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From: rang@cs.wisc.edu (Anton Rang)
Newsgroups: comp.org.acm
Subject: Re: ACM Student Chapter - University of Houston@UP
Keywords: student chapter, money, equipment
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Date: 27 Apr 91 17:24:05 GMT
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References: <1991Apr26.175459.17507@menudo.uh.edu>
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In-Reply-To: uhacm@menudo.uh.edu's message of 26 Apr 91 17:54:59 GMT

In article <1991Apr26.175459.17507@menudo.uh.edu> uhacm@menudo.uh.edu (ACM/UH Student Chapter) writes:
>This was last November.  I am glad to say that as of today we are 70+
>members.

  Congrats!  It's a lot of work to revive a dead chapter, and it
sounds like you've done a good job with it.

>   One problem we are facing, however, is the lack of equipment.  We
>were fortunate to get a nice office (2 rooms!) on the fourth floor of
>one of the main computer sites.  The problem is that we can't seem to
>get any terminals or even a phone in our office.

  If you're registered as a student organization, you may be able to
get some money out of the university's student affairs fund (or
whatever it's called there).  You may also be able to work through the
student affairs office to get the university to install a phone hookup
in your office.

>The CS Dept. won't pay for either

  It's generally tough to get money out of a department, in my
experience.  It's easier to get it through the normal student
government arrangements, at least if you have such a thing.
Departments often have trouble justifying giving money or equipment to
a student group.  You might also see if the academic or administrative
computing facilities at your school have equipment to give away (we
picked some up from Academic Computing).

	Anton (formerly in ACM @ UW-River Falls and Michigan State University)
   
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