Special Interest Groups of the MAA

Outline of the History of SIGMAAs

• January 1999: MAA Board of Governors forms study group to establish recommendations to guide the MAA into the new century
  
  
• Spring 1999: A New Agenda for the 21st Century, developed through the MAA's strategic planning process, includes the recommendation of the task force to "Facilitate the Formation of Special Interest Groups"
  
  
• Spring 1999: MAA Task Force on Special Interest Groups created to develop guidelines for the establishment of Special Interest Groups within the MAA
  
  
• Summer 1999: Task Force's Resolution on Establishing Special Interest Groups approved by MAA Executive Committee and Boardof Governors. The Resolution officially names the groups "SIGMAAs"
  
  
• Fall 1999: Task Force's Procedures for Establishing a SIGMAA approved by MAA Executive Committee
  
  
• December 1999: New SIGMAAs program officially announced in FOCUS
  
  
• January 2000: SIGMAA RUME approved as the first SIGMAA
  
  
• May 2000: SIGMAA STAT-ED approved as the second SIGMAA
  
  
• January 2001: BIG SIGMAA approved as the third SIGMAA
  
  
• Summer 2001: MAA Board of Governors disbands the Task Force and creates the MAA Committee on SIGMAAs
  
  
• November 2001: HOM SIGMAA approved as the fourth SIGMAA
  
  
• January 2002: First Annual SIGMAA Officers Meetings held at the Joint Mathematics Meetings
  
  
• August 2002: SIGMAA EM approved as the fifth SIGMAA
  
  
• November 2002: POM SIGMAA approved as the sixth SIGMAA
  
  
• June 2003: WEB SIGMAA approved as the seventh SIGMAA
  
  
• January 2004: SIGMAA QL approved as the eighth SIGMAA
  
  
• January 2005: SIGMAA TAHSM approved as the ninth SIGMAA
  
  
• August 2006: BIO SIGMAA approved as the tenth SIGMAA
  
  
• October 2006: SIGMAA ARTS approved as the eleventh SIGMAA
  
  
• January 2009: SIGMAA MCST approved as the twelfth SIGMAA