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5 <newsitem author="ztseguin" date="2018-09-01">
6 <p>Power has now been restored to the machine room and
7 most CSC systems and services are now available, with the exception
11 <b>sucrose and taurine</b>
13 We are currently unable to access to servers remotely. To restore
14 these servers, we need a visit to the machine room to identify and
18 <b><a href="http://test-ipv6.csclub.uwaterloo.ca">test-ipv6</a>
19 (restored as of Sept. 2)</b>
21 Currently available from within the UW network only. Investigation
22 is still ongoing and may require assistance from IST's security team.
25 <p>If you experience any issues accessing CSC services, please contact the
26 <a href="mailto:systems-committee@csclub.uwaterloo.ca">Systems Committee</a>.
29 <newsitem author="ztseguin" date="2018-08-31">
30 <p>While power has been restored to the Math & Computer Building (MC),
31 power is not yet available in the machine room. As a result,
32 most CSC services are still unavailable at this time.</p>
33 <p>The current estimate for power is Saturday, Sept. 1.</p>
34 <p>Currently, due to machines located in other buildings and
35 emergency generator power to select machines in MC, the following
36 services are currently available:</p>
38 <li><a href="http://mirror.csclub.uwaterloo.ca">Mirror</a></li>
39 <li>Mail (<a href="https://mail.csclub.uwaterloo.ca">Webmail</a>, SMTP and IMAP</li>
40 <li>Caffeine (including web hosting)</li>
42 <p>Once power is restored to the machine room, the Systems Committee
43 will continue restoring remaining services.</p>
45 <newsitem author="ztseguin" date="2018-07-18">
46 <p>The Systems Committee has been informed of a planned power outage
47 in the Math & Computer Building (MC) Tuesday, August 21 to
48 Thursday, August 30. Systems will be unavailable starting Sunday,
49 August 19 at 12pm EDT and are expected to be restored on
50 Thursday, August 30.</p>
51 <p>We expect that our <a href="http://mirror.csclub.uwaterloo.ca/">
52 Open Source Software mirror
53 </a>be available during the outage.</p>
55 <a href="https://mailman.csclub.uwaterloo.ca/pipermail/csc-general/2018-August/000769.html">
57 </a> sent to csc-general for more information.</p>
59 <a href="mailto:systems-committee@csclub.uwaterloo.ca">
62 if you have any questions.</p>
63 <p><em>Updated on 2018-07-19 as the outage time was extended.</em></p>
64 <p><em>Updated on 2018-08-02 with additional information
65 and extended outage time.</em></p>
67 <newsitem author="mnmailho" date="2018-05-14">
68 <p>Here are the results from this term's elections:</p>
70 <li>President: Melissa Tedesco (matedesc)</li>
71 <li>Vice-President: Dhruv Jauhar (djauhar)</li>
72 <li>Treasurer: Tristan Hume (tghume)</li>
73 <li>Secretary: Marc Mailhot (mnmailho)</li>
75 <p>Additionally, the following positions were appointed:</p>
77 <li>Systems Administrator: Jennifer Zhou (c7zou)</li>
78 <li>Office Manager: Aditya Thakral (a3thakra)</li>
79 <li>Librarian: Archer Zhang (z577zhan)</li>
80 <li>Fridge Regent: Marc Mailhot (mnmailho)</li>
83 <newsitem author="pj2melan" date="2018-05-14">
84 <p>Here are the nominations for the Spring 2018 elections:</p>
86 <li>President: Melissa (matedesc), Haoran (h594wang)</li>
87 <li>VP: Dhruv (djauhar), Haoran (h594wang)</li>
88 <li>Secretary: Dhruv (djauhar), Marc (mnmailho)</li>
89 <li>Treasurer: Tristan (tghume)</li>
91 <p>Additionally, the following people have expressed interest in appointed positions:</p>
93 <li>Office Manager: Aditya (a3thakra), Archer (z577zhan), Haoran (h594wang), Yash (y2mathur)</li>
94 <li>Librarian: Aditya (a3thakra), Archer (z577zhan), Anamaya (agarodia)</li>
95 <li>Pop/Fridge Regent: Marc (mnmailho)</li>
96 <li>Sysadmin: Jennifer (c7zou)</li>
100 <newsitem author="pj2melan" date="2018-03-26">
101 <p>The winner of the uncode party is Jennifer Zhou! For a sorting
102 algorithm that works by emailing our VP for each decision.
