May 2026 - csc-general

Notice Of Disruption to Services, & Events for the term
by Computer Science Club 20 May '26

20 May '26

Hello everyone, Firstly; *What is happening? *Hardware Installation & Upgrades in Cloud 2.0 (Proxmox)'s main nodes. The servers; Teriyaki, Tahini, and Sorbitol will be shut down for a period for the hardware to be installed. *When is this happening? *May 20th, 1pm EDT to 3pm EDT is the expected time frame. Services may be online earlier *How does this affect the CSC Community? *A few members/services (Matrix, Club Websites, etc) are housed on these servers and will be down for the duration. Secondly; On the note of Events we are tentatively planning Trivia night on June 2nd, Alt-tab on July 2nd, a Picnic on July 9th, and a Game Night on July 23rd. Thank you, -- Sourojeet Adhikari |https://racha.ca Spring 2026 President University of Waterloo Computer Science Club

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CSC Constitution Amendment Finalized Version
by Computer Science Club 07 May '26

07 May '26

Hello CSC Members, The Executive Council of CSC is initiated an amendment of the Constitution and Code of Conduct in March and has received extensive feedback from members, past executives, as well as external bodies which we work with. The Executive would like to extend our sincere appreciation for your efforts in improving CSC. The draft has now been finalized and available to view on Gitea as well as HackMD. A summary of changes is also available to see. You may log in to our Gitea using the credentials for your CSC account. - Summary: https://hackmd.io/@TechCiel/S1iXfjQoWl (no log in needed) - Changes: https://git.csclub.uwaterloo.ca/c256zhao/www-club/pulls/1/files - Amended Version: https://hackmd.io/@TechCiel/BJSzt2QoZg (no log in needed) At the General Meeting on May 14th at 6PM at STC 0040, there will be a brief explanation on the amendments, followed by a vote to adopt this amendment. As per Chapter 8 Section 6 and Chapter 10 Section 5 of the Constitution, a quorum of 25 full members or more with 2/3 vote is required to pass and adopt the amendment. -- Thank you, Enming Yang, on beahlf of the Winter 2026 Executive Council Winter 2026 President University of Waterloo Computer Science Club

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Computer Science Club Spring 2026 Election and General Meeting Call
by Computer Science Club 06 May '26

06 May '26

Hello Computer Science Club members! The Executive Council of CSC is calling a General Meeting on Thursday, May 14th, at 6:00PM EDT (UTC-4) at STC 0060. You may attend in-person or virtually via the Stage Channel on our Discord server (csclub.ca/discord) <https://csclub.ca/discord>. It will be held jointly with the S26 election. The amendment vote will take place first. In March, the Executive Council initiated an amendment of the Constitution and Code of Conduct. After more than 28 days of discussion, with many helpful inputs, comments, suggestions, we have iterated on the initial proposal. The executive council would now like to move to a vote by the members. The election for the Spring 2026 term will be held in-person and virtually on Thursday, May 14th, at 6:00PM EDT (UTC-4) at STC 0060 after the General Meeting. Virtual attendees can join the Stage Channel on our Discord server. The President, Vice-President, Assistant Vice-President, and Treasurer will be elected whilst the Systems Administrator will be appointed by the new executives and ratified by vote at the election. The election will follow procedures outlined in the current constitution as to not be affected by the outcome of the constitution amendment vote. If you wish to nominate yourself or anyone else for any of these positions, please do so via one of the following methods: 1. Send an email to cro(a)csclub.uwaterloo.ca, 2. Present your nomination in-person to the CRO (Rui Huang), or 3. Write your name on the whiteboard in the CSC office (MC 3036/3037). Nominations will close on Wednesday, May 13th, 2026, at 6PM EDT (UTC-4). The CRO will reach out to nominees for their platform. Platforms will be available on the nominee-platform-s26 discord channel and send out via Email after the nomination period ends. If you are unable to attend the elections live (in-person or virtually), you may email cro(a)csclub.uwaterloo.ca by Wednesday, May 13th, 2026, at 6:00 PM EDT (UTC-4) to request an absentee ballot. In-person voting will be done via form submission. You must be a CSC member and Mathsoc Full or Social Member for the Spring 2026 term to run for a position or vote in the election. You can sign up or renew your CSC membership in person at the election. You can find more details about becoming a member or renewing your membership on our website at csclub.uwaterloo.ca <https://csclub.uwaterloo.ca> If you have any further questions about elections or nominations, please email cro(a)csclub.uwaterloo.ca Cordially, Rui Huang, Spring 2026 Chief Returning Officer Enming Yang, Winter 2026 President University of Waterloo Computer Science Club

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