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5 <newsitem author="ebering" date="2011-05-09">
6 <p>The results, including appointments, are:
8 <li>President: mthiffau</li>
9 <li>Vice-President: mimcpher</li>
10 <li>Treasurer: kspaans</li>
11 <li>Secretary: akansong</li>
12 <li>Systems Administrator: jbroman</li>
13 <li>Office Manager: jy2wong</li>
14 <li>Librarian: lbovard</li>
18 <newsitem author="scshunt" date="2011-01-12">
19 The election is over. The new executive are
21 <li>President: ebering</li>
22 <li>Vice President: jy2wong</li>
23 <li>Treasurer: kspaans</li>
24 <li>Secretary: ehashman</li>
25 <li>Sysadmin: pbarfuss</li>
27 The new Office Manager is m4burns. The new Librarian is asbumste.
29 <newsitem author="scshunt" date="2011-01-12">
30 There is a correction in the nominee list. m4burns was nominated for
31 Vice-President, not b4taylor. Apologies.
33 If you cannot attend the meeting, please send a vote to
34 cro@csclub.uwaterloo.ca.
36 <newsitem author="scshunt" date="2011-01-11">
37 Nominations have closed at some point. The nominations are as follows:
39 <li>President: ebering</li>
40 <li>Vice President: ssalbiz, jy2wong, m4burns</li>
41 <li>Treasurer: kspaans, qxi, mspang, d2huo, a42ahmed</li>
42 <li>Secretary: kspaans, d2huo, ehashman</li>
45 <newsitem author="scshunt" date="2011-01-06">
46 It has come to my attention that some people believe I previously claimed
47 that nominations close at 3:00 PM. This is false. They close, and have
48 always closed, at 4:30. We have always been at war with Eurasia.
50 <newsitem author="scshunt" date="2011-01-04">
51 Nominations for Winter 2011 executive are now open on the CSC whiteboard. They
52 close at 3:00 PM on Tuesday, January 11. Elections will be held at 4:00 PM on
53 Wednesday, January 12 on the brand-new furniture in the Comfy Lounge.
55 You can also nominate someone or ask any other questions or just complain to
56 <a href="mailto:cro@csclub.uwaterloo.ca">cro@csclub.uwaterloo.ca</a>.
58 <newsitem author="ebering" date="2010-11-03">
59 The CSC has been invited to MathSoc's annual Charity Ball. If you are interested in attending with the CSC, please contact Gwynneth Leece
60 <a href="mailto:gnleece@csclub.uwaterloo.ca">gnleece@csclub.uwaterloo.ca</a>. The Charitby Ball costs $20 per person and includes a three-course dinner.
61 It is Saturday November 20th at 6pm.
64 <newsitem author="m2ellis" date="2010-09-22">
65 We experienced a recent power outage which caused the RAID array hosting mirror data to need to be rebuilt.
66 As a result, the mirrored data is temporarily read-only. We hope to resume synchronizing as soon as possible. We apologize for any inconvenience.
68 You can view the reconstruction progress on the <a href="http://mirror.csclub.uwaterloo.ca/">mirror's index page</a>
70 <newsitem author="m2ellis" date="2010-09-14">
71 Elections are over. The results are:
73 <li>President: j3parker</li>
74 <li>Vice President: ebering</li>
75 <li>Treasurer: rjputins</li>
76 <li>Secretary: kspaans</li>
77 <li>Sysadmin: jbroman</li>
78 <li>Office Manager: askhader</li>
81 <newsitem author="m2ellis" date="2010-09-12">
82 Nominations are now closed. The nominations are as follows:
84 <li>President: j3parker, kspaans, jdonland, mspang</li>
85 <li>Vice President: ebering</li>
86 <li>Treasurer: rjputins</li>
87 <li>Secretary: askhader, baldajan, kspaans</li>
90 <newsitem author="m2ellis" date="2010-09-10">
91 Time for the election on September 14th has been decided. It will be held at 16:30 in the MC comfy lounge.
93 <newsitem author="m2ellis" date="2010-09-04">
94 Nominations for the fall term executives are now open. They will close on Sunday September 12. The election will be held on Tuesday the 14th.
