ACM

Thanks to all who came and helped out at SalukiLan 2009! Because of you, we managed to pull in ~120 students at one point (96 IP addresses were active!), plus helped to foster interest in technology among students.

We were mentioned in the Daily Egyptian! (http://www.siude.com/news/technology-group-holds-first-public-event-1.1937719)

We were mentioned in CPU Magazine! (http://www.computerpoweruser.com/LanYard/calendar.aspx?events=past&guid=dc6f60d7e30a42dea4e26ec94e09b009)

Special thanks to the following people (in no particular order):

• Kevin Reuter, for manning the signin/out booths for an incredible amount of time
• Steven Steffen, for helping resolve venue issues, and also for manning the signin/out booths
• Adam Norton, for working his duty as Events Chair and helping to resolve conflicts and issues
• Ben Edwards, for bringing to our attention problems and issues, and provided support to nearby LAN partiers
• Robert Humiston, for providing tools to make extra power cables and systems, and fixing a girl’s laptop for ACM
• Gi Vania, for donating his time at the last minute to keep SalukiLan up
• Curt Wilson, for giving an awesome talk on security, and getting root on the Linux demo machine
• Jacob Israel, who helped put up all the posters in the places we couldn’t reach, and for organizing the various tournaments
• Andrew Hickey, who quietly provided help and setup where it was needed, staying for the entire time
• Nick Chandler, who pointed out issues during initial set-up, and helped resolve them
• Lindsay Dubois, who pointed out issues during initial set-up, and helped resolve them, also for being an additional female presence
• Chris Weitzel, for manning the sign-in/out booths at the early hours on Sunday morning
• Aaron Ragusa, for lending us his switches, and providing comic relief
• Alan Owens, for providing pizza for those who looked after Logan

Special thanks also to the following groups of people:

• All the people and console gamers who helped to babysit Logan Owens and keep a rated G environment steady
• The gamers at the yellow table, who came early and helped with network and power set-up
• All the students who ended up attending SalukiLan 2009
• Housing technicians, for helping us resolve power consumption issues

Also thanks to the following officers whom came to help at various points of SalukiLan:

• Chris Ensign, helping with overnight shifts
• Jeff Cap, helping with the Linux booth and watching Curt Wilson gain root at 3AM
• Justin Lee, helping with overnight shifts and general cleanup
• Jay Meyer, helping with general management

Thanks to all our sponsors who provided us with stuff to give away:

• Thermaltake
• CPU Magazine
• Patriot Memory
• Alienware

Thanks to the following departments on SIUC campus:

• Computer Science, for lending us 4 switches and 5 full computer systems, and providing a polo shirt to raffle off
• Network Engineering, for lending us 2 switches and helping us with VLAN setup
• RHA+Housing, for allowing us to hold the event in Grinnell Hall

Thanks to IEEE+SIUIS for aiding in advertising and promotion of SalukiLan 2009.

A final thanks to Benjamin Wasson, President of ACM for hosting registrations on his own server at http://www.salukilan.com, and for remaining dedicated and putting in so much of his time to make this event happen.