ACM

Meeting generally went rather well, with 25-30 students in attendance.

Several points of interest were discussed today:

• General Introduction of ACM, its officers and members
• Proposal to change meeting rooms
• Status of SalukiLan
• Proposal for the formation of Special Interest Groups
• Next Week’s Meeting
• Updates

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General Introduction of ACM, its officers and members

Ben gave a general rundown of what ACM was about. Dr. Wainer was also present to elaborate more on the national ACM organization, as well as the opportunities available for students. Membership forms are available online here. RSO Dues are $5/year, while ACM Dues are $19/year. Students get various benefits including access to the digital libraries regarding news and research on computing, as well as access to various Microsoft software for educational purposes as part of the MSDNAA.

Proposal to change meeting rooms

Most likely ACM will be migrating from the library to the student center for its weekly general meetings for the remainder of the semester. Meeting dates are unlikely to change, remaining at 5PM on Mondays.

Status of SalukiLan

Ben, Adam, and Sarah have been working continually in order to make SalukiLan a great event for October. Various sponsors have been contacted, and the following are now on board in support of the event: Cisco, Alienware, Thermaltake, Patriot, Attitude Designs. We are still in need of sponsors; if you are a business/company and wish to support SalukiLan, the SIUC LAN Party, please contact Ben, Adam, or Sarah.

We also would like members to come help and participate in the setting up of SalukiLan in general; we would like to encourage students to host booths on computer-related topics, whether it be research, industry, or entertainment-oriented.

Proposal for the formation of Special Interest Groups

Sarah put forth the proposal for the formation of various SIGs (Special Interest Groups) underneath the “umbrella” of ACM in order to foster discussion among students about various aspects of computing. If approved, students would be encouraged to host their own discussions and projects in one of the multitude of areas, whether it be CS, IST, or EE/CE-oriented. Potential SIGs include:

• SIGART – Artificial Intelligence
• SIGBED – Embedded Systems
• SIGCAS – Computers and Society
• SIGCOMM – Data Communications
• SIGGRAPH – Computer Graphics and Interactive Techniques
• SIGIR – Information Retrieval
• SIGMIS – Management Information Systems
• SIGMOBILE – Mobility of Systems, Users, Data and Computing
• SIGSAC – Security, Audit and Control
• SIGSAM – Symbolic and Algebraic Manipulation
• SIGSOFT – Software Engineering
• SIGWEB – Hypertext, Hypermedia and Web

A full list of official ACM SIGs can be found here.

Next Week’s Meeting

As next Monday is Labor Day, there will be no meeting, and no school. However, next Thursday (Sept 10) is ACM Bowling Night, so will count as an unofficial meeting. We need 30+ people to show up, as we have 6 lanes booked, so bring your friends! This will also give you a chance to meet and interact with current ACM members.

Updates

Currently I (Sarah) am in the midst of updating various aspects of the website in order to provide relevant information. For better updates and coverage, however, students are recommended to join the official SIUC ACM Listserv.

To subscribe to the list, send the following in the BODY of your e-mail to

LISTSERV@LISTSERV.ACM.ORG

SUB ACM-ILCarbondale-Members FirstName LastName

To browse existing archives or modify your subscription, visit:

http://listserv.acm.org/scripts/wa.exe?A0=ACM-ILCARBONDALE-MEMBERS&X=3B2BB07E82F21DF43A