And how do folks feel about future meetings being on Tuesday or Thursday nights? Ian can't make any of the Wednesdays. Cheers, Alison Jacqueline Elizabeth Bell wrote: > Hi Everyone, > > We will be holding a meeting tomorrow night at 7:00 in Votey 211. We > will have two professional members attending, Terry Barret and Margaret > McMorrow. They are interested to learn about our chapter and our > Nicaragua project. Terry has volunteered to be our technical lead for > the project. She has a BSME (RPI'93) and has worked for a couple years > in an engineering consulting firm before joining IBM and working for > some years in equipment engineering and microlithography. From '03-'05 > she tried something different, studying Tibetan language at UVa for six > months and then two years in India, Nepal, and Tibet, with monks and > nuns at monastic colleges and monasteries. Now she's back at IBM > working in optical engineering, simulating and characterizing image > sensor chips for digital cameras. > Margaret is is hoping to get involved more with the professional > chapter in Vermont as well. She plans on attending the International > Conference with us. > > At tomorrow's meeting we will discuss and register for the > International Conference. We can go to the computer lab after the > meeting and register online together, depending on our funding limit. > Matt - how was the meeting with SGA? What do they cover? Do we need > to speak to Dan Harvey in the dean's office? > Andy & Shanta - Is Mandar available to come to give a short talk on > soils as a guest speaker? Do you have his email, I could write him a > formal invitation. > Please continue to do your own research on solar-powered water pumps > and projects similar to ours. > > Jess - Is there a schedule for when we are able to volunteer at the > Teddy Bear factory to fundraise? > Matt - Have we determined when to order the bagels/ breakfast > sandwiches? Were you able to speak to Feel Good? > > See you tomorrow! > > Jacquie -- Alison Pechenick, Lecturer Department of Computer Science College of Engineering & Mathematical Sciences 351 Votey Hall University of Vermont Burlington, VT 05405 (802)656-2547 http://www.cems.uvm.edu/~apecheni