104 <p>Again, congratulations on somehow winning an event that even the
105 organizers wouldn't know there was going to be a winner at!</p>
108 <newsitem author="ztseguin" date="2017-05-17">
109 <p>Here are the results from this term's elections:</p>
111 <li>President: fbauckho (Felix Bauckholt)</li>
112 <li>Vice-President: z34wei (Zichuan Wei)</li>
113 <li>Treasurer: lhsong (Laura Song)</li>
114 <li>Secretary: bzmo (Bo Mo)</li>
116 <p>Additionally, the following positions were appointed:</p>
118 <li>Systems Administrator: ztseguin (Zachary Seguin)</li>
119 <li>Office Manager: ubarar (Uday Barar)</li>
120 <li>Librarian: pj2melan (Patrick Melanson)</li>
121 <li>Imapd: ubarar (Uday Barar)</li>
125 <newsitem author="b2coutts" date="2017-01-14">
126 <p>Here are the results from this term's elections:</p>
128 <li>President: wyscheung (Wilson Cheung)</li>
129 <li>Vice-President: tghume (Tristan Hume)</li>
130 <li>Treasurer: jxpryde (Jordan Pryde)</li>
131 <li>Secretary: aafata (Amir Fata)</li>
133 <p>Additionally, the following positions were appointed:</p>
135 <li>Systems Administrator: ztseguin (Zachary Seguin)</li>
136 <li>Office Manager: fbauckho (Felix Bauckholt)</li>
137 <li>Librarian: csfmurph (Connor Murphy)</li>
138 <li>Imapd: ischtche (Ilia Chtcherbakov)</li>
141 We also amended our constitution to revise our Code of Conduct. The
142 updated Code of Conduct can be found at
143 https://csclub.uwaterloo.ca/about/code-of-conduct.
147 <newsitem author="ztseguin" date="2016-11-20">
148 <p>Due to a planned power outage in the Mathematics & Computer Building on Sat. Nov 26 from 7am to 5pm, Computer Science Club systems and services will be unavailable.</p>
149 <p>It is expected that our Open Source Software mirror (<a href="http://mirror.csclub.uwaterloo.ca">mirror.csclub.uwaterloo.ca</a>) remain available during the outage. This is made possible with assistance from the Computer Science Computing Facility (CSCF).</p>
152 <newsitem author="ubarar" date="2016-11-10">
153 <p> The Code of Conduct and the amended version can be found below: </p>
155 <li><a href="https://www.csclub.uwaterloo.ca/~exec/proposed-amendment/about/code-of-conduct">Proposed CoC</a></li>
156 <li><a href="https://www.csclub.uwaterloo.ca/~exec/proposed-amendment.patch">Diff between current and proposed CoC</a></li>
160 <newsitem author="ztseguin" date="2016-10-18">
161 <p>Due to a planned power outage in the Mathematics & Computer Building on Sat. Oct 22 from 7am to 11pm, Computer Science Club systems and services will be unavailable.</p>
162 <p>It is expected that our Open Source Software mirror (<a href="http://mirror.csclub.uwaterloo.ca">mirror.csclub.uwaterloo.ca</a>) remain available during the outage. This is made possible with assistance from the Computer Science Computing Facility (CSCF).</p>
165 <newsitem author="ztseguin" date="2016-09-19">
166 <p>Here are the results from this term's elections:</p>
168 <li>President: s455wang (Charlie Wang)</li>
169 <li>Vice-President: b2coutts (Bryan Coutts)</li>
170 <li>Treasurer: lhsong (Laura Song)</li>
171 <li>Secretary: ubarar (Uday Barar)</li>
173 <p>Additionally, the following positions were appointed:</p>
175 <li>Systems Administrator: ztseguin (Zachary Seguin)</li>
176 <li>Office Manager: j2sinn (James Sinn)</li>
177 <li>Librarian: fbauckho (Felix Bauckholt)</li>
178 <li>Imapd: ischtche (Ilia Chtcherbakov)</li>
182 <newsitem author="pj2melan" date="2016-05-12">
183 <p>Elections for Spring 2016 have concluded. The following people were elected and ratified:</p>
185 <li>President: Luqman Aden (<tt>laden</tt>)</li>
186 <li>Vice-president: Melissa Tedesco (<tt>matedesc</tt>)</li>
187 <li>Treasurer: Jon Bailey (<tt>jj2baile</tt>)</li>
188 <li>Secretary: Aditya Shivam Askothar (<tt>askothar</tt>)</li>
189 <li>SysAdmin: Jordan Xavier Pryde (<tt>jxpryde</tt>)</li>
