ACM SIG Officers' Manual

SIG Overview

Structure and Function of a Typical SIG

• A. SIG Officers
• B. SIG Executive Committee Members
• C. General Responsibilities of SIG Leaders
• D. Specific Roles and Responsibilities
  • 1. SIG Chair (or SIG President)
  • 2. SIG Vice Chair (or SIG Vice President)
  • 3. SIG Secretary
  • 4. SIG Treasurer
  • 5. SIG Secretary/Treasurer
  • 6. SIG Past Chair
  • 7. Responsibilities of SIG Executive Committee Members as a Whole
• E. Additional SIG Leadership Positions
  • 1. SIG Conferences Approver
  • 2. SIG Newsletter Editor
  • 3. SIG Website Administrator
  • 4. SIG Information Director
  • 5. SIG Wiki Manager
  • 6. SIG Project Leaders
• F. Functioning and Making Decisions as an Executive Committee (or Executive Board)
• G. Activities of SIG Leaders During the Year
• H. SIG Committees
  • 1. Advisory Board
  • 2. Awards Committees
  • 3. Conference Steering Committees
  • 4. Membership Committee
  • 5. SIG Editorial Board
• I. Communications with SIG Members
  • 1. Newsletter
  • 2. ListServ
  • 3. Webpage
  • 4. SIG Wiki
• J. Annual Report
• K. Program Reviews (AKA Viabilities)
• L. SIG Services Staff

SIG Member Benefits

• General
• A. Common SIG Benefits
• B. Other Types of Member Benefits
• C. Member Plus Benefits
• D. On getting the most from your SIG Benefits
  • 1. How To: Getting Access to SIG Materials in the ACM Digital Library
  • 2. How To: Subscribing to the TOC Service
• E. SIG Publications
• F. CDs and DVDs as Benefits
• G. SIG Programs
  • 1. Travel Grants
  • 2. Student Travel Grants
  • 3. Educator Travel Grants
  • 4. Doctoral Symposium
  • 5. Administering Travel Grants
  • 6. Speaker Support
  • 7. Mentor Programs

SIG Conferences

• A. General
• B. Interaction of SIGs and their Conferences
• C. The Question of Overhead
• D. ACM Conference Approval Procedures
• E. Co-Sponsoring Conferences
• F. Initiating New Conferences
• G. SIG Activities and the Conference Schedule
• H. Being "In-Cooperation" with Other Groups
• I. ACM/IEEE CS Health of Conferences
• J. Policy Against Discrimination and Harassment

SIG Finances

• A. The Budget Process
• B. Background on SIG Finances
  • SIG Revenue Sources
  • SIG Expense Lines
  • Overhead
  • Balanced Budgets
  • Variations from Budget
  • Fund Balance
  • Conference Budgets
• C. Monthly Financial Reports
  • Organizational Income and Expenses
  • Conference Income and Expenses
  • Overhead
  • Using the FMRs
  • Closing the Fiscal Year
• D. Timetable for SIG Budget Preparation
• E. How To: Understanding the FMRs
  • Revenue Lines
  • Expense Lines
  • Fund Balance

SIG Awards

• General
• A. Named Awards
• B. Creating a New Award
• C. Schedule for Award Approval
• D. Listing of Current Awards

SIG Elections

• General
• A. Options for Elections
• B. Guidelines and Timetables for SIG Elections
• C. Extension of Terms

Bylaws (and revising them)

• General
• A. Changes in Bylaws
• B. Making major revisions in SIG bylaws
• C. Streamlined procedures for certain changes