Hi everyone!!!

About the meeting's time...i can do it on Wednesday next week..or sooner on
Monday if you prefer @ 5:00 p.m? @ 5:30 p.m?

Let me know...

Gabriela...By the way, the movie night yesterday was awsome and would be really
nice if we can put the information about Open Source Code in the website and
probably generate a discussion in the forum.


Quoting Eric Silverberg <[log in to unmask]>:

> Hello, Everyone,
> 
> I would like to respond to Josh's questions and comments.
> 
> At last week's meeting (which I thought everyone understood to be last 
> Wednesday evening) four people attended: myself, Jacob Beauregard (CSSA 
> Webmaster), Evan Flynn (CSSA Vice President), and our faculty advisor, 
> Bob Erickson.
> 
> A few things have been decided. Firstly, last semester I asked if there 
> was any interest in running a mentoring program for younger CS students. 
> Only one other person expressed any interest, so it did not go forward. 
> This semester, we are going to do a movie-night-like event directed at 
> first-year CS students in which we can have older students talk about 
> their experiences in the department beyond the CS21/26 level. I will 
> coordinate and run this meeting. It will probably take place in the 
> second half of the semester, but perhaps sooner. I will see what Bob 
> thinks and talk to the CS21 and 26 professors to get an idea what would 
> be best for the students.
> 
> We will have to have another CSSA officers' meeting due to the lack of 
> attendance at the last one. I'm not blaming anyone for not showing up; 
> I'm sure there was a reason for the poor attendance.
> 
> I do not know why the website hasn't been updated yet, but our Webmaster 
> (Jacob Beauregard) has assured me that he is going to update it soon.
> 
> Movie nights last semester were abundantly successful. They were 
> centered less around the films being shown and more upon the student 
> speakers. A lot of students got a lot out of last semester's movie night 
> program. They received respectable attendance and were inexpensive to 
> run. Consequently, the movie night program will remain in place for this 
> semester. I will pick at set of dates to run about the same number of 
> movie nights this semester as last and send that out soon. There is a 
> movie night at 8:00 tonight.
> 
> We have been asked if we are going to run career day again this year. I 
> am interested to hear how everyone feels about that. If I get any 
> significant interest at all, I will be happy to tell Xindong that career 
> day is on and we will set a date and find speakers. If I get no 
> response, we will not have career day this year.
> 
> I am aware that "the powers that be" are unhappy, but I am only aware 
> because I have heard it through th grapevine. My suspicion is that the 
> primary reason that people are unimpressed withe the '06-'07 CSSA is 
> that they do not fully understand what it is we have been doing. In 
> fact, no faculty member (with the exception of our advisor) has asked me 
> anything about the CSSA. That being said, I do not care who is unhappy 
> with the club or what their reasons are for being unhappy. If there is a 
> problem and someone with authority would like to address it, they should 
> get in touch with me and I would be happy to talk with them. If no one 
> asks, I will assume that there is no problem, and club operations will 
> continue as planned. I would like to emphasize that this club is not 
> about pleasing members of the faculty, it is about providing the 
> greatest benefit to the students of the CS department. We have made 
> great progress, and will continue to provide more to the CS student body 
> throughout this semester.
> 
> When are all the officers available for another officers' meeting? As 
> our budget is tight and it is early in the semester, I will not be 
> ordering any pizza for this meeting. If there is money left over at the 
> end of the semester after all the events for our members are paid for, I 
> will order pizza for an officers' meeting at that time.
> 
> 
> Thank you,
> Eric Silverberg
> President, CSSA
> [log in to unmask]
> 
> 
> 
> Joshua L. Payne wrote:
> > Hey CSSA officers,
> > Did we end up having a meeting last Wednesday? A confirmation email
> > regarding the date and time was never sent. Who attended? What topics
