From ku26 at drexel.edu Tue Jul 11 13:58:41 2017 From: ku26 at drexel.edu (Unsworth,Kristene) Date: Tue, 11 Jul 2017 17:58:41 +0000 Subject: [Sig-l] SIG member of the year nominations Message-ID: Hello everyone, Hope you are enjoying the summer. There are a number of things that are coming due and this is the start of a few emails reminding you of them. I wanted to start with the SIG member of the year nominations: "The purpose of the award is to recognize the service of an individual to the program of a particular SIG. It is given for significant contributions to the membership of the SIG through participation in and support of its events at the annual meeting, its publications, and its other activities. Any ASIS&T member who is currently a member of the nominating SIG is eligible to receive the award. More than one awardee may be chosen in a given year. The same person may not receive the award in two consecutive years." (SIG Officers Manual p. 23-24) Please consider nominating one or more of your members! Nominations officially opened on June 15th and close on August 15th. There is an electronic submission page with guidelines available here: https://www.asist.org/about/awards/sig-member-of-the-year/ Please contact me if you have questions! I know we have some excellent SIG members so I'm looking forward to a great nomination pool! Kris ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ Kristene Unsworth, PhD. Assistant Professor ASIS&T SIG Deputy Director The College of Computing & Informatics Drexel University 3141 Chestnut Street Philadelphia, PA 19104 Tel: 215.895.6016 | Fax: 215.895.2494 Drexel.edu/cci -------------- next part -------------- An HTML attachment was scrubbed... URL: From ku26 at drexel.edu Tue Jul 11 14:30:24 2017 From: ku26 at drexel.edu (Unsworth,Kristene) Date: Tue, 11 Jul 2017 18:30:24 +0000 Subject: [Sig-l] Project and Reserve funds Message-ID: Hi all, July 31st is the last day to apply for Project and Reserve funds. Please do so! Refer to Appendix C in the Officers manual for details, but the highlights are: TYPES OF REQUESTS There are five general types of requests which can be made. 1. Loans as front end money to be paid back at the completion of a money- making project. 2. Cost-sharing projects between the SIG and the Fund. 3. Direct Grants from the Fund for special projects with high technical merit. 4. Emergency loans to SIGs which run into financial difficulties as a result of annual operations. 5. Emergency grants to SIGs which run into financial difficulties. (In only special cases will money be given as a direct grant not requiring repayment.) APPLICATION PROCEDURES Any SIG wishing to apply for a loan or grant from the Fund may submit a written request to the SIG Cabinet Director at any time, but at least 90 days before the money is to be used. The request must be signed by the SIG Chair and must also contain a statement indicating that the SIG Treasurer has reviewed and approved the proposal. A request must contain the following specific items: 1. SIG(s) making request. 2. Purpose, amount requested, type of request, and description of the project for which funds will be used. 3. The SIG's resources that will be used to complete the project, e.g. technical experts, management capabilities, other sources of additional funds. 4. If it is a loan, the proposed terms of repayment. 5. Financial Statement from the SIG including latest treasury balance, and expected itemized expenses for the remainder of the fiscal year. 6. Any special circumstances or considerations to the request. 7. Date before which a final decision regarding the request is required. I've attached the special request documents that I wrote as Chair of SIG-IEP in 2014. It was successful so may serve as a sort of template. Let me know if you have any questions. The money is set aside for SIGs to use. Don't be shy about asking. The only restrictions are: RESTRICTIONS The SIG Project and Reserve Fund will not be used to compensate ASIS&T members for 1. Travel expenses unless they are an intrinsic part of an approved SIG project and are specifically outlined in the original request. 2. Expenses incurred at an ASIS&T national or regional meeting unless they are part of an approved project 3. Expenses for breakfast, lunch and dinner meetings. 4. Honoraria to speakers at an ASIS&T national or regional meeting. 5. Professional time spent on a project. ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ Kristene Unsworth, PhD. 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URL: From ku26 at drexel.edu Tue Jul 11 15:02:24 2017 From: ku26 at drexel.edu (Unsworth,Kristene) Date: Tue, 11 Jul 2017 19:02:24 +0000 Subject: [Sig-l] Recruiting officers for next year! Message-ID: I promise this will be my last email to you today :) Six weeks before we all meet at Annual each SIG should hold elections for officers to lead them in the 2017-2018 year. It's a good idea to start talking to your members about running for one of the open positions. Let them know what you've been doing over the year or years and how rewarding / fun / challenging it has been. I think getting people involved as officers is an excellent way to revitalize a SIG. That's all for now. Kris ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ Kristene Unsworth, PhD. 