Duties of the Editor-in-Chief

• Coordinate all J-SAC activities.
• Review proposal evaluations, and make appropriate decisions on new issues.
• Assign a Senior Editor to act as the J-SAC Board Representative to new issues.
• Work with J-SAC Board Representative and Guest Editors to insure that issue is published on time and within the page budget.
• Coordinate overall page budget.
• Work with the ComSoc Publications Board and the J-SAC Board to continue the development of J-SAC.
• Handle problems as they arise.

• Coordinate scheduling of issues.
• Coordinate reviews of J-SAC proposals.
• Coordinate publication of calls for papers in J-SAC and in other ComSoc publications.
• Keep in close contact with the IEEE Publishing Department to identify problems early in the publications process.
• Receive lists of reviewers, statistics questionnaire, and prize paper nominations as soon as issue is published.
• Schedule meetings of the J-SAC Board and prepare minutes of board meetings.
• Maintain J-SAC Web pages.

• Evaluate proposals for J-SAC issues.
• Overview issues being prepared and those previously published in order to evaluate technical balance.
• Stimulate proposals in technical areas needing attention.
• Serve as J-SAC Board Representatives for issues under development to insure that issues are published on schedule and within the page budget.
• Receive from guest editors lists of reviewers, statistics questionnaire, prize paper nominations, and recommendations of papers to summarize in ComSoc Technology News, as soon as the issue is published.
• Review prize paper nominations and recommendations of papers to summarize in ComSoc Technology News.