September 2011 - csc-general

Unix 101 Sep. 29 / Code Party Sep. 30
by Computer Science Club 23 Sep '11

23 Sep '11

Greetings, members! I am pleased to invite you to the CSC's first two events of the term occurring this upcoming week! UNIX 101 --- New to the Unix computing environment? If you seek an introduction, look no further. We will be holding a series of tutorials on using Unix, beginning with Unix 101 in MC 3004 on Thursday, September 29 at 4:00 pm. Topics that will be covered include basic interaction with the shell and more advanced topics such as scripting and job control, the file system, and using the secure shell protocol. If you're already familiar with these topics, don't hesitate to come to Unix 102 to learn about documents, editing, and other related tasks, and watch out for Unix 103, 104, and 201 that will cover power tools and authoring software on Unix in depth later in the term. CODE PARTY 1 --- Join us in the Comfy Lounge (MC 3001) on Friday, September 30 for a night of code and electronic music! Our theme for the first code party of the term will be an introduction to collaborative development, where we will present several ideas for small projects to work on for the inexperienced. Feel free to also hack on your personal projects, contribute to open source software, or just work on your homework. Caffeinated beverages and edibles will be available for your hacking pleasure! The festivities will begin at 7:00 pm and continue into the night. Feel free to come out at any time for as long as you like, and make sure you bring your laptop! For anyone interested in helping out, let the Program Committee know by sending an email to progcom(a)csclub.uwaterloo.ca. Hope to see you there! -- Elana Hashman Secretary Computer Science Club University of Waterloo ehashman(a)uwaterloo.ca

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Office Training / csc-industry Mailing List
by Computer Science Club 20 Sep '11

20 Sep '11

Hello, members! This message contains information on the following: 1. Office Training - September 23rd 2. New Mailing List: csc-industry OFFICE TRAINING --- Fall 2011 office training is scheduled for this Friday, September 23 at 4:30 pm in the CSC office (MC 3036/3037). If you are interested in helping out around the office or getting more involved with the club, we encourage you to come out and become a member of our office staff! The more staff we have, the longer we can keep the office open. We will also be determining keyed office staff after the training. Hope to see you there! CSC-INDUSTRY --- This is a new mailing list established for industry opportunities and events. The CSC is often approached by industry representatives who offer information on current events and employment opportunities, and past practice has been to refer them to the uw.csc newsgroup for posting. We feel that this isn't sufficient for our interested members, and have created a new mailing list, csc-industry. It is a moderated, opt-in mailing list for the purpose of informing members of industry opportunities, including: - job opportunities - industry events (including information and recruiting sessions) - employer-sponsored workshops For information on csc-industry, including posting guidelines, see https://wiki.csclub.uwaterloo.ca/Csc-industry To subscribe to csc-industry, visit http://csclub.uwaterloo.ca/mailman/listinfo/csc-industry For more information on our updated procedures regarding how we will circulate information on industry opportunities, see https://wiki.csclub.uwaterloo.ca/Industry_Opportunities If you are interested, please subscribe as we will be directing industry representatives to begin posting to the list within the next week. If you have any questions or concerns, please direct them to exec(a)csclub.uwaterloo.ca and the executive would be happy to address them. -- Elana Hashman Secretary Computer Science Club University of Waterloo ehashman(a)uwaterloo.ca

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Fall 2011 Elections
by Computer Science Club 18 Sep '11

18 Sep '11

Hello, Club elections will be tomorrow September 19th at 4:30 PM in the Comfy Lounge (MC 3001). All members are invited to attend. After the election the new executive will hold the first meeting of the club and fill appointed positions, so if you'd like to get involved or help shape the direction of the club come out. This is also an excellent opportunity to renew your membership for the term, if you have not yet done so. If you are unable to attend but would still like to vote please e-mail your ballot to me at cro(a)csclub.uwaterloo.ca. The vote will be conducted by approval voting, which means you vote for as many people per race as you like (the ones you approve of), and the person with the most votes in that race wins. The nominees are as follows: President: Marc Burns (m4burns) Katie Hyatt (kshyatt) Elana Hashman (ehashman) Vice-president: Marc Burns (m4burns) Katie Hyatt (kshyatt) Treasurer: Jacob Parker (j3parker) Sean Hunt (scshunt) Sapphyre Gervais (sagervai) Secretary: Elana Hashman (ehashman) Kyle Spaans (kspaans) Sapphyre Gervais (sagervai) -- Edgar Bering, Chief Returning Officer ebering at uwaterloo dot ca Computer Science Club http://csclub.uwaterloo.ca/~ebering Mathematics Society MC 3036, (519)888-4567,x33870 University of Waterloo Waterloo, Ontario CANADA N2L 3G1

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