under the guidance of wendy hall there will be a european chapter of acm announced, chaired by fabrizio gagliardi. good idea if it doesn't lead to isolation ...

Goals: Encouraging nominations of ACM European members for the advanced member grades of Senior Member, Distinguished Member, and Fellow;

Working with ACM SIGs to increase the number of ACM conferences in Europe;

Increasing the number of ACM chapters and level of chapter activity in Europe; and

Ensuring the perspective of senior European ACM members is brought to Europe-wide discussions on the future of computing | acm european council

would love to be in paris on the 8th of octubre as there will be a special track on european turing award winners.