Article 1. Name, Mission, and Activities
The organization will be called:
The Special Interest Group on Information Systems Analysis & Design and is referred to by the acronym SIGSAND. It is a Special Interest Group (SIG) of the Association for Information Systems (AIS).
The mission of SIGSAND is:
To discuss, debate, collaborate, communicate, develop, and promote issues pertaining to the history, reference disciplines, theories, ontologies, methodologies, techniques, processes, principles, new developments, practice, evaluation, quality control, management and pedagogy of information systems, including requirements, analysis, design, and implementation tasks and technologies related to such systems in the business and the organizational and societal contexts.
SIGSAND activities pertaining to systems analysis and design shall include, but not be limited to:
- Holding the SIGSAND symposium every year;
- Organizing tracks, mini-tracks, panels, and tutorials at AIS-sponsored conferences;
- Collecting and disseminating information related to systems analysis and design through a website, and other electronic and print resources;
- Striving to make the membership global by reaching out and developing alliances with organizations that have similar goals;
- Creating and managing working groups for education, research, and development purposes.
Article 2. Officers
- The elected officers of SIGSAND are the President, the Vice-President, and the Publicity Coordinator. The Vice-President will also act as the Secretary, and the Publicity Coordinator will also act as the web manager and membership coordinator. Each officer shall have a two-year term. Each officer is required to be a SIGSAND member.
- SIGSAND will have an advisory board, which will participate in setting policy and directions. The advisory board members will also have a two-year term. This term will coincide with the terms of the officers. The most recent ex-officers will be automatically appointed to the Advisory Board for the subsequent two year term.
- Elections will be held every two years at a SIGSAND symposium. Nominations for each candidate for a position must be turned in prior to the symposium at a date decided by the President.. A nomination must be seconded, and accepted by the candidate. Balloting for each position will be performed either at the symposium or electronically, in a manner specified by the President before the symposium. The candidate who obtains the highest votes will be assigned to the office. If there are more than two candidates, the highest vote need not be a majority vote. If there is a tie, balloting will be repeated until a winner emerges. Only AIS SIGSAND members can vote for positions. The departing President will be responsible for conduct of the elections.
- The President is the principal officer responsible for leading and managing SIGSAND, will conduct the meetings, and make appoint standing committees as deemed necessary to conduct specific initiatives. The Vice-President will preside at meetings when the President is absent, assist the President in leading and managing SIGSAND, and maintain meeting minutes. The Publicity Coordinator will maintain membership records, and record and manage the website.
- Should the President leave office before his/her term expires, the Vice President will assume the duties of the President. If any other officer leaves office, the President will hold an election for that position following the guidelines for elections.
Article 3. Executive Committee
The executive committee will consist of the following: the President, the Vice-President, and the Publicity Coordinator. The executive committee will vote to approve all ad-hoc appointments made by the President. The executive committee will appoint the Advisory Board every two years. The executive committee will evaluate proposed initiatives and approve proposed amendments to the SIGSAND bylaws.
Article 4. Amendments
A proposal to amend the bylaws can be made by a SIGSAND member provided there is at least another member to second it. It will be evaluated by the executive committee and, if approved, subject to vote at the next SIGSAND symposium or meeting, or electronically, in a manner decided by the President. The amendment will be proposed as a motion, which will require 2/3 of the effective votes to pass.
Article 5. Meetings
SIGSAND will attempt to hold at least two meetings in a given year: at the SIGSAND symposium (generally held in March through June), at the AMCIS conference (generally held in August), and/or at the ICIS conference (generally held in December).
The intent of the symposium will be to foster close knit cooperation amongst members of the SAND community. The symposium will be managed by the “Symposium Committee” responsible for the organization of the symposium logistics, as well as the “Program Committee”, that will manage the program for the symposium. The chairs for both these committees will be appointed by the current President of SIGSAND, with an approval vote by the executive committee.
