1. March 8, 2010

2.  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

3.  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

4. 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

5. 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 email, 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)

6. 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