General
The GBC/ACM is a professional chapter of the national Association for Computing Machinery (ACM) located in the greater Boston metro area.
Membership
Yes, Membership in the ACM's professional and student chapters are independent of the "big ACM".
Membership fees can be made by check or by using our online membership system using Google Checkout. To make payments by mail, please make check payable to GBC/ACM and mail to:
GBC/ACM
P.O. Box 465
Lexington, MA 02420
To signup online using Google Checkout, use the following link. If you have any questions, please contact the membership volunteer at membership@gbcacm.org
The chapter membership fee is currently $10.00 per year. You have the option of purchasing multiple years at once. Membership fees can be paid either online or by check via mail.
The annual cost to join the GBC/ACM is $10.00. You can join online at our membership center.
Publication of the RealTimes newsletter
The RealTimes is the GBC/ACM official newsletter and is published monthly ten times per year. The newsletter contains a local event calendar, articles, meeting reviews and puzzles. Recently the newsletter converted from a paper to electronic edition to reduce publication costs. The current and back issues of the RealTimes™ are available for download on our website a the following URL.
If you have events or an article you would like to see published in the next newsletter, please contact the editor at editor@gbcacm.org. Submissions must be received by the publications deadline, which is currently the 20th of the month.
Upcoming local events
The GBC/ACM offers a self-service mailing list for receiving chapter announcements. The list is low-traffic averaging two posts per
month. The list management interface allows you to manage your subscription and view the list archives. It can be accessed at the
following URL.
http://mailman.mit.edu/mailman/listinfo/gbc-acm