AAAI News

The AAAI Executive Council Meeting was held August 12, 1986 in Salon 10, Franklin Plaza Hotel, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, from 6.30 -10:00 p.m Attendees. Tom Mitchell, Eugune Charniak, Richard Fikes, Ron Brachman, William Woods, Danny Bobrow, Mark Stefik, Ted Shorliffe, Pat Winston [President), Woody Bledsoe (Past-President), Barbara Grosz, Lyn Conway, Rszard Michalski, Doug Lenat, Marty Tenenbaum, Lee Erman, Marvin Minsky, Raj Reddy (President-elect), Peter Patel-Schneider Financial Status of the Association As of the end of July 31st, the AAAI had current assets of over $2SM in the bank Standing Committee Reports Conference Committee (Marty Tenenbaum reporting]: Apparently the technical program split is working and this year's conference seems to be satisfactory to many people. Publication Committee (Lee Erman reporting): If the magazine gets its second class permit, then next year's magazine expenses will be reduced. Committee recommended that we find an associate editor for Bob Engelmore They also recommended that we forge more cooperative relationships with IEEE and the ACM. Because of the tremendous production pressure to create a fifth "conference" issue, it will be eliminated and replaced with an advertising suppliment It was recommended to replace the Book Editor.