1. © Ramesh Jain ACM Special Interest Group in Multimedia Systems (SigMultimedia)

2. © Ramesh Jain Mission SIGMM provides an international interdisciplinary forum for researchers, engineers, and practitioners in all aspects of multimedia computing, communication, storage and application.

3. © Ramesh Jain Membership Professi onal AffiliatesStudentsTotalRetention June 2001 410168250867.32 June 2002 358117244258.71 June 2003 37586544968.51 June 2004 388185946570.45 January 2005 382304846069.51

4. © Ramesh Jain Volunteer Development Many active people from different countries involved. Active volunteers trying to generate new activities in the field. New elections soon.

5. © Ramesh Jain Date AmountRequiredDiscretionary D/Member June'01 $131,649$27,182$104,467 $236 June'02 $131,979 $35,276$ 96,703 $218 June03 $150,066$41,548$108,518 $242 June04$187,724$50,034 $137,690 $296 Jan05 $150,551 Fund Balance

6. © Ramesh Jain Conferences ACM Multimedia: Yearly High quality conference – most prestigious About 300+ papers submitted; approx. 15% accepted NOSSDAV: Workshop on Network and Operating Systems Support for Digital Audio and Video Organized for last 14 years, and continues MM&Sec '04: Multimedia and Security Starting last year Multimedia Information Retrieval Will soon become a yearly workshop – independent of ACM Multimedia

7. © Ramesh Jain Member Benefits Receive ACM MM proceedings Access to all Workshop proceedings held with ACM MM through DL Access to Members Only areas of the Web Site. Updated website, becoming a big resource for members and community.

8. © Ramesh Jain SIG MULTIMEDIA AT SGB Have been a good citizen Regular in attendance Regular in submitting reports Building a strong volunteer base

9. © Ramesh Jain Conclusion We are in good shape. We are becoming more active and vibrant.