The Computer Society Technical Committee Chairs last met November 19-20, 1996. Several items were discussed:

• The Computer Society Conference Board is changing the rules for "in cooperation" status. While the changes have yet to be published, our TCSP was denied "in cooperation" support for the ACSAC conference in December 1996. I would like to know how our membership feels about this issue.
• The Technical Activities Board is seeking ways to get more "grass root" involvement in their strategic planning. Ideas are being solicited.
• The Computer Society issued new TC charters. The initial draft was discussed at our last TC meeting (NISS Conference, October 1996). TCs are allowed to make modifications, which must be approved by the Computer Society.

I also recently received a message about a IEEE/CS member whose America On Line account was canceled because, apparently, someone was using her email address to distribute pornographic materials. She has received no assistance in determining why/how/by whom her email account was compromised. This raises an interesting question regarding the responsibilities of technical professionals in incidents like this. Should they be held responsible for making vulnerabilities in existing infrastructures known to users? For example, apparently some of the on-line "yellow pages" will let you modify their directory information about (other) Internet users. Tell us what you think.

Deborah M. Cooper
TCSP Chair