Our next chapter meeting will be Tuesday, January 31, 2012 at 5:15pm in SEC 3437.

We will be discussing chapter events, like recaping the Microsoft AppLab workshop last Tuesday, looking forward to an upcoming LAN party, and more. We will also be looking for volunteers to run a Science Olympiad competition next month that the College of Engineering is hosting for area high schools and middle schools.

There will be a brief Tech Talk on an exciting topic in computing and, as always, there will be pizza and drink after the meeting.

Important: The Treasurer and Membership Committee will be collecting $5 dues from all members during the meeting. Please don’t forget to bring the amount, preferably in exact change.

We hope to see every one there!

http://blogs.msdn.com/tarawalker

Also, link to the Windows Phone Twitter App Demo code:

http://bit.ly/w9jox2

Committee forums have been added to the forums. They are meant to discuss and plan for any club issues in the event the committee can’t physically meet or if you need to bring something else to that committee’s attention. The intention is for at least one person from each committee to serve as the moderator to each forum.

I encourage all the committee members to head on over to the forums and introduce yourselves. If there are any volunteers for moderators, just contact me.

Students can win money and prizes by submitting Windows Phone apps.  See below for details.

Windows Phone Student Contests

Register at http://microsoftatunivofalwinphoneapplab.eventbrite.com/

You will learn how to get started on that next great app for the Phone using Silverlight and XNA.   

This is your chance to design and implement that cool new app you’ve been dreaming about, or put the finishing touches on your masterpiece, so bring your idea for a Mobile App and get ready to code.   

As you are designing, writing & testing your apps onsite, there will be guidanceMicrosoft professionals to help you get things right.

Use your newly developed skills to compete in the

Windows Phone App Dev Contest – Big Apps On Campus

and win big prizes like a trip to SXSW and/or $15,000.

Students will need to bring laptops running Windows or a Mac running dual boot Windows partition (no VM)

January 24th: 5:30 pm – 9:00pm

University of Alabama

Food & Prizes will be provided

The first meeting of the semester will be on Jan 17 (Tuesday) at 5:15 in SEC3437.

Microsoft will be host a Windows phone app building workshop on Jan 24 (Tuesday) at 5:15 in SEC3437.  Students that upload three apps to the Microsoft Marketplace will receive a free Windows phone.  Sign up details will be posted shortly.

Last night was the last ACM meeting for this year, and officer elections took place.

Your officers-elect are:

• Chair: Kim Kosta
• Vice Chair: Blake Bassett
• Secretary: Matt Robins
• Treasurer: Kim Oakes

We issue a thanks to all who ran for officership! There were a lot of good candidates to choose from.

Officer Elections are being held today at 5:15 in SEC3437. We will also be voting on an updated version of our bylaws, which will extend voting privileges to a larger set of members. We will also be discussing the possibility of imposing dues. These will both occur prior to officer elections.

The positions and nomination for those are as follows:

Chair:
Kim Kosta
Chris LaBauve

Vice Chair:
Blake Bassett
Alex Prim
Casey Ferris

Secretary:
Jackie Becton
Matt Robbins
Kim Oakes

Treasurer:
Phillip Guin
Keshia Doctor
Chris Hodapp

We will also be assigning chairs to the committees outlines in our bylaws.

You’re encouraged to head on over to the forums to vote on your favorite CS Faculty Halloween costume. Pictures will be posted as they come, but seek out the professors as necessary to find out what their costume is (or contribute a picture)!

The poll is divided into categories: professors in SEC and professors in Shelby.

ACM is in the process of migrating to a new web site. Please bear with us as the web site transitions to its final form. In the meantime, we welcome you to play with the new features.