[Gsc-anno] How to Outsource Life, Publishing Smart, Ski Trip, General Council Mtg (04NOV07)

[GSC Secretary]

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   more extensive announcements online: http://gsc.mit.edu
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headlines (details below):

	     1. How to Outsource Life
	        Mon Nov 5th, 7pm in 34-101

	     2. Publishing Smart Workshop
	        Fri Nov 16th, 11am in 14N-132

	     3. Ski Trip!
	        Tickets go on sale Nov 12th

	     4. General Council Meeting of the GSC
	        Wed Nov 7th, 5pm in 50-220

details:
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*How to Outsource Life*

How to Outsource Life, Create Worldwide Buzz, and Produce a Cultural
Phenomenon: Conversation with a #1 NY Times Bestselling Author
Speaker: Tim Ferriss
Affiliation: Guest Lecturer, Princeton, Author, Four-Hour Workweek
Host: James Psota (psota at mit.edu)
Host Affiliation: MIT CSAIL

Date: Mon Nov 5th
Time: 7pm - 8:30pm
Refreshments: 6:45pm
Location: 34-101

Tim Ferriss lectures on high-tech entrepreneurship at Princeton University
and is the author of The Four-Hour Workweek, which simultaneously became #1
on NY Times, Wall Street Journal, and BusinessWeek in 2007. In this talk,
Tim will share his views on what it takes to be a successful entrepreneur
and highlight the new rules for launching your product using social
and viral media.

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*Publishing Smart Workshop*

Publishing Smart: a hands-on workshop examining journal quality measures
and publisher copyright policies

What will be covered:

Information about tools that measure journal quality, publisher copyright
policies, and their significance to you as an author.
Includes concise overviews of:
- Measures of journal quality, including ISI impact factor, as well as
  newer indicators
- Copyright law as related to journal publishing ? transferring copyright
- Publisher copyright policies, including rights for posting your work
  on the web
- Publishing options: open access channels in both new and traditional
  journals, and other types of publishing

When: Fri Nov 16, 2007, 11am - 12pm
Where: 14N-132
Sponsored by: The GSC-ARC and the MIT Libraries

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*Snowriders-GSC Annual Winter Ski Trip, Jan 24-27, 2008*

Tickets go on sale Nov 12th, 2007, noon

The annual Snowriders-GSC Winter Ski Trip is back for 2008.  Join us
from Jan 24 through 27, 2008 at Sunday River!  All MIT grad students
and post-docs are welcome, with up to one guest per student/post-doc.
Online ticket sales will go live on Mon Nov 12 at 12pm.  440 spots sold
out in under 27 hours last year, so mark your calendars and get your
tickets fast!

The following two packages are available this year:

$241 Regular skier/rider
$157 Season Pass skier/rider

Packages include three nights lodging, three days of lift tickets,
three Perfect-Turn Group Lessons, round-trip bus transportation and more.
See http://web.mit.edu/gsc/www/programs/ski/index.shtml for other specials
and perks, including convenient on-campus rental fittings.  Tickets are
non-refundable, but ticket exchanges are allowed until midnight Jan 6, 2008.
Questions?  Email gsc-skitrip at mit.edu

See you on the slopes!!

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*GSC November General Council Meeting*

The monthly General Council Meeting of the GSC will be Wednesday
Nov 7th, 5-7pm in 50-220.  Food will be served at 5pm, and the meeting
starts at 5:30pm. The GCM is open to the entire MIT Community.

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-- 
Oaz Nir
GSC Secretary, 2007-2008