If you're interested in speaking at a conference for the first time check out StarCon at the bottom of this email. Hello everyone, The Computer Science Club will be holding elections for the Spring 2017 term on Friday, September 15th at 6:00pm in the MC Comfy Lounge (MC 3001). The following positions will be elected: President, Vice-President, Treasurer and Secretary. The following positions will be appointed: Systems Administrator (to be ratified at the meeting), Office Manager, Librarian and CTF Club Liaison. If you would like to run or nominate someone for any of the elected positions, you can put your/their name and Quest ID as well as a list of positions on a piece of paper into the nominations box in the CSC office (MC 3036/3037) or send an email to the Chief Returning Officer (Felix) at cro@csclub.uwaterloo.ca<mailto:cro@csclub.uwaterloo.ca>. I will periodically empty the nominations box and notify the people nominated via their @edu.uwaterloo.ca<http://edu.uwaterloo.ca/> email address. Please note that executive positions are restricted to MathSoc social members. Nominations will close at 6:00pm on Thursday, September 14th (24 hours prior to the start of elections). At this time, I will publish the list of nominations via the CSC mailing list as well as at https://csclub.uwaterloo.ca/elections. Voting will be done in a heads-down, hands-up manner and is restricted to MathSoc social members. A full description of the roles and the election procedure are listed in our Constitution, available at https://csclub.uwaterloo.ca/about/constitution. Any questions related to the election can be directed to cro@csclub.uwaterloo.ca<mailto:cro@csclub.uwaterloo.ca>. Additionally, we’re excited to announce that StarCon (http://starcon.io/), a conference running in Waterloo next January, has opened its call for proposals! We’re looking for folks who have a passion for technology, learning and sharing to submit 15 minute talks about their favourite piece(s) of technology. Submit your talk before September 15 here: https://starcon.io/cfp/ Thanks, Felix Bauckholt Chief Returning Officer Computer Science Club | University of Waterloo cro@csclub.uwaterloo.ca<mailto:cro@csclub.uwaterloo.ca>