GT ACM

Attendee

Interested in becoming becoming more involved with GTACM? Just start coming to meetings and events! You can find a schedule of our events on the calendar, or find us on various social media:

• @gtacm on Twitter
• Facebook group
• Mailing list

We have several events and info sessions with various companies throughout a semester, and one or two members’ meetings, focused on networking and event planning.

Member

Want to be more involved with GTACM? Become a member! A member is a great way to get additional benefits, and there’s no time commitment. You get all of the swag that you want! Score a spot in our exclusive resume book. Optionally, members can join the acm-opportunities list, where companies can advertise internships, positions, contests, and other great opportunities directly to our members. Not too long ago, we took our members on a tour of the Google’s Atlanta office, complete with swag. Dinner with Microsoft? You never know what sweet benefits we can throw your way.

GTACM also has several Special Interest Groups that may cater to your interests. Membership in ACM covers membership in as many of them as you would like to join.

Committee Member

Want to get involved behind the scenes? We need committee members! This is a great way to get your foot in the door and get involved without a heavy time commitment. You can bring events to life, spend time directly with corporate representatives, or help run the organization. Starting in a committee member role is a great way to move up to an officer position – like a committee chair – and often opportunities to move up will present themselves sooner than you think. It’s also a great chance to get a feel for what you’re interested in.

At the moment, we have 4 overarching committees – internal (works with ACM programs, like events and SIGS), internal services (things that help other officers get their jobs done – treasury, purchasing, etc), external (work with companies), and publicity. However, subcommittees can also be formed if you’re interested in helping out in a specific area – such as technology, social, or membership. Or, if there’s a particular event you’re interested in, just get in touch and you can help with that. See the list of officer positions below for an idea of how our organization is, well, organized.

Of course, you can also get involved in the committees that head each of our Special Interest Groups.

Officer

Want to be even more involved? We need officers! You can get some impressive leadership experience as a GTACM officer, more than you’ll ever get at a conference or leadership camp. Officer meetings are currently Monday night at 7pm on the third floor of the College of Computing (room 347, near the elevator). The fastest way to get involved is to show up and learn about what we’re working on. Elections occur at the end of each spring semester, but often some positions will open up mid-semester, so feel free to check in and express your interest. Or, show up and get involved helping the person in the position you’re interested in, and there’s a great chance you’ll be their successor – few things are as compelling as prior experience! Here are more details on these positions:

• External Chair – This is one of the most important positions in the organization and also one with the best benefits – this person works with companies both directly and through the College of Computing to schedule events and create sponsorship opportunities that match their priorities. This is a great opportunity to network, make connections, and get leadership experience working some with all parts of GTACM. You’ll get to work with the big guns – Microsoft, Google, Yahoo, etc. – as well as the fun, interesting startups.
• Publicity Chair – Are you creative? Do you like getting people excited and involved? This could be the position for you. Our publicity crosses many domains – posters, fliers, Twitter, you name it. If you’re feeling inspired, you can make advertisements as interesting as you like, but don’t worry if you’re not experienced with Photoshop, etc. They don’t have to be visually “stunning” per se, but they can’t be 15 minutes in MS Paint (or MS Word, for that matter). This publicity is for companies coming to talk to ACM mostly. Big names like Qualcomm, Microsoft, Yahoo!, Engadget, Google, Harris, Amazon, (list goes on) are the kind of events that you’d often be making publicity for as well as ACM social events, and, if interested, a newsletter.
• Technology - Want to get a chance to demonstrate and develop your skills through real-world experience? This could be a great position for you! From working on our website (a great chance to become more familiar with CMS technology) to our internal systems to our newly acquired servers, there’s plenty of opportunity to be involved technically – and what person interested in ACM doesn’t like the sound of that?
• Membership – You get to help influence and direct some of our most important efforts – our membership programs. Get other people excited and hear their cool ideas through members meetings (also a great chance to work with publicity and the other parts of GTACM), get to plan our most exclusive events (a great chance to work directly with companies on meaningful, smaller-scale events), and get rewarding feelings from helping connect our members with opportunities.
• Social – Organize and run social events such as movie nights and cookouts. Have cool ideas you’d like to make happen? We have the resources and money, we just need you!
• Purchasing – Over the course of a semester, ACM purchases quite a few items. Like shopping? Get a kick out of ordering 400 burritos? Want to decide what swag we should order? This could be your position.
• Treasurer – Manage the organization’s finances and reimburse people when needed. If well-defined and organized positions are you’re thing, we have a system set up, you just need to learn it.
• Secretary - Like the treasurer, this is a well-defined position with clear responsibilities. Time commitment is low – attend meetings, take notes, and file the occasional award application. It’s a great way to get your foot in the door as an officer or still be involved in officer meetings if you have a limited schedule.
• Prodigies – to fill the other positions when they open up; people are always leaving Tech, and if the position you want isn’t open this semester, you’ll have another chance, especially if you are more involved.
• Special Interest Groups – each SIG has officer positions as well; check with the ones you’re interested in as to what positions are available and when their elections are.