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Wow, Joy, that's exciting! Let's Chat about this more tomorrow when the officers'll be together, and just to remind everyone... DON'T FORGET THE PICNIC TOMORROW! :) -Caitlin the diligent On Fri, 22 Sep 2000, Joy A. Wyte wrote: > 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 :) > |Caitlin Coughlin: | [log in to unmask] | "J'eponge, donc j'essuie." |41 Green Street | --HC |Burlington, Vt, 05401 |