Lamar ACM

The LAN Party will be on the 20th of November from 6pm to 6am.

MOVIE NIGHT - Tomorrow, 10/30/09 - 7 pm - Friday

• Bring your own movies

ACM Meeting - 11/6 - 2pm - Friday

• T-Shirt
• Fund-raising
• LAN Party
• Other events

LAN Party - 11/20 - Set-up at 6pm - Friday

So, we have board game night scheduled for Friday 09/11 from 7:30 - 11! I've attached the flier, so please, have a look! If you plan on bringing a board game, please post a comment. If you have a request, post a comment, and  we'll see what we can do!

-Valerie

Upcoming Events:

• 9/11 - Game Night 7:30
• 9/18 - Lan Party 6pm - 6am
• 9/24 - Programming Contest

In the Air:

• 9/17 - Organization Fair
• 9/21 - Link Sale
• T-Shirt Contest

Fundraising

• Quarter flyers for ACM/ Inspired/ Stairstep
• Link Sale

To Do

• Flyers for
• • fundraising
  • game night
  • lan party
  • programming contest
  • ACM/Inspired/Stairstep

We have just upgraded the ACM website to Drupal 6.

This upgrade should make the website a lot easier to use and will provide some helpful new features such as:

• New text editor based on the Yahoo! User Interface Library. The YUI editor should be easier to use and more stable than the TinyMCE editor that the site used to use. If you do not like it then please tell us so we can change it to a different editor. There are a few kinks that need to be worked out such as image uploading and link errors.
  
• OpenID support. Now you can use your OpenID credentials to log into your account instead of having to use your ACM password.
• New Officers menu in the left hand navigation bar. This should allow you to post news and add new polls easily.

The picture gallery module had a few problems so it is disabled at the moment. It will be re-enabled after there has been time to fix it.

There is also a problem with uploading new pictures in the text editor. Hopefully this will be fixed in the future.

We hope you like the new features. If there are any problems then be sure to tell us about it at acmlamar@gmail.com.

It's that time again! All CS classes are cancelled to make time for students to participate in student organized events! Please join us in the events and competitions!

Schedule:

10:00 Computer Building Contest – Upstairs Maes Commons
Test your building skills and try to disassemble and reassemble a computer tower in the fastest time!!

11:00 Google Word Hunt – Lab 211
Show off your Google skills by being the first to answer all the trivia questions!!

12:00 Links and a Movie: Wall-e – Room 111
Watch the award winning film about a lonely robot and his journey across the galaxy. Links will be sold for $2.

2:00 Clues! – Upstairs Maes Commons
Team up and solve tough riddles to get to the final Clue!

3:00 Scratch Animation Competition – Lab 215
Show off your creative side using Scratch to create a CS related animation. The best one wins a prize!

4:00 Adjournment – Upstairs Maes Commons

We also discussed the menu for the Spring Banquet. You can read all information about the Spring Banquet in the forums under General Topics.

Our new officers are official as of this month. They will be helping the old officers with preparations for the Spring Banquet and will be shown the ropes until the end of the semester. Please welcome them.

President - Valerie Juarez

Vice President - Ric Guidry

Treasurer - Daniel Vincent

Secretary - Kasey Doss

Here are the events that are coming up:

LAN Party - Friday Feb 6th, Upstairs Maes Commons 6pm-6am
Bring your computer and spend the night playing LAN games with other students. Join in console games or watch Anime. Free to come, $10 for pizza and drinks.

ACM Meeting - Friday Feb 13th, Maes Rm 111 2pm

Game Night - Friday Feb 27th, Upstairs Maes Commons 6pm-Midnight
Play Risk, Cranium, Monopoly, Cards, Life, or other choice of games. Bring your favorites.

ACM Meeting - Monday Mar 2nd, Upstairs Maes Commons 4pm
Officer Elections