So the ACM Rave at the hackerspace is tomorrow. I imagine people will be needing rides. ACM's forum is now online. If anybody is planning on going down and can offer a ride to ACM members, please do so on the forum. Anybody looking for a ride, similarly, please check the forum. Event location is 701 Seneca St, Buffalo NY 14210 time approx 9pm-4am but feel free to show up a bit earlier if you'd like.

-Brian

Hello everyone Phillip Matuskiewicz will be presenting a series of lectures on web development. Next next installment will be tomorrow Thursday at 7pm in 224 Bell hall next to Dr. Selman's office. You can obtain a copy of this weeks lecture slides at Slides

-Brian

Hello Again. We have some upcoming ACM Events.
The First event is Next Wednesday the 28th which will be Hosted by ACM and the Philosophy Club at UB. We will be discussing the intersections of Computer Science and philosophy. Food will be provided and the event will last from about 3:30 to 5:30. Feel free to come at anytime.

Our second event is going to be the Rave at the buffalo hackerspace! This event will be taking place next Friday the 29th. Also at this event we will be celebrating the release of Ubuntu 9.10! If you need come down with your laptop and we will be happy to furnish you with an install. This combined with Food, Drink, a DJ friend of ACM, and the very intelligent crowd from the Buffalo Hackerspace should make for a rockin event. Also, ACM will only be providing non-alcoholic beverages. Due to new SA regulations we can not provide alcohol with money associated with SA. However, if you are of age and would like to bring your own that's up to you. ;) More details on the Buffalo Hacker space can be found at buffalo.hackerspaces.us and meetup.com/hackerspaces. Also I imagine people will be needing rides to the Hackerspace. We should have an ACM forum up and running in a few days which we will use to coordinate rideshares.

Speaking of the ACM Website: Our web master Matt is currently pretty sick. So on behalf of ACM, I began a Get Well Soon Matt General e-card. Navigate to this link to sign it. http://tinyurl.com/yj9ynq9

Also, if anybody would like to help distribute flyers for either event, I will be leaving flyers in the ACM mailbox in 350 Student Union. Please feel free to pick them up and pass them out/tack them up. Quick thing however, please don't post flyers on undesignated areas(Basically anyspace that isn't a corkboard or already has a billion other flyers).

-Brian Borncamp
Association For Computing Machinery

Ladies and Gentlemen, boys and girls, androids of all ages; this is your caffeinated captain speaking and we have an ACM meeting this week. This week we will
1. Elect a treasurer.
2. Have free food
3.Plot the mayhem and destruction of Computing as we know it. (IE our activities for the year)

So where will we meet? Good question! Bell 242 When? Wednesday Sept 23rd at 7:30PM Also if anybody's interested I can give a short presentation on a few tricks exploiting some common authentication protocol insecurities.

-El Presidente,
Brian Borncamp

ACM is back! We are currently trying to work out a few things. Most importantly is the meeting times. Below is an email from President Brian Borncamp regarding the current situation.

Hello again. For our next ACM meeting we are going to be doing officer elections for the position of Treasurer. Also, we should be getting some type of food. We would like to accomodate as many people as possible who have an interest in attending ACM meetings at any point in time the rest of the semster. As such, please take the following poll so we can get an idea of what times work and what times do not. Don't worry about the dates listed, just pencil in your average weekly avaliability. http://doodle.com/3r53bmrmfqhhcz9n.

SInce its been a long time since any updates, I'd like to inform you of the following:
ACM Officers:
Brian Borncamp - President
Dan Schlagel - Vice President
Not Yet Filled - Treasurer
Nicholas DeMeglio - Secretary
Matt General - Webmaster

As the Ubuntu fans know, Ubuntu 8.10 was released this Thursday, and we'd like to help spread the new installment of one of the most popular Linux distributions as well as celebrate its release.

• WHEN: Saturday, November 1st at 3:30 PM
• WHERE: Bell 224
• WHO: Everyone!

Bring your laptop or a blank CD, and we'll set you up with the latest hit of Ubuntu in your choice of Gnome or KDE.

We'll have an Xbox 360 and Playstation 3 there for your gaming pleasure with an assortment of titles. Feel free to bring your own games if you'd like.

Can't make it to the party? Grab your copy of Ubuntu from the CSE FTP server:
ftp://ftp.cse.buffalo.edu/pub/ubuntu-releases/8.10/

Thanks to the CSE department for graciously hosting the images for the community!

As mentioned at our meeting last week, we'll be holding elections next Tuesday (October 28th) at 6:30 in Bell 242 for the positions of Secretary and Treasurer. This is a great chance to get involved and help us plan our events this year, so don't miss out!

If you are interested in running for a position, please email me (mcarlino@buffalo.edu) with the following information:

• Your name
• Your major (CS/CEN/EE/Math preferred)
• Brief description of applicable jobs/hobbies/interests
• A brief statement telling us why you're a good candidate

Please note that you must contact me with this information by *Friday, October 24th at midnight*.

For the election, candidates can give a quick "campaign speech" (nothing to the level of the presidential debates, though!). Shortly thereafter, we'll collect votes for each position and take it from there. You must be in attendance at the meeting to run.

The ACM will be holding their first general meeting of the year next week, including FREE PIZZA AND POP. The details:

• WHEN: Tuesday, October 14th at 6:30 PM
• WHERE: Bell 242
• WHO: Everyone! All majors welcome!

We're coming up with some ideas for this year's events, and we need your help! All of the ACM activities and events take a lot of planning, and we're always looking for new events to sponsor for the UB community.

So it's up to you! Join us on Tuesday for some free pizza, and share your thoughts and ideas with the ACM community and like-minded students. Tell us what events you want to see this year!

See you there!

We hope everyone had a great summer. We'd like to extend a special welcome to all new students who are joining the UB community this fall.

Between straightening out your schedule and buying textbooks, we know you're probably very busy right around now. The ACM will not be holding its first meeting for a few weeks, but check back often for updates. The first meeting will be open to everyone, and we're eager to hear any ideas and suggestions you have for this upcoming academic year.

We're currently in the planning stages for all the events, tutorials and meetings for this year. The ACM Lan Party, which has been a huge hit the past few years, is slated for the spring semester. If you have any ideas for an event, tutorial or speaker, don't hesitate to tell us. You can contact the chapter officers on the Contact page.

In the mean time, don't forget to join the ACM mailing list and register at our forums! There you can seek academic advice, read and share hardware and software reviews, get expert tech support, or just shoot the breeze with members of the ACM community. Everyone is more than welcome to join.

We hope everyone has a great semester!

--
Mike Carlino
ACM President