96 To enter a nomination write the name/position on the CSC office whiteboard or send it to <a href="mailto:cro@csclub.uwaterloo.ca">cro@csclub.uwaterloo.ca</a>
98 <newsitem author="ebering" date="2010-05-11">
99 Elections have concluded, congratulations to the new executive:
101 <li>President: Jeff Cameron (j3camero)</li>
102 <li>Vice President: Brennan Taylor (b4taylor)</li>
103 <li>Treasurer: Vardhan Mudunuru (vmudunur)</li>
104 <li>Secretary: Matt Lawrence (m3lawren)</li>
105 <li>Sysadmin: Mike Ellis (m2ells)</li>
108 <newsitem author="ebering" date="2010-05-10">
109 Nominations for the spring term executive are closed. Nominees are:
111 <li>President: Jeff Cameron (j3camero), Kevin Farnworth (kfarnwor)</li>
112 <li>Vice President: Brennan Taylor (b4taylor)</li>
113 <li>Treasurer: Vardhan Mudunuru (vmudunur)</li>
114 <li>Secretary: Matt Lawrence (m3lawren), Qifan Xi (qxi)</li>
116 Elections will occur as listed in the events section for the two contested positions. If you would like to
117 vote absentee, please send your votes (one vote per position) to <a href="mailto:cro@csclub.uwaterloo.ca">the
118 Chief Returning Officer</a> before 5:30 PM EDT on May 11, 2010.
120 <newsitem author="ebering" date="2010-02-01">
121 <h3><a href="http://contest.csclub.uwaterloo.ca/">Contest now open!</a></h3>
122 <p>This term's programming contest is now open. Check out <a href="http://contest.csclub.uwaterloo.ca/">the website</a>. The problem is Tron,
123 and there will be prizes offered, but if you want details you should really check the website.</p>
125 <newsitem author="ebering" date="2009-10-17">
126 <h3>Contest Over</h3>
127 <p>Congratulations to <b>amstan</b> for taking first place.</p>
129 <newsitem author="ebering" date="2009-10-02">
130 <h3>Contest Still Open!</h3>
131 <p>Go to <a href="http://csclub.uwaterloo.ca/contest/">the website</a> now and get to it!</p>
133 <newsitem author="mgregson" date="2009-06-18">
134 <h3>Do you text... do you iPod?</h3>
137 We are looking for volunteers to take part in a study on mobile
138 hand held device use and any related health or comfort troubles
139 experienced during their use. As a participant in this study, you
140 would be asked to fill out a 5-8 minute computer-administered
141 confidential questionnaire.
144 If you would like to participate, please follow this link:
145 <a href="http://ithumb.iwh.on.ca/">http://ithumb.iwh.on.ca/</a>
146 This study is being conducted by Richard Wells and Sophia Berolo,
147 Department of Kinesiology, and Benjamin Amick, Institute for Work
148 and Health. If you wish more information, please contact Sophia
149 Berolo at sberolo@uwaterloo.ca. The study has been reviewed by,
150 and received ethics clearance through, the office of Research
151 Ethics, University of Waterloo.
154 <newsitem author="j3parker" date="2009-05-26">
157 <li>UNIX 101: Need to learn unix for a course, or just to be a ninja?
158 Swing by MC 2037 on Thursday, June 2nd at 4:30PM for a tutorial session.</li>
159 <li>Code Party: Have an assignment or project you need to work on? We
160 will be coding from 7:00pm until 7:00am starting on Friday, June 5th
161 in the Comfy lounge. Join us!</li>
164 <newsitem author="ebering" date="2009-05-14">
165 Some of the talks from the Winter term are available on the website
166 in the <a href="http://csclub.uwaterloo.ca/media/">media</a> section,
167 including the IQC talk and video from the lab tours. Joel Spolsky and
168 Richard Stallman's talks are coming soon.
170 <newsitem author="kspaans" date="2009-05-12">
171 The elections are complete. Your executive for the Spring 2009 term are:
173 <li>President: mspang (Michael Spang)</li>
174 <li>Vice-President: j3paker (Jacob Parker)</li>
175 <li>Treasurer: sagervai (Sapphyre Gervais)</li>
176 <li>Secretary: mimcpher (Matt McPherrin)</li>
179 <newsitem author="kspaans" date="2009-05-04">
180 Kyle (The CRO) has opened the nominations for positions and set the election date.
182 Elections will be held on <b>Tuesday May 12, 2009 at 4:30 PM</b> in the Comfy Lounge.
183 <a href="http://csclub.uwaterloo.ca/~kspaans/S09-nominees.html">Nominees and voting policy</a> for the election.
