NWOACM

The Ohio Department of Education, in conjunction with the Ohio IT Business Advisory Network and nine Ohio public colleges, is embarking on an initiative that seeks to encourage girls' interest in information technology (IT) and IT-related courses and careers. The first activity will be a pilot event at Edison Community College on October 6, 2006 followed by activities at eight Ohio campuses across Ohio, on November 17, 2006. Owens Community College is one of those eight.

The November 17th "We are IT" event at Owens Community College is designed to provide 9th and 10th grade students with a broad-based introduction to information technology application to different careers. The agenda for the event includes a variety of small group activities designed to help participants learn about the application of technology to the world of work through fun and interactive activities. The event will also include a keynote speaker and a facilitated lunch time conversation between participants and Ohio IT business professionals.

Topic: Five (Supposedly) Scary Things About .NET (That don't really have to be)

Presenter: Julia Lerman

Sponser: INETA

Description:
.NET finally enables Visual Basic developers with some functionality and concepts that have no equivalent match in Visual Basic 6.0. Among these are topics that Visual Basic developers typically tend to avoid when learning .NET but they really don't need to be so intimidating. This session will delve into five of these daunting challenges - delegates, reflection, threading, Code Access Security (CAS) and declarative programming - and explain them from the perspective of a Visual Basic developer.

Evolving Technique in Digital Art
a presentation by Mark Stock

Wednesday, September 20th
6:30-8:30pm in the Ehrlicher room on the 4th floor of West Hall on University of Michigan's central campus. Directions: http://www.mochi.org/directions.php

Presentation summary:

Digital art is artistic work produced in whole or with the aid of computers or digital technology. It is a wide field, encompassing music, games, video, sculpture, animation, and the traditional two-dimensional image. Unsurprisingly, the variety and technicality of digital art has evolved just as rapidly as have the tools used to create it, and this is the topic of my talk. In addition to providing brief and spotty coverage of the breadth of digital art, I will present some of the history and techniques of notable artists whose work involves two-dimensional, printable images---the field on which I am most qualified to speak. Finally, in an attempt at fame-by-proximity, I will discuss the science and production methods behind my own work.

1) Fall Picnic
When: 2006-09-09 @ 12:00p
Where: BG City Park, Kiwanis Shelter

Come out and enjoy food and fun in Bowling Green City Park. Come and
meet this years ACM officers and enjoy some hot-dogs and hamburgers on
us. Rides are available from campus, email Mark Randles
(randlem@bgsu.edu) for more information.

2) Bi-weekly Meeting
When: 2006-09-11 @ 7:30p
Where: Hayes 117

This is the first in a series of bi-weekly meetings held by the ACM.
At each meeting there will be a different speaker talking on an
interesting topic in computer science. For our initial meeting, Jason

World Usability Day is November 14th - a series of events around the world in celebration of technology that improves our lives - see worldusabilityday.org.

We are trying to organize an NWOACM event on that day to be a part of it. Stay tuned.

Michigan is having a state-wide event (a conference at MSU's Usability and Accessibility Center) and Cleveland, Columbus and Dayton/Cincy are also planning events.

Event notes: Obsession - Finding the sympathetic heart of design recaps the MOCHI talk from August 9th.

Attendees
Mike Brinkman, president
Keith Instone, secretary
Steve Stiles, treasurer
Julie Barnes
Larry Dunning
Mark Chandler

1. We are all set for another year of existence from an ACM standpoint
- we have completed the annual report and such.

2. Most in attendance paid their annual dues = $10 for ACM members.

3. Mike is in charge of finding a local restaurant (probably in the BG
area) for regular social / dinner gatherings. We agreed $20 per person
was a good target. Thinking about once every other month. There might
be some discussion topics, but we were thinking mostly using these as

July 31 2006 - 7:00pm
Venue: BGSU Computer Science, Hayes hall

Purpose will be to wrap up our first year back in existence and plan 2006-2007.

Bring your calendars so that we can pick dates for events. (Even better, select some dates where you can host a meeting.)

Bring suggestions for speakers and other events.

Bring a list of what other groups are doing (student chapters, FANUG, TALUG, IEEE, etc.).

Bring a list of what you want NWOACM to do. Bring a list of what YOU want to do to help. Bring colleagues who have ideas and who want to help continue our revival.

And bring $10 if you are an ACM member, $15 if not, so that you

The goal of the Midwest Celebration of Women in Computing (MidWIC) conference is to provide a low cost, regionally-tailored, small conference for women in computing who do not have funding to attend major conferences. The Midwest Region includes eastern Illinois, Indiana, Ohio, Michigan, western Pennsylvania and northern Kentucky.

See http://www.cs.indiana.edu/midwic/ and http://www.ccsc.org/midwest/Conference/ for more information.

March 30, 2006, 2:30pm - 3:30pm
Olscamp Hall Room 221, Bowling Green State University, Bowling Green, Ohio
Sponsored by the BGSU Computer Science Department and NWOACM

Shantanu Narayen, President and Chief Operating Officer of Adobe, will be speaking on the topic:

• Web 2.0, Rich Internet Applications, and Adobe's Strategy for Innovation (presentation attached below)

Narayen leads the company's day-to-day global operations, sets Adobe's long-term market strategies and oversees all product research and development, corporate strategy and investments, and corporate and product marketing.