September 2019 - csc-general

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by Computer Science Club 25 Sep '19

25 Sep '19

Hi all, The IMPAD has been appointed. dchlobow has been appointed as the IMPAD for the FAll 2019 term. Drinks and snacks should be available for purchase in the office soon. Also, this is a friendly reminder to pay the $2 membership fee to renew your membership if you’d like to continue. Feel free to stop by the office at any point that it’s open to renew it. Tamara Khalaf Assistant Vice-President, Computer Science Club

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Git 101 Workshop this weekend
by Computer Science Club 19 Sep '19

19 Sep '19

Hi all, The CS Club is hosting a Git 101 workshop this Saturday (Sept 21) and Saturday (Sept 22) at 12 PM in QNC 1502. The workshop spans two days with the first day covering Git basics such as add, commit, diff, log, GitHub Basics, etc. The second workshop will cover advanced topics like branching, merging, merge conflicts, feature branch workflow, etc. If you are familiar with Git basics, feel free to only attend the second workshop. Food will be provided for both events. See you there! Dhruv Jauhar President, CSC

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Fall 2019 Election Results
by Computer Science Club 13 Sep '19

13 Sep '19

Greetings, programs! Fall 2019 elections have concluded. Here are your executives for the term. *President: Dhruv Jauhar (djauhar) *Vice-President: Aditya Thakral (a3thakra) *Treasurer: Rishabh Kumar Minocha (rkminoch) *Assistant Vice-President: Tamara Emily Khalaf (tekhalaf) Murphy Thomas Reynolds (Murphy) Berzish (mtrberzi) was appointed and ratified as the Systems Administrator. The following people were appointed: Office Manager: Zihan (Archer) Zhang (z577zhan) Librarian: Raghav Sethi (r5sethi) The IMPAD has yet to be appointed. Thank you to everyone who participated in the elections, and we hope that it’ll be a great and successful term for everyone! -- Rajat Malhotra Chief Returning Officer, Computer Science Club _

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Mozilla OSSN + Git September
by Computer Science Club 13 Sep '19

13 Sep '19

Hi all, Our Computer Science Club is now a member of Mozilla's OSSN <https://ossn.club/> (Open Source Student Network). OSSN is a network of university students and clubs who believe that open source is the engine that powers innovation. As a part of the network, we get a lot of benefits: * All CSC members can connect with other club members of participating clubs <https://ossn.club/clubs> using the OSSN slack * There is a jobs and internships board * The fixme app <https://fixme.ossn.club> lets people find actively maintained open source projects To get the most of it, sign up on https://ossn.club and join our club <https://ossn.club/clubs/15>. We are also organizing Git September <https://events.mozilla.org/ossngitseptember>, as it will be highly beneficial for first year students and beginners for contributing to open source projects, and participating in Hacktoberfest. Benefits of participating in Git September: * Understand Git (almost certainly required in a software development job) * Make your first pull request * Receive cool stickers * Prepare for Hacktoberfest We are planning the first of the two git workshops on Saturday, September 21, and the second one on Sunday, September 22. We will be covering Git basics such as add, commit, diff, GitHub basics, etc for the first one. The second workshop will cover advanced topics like branching, merging, merge conflicts, feature branch workflow, etc. Event details and TLDR: 1. CSC is a part of Mozilla OSSN. You can sign up https://ossn.club 2. Git 101: September 21, 12pm - 2:30pm, QNC 1502 3. Git Good: September 22, 12pm - 2:30pm, QNC 1502 Aditya Thakral Vice President Computer Science Club

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Nominations Closed, Fall 2019 Elections Tomorrow
by Computer Science Club 12 Sep '19

12 Sep '19

Hi all, Nominations for Computer Science Club positions closed today at 6:00 PM. Elections will be held tomorrow (September 12th) at *7:00 PM in MC Comfy*. Here is the list of nominees and members who have expressed interest for the appointed positions. Names are listed in alphabetical order. Absentee votes will be accepted by email to cro(a)csclub.uwaterloo.ca from eligible members until the start of the meeting. President * Dhruv Jauhar (djauhar) Vice President * Aditya Thakral (a3thakra) Treasurer * Raghav Sethi(r5sethi) * Rishabh Kumar Minocha(rkminoch) Secretary/Assistant Vice President * Daniel Shijia Wang(ds2wang) * Tamara Emily (Tammy) Khalaf (tekhalaf) Sysadmin (appointed) * Daniel Chen (d223chen) * Murphy Thomas Reynolds (Murphy) Berzish (mtrberzi) * Simon Zeng (s33aeng) Office Manager (appointed) * Zihan (Archer) Zhang (z577zhan) Librarian (appointed) * Zihan (Archer) Zhang (z577zhan) * Raghav Sethi(r5sethi) Additionally, here is a tentative agenda for tomorrow's election. 1. Face-down heads-up voting for the elected positions. 2. Appointment of the sysadmin after a private session of exec. 3. Ratification of the sysadmin appointment. 4. Appointment of the remaining appointed positions after private session of exec. 5. Ratification of the remaining appointed positions. 6. Approval of sysadmin honorarium of $300 for last term's sysadmin, Charlie Wang (s455wang). Hope to see you all at elections, Rajat Malhotra Chief Returning Officer, Computer Science Club

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Fall 2019 Elections
by Computer Science Club 04 Sep '19

04 Sep '19

Greetings programmers, The Computer Science Club will be holding elections for fall 2019 term on Thursday, September 12th in MC Comfy (MC 3001) at 19:00. During the meeting, the president, vice-president, treasurer and assistant vice-president (formerly secretary) will be elected, the sysadmin will be ratified, and the librarian and office manager will be appointed. If you'd like to run for any of these positions or nominate someone, you can write your name on the whiteboard in the CSC office (MC 3036/3037) or send me (Rajat) an email at cro(a)csclub.uwaterloo.ca. Every effort will be made to note down whiteboard nominations, but it is highly recommended to send me an email in addition to writing on the whiteboard. You can also deposit nominations in the CSC mailbox in MathSoc or present them to me in-person. Nominations will close at 18:00 on Wednesday, September 11th. Regards, Rajat Malhotra Chief Returning Officer, Computer Science Club

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