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  • Proposals for organizing PACLIC 31 (2017) to be held in Philippines are well received. [2015/October/31: reported 2015/November/21]
  • Proposals for organizing PACLIC 31 (2017) are accepted until January 31st, 2015. [2014/December/13: reported 2014/December/18, amended 2015/May/25 for acronym style reasons]
  • A proposal for PACLIC 30 (2016) to be held in Seoul from December 8th Thursday till 10th Saturday (or alternatively from December 9th Friday till 11th Sunday) was approved. The dates are tentative but we intend to “collocate” this anniversary event with COLING 2016 in Osaka. [2014/December/13: reported 2014/December/18, amended 2015/May/25 for acronym style reasons]
  • A revised proposal for PACLIC 29 (2015) to be held in Shanghai from Ocober 30th Friday till November 1st Sunday was approved. [2014/December/13: reported 2014/December/18, amended 2015/May/25 for acronym style reasons]
  • We decided on a new style for acronyms for PACLIC conferences. [2014/December/13: reported 2014/December/18]
    • Starting with PACLIC 29, we will standardly add the calendar year in parenthesis: PACLIC 29 (2015).
  • We discussed some new policies regarding multiple submissions to one PACLIC conference by the same author(s). [2014/December/14: reported 2014/December/18]
    1. Starting with PACLIC 29 (2015), we will implement a policy of one unique first author for every paper in the final proceedings volume. [2014/December/13: reported 2014/December/18, amended 2015/May/25 for acronym style reasons]
      • The program committee is responsible for making sure that this requirement is met.
      • We will not add new restrictions upon submission but let the authors know of our policy.
      • The program committee contacts any first author with two or more accepted papers and let her/him make their decisions.
    2. Every first author needs to pre-register to be included in the program and to have the paper published in the proceedings volume.
      • The first author registration requirement will be checked at the time when the programme is to be finalized.
      • If needs arise, this registration requirement can be transferred to a yet unregistered co-author (especially, when the co-author will be the presenter).
  • We confirmed the following routine changes in the PACLIC Steering Committee Ex Officio memberships. [2014/December/18: reported 2014/December/18]
    • Dr. Huei-Ling Lai retires from the Committee as an Ex Officio Member.
    • Dr. Jong-Bok Kim joins the Committee as an Ex Officio Member.
  • Scopus has confirmed that they are now indexing PACLIC 27 and will do the same for PACLIC 28. PACLIC will be SCOPUS-indexed from 2005 (PACLIC 19) on. [2014/October/09 and 2014/October/30: reported 2014/October/30]
  • We confirmed our earlier agreement on the following two policies regarding multiple submissions. [2014/July/30: reported 2014/September/17]
    1. Starting with PACLIC 29, we require that author(s) declare upon submission any multiple submission(s) or intention to submit to multiple conferences, with a caution that failure to do so may lead to immediate disqualification of the paper.
    2. Starting with PACLIC 28, the pro-formal letter for the authors to sign to confirm acceptance should include lines stating that
      • the paper is original and does not contain any materials that may be considered to constitute copyright infringement or plagiarism; and
      • the paper will be immediately withdrawn from any other conference(s) that it has been submitted to.