190 <li>Office Manager: Zachary Seguin (<tt>ztseguin</tt>)</li>
191 <li>Librarian: Charlie Wang (<tt>s455wang</tt>)</li>
192 <li>Fridge Regent: Marc Mailhot (<tt>mnmailho</tt>)</li>
196 <newsitem author="ztseguin" date="2016-02-09">
197 <p>Many of the Computer Science Club's systems and services will be unavailable for maintenance on Wednesday, February 17 from 11am to 5pm.</p>
198 <p>See <a href="https://csclub.uwaterloo.ca/newsgroup/article.php?id=12268&group=uw.csc">the announcement</a> for more information.</p>
201 <newsitem author="ztseguin" date="2016-01-21">
202 <p>The <a href="http://mirror.csclub.uwaterloo.ca">Computer Science Club Mirror</a> is now running on potassium-benzoate, our new server which was purchased with funding from the <a href="https://www.student.math.uwaterloo.ca/~mefcom/">Mathematics Endowment Fund (MEF)</a>. We have also enhanced our mirror's network connectivity, adding IPv6 and 10Gbps.</p>
204 <p>Running our mirror is made possible with assistance from:</p>
206 <li>The <a href="https://www.student.math.uwaterloo.ca/~mefcom/">Mathematics Endowment Fund (MEF)</a></li>
207 <li>The <a href="http://mathsoc.uwaterloo.ca">Mathematics Society (MathSoc)</a></li>
208 <li>Dave Gawley and the <a href="https://cs.uwaterloo.ca/resources-services/cscf">Computer Science Computing Facility (CSCF)</a></li>
209 <li><a href="https://uwaterloo.ca/information-systems-technology/">Information Systems Technology (IST)</a></li>
213 <newsitem author="pj2melan" date="2016-01-14">
214 <p>Elections for Winter 2016 have concluded. The following people were elected:</p>
216 <li>President: Patrick Melanson (<tt>pj2melan</tt>)</li>
217 <li>Vice-president: Patrick Melanson (<tt>pj2melan</tt>)</li>
218 <li>Acting Vice-president: Theo Belaire (<tt>tbelaire</tt>)</li>
219 <li>Treasurer: Luqman Aden (<tt>laden</tt>)</li>
220 <li>Secretary: Naomi Koo (<tt>m3koo</tt>)</li>
221 <li>SysAdmin: Zachary Seguin (<tt>ztseguin</tt>)</li>
222 <li>Office Manager: Reila Zheng (<tt>wy2zheng</tt>)</li>
223 <li>Librarian: Felix Bauckholt (<tt>fbauckho</tt>)</li>
224 <li>Fridge Regent: Marc Mailhot (<tt>mnmailho</tt>)</li>
228 <newsitem author="kpwarr" date="2015-05-22">
229 <p>By-Elections for Spring 2015 have concluded. The following people were elected:</p>
231 <li>Secretary: Keri Warr (<tt>kpwarr</tt>)</li>
232 <li>Treasurer: Jonathan Bailey (<tt>jj2baile</tt>)</li>
234 <p>In addition, the following people were appointed to non-elected positions:</p>
236 <li>Librarian: Yomna Nasser (<tt>ynasser</tt>)</li>
237 <li>Office Manager: Ilia Sergei Chtcherbakov (<tt>ischtche</tt>)</li>
238 <li>SysAdmin: Nicholas Black (<tt>nablack</tt>)</li>
242 <newsitem author="glgambet" date="2015-05-14">
243 <p>Elections for Spring 2015 have concluded. The following people were elected:</p>
245 <li>President: Luqman Aden (<tt>laden</tt>)</li>
246 <li>Vice-president: Patrick Melanson (<tt>pj2melan</tt>)</li>
250 <newsitem author="glgambet" date="2015-03-27">
252 The Computer Science Club adopted the proposed Code of Conduct (with
253 amendments). The complete code of conduct can be found here:
254 <a href="https://csclub.uwaterloo.ca/about/code-of-conduct">
255 https://csclub.uwaterloo.ca/about/code-of-conduct
260 <newsitem author="glgambet" date="2015-03-17">
261 <p>There will be a general meeting on March 27th to discuss constitution
262 amendments and the institution of a Code of Conduct.</p>
263 <p>The full diff can be found here:
264 <a href="https://csclub.uwaterloo.ca/~glgambet/csc/coc-constitution.patch">
265 https://csclub.uwaterloo.ca/~glgambet/csc/coc-constitution.patch</a>,
266 and the proposed Code of Conduct here:
267 <a href="https://csclub.uwaterloo.ca/~glgambet/csc/about/code-of-conduct">
268 https://csclub.uwaterloo.ca/~glgambet/csc/about/code-of-conduct</a>.
