The Pennsylvania Association of Computer and Information Science Educators

Executive Board Meeting

Bloomsburg University of PA / videoconference
Friday, January 19, 2007

• This meeting began just after 3pm.

  Present: Bloomsburg -- Bob Montante ; Indiana -- Soundararajan Ezekiel and guest ; Millersville -- David Hutchens ; West Chester -- Tom Ahlborn, Afrand Agah, Mehran Asadi .

  Video link: California -- Julie Goodside ; East Stroudsburg -- James Emert ; Edinboro -- Joseph Molnar ; Lock Haven -- Susan H. Strayer ; Shippensburg -- Joseph Thomas ; Slippery Rock -- David Dailey . (Note: taking attendance is difficult in a videoconference.)

  Bloomsburg -- Bob Montante ; California -- Julie Goodside ; California -- Nick Ford ; California -- Mohamed Kholief ; California -- Paul Sible ; Clarion -- Dana Madison ; Clarion -- Jon O'Donnell ; East Stroudsburg -- James Emert ; Edinboro -- Joseph Molnar ; Indiana -- Gary Buterbaugh ; Indiana -- Soundararajan Ezekiel ; Kutztown -- Joe Cannon ; Kutztown -- Oskars Rieksts ; Kutztown -- Mark Jones ; Lock Haven -- Susan H. Strayer ; Lock Haven -- Bruce Wooley ; Mansfield -- Clarence L. Krantz ; Mansfield -- Joo Tan ; Millersville -- David Hutchens ; Shippensburg -- Joseph Thomas ; Slippery Rock -- David Dailey ; Slippery Rock -- Paul Mullins ; Slippery Rock -- Brian Creasy (student designer) ; Slippery Rock -- Deborah Whitfield ; West Chester -- Afrand Agah
• Consideration of minutes from the September meeting were deferred until the April meeting because of distribution issues.
• The Treasurer made an oral report, via video link. Dues are to be mailed out, and will be due around March 23. [updated: dues notices to be distributed at March meeting.]
• Susan Strayer reported on plans for the conference at Lock Haven.
  • The website is in place.
  • Programming contest rules are available online.
  • A keynote speaker is till being sought.
  • The theme is along the lines of "Emerging ... Frontiers in Computer Science"
  • Five paper reviewers have been identified so far. Contest judges are still needed; volunteers should contact Bruce Woolley who is running the contest.
  • A BOF session is planned on Recruiting, and Women in Comp. Sci. Another accreditation BOF was suggested.
  • Registration will start around 3pm on Friday, March 23.
  • Activities will begin around 4pm.
  • A schedule template and an online registration form are currently on the website.
  • The website is available as a link from pacise.org or at lhup.edu/com_sci/.
• Conference locations:
  • West Chester volunteered to host the 2010 conference. A. Agah and M. Asadi will organize it. (Afrand Agah is slated to replace T. Ahlborn as West Chester's Board representative.)
  • J. Thomas volunteered Shippensburg for 2011, but S. Ezekiel urged that other schools who haven't hosted a conference recently be brought in. After discussion, Shippensburg's name was withdrawn.
  • [for reference: Kutztown is scheduled for 2008, and Slippery Rock for 2009.]

    2008	Kutztown
    2009	Slippery Rock

• PACISE Journal — no report.
• Extra copies of the 2006 Proceedings are available.
• A question was raised concerning contest awards from the 2006 conference.
  • The IUP organizers requested awards checks to be issued, but their administration was in the midst of crossover to the PASSHE SAP system and the requests were lost.
  • Some harsh emails were exchanged and ill feelings occurred.
  • The matter has since been resolved.
• Following some discussion of plagiarism concerns, D. Hutchens asked for further comments on copyrights and the journal/proceedings.
  • Copyright is to remain with the author; PACISE just needs publication permission.
  • S. Ezekiel offered a motion to provide a release form for use at the Lock Haven conference. Proceedings are published after the conference, so a release at the time of the conference is deemed sufficient. The motion was approved on a voice vote.
  • M. Asadi asked for a papers template, to assist authors.
• Other business:
  • S. Ezekiel repeated an email appeal for collaborators on NSF proposals. He has received some responses. J. Thomas was uncomfortable at being identified as a "discipline representative". It was emphasized that the invitations are to individual faculty members rather than to institutions.
• The meeting adjourned at 3:45pm.