185 <newsitem author="ebering" date="2009-04-13">
186 CSC Branded Merchindise is now available for purchase <a href="http://www.zazzle.com/csclub">here</a>
187 for your owning pleasure.
189 <newsitem author="ebering" date="2009-03-24">
190 The contest is still open and will be until Saturday. For
191 contest details go to <a href="/contest/">the contest website</a>,
192 and come to the code party friday night for some last minute hacking!
194 <newsitem author="mgregson" date="2009-01-29">
195 Richard Stallman's flight has been delayed and he will be
196 arriving in Waterloo later than expected. As a result, the
197 talk has been moved to the Modern Languages Theatre at 6:30PM.
198 Drop by the CSC for more information! Sorry for the confusion!
200 <newsitem author="b4taylor" date="2009-01-06">
201 Holden (The CRO) has opened the nominations for positions and set the election date.
203 Elections will be held on <b>Tuesday January 13, 2009 at 4:30 PM</b>
205 <newsitem author="dtbartle" date="2008-09-16">
206 The following people were elected today:
208 <li>President: m3lawren (Matt Lawrence)</li>
209 <li>Vice-president: ebering (Edgar Bering)</li>
210 <li>Treasurer: mgregson (Michael Gregson)</li>
211 <li>Secretary: j2simpso (James Simpson)</li>
214 The following were appointed:
216 <li>Sysadmin: kspaans (Kyle Spaans)</li>
217 <li>Imapd: j2simpso (James Simpson)</li>
220 <newsitem author="b4taylor" date="2008-05-16">
221 New positions were elected on Tuesday. Check the exec section to see who won.
223 <newsitem author="dtbartle" date="2008-05-04">
224 Spring 2008 elections will be held on Tuesday May 13th at 4:30pm in the Comfy Lounge.<br/>
225 Get your nominations in as soon as possible on the CSC whiteboard!<br/>
226 Nominations close 24 hours before the polls open.<br/>
227 You can email your nominations to cro@csclub.uwaterloo.ca
229 <newsitem author="dtbartle" date="2008-01-15">
230 Winter 2008 elections are over; <a href="about/positions">click here</a> to
231 see the new executive and other positions.
233 <newsitem author="dtbartle" date="2008-01-08">
234 The CSClub mirror (<a href="http://mirror.csclub.uwaterloo.ca/">mirror.csclub.uwaterloo.ca</a>)
235 is now on the ResNet "don't count" list. This means that downloading
236 software from our mirror will not count against your quota.
237 <a href="http://wiki.csclub.uwaterloo.ca/Mirror">Click here</a> for a list
238 of Linux distributions and open-source software that we mirror.
240 <newsitem author="dtbartle" date="2007-09-09">
241 The Fall 2007 election has been scheduled for Sept 20 at 4:30 pm in the
244 <newsitem author="dtbartle" date="2007-09-01">
245 Nominations are now being accepted for Fall 2007 executive positions.
246 Nominiations close on Sept 19 at 4:30 pm. See
247 <a href="/newsgroup/article.php?id=11045&group=uw.csc">uw.csc</a> for
250 <newsitem author="dtbartle" date="2007-09-01">
251 Our talks our now mirrored on mirror.cs for ResNet and on-campus users.
253 <newsitem author="mspang" date="2007-05-11">
254 The <a href="/about/exec">executive</a> has been elected for the Spring 2007 term.
256 <newsitem author="daltenty" date="2007-01-12">
257 The <a href="/about/exec">executive</a> has been elected for the Winter 2007 term.
259 <newsitem author="woconnor" date="2006-09-21">
260 The <a href="/about/exec">executive</a> has been elected for the Fall 2006 term.
262 <newsitem author="hkarau" date="2006-06-04">
263 The BeBox lives again. BeOS is a unique operating system from the same era as Windows 95. If you'd like to see it run, port something to it (we
264 have the developement tools!), or just watch the funny lights on the front of it, stop by the office and take a look
266 <newsitem author="hkarau" date="2006-05-19">
267 Larry Smith's talk on Creating Killer applications is now online in our
268 new <a href ="/media/"> section </a>(in video :-)).