272 <newsitem author="yj7kim" date="2015-01-16">
273 <p>Elections for Winter 2015 have concluded. The following people were elected:</p>
275 <li>President: Gianni Gambetti (<tt>glgambet</tt>)</li>
276 <li>Vice-president: Luke Franceschini (<tt>l3france</tt>)</li>
277 <li>Treasurer: Edward Lee (<tt>e45lee</tt>)</li>
278 <li>Secretary: Patrick Melanson (<tt>pj2melan</tt>)</li>
280 <p>The following people were appointed:</p>
282 <li>Sysadmin: Murphy Berzish (<tt>mtrberzi</tt>)</li>
283 <li>Office Manager: Shikhar Singh (<tt>s285sing</tt>)</li>
284 <li>Librarian: Aishwarya Gupta (<tt>a72gupta</tt>)</li>
288 <newsitem author="glgambet" date="2014-11-05">
290 We are waxing the office floors on the evening of November 5th.
291 You can come out for 7pm to help move anything on the floor out of the office.
295 <newsitem author="scshunt" date="2014-10-15">
297 Our <a href="http://wiki.csclub.uwaterloo.ca/Mirror">free software
298 mirror</a> is currently down due to maintenance and multiple disk
299 failure on the backup. We are working on bringing up a replacement. We do
300 not have an ETA at this time for when service will be restored. Apologies
301 for any inconvenience.
305 <newsitem author="yj7kim" date="2014-09-22">
306 <p>Elections for Fall 2014 have concluded. The following people were elected:</p>
308 <li>President: Jinny Kim (<tt>yj7kim</tt>)</li>
309 <li>Vice-president: Theo Belaire (<tt>tbelaire</tt>)</li>
310 <li>Treasurer: Jonathan Bailey (<tt>jj2baile</tt>)</li>
311 <li>Secretary: Shane Creighton-Young (<tt>srcreigh</tt>)</li>
313 <p>The following people were appointed:</p>
315 <li>Sysadmin: Sean Hunt (<tt>scshunt</tt>)</li>
316 <li>Office Manager: Mark Farrell (<tt>m4farrel</tt>)</li>
317 <li>Librarian: Gianni Gambetti (<tt>glgambet</tt>)</li>
321 <newsitem author="b2coutts" date="2014-05-15">
322 <p>Elections for Spring 2014 have concluded. The following people were elected:</p>
324 <li>President: Jinny Kim (<tt>yj7kim</tt>)</li>
325 <li>Vice-president: Luke Franceschini (<tt>l3france</tt>)</li>
326 <li>Treasurer: Joseph Chouinard (<tt>jchouina</tt>)</li>
327 <li>Secretary: Ifaz Kabir (<tt>ikabir</tt>)</li>
329 <p>The Sysadmin and Office Manager were not appointed at the election.</p>
332 <newsitem author="jbroman" date="2014-01-16">
333 <p>Elections for Winter 2014 have concluded. The following people were elected:</p>
335 <li>President: Bryan Coutts (<tt>b2coutts</tt>)</li>
336 <li>Vice-president: Visha Vijayanand (<tt>vvijayan</tt>)</li>
337 <li>Treasurer: Marc Burns (<tt>m4burns</tt>)</li>
338 <li>Secretary: Mark Farrell (<tt>m4farrel</tt>)</li>
340 <p>The following people were appointed:</p>
342 <li>Sysadmin: Murphy Berzish (<tt>mtrberzi</tt>)</li>
343 <li>Office Manager: Nicholas Black (<tt>nablack</tt>)</li>
347 <newsitem author="ehashman" date="2013-10-23">
349 It's been a while since we last ordered shirts for members. As such, we
350 would like to order a new batch, and invite you to supply the design for
351 the shirt! The winning candidate (and possibly some runner-ups) will
352 receive a free shirt in the size of their choice. Please send your
353 submissions to <a href="mailto:exec@csclub.uwaterloo.ca">the
356 <p>The deadline will be Nov. 13 at midnight, and winners will be announced
357 by Friday, Nov. 15. At that point, a signup sheet will be made available.
