [Lidtke]

ACM SIGCHI proposal for ACM Societies
Dipner Task Force
ACM SIG Board Retreat
Zweben Task Force
ACM Council Retreat
ACM Executive Committee and ACM Council actions
ACM SIG Board BRC

Goals of Bylaws Rewrite [Johnson]

Consistency with proposed changes to ACM Constitution and Bylaws
Consistency with current SIG Operating Rules (SOR)
Lay groundwork for ACM Societies
Move some sections to ACM Policies
Reorganize and reword for style and uniformity

Proposed Approval Process [Johnson]

Discuss and decide major issues
Make linear pass over draft Bylaws
Review proposed Policies, as time permits

Overview of Proposed Changes [Johnson]

Summary of Revision Deltas

Current	Proposed
special interest group (SIG) [generic]	technical community (TC) [generic]
SIG Chair [generic]	TC Chief Executive Officer [generic]
SIG Chairs group	TC Board (TCB)
SIG Board	TCB Executive Committee (TCB EC)
SIG Board Chair	TCB Chair
SIG Board Chair on ACM Council	4 TCB Representatives on ACM Council
SIG Board Chair on ACM Extended EC	TCB Chair on ACM EC

Note

Important Note [Johnson]

ACM Member = constituent allowed to vote in ACM-wide elections
ACM member = constituent (e.g., associate, student, SIG-only, or chapter-only member) who pays dues and adheres to ACM Code of Professional Ethics, but not allowed to vote in ACM-wide elections

Major Issues [Johnson]

ACM vs. TCB Nominating Committee
TCB Representatives on ACM Council

qualifications: ACM Member and voting TC member [b3:s5:p4]
composition: TCB Chair and three others [b6:s3:p4]
election: two each year, by 05-31 [b6:s3:p4]
terms: two years, ending 06-30 [b6:s3:p4]

TCB vs. TCB EC duties

policy vs. operations
TC lifecycle decisions

TCB decision-making process [Cassel]

weighted voting for elections and matters of policy [b6:s3:p5]
one vote per regular TC otherwise (convention or policy)

Other major issues?
Generic term for "SIG"

Linear Pass Over Draft Bylaws [Johnson]

Bylaw 3: Nominations and Elections

Section 5: TCB Representatives [on ACM Council]

Bylaw 6: Technical Communities

Section 1: Purpose of Bylaw
Section 2: Purpose of TCs
Section 3: TCB
Section 4: [TC] Formation, Charters, and Mergers
Section 5: [TC] Structure and Management
Section 6: [TC] Membership, Dues, and Voting Privileges
Section 7: Finance
Section 8: Reports and Records
Section 9: Removal of [TC] Officers
Section 10: External Relationships
Section 11: [TC] Dissolution
Section 12: [TC] Newsletters
Section 13: Authority

Proposed Policies [Whitton] [Note: Postponed until the next SIG Chairs' Meeting.]

TCB EC

size: nine
composition: TCB Chair, TCB Past Chair, Publications Advisor [b6:s3:p7], five others elected by TCB, and ACM HQ Representative (non-voting)
election: half each year, by 03-31
terms: two years, ending 06-30
responsibilities:

TCB Elections
TCB Nominating Committee

Note: The version of the Proposed Policies that were
approved by the SIG Chairs on 1998-03-01 can be found at

http://www.cs.unc.edu/~whitton/ACM_SIGGRAPH/SIGBoard/SIG_OpRules/text/OpRules.final.html.