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In article <FAIGIN.92Aug3103918@soldan.aero.org>, faigin@aero.org (Daniel P. Faigin) writes:

|> Everyone says: I wouldn't do it the way they do it. Well, if you don't like
|> it, GET OFF YOUR DUFF AND DO IT YOUR WAY. ACM runs on volunteers, most of them
|> having been volunteers (for some strange reason) for a very, very, long time.
|> Peter, the editor of CACM, is a past Chair of ACM, as well as chair of
|> numerous ACM boards and conferences. He's involved? Are you?
|> 
|> Yes, it takes some time. Start with your local chapter or your SIG. VOLUNTEER
|> to be an officer, to produce a newsletter, to run an activity. This is how you
|> change the organization -- not by complaining.
|> 
|> This year, as Chair of the LA Chapter, I had to try and get new committee
|> chairs. No one would get involved -- it was like pulling teeth. I've also seen
|> this at the SIG level. Yet people are more than willing to jump on you when
|> something doesn't get done. If you care about an organization -- if you want
|> to do more than just write a check -- if you make the organization actually
|> serve you in a useful manner -- get involved.
|> 
|> We can't go through our lives expecting to be served. For what you give, you
|> will receive back ten-fold.
|> 
|> Daniel
|> Chair, Los Angeles Chapter of the ACM
|> Chair, ACM Special Interest Group on Security, Audit, and Control
|>    (2nd year)
|> Chair, Annual Computer Security Application Conference Tutorial Committee
|>    (3 years)
|> Member, LA ACM Program Committee
|> Past-Vice-Chair, Los Angeles Chapter of the ACM
|> Past-Government Chair, Los Angeles Chapter of the ACM
|> Past Member, ACM Chapter-Local SIG Transition Taskforce
|> Past-Chair, UCLA Student Chapter of the ACM
|> Past-Student Activities Coordinator, ACM '81
|> Past-Regional Program Contest Organizer (1980, 1981)
|> Past-Chair, LA ACM Technical Activitity Committee on SAC
|> 

I know it's bad form to simply add a "Right On!" message, but you struck
a chord here.  I have the same problems in San Diego.  It's hard to believe.
We are the 2nd largest city in the most populous state in the country, yet
I can't find enough officers to get some decent turnover.  
-- 

...Russ Schnapp
Chair (1990-?) (Finally got a Program Chair and Newsletter Chair!)
Past Newsletter Editor & Program Chair & Acting Chair (1989)
Past Newsletter Editor, San Diego ACM (1986-1988)

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