January 2013 - csc-general

BOT Announcements: Gabriella Coleman, Code Party 0, Scheduled Downtime
by Computer Science Club 26 Jan '13

26 Jan '13

Greetings, members! Welcome and welcome back, and happy new year! We have many exciting events planned for this term; here are some of the upcoming ones, so mark up your fresh calendars (unless you prefer to preserve their beautiful, clean, glossy, white pages...). ~Gabriella Coleman, "Weapons of the Geek": Monday, Jan. 28, 4:30pm, DC 1302 An anthropologist from McGill, Gabriella Coleman researches, writes, and teaches on hackers and digital activism. Her talk is part of the CrySP Speaker Series on privacy. Here is the abstract: "Drawing on fieldwork among Free and Open Source software hackers and the Anonymous protest movement, I will discuss some attributes of hacker and geek activism that set their actions apart from other modalities of dissent and contextualize their actions in light of broader historical trends concerning censorship, intellectual property, privacy, and surveillance." ~Code Party 0: Friday, Feb. 1, 7:00pm, Comfy Lounge (MC 3001) Our first code party of the term is next Friday. There will be soda, chips, cookies, and (probably not many) other delectable delicacies to pleasure your palates. There will also be music and free Internet ((both) in limited supply). Stop by, relax, and work on that coding project you've been putting off since Christmas. Attendance is not limited to members! ~Scheduled downtime: Sunday, Feb. 3, 12:00pm until Monday, Feb. 4, 12:00pm CSC systems will be taken offline to allow us to switch homedirectory hosting to our new Netapp storage device. All CSC systems, homedirectories and hosted websites will be unavailable for the duration of our maintenance window. Make sure to save your work, and plan ahead to use a personal computer or a different machine during that time. Happy coding, Matt O. CSC Secretary, Winter 2013

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Winter 2013 election nominees
by Computer Science Club 15 Jan '13

15 Jan '13

Greetings programs, Winter 2013 nominations closed earlier today. Elections are tomorrow, Wednesday Jan 16, at 4:00pm in the MC Comfy Lounge. Come by and take part in selecting this term's executive. Librarian and Sysadmin will be selected immediately afterward as well. Nominees are as follows. President: a2brenna ( Anthony Brennan ) jdonland ( Jesse Onland ) m4burns ( Marc Burns ) mimcpher ( Matthew McPherrin ) qxi ( Qifan Xi ) wlritchi ( William Ritchie ) Vice-President: b2coutts ( Bryan Coutts ) m4burns ( Marc Burns ) mimcpher ( Matthew McPherrin ) sharvey ( Sarah Harvey ) wlritchi ( William Ritchie ) Treasurer: b2coutts ( Bryan Coutts ) jsmumfor ( Jonathan Mumford ) m4burns ( Marc Burns ) wlritchi ( William Ritchie ) Secretary: b2coutts ( Bryan Coutts ) h292zhan ( Heming Zhang ) jsmumfor ( Jonathan Mumford ) m4burns ( Marc Burns ) mgolechn ( Mateusz Olechnowicz ) mimcpher ( Matthew McPherrin ) wlritchi ( William Ritchie ) If you are unable to attend during the election event, votes my also be e-mailed to cro(a)csclub.uwaterloo.ca, listing preference. With warm regards, Calum T. Dalek Chairbeing Extraordinaire

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Winter 2013 Elections Have Begun
by Computer Science Club 04 Jan '13

04 Jan '13

Greetings members! The election period for Winter 2013 Computer Science Club executive has begun! Come down to the MC Comfy Lounge on Wednesday January 16, 2012 at 4:00PM, where elections will be held for this term's President, Vice-President, Treasurer and Secretary. Sysadmin, Librarian and Office Manager selections will also occur at this time. Nominations will run until Tuesday January 15, 2012 at 4:00PM. You can submit a nomination ( including yourself ) by writing the person's user id in the nomination chart on the office whiteboard. Alternatively, you may e-mail nominations to this term's CRO at cro(a)csclub.uwaterloo.ca. With warm regards, Calum T. Dalek Chairbeing Extraordinaire

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