1. The meeting started out with an announcement from Dr. Thomas Smith from
the Upper Midwest Chapter of the Human Factors and Ergonomics Society. They are hosting the annual Human Factors & Ergonomics Conference which will take
place from October 8 to 12 in the Minneapolis Convention Center. UPA
members have been invited to the conference and are encouraged to volunteer
by hosting a lab tour or working at the conference. Information about the
conference will appear on our web site in the near future. Here is his
contact information:
p: 612-625-2044
f: 612-626-7700
e-mail: smith293@tc.umn.edu
2. The second order of business was DeeDee DeMulling's presentation entitled "Design Techniques for Complex Web Applications." She will be presenting this seminar at the national UPA conference this June in Las Vegas. The presentation covered such topics as web applications, virtual collaboration, internationalization, and the user-centered design process. Her talk sparked an interesting discussion.
1. Be sure to pay for your UPA membership. There is a $75 annual fee to the National Chapter and $15 for our local chapter. Locally, we might use the money to do things like sponsor speakers or support our holiday party. As soon as you pay your local dues, your name will be updated on our web site (http://mouseworksmedia.com/upa/index.html). How to pay:
National: http://www.upassoc.org/html/join_upa.html
Local: bring your check to a meeting made out to "MN UPA" and give it to
Andrea Halverson, the treasurer. Another alternative is to send it to the
MN UPA Chapter President:
Richard Sit
Dept. XTN
IBM Corporation
3605 Highway 52 N.
Rochester, MN 55902
2. Hope to see everyone at the next meeting!
Date: June 14
Time: 6 pm - 8 pm
Location and Other Info to be announced
Libby Cecchi
Secretary, MN UPA