Many members come early to browse the vendor room for hardware and software bargains or to attend a beginning user meeting or question and answer session before the main program presentation. This top-quality magazine features upcoming meeting schedules, articles on computer topics, hardware and software reviews and software update information. Continuing Professional Education Credit As part of its educational mission, HAL-PC provides Continuing Professional Education Credits. Attendance at meetings of the Legal SIG is accepted by the State Bar Association as qualified Continuing Professional Education. The Programming Contest Scholarship Award Awarded at a spring general meeting each year, this prize motivates thousands of students in HISD and surrounding school districts to write applications and enter them in school-level contests.
Teachers submit winning entries for a final judging by volunteer judges.
The Programming Contest, a popular annual event, is a perfect marriage of HAL-PCs educational mission and its traditional family orientation.