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Hello all, Just wanted to give you all an update on the speaker planning ... I got an email from George Soules ( that guy Caitlin can't say enough good things about, who spoke to Myra's class last semester). Anyway, he said he'd be willing to come speak on October 3rd. YEAH!!!! I've just gotta comfirm use of a projector for his laptop. Then the night of October 24 happens to fall on the night before the Tech Fair. I've spoken with a woman from IBM and Beth Wright from Career Services, and we're gonna pull together a panel of UVM graduates from IBM and other companies to speak about their experiences at work relating specifically to the program at UVM. We should probably meet to more clearly define what we want them to talk about. When's good???? The sooner the better. Third, I've made contact with the Ergonomics folks, and they're willing to come. I just need to call and set it up. They have a 1 hour presentation that includes video and something else. Fourth, I'm working on setting up other speakers from a variety of companies who can share what they do (kinda like George Soules). Perhaps that will end up being another panel, or maybe we'll have them come next semester. Still in the works. Should we pick another date for this semester? I'd like to make a poster introducing the "Speaker Series" for CSSA with the dates and times posted that encourage people to save the dates. Then as we confirm the actual speakers, we can make specific posters for each talk. I figure the more posters we have out there, the more people will be aware of the CSSA, and they'll start coming. Does anyone know anything about a Computer ____ suite in L/L??? I'm not sure what they're focused on, but perhaps we should connect with them and possible plan some activities jointly. Anyway, just wanted to share my excitement about George Soules. Maybe tomorrow during the picnic we can set up another "business" meeting to discuss these speaker possibilities and further clarify what we want to have happen. See ya all tomorrow!!! Joy :)