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Below is terminology frequently used at ACM at UC San Diego

Organization

  • Chapter: An ACM organization at a college or community (We are the UC San Diego Chapter)
  • Code: The ACM Code of Ethics, designed to inspire and guide the conduct of computing professionals

Roles

  • Executive Board: The President + Vice Presidents
  • Membership Team: The team responsible for recruiting and engaging members
  • Internal Team: The team responsible for handling activities at ACM UC San Diego
  • External Team: The team responsible for handling relations with third party organizations
  • Board Member: An elected ACM Member responsible for functions of the organization
  • Ambassador: An individual responsible for representing and advertising ACM
  • Member++: An individual who pays dues with international ACM
  • Member: An individual who registers into the ACM database (via the portal)

Abbreviations

  • ACM: Association for Computing Machinery
  • ICPC: International Collegiate Programming Contest