2008-2009 ACM Statistics

This numerical snapshot of ACM is meant to give a clear, unbiased account of what exactly our chapter does in a given semester.  It includes all events from Fall 2008, and all other data is accurate as of Feb 24, 2009.  It is likely that we won't update this every semester, because it's somewhat tedious to compile, but our activity levels have been comparable over the past few years, so it should still provide a good numerical sense of the scale of ACM.

Outstanding Student Chapter Recruitment Award, 2007-2008 (awarded August '08)

Paid members: 122
Dues are $15, membership is annual.
Dues are $5 if student is a member of "The" ACM (virtually no students use this option, except senior officers, who are required to be national ACM members anyway)

Registered students: 148
Registered students have submitted membership information but may not have paid dues.  They aren't members.

Officers (formerly Operational Officers):
Have, at one point, attained enough points (typically 50) to be promoted from Active Member and passed their officer interviews.  Henceforth they have maintained 25 points per semester.  Point cutoffs are maintained, but not strict.  As of Spring '09, we also strictly require 3 "service points" per semester, which can be obtained through community service, tutoring, and occasionally other activities in the same vein.

Active Members (formerly Junior Officers):
The title of Active Member is given on request, and comes with the same privileges as an Officer to encourage active, open membership.  However, there are no requirements to become an Active Member.  This is why we chose to use this title in lieu of "Junior Officer," to reflect what the position actually means, prevent confusion, and avoid trivializing our other officer positions.

Senior officers: 7
There are always 7 senior officers: President, Academics, Corporate, Finance, Human Resources, Internal, and Social.  Elected by the membership annually.  A majority of senior officers can remove and replace other senior officers, but this is rare, and almost always following a voluntary resignation.

Primary mailing list size: 519 addresses
Weekly mail-outs go to this list.  Unsubscription is deliberately made easy and obvious, so this number can be considered meaningful.

Fall 2008 Event History:
All events are listed once.

12 Weekly Meetings
Average of 25 people, used for provide upcoming event information, planning, volunteering, as well as feedback on past events.  Each meeting typically has a "team competition" ranging from puzzle-solving to 3/4/5-legged races.

12 Social Events:
Pizza and Bowling Night
Fall Party/Mixer
Officer Retreat
Laser Tag
Broomball
LAN Party
Big Event (large outdoor student/faculty mixer, game day, and BBQ)
Broomball
LAN Party
Thanksgiving Potluck
Winter Party and Gift Exchange

10 Company Nights
Avanade
Accenture
ConocoPhillips
National Instruments (3)
Microsoft
Chevron
Bazaarvoice
BearingPoint
HomeAway.com
IBM

Academic Review Sessions
CS 313k (3)
CS 310 (2)
CS 305J (2)
CS 307
CS 315

101 Lectures
Risto Miikkulainen (35+ attended)
Alan Cline (50+ attended)

Faculty Lunches
Mohammed Gouda

13 Senior Officer Meetings
Event planning, administration, etc.

Miscellany:
Kick-Off (100+ attended)
Junior Officer Orientation
Microsoft Puzzle Day (helped with logistics)
Officer Interviews

2 Co-run Events
Programming Contest (UPE, ACM)
Upside-Down Company Night (WICS, ACM)

14 Automata Reviews
2-hour collaborative Q&A sessions for CS 341
Run by Siddharth Natarajan

Participation in Departmental and Other Campus Events:
Start Fresh Organization Fair
CS Freshman Orientation (Nick)
Gone to Texas Tabling
NSC Round-Up

SIGFitness
Weekend Runs: 9
Ultimate Frisbee

Compiled by Nick.