361 <newsitem author="ehashman" date="2013-10-18">
363 Bowling has been moved from Oct. 23 to Oct. 30. See the
364 <a href="events/Bingemans-2013-10-30-6%3A00PM">event details</a>
365 for more information.
370 <newsitem author="ehashman" date="2013-10-07">
372 Security and privacy talks all have scheduled times and rooms! Please
373 note the swap between Zak Blacher's and Simon Gladstone's talk.
376 The final dates, times, and locations are as follows:
379 <li>Tuesday, October 8, 5:00PM, MC 4041 — Sarah Harvey</li>
380 <li>Tuesday, October 15, 5:00PM, MC 4060 — Eric Dong</li>
381 <li>Thursday, October 24, 6:30PM, DC 1302 — Simon Gladstone</li>
382 <li>Tuesday, November 5, 6:00PM, MC 3001 (Comfy Lounge) — Nick
383 Guenther and Murphy Berzish host a key signing party!</li>
384 <li>Tuesday, November 12, 5:00PM, MC 4060 — Zak Blacher</li>
385 <li>Tuesday, November 26, 5:00PM, MC 2038 — Speaker TBD</li>
390 <newsitem author="ehashman" date="2013-10-01">
392 A number of talks on security and privacy have been planned for this term.
393 Email <a href="mailto:progcom@csclub.uwaterloo.ca">progcom</a> if you are
394 interested in getting involved. See individual events for more detail.
398 <newsitem author="ehashman" date="2013-09-29">
400 Is there something that you're particularly passionate about and would like
401 to share with others? Do you want to practice presenting on a topic of interest
402 to the membership? We are accepting proposals for member talks for the Fall
403 2013 term. Tell us about a project you're really passionate about, or perhaps a
404 theoretical problem you find interesting.
408 Please send a proposed abstract and some possible talk dates to <a
409 href="mailto:progcom@csclub.uwaterloo.ca">our programme committee</a> and we
410 will get to work on getting your talk scheduled.
414 <newsitem author="jbroman" date="2013-09-17">
415 <p>Congratulations to this term's new executive!</p>
417 <li>President: ehashman</li>
418 <li>Vice-president: m4burns</li>
419 <li>Treasurer: dchlobow</li>
420 <li>Secretary: e45lee</li>
423 Additionally, the following people were appointed.
426 <li>Sysadmin: jbroman</li>
427 <li>Librarian: jladan</li>
428 <li>Office Manager: scshunt</li>
431 <newsitem author="ehashman" date="2013-05-28">
432 <p>Consider attending the Canadian Undergraduate Mathematics Conference in
433 Montreal, Quebec this semester, July 10—14. Funding for transportation
434 and accommodations has been generously provided by MEF, MathSoc, and the Dean's
436 <p>To apply for funding, please fill out <a
437 href='https://docs.google.com/forms/d/1rKAdBmGWRj0VzlxVA1s5pLmeMYQve2EE4F76hhTDwBc/viewform'>this form</a>.</p>
