Minutes of First Steering Committee Meeting 12/11/95

Table of Contents

Attendance

Those in attendance:

Business

First orders of business are:
  1. We need to figure out what our relationship is to the local societies.
  2. What we want to do about a program.

Scope

The possible scope of the organization as well as industrial confidentiality were two topics discussed at length.

POSSIBLE ACTIVITIES AND CONCERNS FOR BUCK-CHI

Work for officers:
this is an issue to try to keep down. Supplement E-mail list with phone calls.
Sharing concerns and developing a sense of community
Data on ongoing movements in the academic community:
research programs, cognitive modeling, data modeling.
There are a lot of visiting faculty:
group could help advertise it.
Student interest?
Yes, in ISE. Perhaps if you include HTML issues.
From Dayton:
more student interest.
Job Bank:
would be a great way to get student interest.
Speakers?
Paying for them is expensive--usually West coast. Not too many locally. There is a fund one can get from CHI. Must have a plan. Five hundred dollars will not go far. We could charge members for a special event.
Round tables, sight tours:
OCLC, Nationwide
Presentations by members
research, current methods, etc.
Poster sessions, design presentations

Topics

A discussion of possible dues seemed to point in the direction of 20-30 dollars. ($15-20, as I recall -- S. Roth)

One possibility for starting off some of the first full meetings would be to conduct them around certain topics of interest (i.e., Web).

The relative value of promoting on-line activities was discussed. It was concluded that the top priority for a local SIGCHI would be to promote professional networking and group idea exchange.

Action Items

Mailing List
Another conclusion that was reached was committee support for a mailing list. John Boyd and David Ranson have volunteered their efforts.
Member Database/Directory
Kevin De Laere and David Ranson have agreed to build a member database/directory.
Official Chapter
Craig Oshima has agreed to head up the administrative work for becoming a recognized SIGCHI.
Administrative Details
Russ Branagan will take care of administrative details.

Next Meeting

We have set up the next meeting after the holidays -- believe it was scheduled for Jan. 8th (Monday) at CAS -- S. Roth