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Special Interest Groups Co-Chairs

Vicki O'Day, Xerox Palo Alto Research Center, USA
Ellen Isaacs, SunSoft, USA

CHI 96 Special Interest Groups (SIGs) enable groups sharing an interest to meet informally for an hour or two of discussion at the conference. CHI 96 provides meeting facilities and will advertise SIG meetings to the rest of the conference. Proposals will be accepted until the conference opens on a space-available basis. Proposals received by December 15th, 1995 will be advertised in the final program if accepted. SIGs accepted after that date will be announced only at the conference.

Following the conference SIG organisers are encouraged to submit an article summarising the SIG for publication in the SIGCHI Bulletin. Additionally several SIGs have led to proposals for successful workshops at subsequent CHI conferences.

Review Process

SIG proposals will be reviewed by a committee, with acceptance based on the relevance of the theme to the field.

The success of a SIG depends on organisers providing effective leadership and planning. Potential SIG organisers are encouraged to contact the Special Interest Groups Co-Chairs before submitting a proposal to discuss their ideas and any questions they may have.

Format

You should prepare a Proposal which will be used in the review process, a Summary to be published in the CHI 96 Conference Companion if the SIG is accepted, and an Electronic Version of the Summary to be published on the CHI 96 CD-ROM if the SIG is accepted.

Proposal.

Prepare a one-page proposal for review purposes describing how the SIG discussion will be organised.

Conference Companion Summary.

Prepare a one-page summary describing the SIG, suitable for publication in the CHI 96 Conference Companion.

The summary should begin with title, leader, leader contact information and keywords, and continue with a summary of the topic, issues and goals. It must be prepared in the Conference Proceedings Format except that no abstract is required.

Electronic Version.

Electronic versions of accepted SIG Summaries will be published on the CHI 96 CD-ROM. They are due at the same time as the rest of the submission.

The electronic version of the Summary must be provided on a disk (PC or Mac). The disk should have a label indicating the disk's type (PC or Mac), the primary author, the title of the submission, and the format of the file on the disk. Acceptable formats are listed on Cover Page Three. Make sure that you indicate also the format of electronic submission on Cover Page Three.

Upon Acceptance

For proposals received by December 15, 1995: authors will be notified of acceptance or rejection by mid-January 1996. Note that because of the late submission deadline, there will be no opportunity to prepare new versions of the summary, so your submission material must be prepared carefully.

The summaries of accepted SIGs received after December 15, 1995 will not be published.

Ground Rules

  1. Your submission must be in English.
  2. Electronic and fax submissions are not accepted.
  3. Submissions which arrive after the deadline will not be published if they are accepted.
  4. Your submission should contain no proprietary or confidential material and should cite no proprietary or confidential publications.
  5. Responsibility for permissions to use video, audio or pictures of identifiable people rests with you, not CHI 96.
  6. If your submission is accepted, it will not be published without copyright release forms signed by the first-listed author or a representative of the first author's institution.
  7. We strongly suggest the use of express mail or a courier service, for speedy delivery. Customs labels should bear the words "Educational materials with no commercial value."

Checklist

 Please follow the steps in this checklist to ensure completeness in your submission.
  1. Read the Invitation To Submit.
  2. Fill out Cover Pages One, Two, and Three
  3. Prepare a Conference Companion Summary (one page) in the Conference Proceedings format for publication, as described above.
  4. Prepare a Proposal for review, as described above.
  5. Prepare an Electronic Version of the Conference Companion Summary for publication on the CHI 96 CD-ROM, as described above. The Electronic Version must be submitted on a disk.
  6. Collect Cover Pages One, Two and Three, the Conference Companion Summary, and the Proposal, in the order given, in a packet, and make 7 copies of the packet. Use 8.5 x 11 inch or A4 paper.
  7. Make sure each copy of the packet is STAPLED, not loose or held by clips.
  8. Include an extra, camera-ready copy of the Conference Companion Summary. Do not staple it to anything.
  9. You may include a self-addressed reply postcard which will be mailed to acknowledge receipt of your submission.
  10. Send the 7 copies of your submission packet, the camera-ready copy of the Conference Companion Summary, the disk containing the Electronic Version, and the reply postcard, to one of the Special Interest Groups Co-Chairs at the Send To address shown.

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