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Don Norman is getting around.  This month, he is speaking at meetings of
two different CHI local sigs -- MOCHI & CHI-Squared, and I was almost able
to nab him to appear on the December BayCHI program.

Might YOU be interested in speaking at a meeting of a CHI local sig?
Contact a local sig in your area or in an area you plan to visit (take a
look at the SIGCHI local sigs page -- http://www.acm.org/sigchi/local-sigs/
-- for a list of all of them) and make the offer.  The local sigs would
love to hear from you.

(Many thanks to Don and to all who speak at meetings of CHI local sigs.)

A sampling of specifics of what is happening in the world of CHI local sigs:

 Europe

  SIGCHI.DK will hold its first event on November 3rd: "Usability
  testing - the solution?" featuring three academic speakers and three
  speakers from industry.  The mini-conference will be followed by the
  statuary general meeting and dinner.

  SIGCHI.NL will hold a full-day congress entitled, "HCI in the
  Netherlands" that was organized in honor of the SIGCHI Executive
  Committee.  Speakers include Matthias Rauterberg, Gerrit vd Veer, P.
  Timmer, G.W.M. Rauterberg, P.G.A.M. Jorna, Richard Anderson, L.I.J.
  Cranen, Marilyn Tremaine, D.G. Bouwhuis, P.J. Werkhoven, V.E.C. Lokin,
  & Dan Olsen; the topics are wide-ranging.  The event will be held
  11 November in Utrecht.

  SwissCHI will meet Thursday, November 25th.  Thema: "Rapid Prototyping
  for E-Business."  Speaker: Patrick Steiger, PricewaterhouseCoopers.
  (Venue:18:30 , ETH-Zentrum, Clausiusstrasse 25, Building NW, Room B81,
  CH-8092 Zurich.)


 Americas (outside USA)

  At ToRCHI on Thursday 25 November, Monica Schraefel will give a
  talk entitled: "Whose Copyright? MP3, SDMI and the Music Industry: The
  First Test of Authorship and Ownership in the Digital Domain" or
  "The Travails of the Independent Artist in the Digital Domain."


 Australasia

  SIGCHI_NZ announced its prospective beginnings.


 United States

  BayCHI's program November 9: "Empowering Girls through Technology Use,"
  Janese Swanson, Girl Tech.

  ConnCHI's November meeting will be hosted by Sabine Kirstein from
  Christensen/Roberts Solutions.  The meeting will consist of a
  discussion of what members have learned from attending HCI conferences
  and workshops throughout the past year.

  The November DC_CHI meeting will be held at GEIS in Rockville, MD and
  will focus on what GEIS Usability Engineering does during the
  development of GEIS software to increase usability and decrease
  support costs.  Dinner precedes at That's Amore.  Date: Nov. 15.

  CHI-Squared's meeting on November 17 in downtown Chicago will feature
  Don Norman, who will speak on "Design Issues in Distance Education."

  LowellCHI became SIGCHI's third chartered student chapter on October
  15.  LowellCHI is located at the University of Massachusetts Lowell.

  MOCHI is pleased to announce that human-computer interaction luminary
  Donald A. Norman will be the invited speaker at its November 10
  meeting.  His presentation: "Technology and the rise of the for-profit
  university" or "Technology begets change begets crisis begets
  opportunity."

  TwinCHI's October 26 meeting featured a presentation entitled,
  "Real-World Design Experiences: Post-It Software Notes and Web-Site
  Design Issues."  Peter Eisenberg and Barbara Karyukina organized the
  meeting.

  GatewayCHI meets November 3 at 6 p.m.  At this meeting, everyone will
  have a chance to participate in "cracker barrel" discussion groups
  focused on three different topics: targeted users, international issues,
  and exploratory vs. formal usability protocols.  This evening will
  also introduce the first of several sessions on Good and Bad Designs
  to be found in the St. Louis area.

  CHI NY SIG will meeting on Monday November 8.  Topic: "Wearable
  Computing."  Speaker: Despina Papadopoulos, Founder of 5050 Ltd.
  (Location: iXL 79 Fifth Ave.)

  PhiCHI will hold its first meeting on the 17th of November.  The
  featured speaker: Dr. John Thomas from IBM Watson.

  CHI-Austin's November meeting will feature a panel discussion on
   the design and product life cycle of online communities.

  Puget Sound SIGCHI's November meeting will feature a panel discussion
  on "E-Commerce: The User Experience."  Experts from 3 Seattle-based
  e-commerce firms will share their perspectives on improving the
  e-commerce user experience.


For access to further information on the above and on what is happening
with other CHI Local SIGs, see the SIGCHI Local SIGs webpage
(http://www.acm.org/sigchi/local-sigs/).

Richard Anderson
Local SIGs Chair

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