March 8, 2010
Conferences ◦ 2007: +$30K 2008: -$10K 2009: -$2K ◦ Trend is reduced revenue, vendors and attendance ◦ Problem: Numerous conference subsidies to members ◦ Solution: Everyone will pay at least for the cost of meals Washington DC venue should increase vendors Fund balance ◦ Healthy, but trend is a declining balance ◦ Mostly tied to conference revenues/expenses Member dues ◦ Not raising rates dues since it’s not a large increase in revenue
Annual SIGAda conference and proceedings Ada Letters published three times per year Reduced rates at SIGAda and Ada Europe Academic grants to conferences Access to SIGAda material in Digital Library Evolution of Ada through WG9 liaison ◦ Ada 95, Ada 2005, and Ada 2012 Outstanding Ada Community Award ACM SIGAda Distinguished Service Award
Sustainment Annual SIGAda conference ◦ Goal: Share advances in Ada S/W dev and language (Ada 2012) ◦ Need to increase revenues, reduce member subsidies ◦ Monitor paper acceptance rates, maintain high quality of technical papers and tutorials ◦ Continue network of educators, practitioners, Ada Europe Publish Ada Letters three times per year ◦ Continue paper versus electronic, 3 versus 2 issues Continue the relationship with Ada Europe ◦ Growing use of Ada in European systems/projects ◦ SIGAda International Representative, VIP agreements ◦ WG9 Ada language evolution has wide impact and influence SIGAda Booth
Growth Advocate Ada in safety critical, high-integrity systems as well as cyber-security systems ◦ Continue critical influence on FAA, NSA Ada projects ◦ Encourage Ada cyber-security research at Academies, Auburn ◦ Potential to reach >200 engineers, students and researchers Volunteer well-being ◦ Less , more structured meetings, RegOnline, EDAS Connect to ICW SIGs ◦ Reciprocal agreements for booth exhibit hall costs Academic outreach and support ◦ Continue grants to students and professors ◦ Support the GNAT Academic Program (GAP)
Challenges Finances ◦ Conference revenues declining, vendor support declining ◦ Focusing on having conferences break-even or better ◦ Still above required fund balance Membership ◦ SIGAda is a mix of practitioners, military and academics ◦ Level at ~300 for last few years ◦ Very high retention rates, around 80% ◦ Goal: Maintain academic ties, despite declining use of Ada Local Chapters and Working Groups ◦ Baltimore/DC chapter is dormant, need to re-energize ◦ Potential for Huntsville chapter with Army Ada connections