Monthly Archives: July 2014

Suresh’s Response to Vint Cerf

Posted on July 27, 2014 by Jeff Erickson

Suresh Venkatasubramanian responds beautifully to Vint Cerf’s request for feedback on how ACM can better serve professional programmers. Read the whole thing! It’s a little funny though that you’re worried about ACM’s presence in the professional world. Many of us … Continue reading →

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Voter Feedback

Posted on July 23, 2014 by Jeff Erickson

Participants in the ACM/SOCG vote provided lots of insightful feedback, both in the “other” responses to the second and third question and in the open-ended final question. I’d like to show some of this feedback, on both sides of the main question. Please … Continue reading →

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A Closer Look at the Voting Results

Posted on July 18, 2014 by Jeff Erickson

In which I slice the results of the SOCG-ACM vote along several axes. Continue reading →

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Results of the Vote

Posted on July 16, 2014 by Jeff Erickson

The community vote on the future relationship of SOCG and ACM has concluded, with roughly 2/3 of the vote in favor of independence. The steering committee, the local organizers, and the program committee co-chairs have unanimously agreed to move forward with independence, starting with the 2015 conference in Eindhoven. Continue reading →

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One week to go. Please vote!

Posted on July 8, 2014 by Jeff Erickson

Everyone on the compgeom-announce mailing list should have received an email yesterday with a link to the voting site and a reminder that the voting period ends July 15, one week from today. If you did not receive the reminder … Continue reading →

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