SIGMIS, Special Interest Group on Management Information Systems

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SIGMIS, Special Interest Group on Management Information Systems

Mission

SIGMIS focuses on information systems and technologies and their management.

Newsletter

Database is issued quarterly

VolumeIssueDate # of PagesArrived at ACM HQ

34 1 Winter '03 64 1/13/03 (IS 2002 Curriculum)

34 2 Spring ’03 60 4/29/03

34 3 Summer’03 72 7/8/03

34 4 Fall’03 72 10/7/03

35 1 Winter’04 80 1/9/04

35 2 Spring ’04 84 4/20/04

35 3 Summer’04104 6/10/04

35 4 Fall’0410410/15/04

36 1 Winter’05 88 1/14/05

36 2 Spring ’05 96 4/25/05

36 3 Summer’05 112 7/7/05

36 4 Fall’05 8010/23/05

37 1 Winter’06 112 1/12/06

37 2&3 Spring/Summer’06196 8/15/06

37 4 Fall’06100 11/6/06

38 1 February 2007 84 1/5/07

Membership1st yr2 + yearsTotal

ProfessionalAffiliateStudentDesigneeTotalSubscribersRetentionRetentionRetention

June’0361949913 76217640.45 82.2171.25

June’0456041781 68015439.41 74.6962.47

June’0553335662 63611138.96 74.0363.02

June’0653730672 63615346.15 83.7271.11

Fund Balance

DateAmountDeltaRequiredDiscretionaryDiscretionary/Member

June’03 52,820 (12,093) N/A- (merger with SIGCPR )

June’04 98,107 45,28734,91063,19792.94

June’05 105,839 7,73227,09878,741123.81

June’06 106,288 44936,50269,786109.73

Conference Activity

PapersPapers

FY’03 EventsSponsorshipLocationAttendanceStatusSurplusDateSubmittedAccepted

CIKM'0250%McLean, VA 166closed$24,977 11/4-9/02 300 91

DocEng ’02: Symposium on Document 50% McLean, VA closed -- 11/8-9/02 46 21

Engineering

SIGCPR/SIGMIS '03:100% Philadelphia, PA 72 closed $5,403 4/10-12/03 not available

ACM SIGCPR/SIGMIS 2003 Computer

Personnel Research Conference

SIGMIS was in cooperation with 5 conferences in FY’03

FY’04 Events Sponsorship Location AttendanceStatusSurplus Date

CIKM'0350%New Orleans, LA 235 closed $1,305 11/2-8/03 378 59

SIGMIS '04:ACM SIGMIS 2004100% Tucson, AZ 58 closed ($6,162) 4/22-24/04 not available

Computer Personnel:Careers, Culture and

Ethics in a Networked Environment

SIGMIS was in cooperation with 2 conferences in FY’04

FY’05 Events Sponsorship Location AttendanceStatusSurplus Date

SIGMIS-CPR '05:ACM SIGCPR/SIGMIS100% Atlanta, GA 48 closed $4,617 4/14-16/05 not available

2005 Computer Personnel Research Conference

SIGMIS was in cooperation with 6 conferences in FY’05

PapersPapers

FY’06 EventsSponsorshipLocationAttendanceStatusSurplusDateSubmittedAccepted

SIGMIS-CPR '06 : Forty Four Years of Computer100% Pomona, CA 70 closed $4224 4/13-15/06 59 49

Personnel Research: Achievements, Challenges

and the Future

SIGMIS was in cooperation with 3 conferences in FY’06

FY’07 Events Sponsorship Location AttendanceStatusSurplus Date

SIGMIS-CPR '07: 2007 Computer Personnel100% St. Louis, MO open 4/19-21/07

Doctoral Consortium and ResearchConference

SIGMIS is in cooperation with 9 conferences in FY’07

SIG Officers2001-2003 2003-2005 2005-2007

ChairmanJanice C. Sipior Janice C. Sipior Janice Sipior

Vice-ChairmanLaurie Schatzberg Laurie Schatzberg Diane Lending

Secretary/TreasurerDorothy Leidner Dorothy Leidner Donald Amoroso

Past ChairmanGeorge Kasper George Kasper George Kasper

N/L EditorsDorothy Leidner (as of 10/01) Dorothy Leidner Dorothy Leidner (thru 12/06)

Wynne Chin(as of 10/01) Wynne Chin Wynne Chin(thru 12/06)

Tom Stafford (as of 1/07)

Patrick Y.K.Chau (as of 1/07)

Awards

SIGMIS Magid Igbaria Outstanding Conference Paper of the Year Award

Viability History

11/1/87Found viable

3/1/92Found viable but must submit goals

10/1/92Postponed until Feb. 1993

3/1/93Decision about Newsletter postponed until after elections

10/1/96Found Viable

10/14/00- Found viable; next review in 2 years

7/9/02- SIGMIS & SIGCPR merged; SIG will continue as SIGMIS

8/7/02- Review postponed until Spring 2003

3/16/03- Found viable

Annual report submitted

Annual report submitted for FY’02, FY’03, FY’04, FY’05, and FY’06

SGB meeting attendance

SIGMIS represented at all SGB meetings from February 2002 through October 2006

Current FY benefits

Member Benefits Provided to SIGMIS Members:

• Quarterly publication of The Data Base for Advances in Information Systems (Data Base, for short), a peer-reviewed publication devoted to communicating advances in research and best practice in MIS. For the current and previous issues of Data Base, please visit the SIGMIS website or
• Continue to inform members through the SIGMIS listserv, .

Community Benefits Provided by SIGMIS:

• Continue to inform the community through the SIGMIS website,
• SIGMIS CPR Conference. Please visit
• Present the outstanding conference paper award, titled “Magid Igbaria Outstanding Conference Paper of the Year Award.”
• In-cooperation with the International Conference on Information Systems (ICIS).
• Sponsor the Doctoral Dissertation Paper Award.
• Hold the annual networking reception for SIGMIS members.
• Continue to represent ACM as a member of a select group to develop model curriculum for education in IS, both at the undergraduate and graduate level. Please visit
• Continue to fund a representative to the International Federation for Information Processing (IFIP).