  • A proposal by the local organizing committee to change the conference venue from Bangkok to Phuket was approved. [2014/June/6: reported 2014/September/17]
  • A new proposal to change the conference dates of PACLIC 28 to be held in Bangkok in 2014 from the dates of Dec 13th (Saturday) – 15 (Monday), 2014 to the dates of Dec 12th (Friday) – 14 (Sunday), 2014 was approved. [2014/January/8: reported 2014/January/31]
  • A new proposal for PACLIC 28 to be held in Bangkok in 2014 was submitted to the Steering Committe mailing list, with no objections from the members. It is to be held Dec 13th (Saturday) – 15 (Monday), 2014. [2013/November/23: reported 2013/December/25]
  • Proposals for PACLIC 29 to be held in Shanghai in 2015 was understood with positive feelings with the following caveats: (1) the proposed dates are rather earlier than usual years because of the weather (2) the registration fees are to be reconsidered, with full review of venuew and budgeting and (3) the proposals are to be reviewed online by the Steering Committee members. [2013/November/23: reported 2013/December/25]
  • Proposals for PACLIC 28 to be held in Bangkok in 2014 was approved with the following conditions: (1) it is to be approved by the Steering Committee mailing list as attendance to the committee meeting was rather limited (2) the dates is to be reconsidered and (3) the registration fees, especially student fees, are to be reconsidered. [2013/November/23: reported 2013/December/25]
  • Decision regarding PACLIC 28 to be held in 2014 is pending. [2012/November/08: reported 2012/December/15]
  • We confirmed that PACLIC 27 will be held at National Chengchi University in Taipei with revised dates of November 22nd (Friday) through 24th (Sunday), 2013. The dates are final. [2012/November/08: reported 2012/December/15]
  • Dr. Jae-Woong Choe is succeeded by Dr. Hee-Rahk Chae as a Standing Member representing Korea. [2012/November/08: reported 2012/December/15]
  • Prof. Yasunari Harada is succeeded by Dr. Kei Yoshimoto as a Standing Member representing Japan. [2012/November/08: reported 2012/December/15]
  • Waseda University Library Institutional Repository: Proceedings of PACLIC 22 through PACLIC 25 are made available at long last. [2012/June/15: reported 2012/June/17]
  • ACL Anthology Update: Proceedings of PACLIC 10 through PACLIC 25 are now available at the following page. [2012/June/07: reported 2012/June/17]
    http://aclweb.org/anthology-new/
  • We discussed preventive measures for no-shows at the time of the future PACLIC conferences and reached some decisions that would change how proceedings volumes are to be compiled and distributed. This change should be implemented starting PACLIC 26 in Bali to be held in November of 2012.[2012/March/24: reported 2012/April/8]
  • We confirmed that PACLIC 26 will be held in Bali from November 8th (Thursday) unitl 10th (Saturday), 2012. The dates are final. [2011/December/17: reported 2011/December/18]
  • We agreed that PACLIC 27 will be held at National Chengchi University in Taipei from November 15th (Friday) until 17th (Sunday), 2013. The dates are rather provisional. [2011/December/17: reported 2011/December/18]
  • Dr. Kim Teng Lua is succeeded by Dr. Min Zhang as a Standing Member representing Singapore. Dr.Kim Teng Lua is designated an Emeritus Member. [2011/December/17: reported 2011/December/18]
  • Dr. Ruli Manurung is appointed an Ex Officio Member in charge of organizing PACLIC 26. [2011/December/17: reported 2011/December/18]
  • Dr. Huei-Ling Lai is appointed an Ex Officio Member in charge of organizing PACLIC 27. [2011/December/17: reported 2011/December/18]
  • We agreed that PACLIC 26 will be held in Bali November 8-10, 2012. The dates are provisional. [2010/November/5: reported 2011/March/6]
  • We confirmed that PACLIC 25 will be held in Singapore December 16-18, 2011. The dates are final. [2010/November/5: reported 2011/March/6]
  • The web server hosting this web page was fatally damaged in late July of 2010. We resurrected the material on October 2nd and 3rd of 2010 but there are still some portions missing.[2010/October/4]
  • We agreed that PACLIC 25 will be held in Singapore December 5-7, 2011. The dates are provisional. [2009/November/3: amended 2010/October/4]
  • We confirmed that PACLIC 24 will be held in Sendai November 5-7, 2010. [2009/November/3]
  • We tentatively decided that PACLIC 24 be held in Sendai November 5-7, 2010. The dates are provisional. [2009/January/15: amended 2009/March/21]
  • We decided that PACLIC 23 be held in Hong Kong December 3-5, 2009. [2009/January/15]
  • We decided that PACLIC 22 be held in Cebu City November 20-22, 2008. [2007/October/31: amended 2008/January/11]
  • Waseda University Library Institutional Repository: Scanned PDF files of papers contained in proceedings from the past PACLIC conferences up to PACLIC 17 (2003) have been incorporated into Waseda University Library DSpace Institutional Repository and are now available via the Internet. Proceedings of PACLIC 18 has been Internet-accessible since 2005 and proceedings of PACLIC 19 and later will be processed in due time. [2007/October/20]
  • ISI Indexing: Proceedings from the last five PACLIC conferences (PACLIC 16-20, 2002-2006) are indexed in ISI Proceedings (formerly ISTP). All future PACLIC Proceedings will be submitted to ISI for indexing. [2007/May/28]
  • Waseda University Library Institutional Repository: Scanned PDF files of papers contained in proceedings from the past PACLIC conferences up to PACLIC 17 (2003) have been sent to Waseda University Library to make them available via the Internet from Waseda University Library Institutional Repository. We will make another announcement as soon as this process has been completed. Proceedings of PACLIC 18 has been Internet-accessible and proceedings of PACLIC 19 and later will be processed in due time. [2007/May/28]