Open Call for Volunteers

As a volunteer-driven organization, we are deeply reliant on numerous volunteers who give their time to organizing conferences, reviewing papers, overseeing initiatives, and much more. The SIGCHI Executive Committee (EC) oversees the SIG, with its ~5,600 members, 28 conferences, and 82 chapters, and in doing so, is supported by ~20 committees. 

Our committees are listed on our website and below. We are now undertaking a committee reset, working with current chairs to discuss committee goals and remits, in order to identify how they might best, collectively, support the SIG. The 16 committees we are recruiting for, at this moment, are listed below in bold. 

If you are currently a volunteer, please reaffirm your interest in serving in your role(s) by using the form below. If you are not currently a volunteer, but would like to nominate yourself or someone else for one or more volunteer roles, please use the same form.

You can state your interest in volunteering for a particular committee, if you are already familiar with its remit, but you can also more generally express your interest in serving under any of these three listed areas below: Conferences & Publishing, Community & Care, and Global & Local, sharing in detail how you would most like to contribute. 

Please email sigchi-4all@acm.org with any questions.

CONFERENCES & PUBLISHING

• Operations Committee: Supports SIGCHI's technical infrastructure, including platforms, services, and software used by the EC and by the SIGCHI community.
• Publications Committee: Supports the community and conferences on understanding, implementing, and navigating publications processes.
• Research Ethics Committee (ad hoc*): Offers advice on research ethics for issues that arise during the research process.
• CHI Steering Committee (ad hoc): Steers the CHI conference series.

COMMUNITY & CARE

• Accessibility Committee: Supports SIGCHI conferences and community in fostering more inclusive knowledge sharing, conferencing, and networking practices.
• Advisory Council: Supports the SIGCHI president in addressing challenges pertaining to overarching concerns, as and when they arise. 
• Communications Committee: Supports SIGCHI communications, including the website, social media platforms, newsletter, and internal and external messaging.
• Development Fund Committee: Manages/promotes the Development Fund, including reviewing applications, disbursing funds, and pursuing novel directions for support.
• Gary Marsden Travel Awards Committee: Manages SIGCHI's travel awards, including reviewing applications, disbursing funds, communicating with applicants, and ensuring program guidelines serve all members.
• CARES (ad hoc): Offers support to members who experience discrimination and/or harassment by offering space for a confidential conversation and helping navigate SIGCHI and ACM reporting processes.
• Equity Committee (ad hoc): Works towards SIGCHI's equity initiatives that support meaningful inclusion and participation in the community, such as trainings and resources.
• Futuring SIGCHI Committee (ad hoc): Supports early career members and mentors in piloting creative projects that support SIGCHI’s future(s).
• Sustainability Committee (ad hoc): Introduces initiatives supporting awareness, best practices, and new ideas around sustainability within SIGCHI.
• Awards Committee: Manages and reviews SIGCHI awards, and iterates on awards structures and guidelines as needed.

GLOBAL & LOCAL

• Chapters Committee: Supports local and regional HCI communities in forming and sustaining SIGCHI chapters, and enables sharing of best practices across chapters.
• Asia Committee (ad hoc): Promotes SIGCHI activities across Asia, supports connections across HCI communities within Asia, and identifies initiatives for developing HCI research and practice in the region.
• Latin America Committee (ad hoc): Promotes SIGCHI activities across Latin America, supports connections across HCI communities within Latin America, and identifies initiatives for developing HCI research and practice in the region.
• Mediterranean Committee (ad hoc): Promotes SIGCHI activities across the Mediterranean region, supports connections across HCI communities within the Mediterranean, and identifies initiatives for developing HCI research and practice in the region.

* See article 7 of the SIG’s bylaws on ad hoc committees: “(a) The SIGCHI President, with the approval of the Executive Committee, shall create and appoint members and a chair to ad hoc committees and designate adjunct chairs for specific purposes within SIGCHI. Ad hoc committees shall have a specific charge and shall exist until dissolved by vote of the Executive Committee.”

Before SIGCHI appoints any volunteers, they must be looked up on the ACM Sanctions Database. When you agree to be considered for a volunteer role, you are confirming that you are okay with this look-up. If the database produces a positive result, you will be informed so that you may withdraw your nomination. You may also withdraw it anytime you are no longer interested in volunteering.