IT Society BoG Meeting Agenda
Saletta Belvedere room of the Villa Diodoro
7pm-10:15pm
(buffet dinner with bountiful wine served starting at 6:30pm)

6:30pm: Dinner Begins

7:00-7:05: Approval of ISIT BoG Meeting Minutes and Meeting Agenda

7:05-7:20: President's Report (Andrea Goldsmith) (Presentation)
- Society update, discussion on officer action to reduce sub-to-pub, BoG committee assignments and society governance, best practices documents for committee chairs. status of Baker prize.

7:20-7:35: Treasurer report (Nihar Jindal):
 - Update on society budget, surplus spending opportunities, and 2010 projections.

7:35-7:55: Constitution and Bylaws Subcommitteee Report (Dave Forney)
- Proposed amendments to Bylaws and Constitution
*Vote* on proposed amendments

7:55-8:20: Publications Committee Report (Ezio Biglieri)
- State of Transactions, status of move to MC, best practices document, discussion of AE seniority and approval process.

*Vote* on new AEs

Gerard Cohen, ENST (Coding Theory)
Navin Kashyap, Queen’s Univ. (Coding Theory)
Jean-Pierre Tillich, INRIA (Coding Theory)
Pascal Vontobel, HP (Coding Techniques)

8:20-8:35: Wine Break

8:35-9:05: Conference Committee Report (Dan Costello)

  Reports from meetings:

    ISIT 2008 summary and notes (very helpful!)

    ISIT 2009 report (summary version)(Vince Poor)

    ISIT 2011 update (Tony Ephremides)

    ITW 2010 Cairo budget (*Vote*: BoG approval requested.)

  Proposal for ITW 2011 Brazil (Sueli Costa, *Vote*: BoG approval requested.)

  Proposals for tech co-sponsorship: (*Vote*: BoG approval requested)

    CISS 2011 (call for papers, application)

    WiOpt 2010 (application)

    NetCod 2010 (call for papers, application)

    Turbocodes 2010 (call for papers, application)

  Discussion item: Purpose of workshops, accessibility, payments to  speakers

9:05-9:25: Online Committee Report (Nick Laneman)
 - Structure of online committee and responsibilities. Policy for ITSoc website registrants. Planned website updates. Joint newsletter/website initiatives and content generation. Plans for the future.

9:25-9:35: Membership/Chapters Committee report (Giuseppe Caire)
 - DL program update, status of student schools.

9:35-9:45: Fellows Committee Report (Dan Costello)
- Committee update, discussion of Fellow nomination process.

9:45-9:55: Student Committee Report (Gerhard Kramer)
- Presentation on the 2009 NA IT school and preparations for 2010.

-Report on the 2009 School

9:55-10:05: Outreach Committee Report (Muriel Medard)

10:05-10:15: New Business

10:15: Adjourn

Amended Constitution

Amended Bylaws

EiC Report, October 2009

Meetings: Three Issues

MeetingsThreeIssues.pdf

Outreach Committee Report

President's Report (Oct. 2009)

Membership & Chapters Committee Report (G. Caire)

Online Committee Report, ITW 2009, Taormina

Anant's Treasurer Report

Report on the Second Annual School of Information Theory

Information Theory School Report for the Newsletter

Draft Minutes for BoG Meeting, Seoul, Korea 6/28/09

Treasurer's Report, Oct. 09

President's Report (Presentation)

BoG meeting minutes