(Draft) Minutes of the SIGCS Annual Meeting
Richard Lamb
Cranbrook School, Bloomfield Hills, Michigan
Minutes of ISTE SIGCS Meeting, held on Canada Day, 1 July 2003, in
Seattle,
WA
A list of attendees is included below.
Philip East, the outgoing chair, invited attendees to help themselves
to refreshments.
He began the meeting at 16:50.
After distributing copies of the annual report, Philip outlined a few
of the
accomplishments of the SIG over the past year:
- Publication of both JCSE Online and the JCSE Annual.
Philip
announced that the journal would continue. A meeting was scheduled
for the
next day (2 July) with ISTE publication staff to review and
formalize the
publishing relationship. Additionally, an assessment on the journal
will be
conducted online shortly after NECC.
- Assisted in organizing the CS & IT Symposium for computer
teachers.
The latest Symposium, held the previous Saturday, was (again)
filled, thus
showing continued interest in the subject. Philip announced that
next year’s
Symposium will be held at the ACM/SIGCSE site in Norfolk, VA in
March of 2004.
- Shepherding a CS strand at NECC (for the seventh or eighth year).
Chris
Stephenson pointed out she has had to ask for people to submit
presentations,
and asked for suggested speaker names. There was talk of creating
stipends
for key speakers, but the budget may not allow it. Philip and Joe
will talk
further.
- Holding the SIGCS annual meeting at NECC (providing refreshments
to members
attending). The next such meeting will be held at NECC in New
Orleans June
2004.
Philip then introduced incoming SIGCS Chair, Joe Kmoch who presided
for the
rest of the meeting.
Joe raised the issue of the whether SIGCS should officially support
the ACM
K-12 computer science curriculum proposal and, if so, how. Discussion
expanded
to include whether SIGCS should expand beyond high school to all of
K-12? Joe
also spoke about the broadening our horizons: to embrace those
teaching about
technology, as in addition to those teaching "computer
science". Substantial
discussion ensued on the definition of "computer science"
versus that
of "information technology". There was some related
discussion on
the role of gender in CS. Further discussion of revising SIGCS’s
mission
will be conducted via the discussion listserv.
Chris Stephenson moved (Rich Lamb seconded) to put a question to the
SIGCS
membership asking if SIGCS should support the ACM proposal for its
pre-college
curriculum proposal (www.acm.org/k12).
The motion passed unanimously.
The idea of a graphic logo for SIGCS was raised by Philip. He
distributed copies
of a previously designed graphic and a proposed new graphic that
contains a
flowchart background and the ISTE generated "SIGCS" in the
foreground.
Charmaine Bentley volunteered to work with Philip on cleaning up the
image.
Rich Lamb moved (Janet Meizel seconded) to accept the image (after it
is cleaned
up) as the new logo of SIGCS. The motion also passed unanimously.
Philip said that there is $2300 in the budget that must be spent
before October
1st of 2003. Suggestions included a banner, support for officers, and
brochures.
Joe gave out a handout on the NCLB (No Child Left Behind) program.
Meeting adjourned at 18:17.
Richard Lamb Cranbrook Schools
Pedro Leite Kansas State University
Phillip East University of Northern Iowa
Joe Kmoch Washington High School
Charmaine Bentley Roosevelt HS/Dallas ISD
Tom Hicks Trinity University
Ann Fleury Auroa University
Betsy Frederick HS Super Computer Challenge
Chris Stephenson Oregon State University
Michelle Hutton Girls Middle School
Suzanne Pearce St. Joseph's School
Janet Meizel Davis High School Tom Bowen (on behalf of Libby
Moore) Scotch
College
Libby Moore Scotch College
Kevin Amboe CUEBC
Michael Rond Ramoz School
Lillian Israel ACM
Respectfully submitted,
Richard Lamb, Recorder
[Editor's note: These minutes will be subject to revision and
approval at the
next annual meeting.]
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