The document provides information about an upcoming BayCHI meeting on March 13, 2012. The meeting will feature a presentation by Michael Toomim from the University of Washington on measuring the utility of human-computer interactions. Additionally, the document lists various BayCHI membership benefits and opportunities to get involved through volunteering or running for an officer position. Upcoming BayCHI events and tutorials are also advertised.

1. Welcomes You
March 13, 2012

2. Tonight’s program…
Measuring the Utility of Human-
Computer Interactions
Michael Toomim, University of Washington

3. Tonight’s speaker…
Michael Toomim is a PhD student in
Computer Science at the University of
Washington, researching intelligent user
interfaces and end-user programming

4. For all the updated information
you need about BayCHI, visit…
www.baychi.org

5. Join BayCHI…
§ Visit the BayCHI web site at
www.baychi.org and click Join BayCHI
§ Membership is just $20 for the first year
and $15 to renew

6. BayCHI Member Benefits
§ Job Bank
§ Consultants Directory
§ Library
§ BayCHI LinkedIn Group membership
§ Tutorial discounts
§ Monthly newsletter
§ Membership Directory
§ Supporting the organization that brings you
outstanding programs, BOFs, and tutorials

7. Sign up for monthly meeting
announcements or the BayCHI
discussion lists…
§ Visit the BayCHI web site at
www.baychi.org/subscribe/

8. Become part of the
BayCHI LinkedIn community…
§ You must be a current member of BayCHI
§ Go to www.linkedin.com/
§ Also visit www.baychi.org/linkedin/ for more
details
News Flash: We have over 1000 BayCHI
members enrolled in the BayCHI LinkedIn
group!

9. BayCHI needs you…
§ Volunteers make things happen!
§ Most Urgent Volunteer Needs:
§ Volunteer Co-Chairs
§ Tutorials Co-Chairs
§ Membership Assistant
§ Interested? Contact Stacie or Claudia at
volunteer@baychi.org

10. Upcoming Officer Elections
§ BayCHI Officer Elections will be held at
the June monthly meeting (06/12/2012)
§ Officer terms are from July 1 to June 30
§ Interested in running for Chair, Vice-
Chair or Treasurer?
§ See BayCHI Bylaws for more info:
• www.baychi.org/bylaws/

11. For all the updated information
you need about BayCHI, visit…
www.baychi.org

12. Tonight’s program…
Measuring the Utility of Human-
Computer Interactions
Michael Toomim, University of Washington

13. Tonight’s speaker…
Michael Toomim is a PhD student in
Computer Science at the University of
Washington, researching intelligent user
interfaces and end-user programming

14. Want to suggest a topic for a
BayCHI program meeting?
Contact the Program Planning Committee at
monthly-programs@baychi.org

15. Do you know an industry
leader or have a topic to
present for a BOF meeting?
Contact a BOF leader at www.baychi.org/bof

16. Upcoming BayCHI Events
BayCHI Usability Engineering BOF Event
Pass the iPad, Please:
Five Lessons for Creating Great Tablet Experiences
Speaker: Brennan Browne, AnswerLab
Date: Tuesday, March 20, 2012, 6:30-8:30 pm
Location: Citrix, Santa Clara
Visit www.baychi.org/calendar

17. Upcoming BayCHI Events
BayCHI North Bay BOF Event
User Centered Design (UCD) at your company
Open Discussion
Date: Wednesday, March 28, 2012, 6:00-8:00 pm
Location: Accolo Inc., Larkspur
Visit www.baychi.org/calendar

18. BayCHI Tutorials
§ BayCHI is looking for new Tutorial Co-
Chairs to organize tutorials!
§ Interested? contact:
§ BayCHI officers: officers@baychi.org
§ BayCHI volunteer coordinators:
volunteer@baychi.org
Visit http://www.baychi.org/tutorial/

19. BayCHI Podcasts and
Conversations Network
§ BayCHI podcasts are now available via
Conversations Network
§ For more details, see:
§ http://www.baychi.org/podcast/
§ http://chi.conversationsnetwork.org/
§ We need additional volunteers to help
with this exciting effort:
• Podcast Curator
• Podcast Copywriter

20. BayCHI Recording Policy
§ Recording of this program meeting by
audience members is not permitted
§ The new policy is on the program page at
www.baychi.org/program/

21. BayCHI Dinner
§ Join us before the BayCHI meeting
§ For information visit our web site at
www.baychi.org and click Dinner Info

22. Follow BayCHI
§ RSS feed of events:
§ http://www.baychi.org/rss.xml
§ On Twitter:
§ http://twitter.com/baychi
§ On Facebook:
§ http://www.facebook.com/sfbaychi

23. April BayCHI Meeting
Tuesday, April 10th, 7:30 – 9:30PM @ PARC
Topics and Speakers To Be Announced
For more details, see:
http://www.baychi.org/