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Loans as front end money to be paid back at the completion of a money- making project. 2. Cost-sharing projects between the SIG and the Fund. 3. Direct Grants from the Fund for special projects with high technical merit. 4. Emergency loans to SIGs which run into financial difficulties as a result of annual operations. 5. Emergency grants to SIGs which run into financial difficulties. (In only special cases will money be given as a direct grant not requiring repayment.) APPLICATION PROCEDURES Any SIG wishing to apply for a loan or grant from the Fund may submit a written request to the SIG Cabinet Director at any time, but at least 90 days before the money is to be used. The request must be signed by the SIG Chair and must also contain a statement indicating that the SIG Treasurer has reviewed and approved the proposal. A request must contain the following specific items: 1. SIG(s) making request. 2. Purpose, amount requested, type of request, and description of the project for which funds will be used. 3. The SIG's resources that will be used to complete the project, e.g. technical experts, management capabilities, other sources of additional funds. 4. If it is a loan, the proposed terms of repayment. 5. Financial Statement from the SIG including latest treasury balance, and expected itemized expenses for the remainder of the fiscal year. 6. Any special circumstances or considerations to the request. 7. Date before which a final decision regarding the request is required. I've attached the special request documents that I wrote as Chair of SIG-IEP in 2014. It was successful so may serve as a sort of template. Let me know if you have any questions. The money is set aside for SIGs to use. Don't be shy about asking. The only restrictions are: RESTRICTIONS The SIG Project and Reserve Fund will not be used to compensate ASIS&T members for 1. Travel expenses unless they are an intrinsic part of an approved SIG project and are specifically outlined in the original request. 2. Expenses incurred at an ASIS&T national or regional meeting unless they are part of an approved project 3. Expenses for breakfast, lunch and dinner meetings. 4. Honoraria to speakers at an ASIS&T national or regional meeting. 5. Professional time spent on a project. ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ Kristene Unsworth, PhD. Assistant Professor ASIS&T SIG Deputy Director The College of Computing & Informatics Drexel University 3141 Chestnut Street Philadelphia, PA 19104 Tel: 215.895.6016 | Fax: 215.895.2494 Drexel.edu/cci -------------- next part -------------- An HTML attachment was scrubbed... URL: -------------- next part -------------- A non-text attachment was scrubbed... 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Please consider running for the Deputy Director position. The SIG Steering Committee is looking for past officers who value the SIG community and want to lead its most effective work. The position is extremely well supported; Deputy Directors spend a year learning the ropes from the current Director followed by their own year as Director. The Past Director provides advice and assistance so that everyone the team has colleagues helping in each responsibility. We currently have three working groups investigating potential growth in SIG officer training, policy development, and awards. During the Deputy Director's 3-year participation in SIG administration, these and other initiatives will be reviewed, completed, and - if appropriate - postponed. Working with the Director and Past Director, the Deputy Director will develop and manage services of value to all SIGs. Please consider running for this vital position. We need nominees with dedication to all SIGs, creativity to help grow SIGs' plans, ability to represent the SIG community within the full ASIS&T community, and ability to work effectively with the other two Directors. Please contact Lynn Westbrook (Past Director) with any questions or your offer to volunteer. We intend to close the call for nominees in mid-August. Best regards, Lynn Westbrook Lynn Westbrook, Associate Professor School of Information University of Texas @ Austin 1-512-232-7831 lynnwest at ischool.utexas.edu ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ Kristene Unsworth, PhD. Assistant Professor ASIS&T SIG Deputy Director The College of Computing & Informatics Drexel University 3141 Chestnut Street Philadelphia, PA 19104 Tel: 215.895.6016 | Fax: 215.895.2494 Drexel.edu/cci -------------- next part -------------- An HTML attachment was scrubbed... URL: