from Dieter van Melkebeek: Conference on Computational Complexity - request for volunteers, sponsoring & organizational meeting

Dear TheoryNetter,

As you may know, after a discussion period and a recent poll (see
http://computationalcomplexity.org/forum), the steering committee of the
Conference on Computational Complexity (CCC) is unanimously in favor of
CCC becoming an independent conference provided that
(i) enough people are willing to make a commitment and help with this
endeavor, and
(ii) we can gather the required startup funds.

VOLUNTEERING

Among other things we need volunteers for the following:
- setting up the conference: creating a non-profit organization, other
potential legal issues, insurance, banking, sponsoring, proceedings,
registration, record keeping;
- serving on the executive committee of the independent conference;
- local organization for conferences in the near future.
If you are willing to help, please let us know and be as specific as
possible.

START-UP FUNDS

We'd like to get an idea of how much funding we'd be able to collect.
We're considering two types:
- Funds that would be used to bootstrap the conference and are
intended to be returned within three years. If you would be willing to
contribute to this fund, please tell us how much.
- Permanent donations. If you know of contacts for possible donors
(labs, institutions), please let us know.
Ultimately we need about $50K in the bank.

ORGANIZATIONAL MEETING

If we decide to become independent, we'd set up an organizational
meeting the day before and/or after CCC'14 in Vancouver, i.e., Tuesday
6/10 and/or Saturday 6/14. If you are volunteering as above, please
include in your response the following:
- Would you be able to attend on Tuesday 6/10: Y/N
- Would you be able to attend on Saturday 6/14: Y/N

Please send your response by May 8 to dieter@cs.wisc.edu.

Thanks for your consideration!

-- Dieter van Melkebeek
Chair of the CCC steering committee