MC ACM Minutes -- November 14, 1999

Attendance: Don Barber, David Bettinger, Amber Chappars, Ryan Coleman, Rudy Denius, Ryan Longfellow, Todd Stratman

Coleman passed out information about national membership to the ACM

• Each officer must be a member of ACM
• Other memberships are optional
• Coleman will accept cash, check, or money order if anyone wants to send in money as a group
• By unanimous vote, the officers will pay for their own memberships

The financial committee met to discuss ways to make money for the chapter

• One suggestion is to sell blank disks and CD's with a 50¢ to $1 markup
• The chapter could also work at a rest stop, selling donuts, coffee, and other items; possibly around spring break or graduation
• Russell Hall residents may need help installing network cards next semester
• We could also request donations from local businesses

The professional development committee looked into getting A+ certification because it would involve the least amount of money

• The test would would certify someone in competent, entry-level tech support
• A manual would be needed for learning more trivial details, and would probably take about six months to study
• Testing can be done as close as Vienna
• Barber will look into getting a CD copy of the study book and putting it on the network
• More information is available at gocertify.com

The server in Russell needs work on the wiring, and the server should be moved in by next week

Current problems with the computer science/information systems curriculums were disussed

• The topic of CS 392 did not seem appropriate or interesting to some students
• Some people expressed interest in seeing more non-programming classes

The next meeting will be held on Sunday, December 5, 1999. Barber will be showing some basics about PHP scripting at the end of the meeting.