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General Meeting & Tech Talk

When: Wednesday April 23 7:15pm
Where: 113 HRBB (Bright Building)


Tech Talk by Members
Officer Elections for 2008-2009

We are going to have one of our tech talk extravaganzas, where TACS members and others voluntarily give 5-10 min. presentations on a particular technology or computer subject. We have 2 schedule for tonight, and afterwords will hold officer elections.

Free Food Provided

Southwest Airlines Presentation

When: Wednesday March 26 7:15pm
Where: 113 HRBB (Bright Building)

Software Engineering and Technology Careers

Southwest Airlines
* Brief Overview and History
* Culture and environment.
Southwest Airlines Technology
* Recent Key Accomplishments
* Strategies we use for Managing Huge Change in the Enterprise (How we do it)
Technology Career at Southwest Airlines
* Associate Software Engineer Profile
* Overview of Benefits

Free Food Provided

Microsoft Presents

When: Wednesday April 2 6:00pm
Where: 123 HRBB (Bright Building)

Greek Flick Night
Bring your resume for a chance to win a ZUNE or other Great Prizes. Sponsored by TACS.

Free Food Provided

Computer Science Spring Banquet

When: Wednesday April 9 6:00pm - 9:00pm
Where: Pebble Creek Country Club, 4500 Pebble Creek Parkway, College Station, Texas 77845

Come Enjoy
RSVP required by April 2. Visit http://www.cs.tamu.edu/springbanquet to RSVP.

TACS Leap Year Lan

When: Friday February 29 All Night (8pm starting)
Where: Zachary 2nd Floor, Study Area

Frag your fellow TACS Members
This will be a BYOC format Lan Party, we will provide the network and power infrastructure. The games/tournaments to be played are yet to be decided, contact us if you want to see a specific game at the Lan. Check back in a few more days for more information.


What to Bring
  • Computer+Monitor+Accessories or Laptop
  • Ethernet Cable
  • Headphones (No Speakers)
  • Power Cords, Power Strip
Games
  • Unreal Tournament 2004
  • Quake 3, Quake 4
  • Anything you want to play
Bring the Installation Disks if you have other games you want to play


nVidia will sponsoring us with some swag


Happy Fraggin

Microsoft Tech Talk

When: Wednesday February 27 7:15pm
Where: 113 HRBB (Bright Building)

Visual Studio Development
Ed Blankenship would be speaking from Microsoft about Visual Studio Team System / Team Foundation Server and Visual Studio Development.

Free Pizza Served

Capsher Technology Presentation

When: Wednesday February 20 7:15pm
Where: 113 HRBB (Bright Building)

Software Entrepenuership & Technology Consulting
- What does it mean to be a software consultant?
- What type of projects exist for software entrepreneurs?
- Differences working at small and large corporations
- Opportunities to work at Capsher

Free Pizza Served

Blackhat DVD

When: Wednesday February 6 7:15pm
Where: 113 HRBB (Bright Building)

Watch footage from the recent Blackhat Conference
Watch selected footage/talks from the Blackhat conference and discuss. Bring dinner with you, so you can eat while watching the DVD

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