270 <newsitem author="hkarau" date="2006-05-10">
271 The CSC <a href="/about/exec">executive</a> for Summer 2006 term
275 <newsitem author="ddenisen" date="2006-01-10">
276 The CSC <a href="/about/exec">executive</a> for Winter 2006 term
279 <newsitem author="jeperry" date="2004-10-23">
280 The F04 CSC Programming Contest is underway. Go to
281 <a href="/~contest/">the website</a> for more information.
283 <newsitem author="jeperry" date="2004-09-27">
284 The Fall 2004 elections have occured. We have a new
285 <a href="/about/exec">executive</a>.
287 <newsitem author="mbiggs" date="2004-09-15">
288 <a href="http://mirror.csclub.uwaterloo.ca/csclub/buss-talk.mp3">Here</a> is the audio for Professor Buss'
289 talk: Game Complexity Theorists Ponder, in mp3 format. Enjoy!
291 <newsitem author="zbnichol" date="2004-05-31">
292 Audio has been added for the Larry Smith talk: Computing's Next Great
293 Empires. It is available <a href="http://mirror.csclub.uwaterloo.ca/csclub/larry-smith-talk.ogg">in Ogg
294 format</a> or <a href="http://mirror.csclub.uwaterloo.ca/csclub/larry-smith-talk.mp3">in MP3 format</a>.
295 Thanks to all who came out. The talk was a great success.
297 <newsitem author="mbiggs" date="2004-05-12">
298 The CSC elections took place and we have a new <a
299 href="/about/exec">executive</a> for Spring 2004.
301 <newsitem author="sfllaw" date="2004-04-19">
302 <tt>perpugilliam</tt> has been restored, with two new disks courtesy of
303 MathSoc and MEF. There are now disk quotas for users, with a 250 MB
304 soft quota and a 500 MB hard quota, with a 14-day grace period.
306 <newsitem author="sfllaw" date="2004-04-16">
307 <tt>carbonated-water</tt> is back up. It now runs as the backup mail
308 exchange and also serves a a slave LDAP server. What this means is
309 that if <tt>perpugilliam</tt> goes down, your mail will not be dropped
310 and you'll still be able to login to other machines.
312 <newsitem author="sfllaw" date="2004-04-16">
313 <tt>perpugilliam</tt> will be going down for hardware upgrades on
314 2004-04-16 to 2004-04-19. We thank MathSoc and MEF for their
315 generous support in purchasing this hardware, and apologise for
316 any inconvenience this downtime will cause.
318 <newsitem author="mbiggs" date="2004-04-07">
320 <a href="http://www.csclub.uwaterloo.ca/gallery/ctrl-d-w2004">CTRL-D</a>
321 are available in the gallery.
323 <newsitem author="sfllaw" date="2004-04-02">
324 <tt>glucose-fructose</tt> is back on-line. It has a new 120 GB hard disk,
325 a new power supply, and an nVidia GeForce FX 5900.
327 <newsitem author="sfllaw" date="2004-04-01">
328 <tt>glucose-fructose</tt> will be going down for hardware upgrades on
329 2004-04-02 for an indeterminate amount of time. We thank MathSoc and
330 MEF for their generous support in purchasing this hardware, and
331 apologise for any inconvenience this downtime will cause.
333 <newsitem author="sfllaw" date="2004-03-19">
334 Kernighan came to Waterloo, and the Computer Science Club got our books
335 signed by him. Not only that, but we took
336 <a href="http://www.csclub.uwaterloo.ca/gallery/kernighan-2004">photographs
339 <newsitem author="sfllaw" date="2004-03-16">
340 The books that we purchased have arrived. Now we have two books that
341 can be signed by Kernighan when he comes.
343 <newsitem author="sfllaw" date="2004-02-05">
344 We voted 15 to 0 to 0 in favour of changing the
345 <a href="/about/constitution">constitution</a> to follow MathSoc
346 policy. An updated copy of the document is now online.
348 <newsitem author="sfllaw" date="2004-02-02">
349 <tt>perpugilliam</tt> went down over the weekend due to a failing disk.
350 Please back up all your important data as it is starting to go bad.
351 We are trying to acquire a replacement.
353 <newsitem author="sfllaw" date="2004-01-25">
354 <tt>carbonated-water</tt>, <tt>h2o</tt>, is back down. It's awaiting
357 <newsitem author="sfllaw" date="2004-01-22">
358 The CSC elections took place and we have a new <a
359 href="/about/exec">executive</a> for Winter 2004.
