There are a few companies that would like to come give a talk to the ACM group. Our last official meeting as a group for the year was on last Monday, November 26. Because of exams coming up, not many people will be able to show their faces to any kind of special event for the ACM. It was already suggested that 1 of the companies come in January when everyone's back to classes.

Any other suggestions or inputs would be welcomed.

Date: 8/31/07
Time: 2:00-3:00p.m
Food: Lots of pizza! mmm... lol

The first meeting was a success as Vidal previously stated. There were 30 or more in attendance (some came near the end) as we started off our very first meeting of the semester. Some IEEE members were present as well. Here are the topics that were covered at the meeting:

1. ACM-IEEE collaboration: it was discussed amongst the two groups that individual as well as group projects were encouraged between the two groups.
2. Tutoring Hours: We would like volunteers who would like to help tutoring for CSCE145 & 146 classes. Please contact Ben Fine (fineb at mailbox.sc.edu) or Andrell Shaw (shawaa2 at mailbox.sc.edu) for more information and signing up. Your name & tutoring hours will be placed on a chart outside of the ACM room (2A17) and other places in Swearingen.
3. Computers for ACM: one very important topic was getting computers setup in the ACM room. This would be great for students getting tutored and they may have access to nearby computers.
4. DEFCON: this hacker's competition was brought up during the meeting. Anybody interested should visit the website (http://www.defcon.org) for more information. This competition should be great for all the hackers out there.
5. Imagine Cup: The time is coming again for users to participate in the Imagine Cup France '08 competition. This competition is encouraged amongst all members so we can represent our school. Please visit the website for more information (http://imaginecup.com) or contact Ben Fine.
6. Pie Your Professor: this is a fund raiser event. Whichever professor raises the most money, receives a pie in the face. It would be great to give pie the winning professor with one they like (i.e. cherry pie). Heh!
7. Linux Group @ACM: We would like to have a the Linux Group come out and have fun with us during one of our meetings. I contacted the group already and they would be glad to come down and give a talk at an ACM meeting.
8. SCRA intern: The company SCRA is looking for an intern who is skillful in web development. Contact Dr. Buell and he can supply more information to all who are interested.
9. Game Night: It is not decided yet when we'll be having our first Game Night. But we would like to have several throughout the school year. Dr. Tang has an XBOX 360 and he is giving the ACM permission to use it at our events. We would like to thank him for the offer. Anybody who wouldn't mind bringing their game system/s in is invited so we can all have fun playing.

ACM meetings will be weekly starting Sept. 10. We would like to see as many faces as possible so we can all have a great time while being a constructive to the school and surrounding environment. Also, IEEE is willing to work with the ACM and hopefully we could aid each other.