SIGGRAPH Finances• Lost $2,800,000 last year

– SIGGRAPH 2009 - $1,900,000 (after ACM)

– SA2009 - $530,000 + (startup costs)

• For FY 2011 are under required fund balance by $1,200,000

• Why?

– Global Economy

– SIGGRAPH Asia more expensive than expected (Convention Center costs, others)

• History: SIGGRAPH 2002 lost $1,800,000

– Cut budget 20% and moved back to West Coast (2003,2004,2005,2007,2008)

– All made profit ($200,000 – $970,000)

SIGGRAPH Finances

• SIGGRAPH 2010 cut budget 20% and back to West Coast (7 of next 10 years)

• SIGGRAPH Asia 2010 budget 50% of SA 2009

• SIGGRAPH Asia 2011 and beyond a small (500 – 1,000 attendee) technical only Conference

• Cut rest of organization budget

– Meetings, Travel, Print

• Total surplus of $377,000 for FY 2011

• Should be above required Fund balance in 3 - 4 years

Member benefits ACM Digital Library

Reduced registration at a large number of conferences

Computer Graphics Quarterly (electronic)

SOMA DVD/Streaming Video of SIGGRAPH Conference

SIGGRAPH email aliases

Creative Heads Job Services

Awards

– Steven Anson Coons Award for Lifetime Achievement

– Computer Graphics Achievement Award

– Significant New Researcher Award

– Distinguished Artist Award for Lifetime Achievement in Digital Art

– Outstanding Service Award

SIGGRAPH Goals Become a more efficient organization

– Restructured the Executive Committee (EC) to move all operations to a set of Standing Committees

– EC members responsible for strategic issues, not operations

– Volunteers can focus on one task Support the Technical Community

– SIGGRAPH Asia Papers Program (in 2009 almost as many accepted papers as SIGGRAPH)

• Reduce load on SIGGRAPH Papers Committee and Authors can submit to two high quality conferences rather than one

– Small Conferences

• Sponsor/Co-Sponsor 12-20 per year

• In-Cooperation 20-30 per year

SIGGRAPH Goals• Form alliances with external organizations

– Eurographics

• Many technical conferences/workshops together

– Digital Content Association of Japan

– Computer Graphics – ARTS (Japan)

– China National Center for Developing Animation, Cartoon, & Game Industry (NCACG)

• Agreement to work together to support education activities in China

• SIGGRAPH Village (International Resources Center)

• Support Students:

– SIGGRAPH Student Services Committee

SIGGRAPH Goals

• Support the Education Community:

– Education Committee: CGEMs, curricular materials (education.siggraph.org)

• Support the Digital Arts Community

– Digital Arts Committee (arts.siggraph.org)

• Expand our Chapters Community and better integrate them into SIGGRAPH

– 60 Chapters in 15 countries and several are in formation

– Associate Member (in implementation)