FWIW, that number decreased substantially exactly because of the processes I helped put in place last year.
Joe On 6/4/2013 12:48 AM, Prof. Adam Wolisz wrote: > Dear all, > here come the hard numbers(count done on June 2nd, 2013 > using http://www.comsoc.org/calendar) > * > **This Year (July ´12 - June ´13) ComS**oc co- sponsored > 87 events **including 31 Comsoc Portfolio Conferences. > > *Nowwe can start thinking: Is that to much for our area? to few? just > right? > > best > adam > > ** > On 03.06.2013 19:12, Joe Touch wrote: >> Hi, all, >> >> I completely agree that we need to be diligent in how many conferences >> we endorse. >> >> Over the past few years, here's what I've done to try to impact that: >> >> - created TCCC criteria for endorsement that considers overload, >> and documents the requirements so they can be applied more >> consistently >> http://committees.comsoc.org/tccc/conferences/endorsement.html >> >> - revised the ComSoc TCS process to clearly indicate the review >> criteria and which ones are critical >> http://www.comsoc.org/files/Conferences/TCSRP.pdf >> >> this includes the suggestion that at TC should endorse >> a meeting only when it can speak for the quality of >> the entire conference >> >> - revised the TCS endorsement process so that a single TC member >> can be listed as monitoring at most two meetings per calendar >> year >> >> Note that most of these involved more process, not less. The point of >> process is not to constrain things, though - it's to make the ComSoc >> more a place where consistency is expected, where expectations are >> clear, and where decisions can be publicly scrutinized and discussed. >> >> So overall, I think the TCCC has been doing a good job at this. But >> we're just one voice in a very large ComSoc. >> >> NOTE 1: ICC is coming up very shortly; if you are attending or even in >> the area, and you care about these issues, I encourage you to attend >> the ComSoc management meetings and speak your mind. >> >> NOTE 2: ComSoc elections are underway. If you care about these issues, >> then press the candidates on their stand and consider their positions >> on these issues in your votes. >> >> Joe >> >> >> > _______________________________________________ IEEE Communications Society Tech. Committee on Computer Communications (TCCC) - for discussions on computer networking and communication. [email protected] https://lists.cs.columbia.edu/cucslists/listinfo/tccc
