Endnotes

1. Terveen, L., Mentis, H., Quigley, A., and Palanque, P. The evolution of SIGCHI conferences and the future of CHI.

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2. ACM SIGCHI You Tube Channel; https:// www.youtube.com/user/acmsigchi

 

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first two points, our infrastructure had not been keeping up with our growth. We have already addressed this in many ways over the past three years with continued support for PCS

2.0, the mobile app for conferences, and our new conferences leadership structure and processes [ 1], but there is much more to do under this initiative.

Fourth is to address the strain on our volunteers with regard to service requests, but also to guide and nurture the next generation of volunteers in our community.

• Enhance HCI knowledge distribution. A core part of the SIGCHI mission is to distribute knowledge created by our community members. Beyond the large use of SIGCHI publications in the ACM Digital Library, we aim to continue to address this initiative through new mechanisms such as our You Tube channel [ 2] and by continuing to engage in discussions with ACM regarding new publication models. We also realize that HCI knowledge distribution includes better representing and promoting HCI beyond our fellow community members. Over the past two years, the SIGCHI EC has begun initiatives in public communication of HCI knowledge; we will continue to innovate and push on this front to elevate the public’s awareness of our field and the impact of our work.

• Promote inclusivity. This strategic
initiative is in response to many of the
issues and requests of our community
members. It includes addressing
accessibility needs both in our
publications and at our conferences,
supporting and promoting diversity
in all its forms, engaging more
regions in the leadership’s decision
making, supporting different forms
of knowledge creation and sharing
to expand our authorship, providing
language support for the growing global
HCI community, and ensuring we are
addressing a healthy geographic spread
in the location of our events. This is
an ambitious list, as none of these is a
simple goal. But we must be aware of
every barrier that keeps our community
from feeling like they belong.

• Support local and global HCI. HCI is still nascent in many parts of the world, but we are seeing a clear growth in HCI research and practice outside of Europe and North America. We are actively seeking to understand these new communities so we can better meet their needs, making it easier for them to participate in the larger SIGCHI community. Another way in which we are trying to foster HCI growth around the world is through our conferences, such as bringing CHI back to Asia in 2021 and ensuring diversity in the location of our 24 sponsored conferences and many in-cooperation events. We also want to support HCI education needs and facilitate new educators in those regions through better knowledge-dissemination channels and more curated content (see our third strategic vision).

The members of the executive committee welcome feedback from you on how our values and goals can be translated into actions for the benefit of the entire HCI community. We particularly welcome approaches from volunteers looking to invest their time to work with us in achieving these shared goals. Please feel free to write to us at [e-mail].

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