Joy I think you're ideas are great. Don't let anyone else tell you
different.
From an early age, I was shunned by all the "cool" people because I knew
too much. I felt like....well, I didn't know what I felt like, but in
retrospect, I think I felt a lot like Fox Mulder - a spook, a freak
searching for the answers to questions I didn't even know. People flicked
my "overly-large" ears from behind; they treated me with disrespect and
scorn because I knew what they didn't. So lets take back our dignity, and
become what we want to become, reguardless of how other people view
us. We'll be making mad cash when they're working at a gas station(not
that there's anything wrong with that).

Okay, I'm done. And I still think we need to plan our picinic a little
bit further in advance.

-JimBo the wonder-squirel


On Thu, 7 Sep 2000, Joy A. Wyte wrote:

> Hey everyone,
>
> Sorry I clearly approached my interest in CSSA the wrong way. I thought
> Penny would know if anything was being planned, so I asked her. She is in
> the process of getting labels of all CS majors (Arts and Sciences as well
> as Engineering). Whether you want to use them for the picnic or some
> future mailing, I'm sure they'll be useful.
>
> Anyway, I have some ideas about getting people to know each other, which
> will hopefully attract some of the new folks on campus and keep them
> interested in making CSSA bigger and better. It seems with the growing
> mass of CS majors, we could really do something. (I'm not exactly sure
> what that "something" is, but we could do it!)
>
> I have a background in Ropes Course facilitation, and would be psyched to
> plan some activities focused around helping people get to know each other,
> breaking that awkward bubble that keeps us all at a distance. I would
> like to see these activities progress to a brainstorm session of everyone
> sharing what they would like the CSSA to be, what activities they would
> like to attend, etc.
>
> I'm clearly out of the loop as far as history of the CSSA is concerned,
> and everyone tells me "don't you know these CS students are all 'geeks'
> who don't want to talk to each other?" I guess I'm still naive, and don't
> want to buy into that stereotype.
>
> So, if you would like to take advantage of my offer, and my
> "absurd" energy and belief that CSSA students are people who need and want
> contact with other people, let me know. I still plan to meet with Bob
> today to plan some activities, just in case they could be useful.
>
> Joy :)
>