> > were covered? Where are the minutes? Why weren't they sent?
> >
> > Maybe we should have another meeting when everyone can attend. I think
> > there are some specific issues we really need to address. Like, why is
> > the CSSA website displaying information from 2005? What activities are
> > we going to plan for this semester (other than movie nights)? As far as
> > I know, the powers that be aren't too happy with the CSSA this year and
> > we really need to sit down and discuss why this is and what we can do
> > about it.
> >
> > Also, I have some CSSA seminar series info to tell everyone. 
> >
> > O.k., let's agree on a day and time. I am available anytime other than
> > T&R 12:30-2:00pm. Let's order some pizza too.
> > Josh
> >
> > Joshua L. Payne
> > The University of Vermont
> > Department of Computer Science
> > Votey 347
> > Burlington, VT 05401
> > 1-802-656-9116
> > www.cs.uvm.edu/~jpayne
> >  
> >
> > -----Original Message-----
> > From: Joshua L. Payne [mailto:[log in to unmask]] 
> > Sent: Monday, January 29, 2007 10:13 AM
> > To: 'Computer Science Student Association'
> > Subject: RE: CSSA Officers' Meeting..Wed @ 5?
> >
> > I'm fine with wed 5pm.
> >
> > Joshua L. Payne
> > The University of Vermont
> > Department of Computer Science
> > Votey 347
> > Burlington, VT 05401
> > 1-802-656-9116
> > www.cs.uvm.edu/~jpayne
> >  
> >
> > -----Original Message-----
> > From: Computer Science Student Association [mailto:[log in to unmask]] On
> > Behalf Of Alba Gabriela Garay Romero
> > Sent: Monday, January 29, 2007 7:49 AM
> > To: [log in to unmask]
> > Subject: Re: CSSA Officers' Meeting..Wed @ 5?
> >
> > Wed @ 5:00 p.m.? @ 6:00 p.m.? I will prefer before 7:00 if it is
> > possible.
> >
> > Have a Nice Week!!!
> >
> > Gabriela
> > Quoting Jacob Richard Beauregard <[log in to unmask]>:
> >
> >   
> >> On Tuesday I start at 8, and am pretty much locked up until 5.  
> >> Wednesday after I get out of HCI (Votey 367), and before movie night  
> >> time would probably be good.
> >>
> >> Quoting "Joshua L. Payne" <[log in to unmask]>:
> >>
> >>     
> >>> Yo officers
> >>> I agree; we should meet. My schedule is wide open except on Tuesday
> >>>       
> > from
> >   
> >>> 5-6:30pm as I am covering one of Chris Skalka's classes. Other than
> >>> that, whenever works for you guys will work for me. Just pick a time
> >>>       
> > and
> >   
> >>> let me know.
> >>> Josh
> >>>
> >>> Joshua L. Payne
> >>> The University of Vermont
> >>> Department of Computer Science
> >>> Votey 347
> >>> Burlington, VT 05401
> >>> 1-802-656-9116
> >>> www.cs.uvm.edu/~jpayne
> >>>
> >>>
> >>> -----Original Message-----
> >>> From: Computer Science Student Association
> >>>       
> > [mailto:[log in to unmask]] On
> >   
> >>> Behalf Of Eric Silverberg
> >>> Sent: Friday, January 26, 2007 2:38 PM
> >>> To: [log in to unmask]
> >>> Subject: CSSA Officers' Meeting
> >>>
> >>> Everyone,
> >>>
> >>> I feel comfortable saying last semester was a total success. While
> >>>       
> > about
> >   
> >>> 90% of club activities were dubbed "movie nights", the main focus of
> >>> these events was clearly the discussions preceding each movie. Many
> >>> thanks to all who spoke and were involved, primarily Gary Johnson
> >>>       
> > who is
> >   
> >>> the driving force behind the new direction for the movie night
> >>>       
> > program.
> >   
> >>> We should have a meeting to discuss this semester's activities. I am
> >>> going to try and find out where our budget stands and how on target
> >>>       
> > we
> >   
> >>> are. The financial systems for clubs like ours does not make
> >>>       
> > information
> >   
> >>> readily available, and this is a challenge. In the future we
> >>>       
> > probably
> >   
> >>> should make an effort to track expenses carefully ourselves.
> >>>
> >>> What time next week would be good for all of you for a meeting?
> >>> Wednesday evenings have been the norm in the past, and that is fine
> >>>       
> > with
> >   
> >>> me. If that doesn't work or is inconvenient for someone, I am open
> >>> evenings all week and even some mornings. Let me know what your
> >>> schedules are.
> >>>
> >>> Thank you,
> >>> Eric Silverberg
> >>> CSSA President
> >>> [log in to unmask]
> >>>
> >>>       
>