IGSA Meeting Minutes
April 5, 2011
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IGSA Meeting – March 1
Two topics at the meeting today: Informatics T-Shirts & Recruiting.
Things Judy & Lynn need help with – Email them!
- Costco run for the Beach BBQ/Bonfire.
- Volunteer for taking people to bars after the beach BBQ?
- Beach sitting Friday daytime
- Bring stuff to the BBQ/Bonfire – Large blankets, frisbees, footballs, beach games
Details after the break
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PhD Recruiting!
It’s that time of year again! Recruiting weekend will be March 10-12. Mark it on your calendar! Big events include dinner at Steelhead on the 10th (6pm-ish) and a Beach Bonfire on the 11th (Aliso Beach, 4:30pm). Please get in touch with Judy or Lynn if you are able to help out with Buddies!
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Town Hall with the Dean
We had a great meeting with Dean Stern on Tuesday, Feb. 1. Thanks to all who attended! We hope to do some more Q&A events like this in the future, let us know if there’s anyone in particular that you’d like to have a conversation with.
Details after the break: Continue reading
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CSCW Congrats!
Congratulations to the many Informatics grad students and faculty whose work has been accepted to CSCW 2010! It looks like we will have an impressive showing in Hangzhou, China this upcoming March. Indeed, too many to list before the break!
We, and the department, look forward to celebrating this and other achievements at the Informatics happy hour each Friday. Hope to see you this afternoon in 6011. Please help keep us up to date with any future celebration-worthy news (publications, grants, fellowships, etc.) by sending an email to any of the IGSA board members. Thanks!
For a full list of CSCW acceptances, Continue reading
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Steve Voida’s Amazing Conference Calendar
Steve’s conference calendar has been passed around lately, and discussed a lot. It is great to add to your Google Calendar, and includes many of the micro-deadlines we care about (“When are reviews due?”). Check it out here.
Have your own conference calendar that you think is awesome? Let us know!
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Welcome our new reps!
IGSA welcomes two new reps:
First Year PhD Students: Lynn Dombrowski
Masters Students: Alberto Pareja-Lecaros
Thank you for your service this year!
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ISO Masters and 1st Year PhD Reps
1st IGSA is looking for individuals to represent 1st Year PhD and Masters students. The experience of these two groups of students is sufficiently different from other graduate students, that we want to make sure their voices are heard. If you are a 1st Year PhD or Masters student, then consider nominating yourself.
Who should volunteer:
Are you a graduate student who is either a 1st Year PhD student or a Masters student? Then you!
What is involved:
- Be involved, attend Town Hall meetings, and stay appraised of the experiences of your fellow Masters or 1st year PhD students.
- As appropriate, report back to the broader IGSA community about what is going on.
- The position is typically for 1 year.
- The 1st Year PhD rep will be expected to assist the Graduate Recruitment committee in the Spring — let them know what worked for you and what could have been better.
To nominate yourself or others, add you name to the wiki page below:
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BBQ & First Meeting: Oct 2nd and 5th
(Image stolen from Alegria’s Facebook. We’ll be at PV this time instead of the beach, but we will be back there later in the year, too 
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Fall Quarter Kick-off BBQ
When: Saturday, 2 October, 6:00-10:00pm
Where: PV Clubhouse
What: frisbee, music, and other activities. Come by and meet your friends and colleagues.
Food: Hot dogs, burgers, chips. Yes, we will have vegetarian options!
BYOB
First Meeting
When: Tuesday, 5 October, 5:30pm
Where: DBH 5013
What: Come hear about the survey results & help us plan events, activities, and projects for the year
Food: Anyone who’s interested can head over to Steelhead after the meeting for beers & $5 pizza night
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Serve on an Informatics Departmental Committee!
IGSA is looking for three individuals to represent graduate students on several departmental committees.
The committees are (and the faculty currently serving on them):
- Undergraduate Recruiting and Outreach: Don Patterson, Gloria Mark, and Bonnie Nardi
- Undergraduate Curriculum and Policy: David Kay, Gillian Hayes
- Graduate Recruiting and Outreach: Melissa Mazmanian, Bill Tomlinson, Jim Jones
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