In June 2020, when the world was aggressively shifting its official/unofficial events and activities online, we had blogged about plansto put together a calendar of virtual community-organized events for our global membership. This was with the goal of staying connected…
Upcoming AMAs: Equity, Accessibility, Outreach
As part of the SIGCHI Executive Committee’s commitment to listen, reflect, act, and represent, this summer we began holding Ask Me Anything (AMA) sessions. Links to recordings and notes about the previous AMAs are included at the bottom of this post,…
Towards a More Equitable, Accessible, and Responsive SIGCHI
The SIGCHI Executive Committee (EC) has spent the last two years working to ensure greater equity, inclusion, and responsiveness within SIGCHI. Allison Druin, who served as our Adjunct Chair for Diversity & Inclusion from July 2018 to June 2020, started us off…
The 2020 SIGCHI Chapter Website Competition: Best Three Announced
The 2020 SIGCHI Chapter Website Competition is the first website competition for ACM SIGCHI local chapters, both professionals and students. This competition was held to serve as a recognition for SIGCHI chapters who are nurturing their website to curate their…
Open Call for the SIGCHI Social Impact Awards Chair
SIGCHI is looking for nominations for the SIGCHI Social Impact Awards chair. Please see here for information on the nomination process: https://sigchi.org/awards/sigchi-award-nominations/ For general information on SIGCHI awards, see here https://sigchi.org/awards/ If you are interested in serving in this role, please complete…
SIGCHI’s Ask Me Anything (AMA) Sessions
Earlier this summer, we shared the SIGCHI Executive Committee’s commitment to listen, reflect, act, and represent. As a next step, we are working to create channels that might better enable us to listen (and respond) to concerns and questions from…
SIGCHI Chapter Newsletter 2020
The ACM SIGCHI Chapter Newsletter highlights SIGCHI Local Chapters’ stories in reaching out to their local communities. If you have any relevant and interesting stories for the upcoming newsletter, please send them to sigchi-vp-chapters@acm.org #01 – July 2020 #02…
SIGCHI Executive Committee Election Details
Summary. This is the third in a series of posts about the SIGCHI Election. It gives an overview of the election, including how you can vote, which will take place in Spring 2021. The first two posts in the series…
SIGCHI Executive Committee Roles and Responsibilities
Summary. This is the second in a series of posts about the SIGCHI Election. It gives an overview of the Executive Committee elected positions. The first post in the series is here, and the third is here. SIGCHI is run…
Join Us for Upcoming SIGCHI EC Ask Me Anything Sessions!
In line with the SIGCHI Executive Committee’s commitment to listen, reflect, act, and represent, we are creating channels to better listen (and respond) to concerns and questions from SIGCHI members. Members of the SIGCHI EC are organizing virtual AMAs (Ask-Me-Anything sessions) for inviting inputs and feedback on matters they…