Agenda

Agenda, Board of Governors Meeting, IEEE Information Theory Society, Sept. 23, 2008, Champaign, IL

Logistics

  • Date: Sept. 23, 2008
  • Venue: Room 301, Coordinated Science Laboratory, 1308 West Main St, Urbana IL 61801 (University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign, Champaign, IL)
  • Time: 3:00-7:00 pm
  • Note 1: A van will meet the American Eagle flight from Chicago O'Hare that arrives in Champaign at 2:20 pm. The BoG meeting will not start until this van arrives. Please let Bruce Hajek know if you plan to take this van.
  • Note 2: Allerton opening reception is 7:30-9:30 pm at the Champaign Country Club. All BoG meeting attendees are invited. Please carpool to the Champaign Country Club.

Preliminary Agenda

  1. Consent: Approval of agenda
  2. Consent: Approval of minutes of previous meeting [pdf]
  3. 3:00-3:15: President's report (Dave Forney)
  4. 3:15-3:30: Division IX Director's report [ pdf ] (Fred Mintzer)
  5. 3:30-3:45: Publications: Transactions on Mobile Computing (Dave Forney)
    * Motion: Withdrawal from technical co-sponsorship of TMC [ pdf ][ cover 1 ][ 2 ] [3 ][ 4 ]
  6. 3:45-4:30: Conference Committee report (Alex Grant)
    * Report: ISIT 2008 (Frank Kschischang) [ pdf ]
    * Proposal: ISIT 2013, Istanbul (Elza Erkip) [ proposal pdf ] [ budget pdf ]
    * Preliminary proposal: ITW 2010, Cairo (Hesham El Gamal) [ pdf ]
    * Preliminary proposal: ITW 2010, Ireland (Marcus Grefarath) [ pdf ]
  7. 4:30-4:45: Awards Committee report (Andrea Goldsmith) [ report ][ presentation ]
    * Announcement: Open call for nominations for Shannon Award [ doc ]
    * Preliminary proposal: Revised awards by-laws [ pdf ]
    * Update: W. R. G. Baker Prize Paper Award [ IEEE proposal ]
  8. 4:45-5:00: Break
  9. 5:00-5:45: Outreach (Dave Forney)
    * Report: Membership/Chapters Committee (Frank Kschischang) [ pdf ]
    * Proposal: Distinguished Speakers program (Frank Kschischang) [ pdf]
    * Report:  Outreach committee (Muriel Médard) [ pdf ]
    * Report: Expanded role for Membership/Chapters Committee and IT Schools policy (Dave Forney and Andrea Goldsmith)
    * Proposal: 2009 European Winter School, March 2009, Norway (João Barros) [ pdf ]
    * Proposal: 2009 Summer School, August 2009, Chicago (Aylin Yener) [ ppt ]
  10. 5:45-6:00: Nomination and Appointments Committee (Dave Neuhoff)
    * Motion: 2009 N&A committee
  11. 6:00-6:15: Constitution and By-Laws Committee (Dave Neuhoff)
    * Motion: miscellaneous by-law revisions [ pdf ]
  12. 6:15-6:30: IT Web site report (Nick Laneman) [ link ]
  13. 6:30-6:45: Locations of 2009 BoG meetings (Andrea Goldsmith)
    * Proposal: CISS Baltimore Mar. 18; ISIT Seoul June 28; ITW Taormina Oct. 11
  14. 6:45-7:00: New business
  15. 7:00: Adjourn