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May 2008 Conference Call


History Committee Conference Call, May 22, 2008, 4:00-5:10 PM Eastern Time

Participants: Mary Hall, Carol Hutchins, Mike Mahoney, Len Shustek, Rick Snodgrass, and David S. Wise
  1. SIG Issues
    2. Mary reported on various activities, including
    • There were some questions from SIGMicro about how to do interviews. The nascent (and as yet incomplete) SIG FAQ should address these.
    • There were some emails about a SIGUCCS history project.


  2. Interviews

    3. We chose some interviewers to contact.

  3. Action Items

    4. We went through many of the action items and discussed them, closing most of them.
    A few of note.
    • Given the SHOT Award, in cooperation with CHM, there is no need for a separate ACM History Award.
    • Mike will check with the editorial board about any additional interactions with ACM, such as putting this journal on the member signup.


  4. Dates for future CCs.

    5. We agreed to finalize the following fall dates and consider the following spring dates.

    September 11
    Oct 16 but likely to be replaced by face2face.
    November 20 late because of PubsBd slosh
    Dec 18
    Jan 15
    Feb 12
    Mar 12
    Apr 16
    May 14