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From: prisoner@jec312.its.rpi.edu (Allen S. Firstenberg)
Subject: Re: Ideas for student groups (was Re: Here is a quickie!!)
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Date: 27 Apr 91 21:41:45 GMT
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>>Whee.  The student ACM here at PSU is rather dull.  Give us tips for
>>livening up the club.  Just as long as it doesn't include more pizza. =)

I'd suggest Ice Cream... {:

>  * Get outside speakers in.  There's the ACM lectureship series; this

Can someone provide details about how student chapters can work with the
lectureship series?  We keep heraing about it, but have no firm details.

>  * If you've got enough people who would be interested, think about
>    starting a newsletter.  Maybe just one for your members, to keep
>    them all in touch; if you can find the funding, perhaps you can
>    distribute it to CS majors, or to users of the computer center's
>    facilities.  You can get exposure that way as well as contributing
>    to the university.

Contributing to the university is always a good idea.  Talk to the CS,
Management, or Engineering departments.  Talk to the computing center.  Talk
to your roomates!  Find out what needs to be done and try to get the ACM to
do it.

Expand beyond the CS department.  There are "computer professionals" in many
many departments.  Try to show that the ACM isn't full of hackers, but is
full of people who want to use computers in all fields.

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