tima@polari.UUCP (tim anderson) (02/07/90)
I sent off a check to the ACM to join up, but they haven't sent me anything back. Does anyone have a phone number for them? Like an idiot I did not save a copy of all of the forms I filled out to join... They liked the check that I sent, though! Even IEEE sends out a little card to make you feel welcome. I assumed that the ACM would do the same... tima@polari uw-beaver!sumax!polari!tima
herzog@dogwalk.Sun.COM (Brian Herzog) (02/07/90)
In article <1246@polari.UUCP>, tima@polari.UUCP (tim anderson) writes: > I sent off a check to the ACM to join up, but they haven't sent me > anything back. Does anyone have a phone number for them? ACM 11 West 42nd Street New York, NY 10036 (212) 869-7440 Ask to speak to the membership department. Be persistent. And don't take it personally - you're in good company! ------------------------------------------------------------------------------ Brian Herzog "Badges? We ain't got no badges. We don't need no herzog@sun.com badges. I don't have to show you any stinking badges!" ...!sun!herzog - Treasure of the Sierra Madre ------------------------------------------------------------------------------
ksbooth@watcgl.waterloo.edu (Kelly Booth) (02/08/90)
In article <1246@polari.UUCP> tima@polari (tim anderson) writes: >I sent off a check to the ACM to join up, but they haven't sent me >anything back. Does anyone have a phone number for them? Like an idiot >I did not save a copy of all of the forms I filled out to join... They >liked the check that I sent, though! Even IEEE sends out a little card >to make you feel welcome. I assumed that the ACM would do the same... > >tima@polari >uw-beaver!sumax!polari!tima Blankstein.SIGGRAPH@Xerox.com will reach the person at ACM Headquarters who can forward your inquiry to the appropriate ACM staff person. It takes a long time (too long) to process ACM memberships. But yours may have been lost. Send e-mail to the above with sufficient details to allow things to be traced. Membership processing at ACM is improving. A new on-line system was installed this year that does seem to provide much better service. More improvements are anticipated. Almost everyone in SIGGRAPH is reachable via e-mail through courtesy accounts (mail forwards) at Xerox PARC. A periodic posting to this news group describes the various userids. Questions can always be addressed to Postmaster.SIGGRAPH@Xerox.com regarding the SIGGRAPH userids.
garnett@a.cs.okstate.edu (John Garnett) (02/08/90)
In article <1246@polari.UUCP> tima@polari (tim anderson) writes: >I sent off a check to the ACM to join up, but they haven't sent me >anything back. Does anyone have a phone number for them? Like an idiot Our mailer doesn't want to talk to you so here's the info (I hope its useful to more than one person): From the inside cover of the Jan. 1990 Communications: ACM Headquarters 11 West 42nd Street New York, New York 10036 Tel 212 869-7440 For Member Services Telex: 421686 FAX 212-944-1318 -- John Garnett Computing and Information Sciences Oklahoma State University Email: garnett@a.cs.okstate.edu Stillwater, Oklahoma
phorgan@cup.portal.com (Patrick John Horgan) (02/08/90)
hahahahah! (he says in frustration)! I quit the ACM awhile back because I got terrible service (as opposed to the IEEE). I sent my new membership in last month though and had hoped that things had changed...well I haven't heard anything either, and if things go as they once did, I won't for awhile. Oh well, does anyone know where I can join with a local chapter of sigraph in the Sunnyvale, Ca area and start becoming part of the solution? Patrick Horgan phorgan@cup.portal.com
ksbooth@watcgl.waterloo.edu (Kelly Booth) (02/12/90)
In article <26708@cup.portal.com> phorgan@cup.portal.com (Patrick John Horgan) writes: >Oh well, does anyone know where I can join with a local chapter of sigraph >in the Sunnyvale, Ca area and start becoming part of the solution? A complete list of SIGGRAPH local groups is printed in the inside back cover of each issue of the SIGGRAPH newsletter. If you are not a member, many university libraries have copies (at least of the proceedings issues). The local groups representative on the SIGGRAPH EC is Lou Katz. He, and all other EC members, can be reached via a set of mail forwards at Xerox PARC (thank you again PARC). Lou is Katz.SIGGRAPH@Xerox.com.
eugene@eos.UUCP (Eugene Miya) (02/12/90)
In article <13338@watcgl.waterloo.edu> ksbooth@watcgl.waterloo.edu (Kelly Booth) writes: >In article <26708@cup.portal.com> phorgan@cup.portal.com (Patrick John Horgan) writes: >>Oh well, does anyone know where I can join with a local chapter of sigraph >>in the Sunnyvale, Ca area and start becoming part of the solution? > >A complete list of SIGGRAPH local groups is printed in the inside back cover >of each issue of the SIGGRAPH newsletter. ACM Computer Graphics has some notoriously late information about local groups in the back. It's been two years and I am still printed in the back of CG and the phone number has been completely changed as well. Contact Julian Gomez (julian@riacs.edu). He's in charge now. He can give you standard line.
mccuaig@cpsc.ucalgary.ca (Daniel Mccuaig) (02/13/90)
Howdy. I have a similar question.
I was interested in joining the ACM and IEEE as a student member,
especially in joining siggraph. Well, I sent away my request for
info on joining, but I do not know how long to wait. I have waited
for about 6 weeks now.
I looked thru the journals for a phone number to call so that I could
join up instantly, but I could not find one. I know they used to have
one previously. Did it get cancelled. Maybe I am blind and did not
see the number. Any help on where to look for the number, or what the
actual number is. I have a Visa card which I know you used to be able to
use with it. I don't want to wait another 6 or 8 weeks to get joined up.
I know it takes the sled dogs 2 weeks to make the trip from the US border
to here :-)
thanx for your time Dan McCuaig - weeny undergrad at Univ of Calgary
{do they have a university there?}pwtotten@watcgl.waterloo.edu (Paul W Totten) (02/13/90)
>in last month though and had hoped that things had changed...well I haven't >heard anything either, and if things go as they once did, I won't for awhile. > Just as an article in support of ACM and SIGGraph........ I sent in my forms and money to ACM and SIGGraph at the end of November. By January 1st I had received my membership card, with the ACM monthly publication arriving shortly after that. That's one of the quicker replies I've gotten to things in the mail (And I live in Canada). +----------------------------------------------------------------+ | Paul W Totten It's OK... | | pwtotten@watcgl.waterloo.edu I'm with THE Band!!!! | | | | These opinions are my own. My employer wouldn't want them!!! | | "The real difference between hardware and software people is | | all in the knees" | +----------------------------------------------------------------+