438 <p>If you have any questions, please contact me directly.</p>
440 <newsitem author="omsmith" date="2013-05-16">
441 <p>Congratulations to this terms new executive!</p>
443 <li>President: srcreigh</li>
444 <li>Vice-president: vvijayan</li>
445 <li>Treasurer: dchlobow</li>
446 <li>Secretary: yj7kim</li>
449 Additionally, the following people were appointed.
452 <li>Sysadmin: a2brenna</li>
453 <li>Office Manager: m4burns</li>
455 <p>The position of librarian has not yet been filled.</p>
457 <newsitem author="scshunt" date="2013-05-06">
458 <p>Welcome to Spring 2013!</p>
459 <p>Elections for the Spring term have been set; see above.</p>
461 <newsitem author="omsmith" date="2013-01-17">
462 <p>Elections for Winter 2013 have concluded. The following people were
465 <li>President: a2brenna</li>
466 <li>Vice-president: m4burns</li>
467 <li>Treasurer: jsmumfor</li>
468 <li>Secretary: mgolechn</li>
471 Additionally, the following people were appointed.
474 <li>Sysadmin: sharvey</li>
475 <li>Office Manager: b2coutts</li>
476 <li>Librarian: mimcpher</li>
479 <newsitem author="jbroman" date="2012-10-03">
480 <p>Due to repeated power failure in the MC building, multiple CSC systems
481 are experiencing critical service interruptions. We apologize for the
484 <newsitem author="m4burns" date="2012-09-04">
486 Elections for Fall 2012 will be held on September 13 at 4:00 PM.
487 Nominations will begin on September 6th, and will end 24 hours prior to
488 elections. Nominations may be emailed to <a
489 href="mailto:cro@csclub.uwaterloo.ca">cro@csclub.uwaterloo.ca</a>. This term's
490 CRO is Owen Smith (omsmith).
493 <newsitem author="m4burns" date="2012-06-06">
495 To all of our members who are interested in attending CUMC at UBCO this
496 summer, please remember to <a
497 href="https://docs.google.com/spreadsheet/viewform?formkey=dG56d3NRNUJabzQyMmpNTDlqWkpiU3c6MQ">apply
501 <newsitem author="ehashman" date="2012-02-27">
503 The CSC and AMD are running an <a href="opencl">OpenCL programming
504 contest!</a> If you're interested in winning a laptop or a graphics card, you
505 should <a href="opencl">read more</a> and <a href="opencl/register">register
508 <p><b>Registration has been reopened</b> for anyone who did not get a
509 chance to register on time, so make sure you sign up!
512 <newsitem author="m4burns" date="2012-02-13">
514 Recorded talks from 2010 to 2012 have been added to the <a
515 href="media">media</a> page.
518 <newsitem author="jy2wong" date="2012-01-12">
520 Elections for Winter 2012 have concluded. The following people were
523 <li>President: m4burns</li>
524 <li>Vice-president: ehashman</li>
525 <li>Treasurer: j3parker</li>
526 <li>Secretary: mimcpher</li>
529 Additionally, the following people were appointed.
532 <li>Sysadmin: jbroman</li>
533 <li>Office Manager: laden</li>
534 <li>Librarian: jy2wong</li>
537 <newsitem author="ebering" date="2011-09-19">
539 Elections for Fall 2011 have concluded. The following people were
542 <li>President: m4burns</li>
543 <li>Vice-president: kshyatt</li>
544 <li>Treasurer: j3parker</li>
545 <li>Secretary: ehashman</li>
548 Additionally, the following people were appointed.
551 <li>Sysadmin: a2brenna</li>
552 <li>Office Manager: kspaans</li>
553 <li>Librarian: ebering</li>
556 <newsitem author="ebering" date="2011-09-18">
558 Nominations for the Fall 2011 exec are closed. Nominees are as follows:
561 <li>President: m4burns, kshyatt, ehashman</li>
562 <li>Vice-president: m4burns, kshyatt</li>
563 <li>Treasurer: j3parker, scshunt, sagervai</li>
564 <li>Secretary: ehashman, kspaans, sagervai</li>
567 Elections will be held Monday, September 19th in the Comfy Lounge (MC 3001)
568 from 4:30PM to 5:30PM. All CSC members that have paid Mathsoc fees are
569 invited to come by and vote. If you are unable to attend but would like to vote
571 e-mail your ballot to <a href="mailto:cro@csclub.uwaterloo.ca">the CRO</a>.
573 take place by approval voting, so vote for as many people in each race as
577 <newsitem author="jy2wong" date="2011-09-08">
579 Nominations for the Fall 2011 exec are open. You can nominate candidates
581 President, Vice President, Treasurer or Secretary by writing their name on
582 the office whiteboard under the appropriate heading, or by emailing <a
583 href="mailto:cro@csclub.uwaterloo.ca">cro@csclub.uwaterloo.ca</a> with
584 their name and position(s). Nominations close Sunday, September 18th at
589 Elections will be held Monday, September 19th in the Comfy Lounge (MC 3001)
590 from 4:30PM to 5:30PM. All CSC members that have paid Mathsoc fees are
591 invited to come by and vote.
