Membership Meeting Eurocrypt 2003 Warsaw 7 May 2003 IACR President Clark convened the meeting at 16:10. Clark then introduced the Officers of the IACR and noted that the purpose of the meeting was to give information about IACR activities and solicit comments from the membership. He added that the Board was elected by the membership. Clark then stated that the IACR faced challenging times and detailed current issues. He noted that the IACR is not for profit and that its purpose is to promote research in cryptology and related fields. Clark described the activities of the Board including conferences and workshops, the Journal of Cryptology, the IACR Newsletter, the ePrint Archive, and the web site at http://www.iacr.org. Clark noted that the IACR Board includes 4 elected Officers, 9 elected Directors, and 6 General Chairs of IACR conferences. He indicated that 3 Directors terms would be expiring at the end of 2003 and added that 3 Board members were appointed to various roles. Clark said that attendees of Eurocrypt automatically become members of the IACR for the following year. Clark then announced members of the Election Committee that would be supervising the next elections. IACR Treasurer Langford then delivered a financial report. Langford noted that in 2002, Eurocrypt had returned a surplus of approximately $23,000, Crypto had returned a surplus of approximately $17,000, and Asiacrypt had suffered a loss of approximately $8,000 with an additional loss of approximately $7,000 due to currency fluctuation. Langford added that at the end of 2002, the IACR had approximately $625,000 in assets with total reserves after obligations of approximately $405,000. Langford then noted that the IACR faced fiscal challenges due to declining attendance (not unique to the IACR) and two-year advance planning in the face of lower membership. She recommended budgeting for lower attendance, cutting costs, and seeking more sponsorship. Clark noted that IACR mailing costs were roughly $20,000 annually and indicated that as of 2003, the paper membership list would be replaced by an electronic pdf mailing. Whit Diffie then offered to provide historic Eurocrypt attendance data. Clark then reported on recent and future conferences and workshops. He said that Asiacrypt 2002 had been an excellent conference. Clark then thanked Eurocrypt 2003 General Chair Gawinecki and Program Chair Biham for their work in this conference. Clark then announced that Crypto 2003 would be held in Santa Barbara August 17-21, 2003 with Greg Rose as General Chair and Dan Boneh as Program Chair. Clark then announced that Asiacrypt 2003 would be held in Taipei, Taiwan November 30 through December 4, 2003 with Chin Chen Chang as General Chair and Chi Sung Laih as Program Chair and would feature an IACR Distinguished Lecture to be delivered by Don Coppersmith. Clark then announced that FSE 2004 would be held in New Delhi, India February 5-7, 2004 and that PKC 2004 would be held in Singapore March 1-4, 2004. Clark then announced that Eurocrypt 2004 would be held in Interlaken, Switzerland May 2-6, 2004 with Jan Camenisch as General Chair and Christian Cachin as Program Chair. Clark then announced that Crypto 2004 would be held in Santa Barbara in late August, 2004 with James Hughes and General Chair and Matt Franklin as Program Chair. Clark then announced that Asiacrypt 2004 would be on Jeju Island, Korea, December 5-9, 2004 with Kwangjo Kim as General Chair and Pil Joong Lee as Program Chair. Clark then announced that Eurocrypt 2005 would be held in Aarhus, Denmark with Ivan Damgaard as General Chair. Clark then solicited proposals to host Eurocrypt 2006. Journal of Cryptology Editor-in-Chief Maurer then reported on the Journal which he described as the premier journal in the field. Maurer encouraged members to submit their best papers and do their job as referees. He added that the Journal was on track with 3 special issues forthcoming. Clark then briefly described the IACR Newsletter which is published thrice annually. Clark then gave an update on the IACR relationship with Springer-Verlag. He said that a new contract had been signed that would allow Springer-Verlag to continue publishing IACR proceedings and the Journal of Cryptology and the copyrights would be listed as being owned by the IACR. He gave the Springer-Verlag LINK service URL and password. Clark then discussed the impact of SARS on Asiacrypt 2003. He said that the issue had been discussed at length by the Board and that the situation was being actively monitored with respect to both Asiacrypt and Crypto and noted that this was not unique to Asia and the Pacific. He said that the Board encouraged continued support of and submission of papers to Asiacrypt and that alternatives would be found if necessitated by extraordinary circumstances. Clark then reported on planning for new IACR Information Systems with goals that include on-line membership management, on-line conference registration, on-line paper submission and review, hosting of the IACR web site and archive, and Newsletter mailing. Clark said that these services would cost money but that they would deliver better service while reducing the costs of mailings and management. ________________________________________________________________________ At 16:37 Clark opened the floor for discussion from the membership. ________________________________________________________________________ Whit Diffie expressed the view that if SARS caused Asian delegates to not be welcomed by the University of California then the IACR should be prepared to move the Crypto conference. Clark responded that the IACR would continue to monitor the situation and be sensitive to the needs of its members. Diffie suggested the possibility of influencing the situation ahead of time, and Clark said that he would work with Crypto 2003 General Chair Rose and the UCSB. ________________________________________________________________________ The Membership meeting was then adjourned at 16:40. ________________________________________________________________________ Respectfully submitted Josh Benaloh IACR Secretary