1. Special Interest Groups SIGS Kathy M. Davis
The SIG Conundrum
Special Interest Groups
SIGS
Kathy M. Davis

2. How to join a SIG and why should I want to …
SIG = Special Interest Group
Discuss and recommend product improvements
To subscribe, your site must be a member of SNUG; go to and click the Login link at the top of the page
Go to MEMBERS > SPECIAL INTEREST GROUPS; near the bottom of the page see How Do I Sign Up For The Groups and click on the item to subscribe
Unsubscribe instructions available here, too

4. Submitting a SIG Enhancement Request

5. Why be a SIG member?
Only SIG members will receive the voting ballots and will be allowed to vote and prioritize requested enhancements.
Only one vote per site, per SIG, is allowed.

6. Finding SIG information

7. Everything you want to know about SIGs

8. SIG Enhancement Request Form

9. SIG Database

10. Process Summary SIG Cycle Dates
The SIG cycle dates were shifted to an earlier cycle in order to conclude the cycle prior to the 2018 conference
The SCC SIG advisor consolidates the requests, estimates hours and level of difficulty for each and provides ballots to the moderators; includes all enhancements from the previous year that didn’t make the final cut
SNUG SIG Moderators send out the ballots to the SIG members for preliminary voting, collate the responses and return them to SCC for review
SNUG SIG Moderators send out the ballots again for final voting, collate and return the responses to SCC for review
Only SIG members can vote; one vote, per SIG, per site
SNUG board can reallocate unused hours to SIGs

11. The SIG Enhancements Requested
114 Enhancement requests
3500 hours allotted for enhancements
1832 hours requested
1668 remaining hours to be distributed

12. Questions?