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Are you interested in being a host site for the Pacific Regional of the ACM International Collegiate Programming Contest? (Remember, we need MULTIPLE sites!) If so, here's what your site would need to provide:

  • A set of 30 or more networked workstations/PC's, (one per team) powerful enough to have users pounding on them for five hours doing continuous editing, compilation, and testing. These machines may be using Windows or Linux, as we will "ghost" the contest environment onto them. The contest staff will need to have access to the machines the day before the contest. Two of the staff people usually go to the site a day ahead of time to set things up. Assistance from the local system administrator will be needed.
  • One or more printers available to these machines.
  • A private room for the judges to work (IF you are the judge site), with 10 machines of the type mentioned above, connected to the same network.  (This is required of one site only - alternating years between north and south sites)
  • Space for the contestants to work. Preferably, this is at the workstation, provided there is room for 3 chairs at each station, without impeding passage by other teams.  If this is not possible, space away from the desktop machine (such as in nearby classrooms) is acceptable. Each team needs to have enough space for the three team members to sit together and discuss things among themselves.
  • A large meeting hall that can seat at least 100 for the pre- and post-contest meetings.
  • An enthusiastic pool of volunteers to help pull all the arrangements together and help the day of the contest! Ideally, two or three to handle advance logistics, and 5-10 on the actual contest day (registration, print runners, balloon runners). It is necessary that a system administrator is be available on the day of the contest to deal with unforeseen circumstances.
  • Renting helium tank, and purchasing balloons.
  • Making all needed copies and putting together team packets for the contest.
  • Ordering, sorting and assigning t-shirts according to team/size.
  • Organizing the Friday night pizza party.
  • Organizing a "continental" breakfast the day of the contest.
  • Someone to cater the contest-provided lunch to all participants. This may be on-campus food service, or could be an outside catering firm that can feed around 100 people.
  • Organizing a post-contest dinner (usually a "pizza-feed"), where awards are presented.
  • Creating a web site with local contest information (and providing this link to the contest director), including, but not limited to:
    • Lodging information for contestants who are traveling large distances the night before and the night after the contest. This can be on-campus housing, if available, or local hotels/motels. Contestants are responsible for their own lodging expenses.
    • Arrangements for parking. If there is a fee, the contestants are responsible for it.

As contest sponsors, IBM and 2Sigma will provide financing to cover reasonable expenses, including the cost of the t-shirts, food, balloons, copies, etc.   You will be provided with an adequate budget to work with. Funds will be available prior to the contest. Hosting a contest should only "cost" you some time, but in return, you will be providing a lasting experience for many students!

Complete details for the host site director are found in the Site Coordinator's Guide.

Interested?? If so, please contact the Contest Director:

Last updated: 10/07/07