CHAIR HOW-TO: Manage Senior Meta-Reviewer Note

OVERVIEW

The Chairs may use the 'Senoir Meta-Reviewer Note' to see if the Senior Meta-Reviewers performed certain tasks and/or to gather specific information not otherwise obtained from other avenues.
In this case we will use the 'Senior Meta-Reviewer Note' to assess Meta-Reviews and Reviews to inform the Chairs at a quick glance.

SENIOR META-REVIEWER NOTE PAGE

Settings Tab

• Go to the Settings tab, click 'Notes' > 'Senior Meta-Reviewer'

Note

In a multi-track conference, a track must be selected before the features are enabled.

Add New Question

• In the 'Senior Meta-Reviewer Note Questions' page, click 'Add new question.'

Create New Question Dialog Box

• In the 'Create New Question' dialog box, enter the question/statement, select the checkboxes desired, configure the type, then save the changes

Important

The timeline activities must be set with Author Notification = Completed and the Deadline set to a date in the past, for the Senior Meta-Reviewer note to be visible to Authors.

• Verify the question was added

VERIFY CHAIR CONSOLE

• Verify the Senior Meta-Review Note column was added to the Chair Console.

SENIOR META-REVIEW SETTINGS

Indirect Assignments

Indirect assignments are when the Senior Meta-Reviewer is assigned a Meta-Reviewer, which in turn is assigned papers.

The settings for indirect assignments are:

• Assign paper to senior meta-reviewer through meta-reviewer
• Do not use senior meta-reviewer conflict with submission
• Allow meta-reviewer to inherit senior meta-reviewer's conflict

Senior Meta-Reviewer Indirect Assignments

• Go to the Senior Meta-Reviewer Assignments page via the Chair Console to assign the Meta-Reviewers to the Senior Meta-Reviewer

Direct Assignments

Direct assignments are when the Senior Meta-Reviewer is assigned a papers ID directly.
For Senior Meta-Reviewer direct assignments make sure to DISABLE these settings:

• Assign paper to senior meta-reviewer through meta-reviewer
• Do not use senior meta-reviewer conflict with submission
• Allow meta-reviewer to inherit senior meta-reviewer's conflict

Senior Meta-Reviewer Direct Assignments

• Go to the Senior Meta-Reviewer Assignments page via the Chair Console to assign the paper IDs to the Senior Meta-Reviewer

SENIOR META-REVIEWER CONSOLE

From the Senior Meta-Reviewer perspective.

• In the Senior Meta-Reviewer Note column, click 'Add'

• In the ensuing page, answer the questions and click 'Submit'

• Verify answers are in the Senior Meta-Reviewer Note column. If there are any modifications to be made, click 'Edit"

CHAIR CONSOLE

• In the Chair Console, find the row for the paper and click the number in the Senior Meta-Reviewer Note column

Chair can see the notes in the 'View Senior Meta-Reviewer Notes' page.

AUTHOR CONSOLE

Important

The timeline activities must be set with Author Notification = Completed and the Deadline set to a date in the past, for the Senior Meta-Reviewer note to be visible to Authors.