Accept or Reject Proposals

1. Click on Completed Reviews Report on the Main Menu page
2. Click on Individual to see review data for Papers (You will only see the papers that have a Completed status – all reviewers assigned to that paper have completed their reviews)

Then you’ll see several columns showing the following information:

• First Column – Paper Title & Authors. Click on View Reviews to get a new window with all review data including comments.
• Second Column – Criteria. Click on the Criteria link at the top of the page to view criteria description. Click on the Reviewer link at the top of the page to open a new window with a reviewer key.
• Third Column – Average. Shows a score for each criteria from each reviewer, with total and average
• Fourth Column – Rank. Allows you to sort by Average, rank by Average, or change the rank of papers and save them in a Stored order that you determine.
• Fifth Column* – Action. Make a final decision about a paper by choosing Accept, Reject, or No Action. This section has to be completed (all reviewers/judges must have completed their reviews) before the system will allow you to release the reviews to the paper submitters. We are looking to release the site for paper submitters to read reviews by May 20, 2013.

*Note: this is one of the only places in the system where you and your co- chair can override the other person’s decisions. If possible, try to coordinate who is making the final acceptance and rejection decisions and when to make them. The status of the proposal will determine which emails are sent to the author. Make sure that you have made all Accept/Reject decisions in the Completed Reviews Report before sending Acceptance and Rejection letters through the bulk email system.

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