361 <newsitem author="sfllaw" date="2003-09-17">
362 The CSC elections took place and we have a new <a
363 href="/about/exec">executive</a> for Fall 2003.
365 <newsitem author="ja2morri" date="2003-08-12">
366 <tt>carbonated-water</tt>, <tt>h2o</tt>, is back up. It's a great machine
369 <newsitem author="ja2morri" date="2003-08-12">
370 The <a href="http://wiki.csclub.uwaterloo.ca/wiki/Exec_Manual">CSC
371 Procedures manual</a> has been added to the website. Thanks go to
372 Shannon Mann for reminding us of this document.
374 <newsitem author="ja2morri" date="2003-08-06">
375 We've finally gotten around to disabling accounts. If you find your
376 account has been improperly disabled please email
377 <a href="mailto:exec@csclub.uwaterloo.ca">the executive</a>. We are
378 keeping a back up of the files and mail for each disabled account for
379 a short period of time.
381 <newsitem author="ja2morri" date="2003-07-09">
382 Jim Elliott gave a great talk for the CSC yesterday and has put his slides
384 <a href="http://www.vm.ibm.com/devpages/jelliott/events">
385 http://www.vm.ibm.com/devpages/jelliott/events</a>
387 <newsitem author="sfllaw" date="2003-07-03">
388 We have been notified by the Guelph Computer Club that they are unable
389 to host our group event. Sorry for the inconvenience.
391 <newsitem author="sfllaw" date="2003-06-05">
392 We have a new computer called <tt>glucose-fructose</tt>, or <tt>sugar</tt>
393 for short. As a result, <tt>carbonated-water</tt> is temporarily out of
394 service, although it should return within a month.
396 <newsitem author="sjdutoit" date="2003-05-14">
397 The CSC elections took place and we have a new <a
398 href="/about/exec">executive</a> for Spring 2003.
400 <newsitem author="sfllaw" date="2003-01-13">
401 The CSC elections took place and we have a new <a
402 href="/about/exec">executive</a> for Winter 2003.
404 <newsitem author="sjdutoit" date="2002-10-29">
405 Due to lack of time for preparation, the Romp Through The Linux Kernel talks were cancelled.
406 Sorry for the inconvenience. Hopefully these talks will happen next term.
408 <newsitem author="sjdutoit" date="2002-09-30">
409 The business meeting of 2002-09-30 was concluded and the <a
410 href="/about/constitution-change-20020920">constitutional
411 change</a> was approved with a 14:2 majority (and one spoiled
412 ballot). See the new <a href="/about/constitution">constitution</a>.
414 <newsitem author="sjdutoit" date="2002-09-16">
415 The Fall elections have occured and the <a
416 href="/about/exec">results</a> are in.
418 <newsitem author="sjdutoit" date="2002-09-18">
419 We've changed to the new site! Please send your comments to the <a
420 href="mailto:webmaster@csclub.uwaterloo.ca">webmaster</a>. The <a
421 href="/old/">old site</a> is still available. A few things may not
422 be working quite right yet, but I'm working on it.
424 <newsitem author="sjdutoit" date="2002-04-22">
425 Added <a href="http://library.csclub.uwaterloo.ca/">books</a>! About 2.5
426 shelves are there, minus a whole lot that weren't readily accessible from
427 the Library of Congress. Getting all of the books on there is going to
428 be a tough job. These are, by the way, managed by good-old (or new?)
429 CEO. Thanks to Ryan Golbeck and Petio for their hard work getting
430 ISBN numbers onto disc.
432 <newsitem author="sjdutoit" date="2002-04-15">
433 Added a bunch of <a href="/events/old">old events</a> and some
434 documents, including the <a
435 href="/about/constitution">constitution</a>.
437 <newsitem author="sjdutoit" date="2002-04-15">
438 Added the <a href="/about/members">membership list</a>. <a
439 href="/events/old">Old events</a> are working. Event terms, as
440 well as the current term are determined automagically now. Lots of
441 work done. Some more stubs up (office etc.). And I introduce cow -
442 that is, the CSC Ontological Webalizer - which is just a wrapper
443 around libxslt with some extra xpath functions. It is now what is
444 being used to build the site, instead of xsltproc.
446 <newsitem author="sjdutoit" date="2002-02-04">
447 About/Memberlist stub up. Made the CSC logo gold. Isn't it nifty?
449 <newsitem author="sjdutoit" date="2002-02-03">