Hello CS Club members,
My name is Jinny Kim, and I am your president this term. I hope that your
term is going well so far!
Here are some of the things that the exec has been working on:
*Drinks and snacks* have been restocked! If you have any suggestions for
items we should carry, there is a suggestions board in the office.
*Unix 101* will be taking place tonight in MC 3003, from 5:30-6:30PM.
We will be teaching basic topics including how to use the shell, why we use
it, some simple commands, and more. If you are already a whiz, why not come
out and help out fellow members?
*Code Party* will immediate follow Unix 101, and is located in the MC Comfy
from 6:30PM onwards. Come and work on a side project, discuss cool topics
in computer science, and enjoy some free dinner. If you would like to work
on a side project but don't have any ideas, we'll have some ideas you can
tackle.
We will also be *ratifying the new sysadmin* today during a general meeting
(held at the same time as Code Party).
I personally apologize for the short notice of today's events; we will make
sure to send you all future news in a timely fashion.
If you have any questions or comments, please feel free to email me.
Cheers,
Jinny Kim
President, Computer Science Club <http://csclub.uwaterloo.ca/>
University of Waterloo <https://uwaterloo.ca/>
Nominations for the Spring 2014 elections have closed. The candidates are:
President:
- Jinny Kim (yj7kim)
- Matthew Thiffault (mthiffau)
- Shane Creighton-Young (srcreigh)
- Hayford Peprah (hkpeprah)
Vice President:
- Luke Franceschini (l3france)
- Jinny Kim (yj7kim)
- Shane Creighton-Young (srcreigh)
- Hayford Peprah (hkpeprah)
Treasurer:
- Luke Franceschini (l3france)
- Matthew Thiffault (mthiffau)
- Catherine Mercer (ccmercer)
- Joseph Chouinard (jchouina)
Secretary
- Luke Franceschini (l3france)
- Catherine Mercer (ccmercer)
- Joseph Chouinard (jchouina)
- Ifaz Kabir (ikabir)
If you nominated someone and they are not in this list, they probably
withdrew
their candicacy. If there is an error in the above, contact me at
cro(a)csclub.uwaterloo.ca immediately.
Thanks,
Bryan Coutts
Chief Returning Officer
The Computer Science Club will be holding elections on Thursday, May 15 at
6:00
PM in the MC Comfy Lounge. The president, vice president, treasurer, and
secretary for the spring 2014 term will be elected. The system
administrator,
office manager, and librarian are also typically appointed here.
Anyone who is a full member of the CSC is eligible to be nominated for a
position on exec. You can nominate another person or yourself for any
number of
positions. Nominations can be submitted either by writing the person's name
on
the whiteboard in the CSC office (MC 3036/3037), or by sending an email to
cro(a)csclub.uwaterloo.ca.
A more detailed explanation of the nomination/election procedure follows.
Any contingencies not accounted for below or mandated by the
constitution or other applicable documents shall be determined at the
discretion of the CRO or, in the case of disagreement on such a
procedure, a majority vote of present voting members.
Nomination procedure:
1. Anyone eligible to be a full CSC member may be nominated for one or
more of the positions for election: president, vice-president,
treasurer, and secretary.
2. A person may nominate him/herself or someone else for any number of
positions.
3. Nominations will be accepted by the CRO via any of the following means:
(a) in person
(b) email (to cro(a)csclub.uwaterloo.ca)
(c) the CSC mailbox in MathSoc
(d) the whiteboard in the CSC office (MC 3036/3037)
4. Nominations will be accepted immediately, until the end of the
nomination period (Wed May 14 2014 at 5:00 PM). Thereafter the final
list will be posted on the CSC website.
Election procedure:
1. Anyone present and eligible to join the CSC or renew CSC membership
for the fall will be permitted to do so at the beginning of elections.
2. A list of the candidates for each position will be read.
3. The positions will be elected in the following order: president,
vice-president, treasurer, secretary. Anyone elected to a position
will be removed from consideration for following positions.
4. Before each position is elected, a summary of the duties attendant
to that position will be given, and each candidate will be permitted
to make a brief statement and take questions.
5. Elections will be conducted via heads-down-hands-up approval
voting, with the CRO as the final authority on vote counts. Advance
votes shall count equal to present votes, except that they are
invalidated if the voter is present. In the event of a tie, a runoff
election between the equal candidates will be run by the same
procedure. Only full CSC members (in particular, MathSoc social
members) are eligible to vote.
6. Anyone who is elected but discovered not to be a CSC member must
resign the position or immediately gain membership.
7. Following the election of these four positions, the meeting will be
turned over to the president-elect, who shall begin his/her office by
appointing (with the other new exec) the remaining positions.
Advance voting procedure:
1. If you are unable to attend the election, you may submit an advance
vote via email only. Such emails must be sent to
cro(a)csclub.uwaterloo.ca from either your @csclub.uwaterloo.ca or @
uwaterloo.ca
email, and must be received at least one hour before the beginning of
elections.
2. If you attend elections anyway, you must identify yourself to the
CRO so that your advance ballot can be invalidated in favour of your
present vote.
Thanks,
Bryan Coutts
Chief Returning Officer
