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special interest group wikipedia jump to content main menu main menu move to sidebar hide navigation main page contents current events random article about wikipedia contact us contribute help learn to edit community portal recent changes upload file special pages search search appearance donate create account log in personal tools donate create account log in contents move to sidebar hide top 1 technical sigs 2 non technical sigs toggle non technical sigs subsection 2 1 political interest groups 3 see also 4 references 5 external links toggle the table of contents special interest group 4 languages فارسی français 日本語 nederlands edit links article talk english read edit view history tools tools move to sidebar hide actions read edit view history general what links here related changes upload file permanent link page information cite this page get shortened url switch to legacy parser print export download as pdf printable version in other projects wikidata item appearance move to sidebar hide from wikipedia the free encyclopedia community with a shared interest in an area this article is about technical or social associations for other uses see interest group disambiguation for political advocacy groups see advocacy group a special interest group sig is a community within a larger organization with a shared interest in advancing a specific area of knowledge learning or technology where members cooperate to effect or to produce solutions within their particular field and may communicate meet and organize conferences the term was used in 1961 by the association for computing machinery acm an academic and professional computer society 1 sig was later popularized on compuserve an early online service provider where sigs were a section of the service devoted to particular interests 2 3 4 technical sigs edit the acm includes many sigs some starting as smaller special interest committees and formed the first group in 1961 acm supports further subdivision within sigs for more impromptu informal discussion groups at conferences which are called birds of a feather bof 5 acm s special interest groups sigs represent major areas of computing addressing the interests of technical communities that drive innovation sigs offer a wealth of conferences publications and activities focused on specific computing sub disciplines they enable members to share expertise discovery and best practices 6 the mathematical association of america has 14 sigs ranging from the arts to the web for instruction 7 8 the association for information science and technology calls its organizational divisions special interest groups non technical sigs edit organizations that are not technical may also have special interest groups which are normally focused on a mutual interest 9 or shared characteristic of a subset of members of the organization 10 an important example for this are trade unions for identity based advocacy groups see identity politics the japan association for language teaching has several sigs together they organize a pan sig conference each year mensa international has over a hundred sigs 11 political interest groups edit these interest groups support and lobby for areas of special need for example the sierra club focuses on protecting the environment as well as the wild places on earth they also promote education on preservation of the environment similar advocacy groups promote their special interests and organize to help them with their issue these political entrepreneurs are the classic view of the policy maker such groups need a patron to provide capital and support so the cause has to be one that many will support in competition with other causes that similarly seek support many of these dominant groups have subgroups that lobby for more specific issues but assist in the overall cause see also edit affinity group issue advocacy ads linux user group organizational structure references edit sig conference community historywiki acm org compuserve trs 80 org 1980 07 01 retrieved on 2014 06 16 sigs gsbrown org 2010 04 08 retrieved on 2014 06 16 modems the secret guide to computers computercraft com retrieved on 2014 06 16 birds of a feather faq sc17 14 october 2016 special interest groups www acm org sigmaa special interest groups of the maa mathematical association of america 2008 08 22 retrieved 2009 01 19 history of sigmaas mathematical association of america www maa org the community discovered special interest groups groups for specific interests within an educational organization friends general conference summer gathering adult young friends program a young adult focused sig in a quaker organization special interest groups sigs oc mensa retrieved 2022 05 02 external links edit acm special interest groups maa special interest groups retrieved from https en wikipedia org w index php title special_interest_group oldid 1344809542 category types of communities hidden categories articles with short description short 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