Annual meeting of the Information Theory Society BOGs. Everyone is welcome to attend all or part of the meeting. The meeting will be preceeded by lunch at 12:15, with the formal meeting starting at 1pm, ending at 5:30pm. Please email the society president Andrea Goldsmith at andrea@ee.stanford.edu if you wish to attend the lunch or add something to the agenda for discussion.

Meeting Agenda

12:15: Lunch Begins

1-1:10: Consent: Approval of Meeting Agenda and CISS BoG Meeting Minutes (Draft Minutes)

1:10-1:35: Presidents Report (Andrea Goldsmith), (Presentation)

- Vote:  Approve appointed officers for Secretary (Aria Nosratinia) and Treasurer (Nihar Jindal) (Bios)

- Vote:  Approve slate of 2010 BoG candidates from N/A committee (Candidate Bios)

- Nominations: Additional BoG nominees

- Nominations: Officer slate for coming year

- Vote: Conference Committee Chair as Voting BoG Member

1:35-2:05: Awards Committee Report (Frank Kschischang)

 - Vote on IT Society paper award

2:05-2:30: Membership/Chapters Committee Report (Giuseppe Caire)

2:30-3:05: Publications Committee Report (Ezio Biglieri)

 - Vote on new AE appointments (Motani, Lapidoth, Franceschetti, Jafar). (Bios)

3:05-3:30: Conference Committee Report (Alex Grant)

 - Report: ISIT 2008 Toronto [report] [budget] (Frank Kschischang)

 - Report: ISIT 2009 Seoul [report] (Jong-Seon No)

 - Report: ISIT 2010 Austin [report] (Michel Gastpar)

 - Report: ISIT 2012 Cambridge [report] (Muriel Medard) 

 - Report: ITW 2009 Taormina [report] (Ezio Biglieri)

 - Report: ITW 2010 Cario [CFP] 

 - Proposal: ITW 2010 Dublin [proposal] [budget] (Joachim Rosenthal)

- Possible discussion on role of workshops and local access at meetings [discussion document] (Alex Grant/Bruce Hajek)

3:30-3:45 Break

3:45-4:05: Treasurers report (Anant Sahai):

  - Update on society budget and planning.

4:05-4:25: Online Committee Report (Matthieu Bloch)

4:25-4:45: Student Committee Report (Aylin Yener)

4:45-4:55: Proposal for African Winter School (Hedrik Ferreira)

4:55-5:10: Outreach Committee Report (Muriel Medard)

5:10-5:30: New Business (Open discussion on Society Governance and Committee Structure)

5:30: Adjourn

Student Committee Report

Treasurer Report

President's Report

Publications Committee Report

Report of Outreach Committee - June 2009

Online Committee Report

ISIT 2009 Report

ITW 2010 Dublin Proposal

ITW 2010 Dublin Budget

ITW 2010 Cairo Call For Papers

ITW 2009 Report

Conference Committee Report

Report of the M&C committee, July 2009

Proposal for an IT winter school in South Africa

Discussion document on two issues with meetings

discussion document on two issues with meetings

2010 BoG Candidates

Bios for Aria Nosratinia and Nihar Jindal

Proposed AE Bios

Draft Minutes for BoG Meeting, Baltimore 3/09

President's Report (presentation)

ISIT 2012 Report

ISIT 2010 Report

ISIT 2008 Report

ISIT 2008 Budget