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5 <cscpage title="About the CSC">
8 <section title="What... is your name?">
10 According to our <a href="/docs/constitution.html">constitution</a> we
11 are officially the "Computer Science Club of the University
12 of Waterloo." You can contact <a href="exec.html">our
13 executive</a> by e-mail at <a
14 href="mailto:exec@csclub.uwaterloo.ca">exec@csclub.uwaterloo.ca</a>,
15 come by the <a href="/office/">office</a> in MC3036/3037 or mail
16 us at the following address.
20 Math & Computer 3036/3037
21 University of Waterloo
22 200 University Avenue West
23 Waterloo, Ontario, CANADA
26 <p>Our office phone number is (519) 888-4567 x33870</p>
29 <section title="What... is your quest?">
31 Again our lovely <a href="/docs/constitution.html">constitution</a> (it
32 really <i>is</i> quite a read, see for yourself!) answers this
33 question. In short, we exist to promote knowledge of and interest
34 in computer science as well as allowing those interested in
35 computer science to talk to each other. We are also a proud
36 <a href="http://www.acm.org/chapters/stu/">ACM student
37 chapter</a>. The <a href="http://www.acm.org/">Association of
38 Computing Machinery (ACM)</a> is the world's first society in
39 computing and brings together many students and professionals from
40 all over the world with an interest in computing. We have an <a
41 href="/office/">office</a> where members get together, a
42 <a href="/office/books.html">library</a> of computer science books
43 available to our members, computer accounts on our various
44 machines and much more. Frequently we host <a
45 href="/events/">events</a> related to computing, including talks,
46 tutorials and demonstrations.
51 title="What... is the air-speed velocity of an unladen swallow?">
54 href="http://www.stone-dead.asn.au/movies/holy-grail/scene-23.html">What
55 do you mean? An African or European swallow?</a> <i>(idea
56 shamelessly stolen from the <a
57 href="http://gcc.gnu.org/libstdc++/">GNU libstdc++
61 <section title="Who is your executive?">
63 Each term a new executive is elected by <a href="members.html">the
64 membership</a>. See the <a href="exec.html">Executive</a> page to find
65 out who this term's executive is.
69 <section title="Can I join?">
71 If you are (or have been) a student, faculty or staff at the
72 <a href="http://www.uwaterloo.ca/">University of Waterloo</a>, you
73 can become a full member of the CSC. Otherwise, you can become an
74 affiliate member, meaning you can't vote or hold executive
75 office. Membership costs a mere $2 (Canadian) a term at the time of
76 this writing, but may change in the future.