594 <newsitem author="ebering" date="2011-05-09">
595 <p>The results, including appointments, are:
597 <li>President: mthiffau</li>
598 <li>Vice-President: mimcpher</li>
599 <li>Treasurer: kspaans</li>
600 <li>Secretary: akansong</li>
601 <li>Systems Administrator: jbroman</li>
602 <li>Office Manager: jy2wong</li>
603 <li>Librarian: lbovard</li>
607 <newsitem author="scshunt" date="2011-01-12">
608 The election is over. The new executive are
610 <li>President: ebering</li>
611 <li>Vice President: jy2wong</li>
612 <li>Treasurer: kspaans</li>
613 <li>Secretary: ehashman</li>
614 <li>Sysadmin: pbarfuss</li>
616 The new Office Manager is m4burns. The new Librarian is asbumste.
618 <newsitem author="scshunt" date="2011-01-12">
619 There is a correction in the nominee list. m4burns was nominated for
620 Vice-President, not b4taylor. Apologies.
622 If you cannot attend the meeting, please send a vote to
623 cro@csclub.uwaterloo.ca.
625 <newsitem author="scshunt" date="2011-01-11">
626 Nominations have closed at some point. The nominations are as follows:
628 <li>President: ebering</li>
629 <li>Vice President: ssalbiz, jy2wong, m4burns</li>
630 <li>Treasurer: kspaans, qxi, mspang, d2huo, a42ahmed</li>
631 <li>Secretary: kspaans, d2huo, ehashman</li>
634 <newsitem author="scshunt" date="2011-01-06">
635 It has come to my attention that some people believe I previously claimed
636 that nominations close at 3:00 PM. This is false. They close, and have
637 always closed, at 4:30. We have always been at war with Eurasia.
639 <newsitem author="scshunt" date="2011-01-04">
640 Nominations for Winter 2011 executive are now open on the CSC whiteboard. They
641 close at 3:00 PM on Tuesday, January 11. Elections will be held at 4:00 PM on
642 Wednesday, January 12 on the brand-new furniture in the Comfy Lounge.
644 You can also nominate someone or ask any other questions or just complain to
645 <a href="mailto:cro@csclub.uwaterloo.ca">cro@csclub.uwaterloo.ca</a>.
647 <newsitem author="ebering" date="2010-11-03">
648 The CSC has been invited to MathSoc's annual Charity Ball. If you are interested in attending with the CSC, please contact Gwynneth Leece
649 <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.
650 It is Saturday November 20th at 6pm.
653 <newsitem author="m2ellis" date="2010-09-22">
654 We experienced a recent power outage which caused the RAID array hosting mirror data to need to be rebuilt.
655 As a result, the mirrored data is temporarily read-only. We hope to resume synchronizing as soon as possible. We apologize for any inconvenience.
657 You can view the reconstruction progress on the <a href="http://mirror.csclub.uwaterloo.ca/">mirror's index page</a>
659 <newsitem author="m2ellis" date="2010-09-14">
660 Elections are over. The results are:
662 <li>President: j3parker</li>
663 <li>Vice President: ebering</li>
664 <li>Treasurer: rjputins</li>
665 <li>Secretary: kspaans</li>
666 <li>Sysadmin: jbroman</li>
667 <li>Office Manager: askhader</li>
670 <newsitem author="m2ellis" date="2010-09-12">
671 Nominations are now closed. The nominations are as follows:
673 <li>President: j3parker, kspaans, jdonland, mspang</li>
674 <li>Vice President: ebering</li>
675 <li>Treasurer: rjputins</li>
676 <li>Secretary: askhader, baldajan, kspaans</li>
679 <newsitem author="m2ellis" date="2010-09-10">
680 Time for the election on September 14th has been decided. It will be held at 16:30 in the MC comfy lounge.
682 <newsitem author="m2ellis" date="2010-09-04">
683 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.
685 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>
687 <newsitem author="ebering" date="2010-05-11">
688 Elections have concluded, congratulations to the new executive:
690 <li>President: Jeff Cameron (j3camero)</li>
691 <li>Vice President: Brennan Taylor (b4taylor)</li>
692 <li>Treasurer: Vardhan Mudunuru (vmudunur)</li>
693 <li>Secretary: Matt Lawrence (m3lawren)</li>
694 <li>Sysadmin: Mike Ellis (m2ells)</li>
697 <newsitem author="ebering" date="2010-05-10">
698 Nominations for the spring term executive are closed. Nominees are:
700 <li>President: Jeff Cameron (j3camero), Kevin Farnworth (kfarnwor)</li>
701 <li>Vice President: Brennan Taylor (b4taylor)</li>
702 <li>Treasurer: Vardhan Mudunuru (vmudunur)</li>
703 <li>Secretary: Matt Lawrence (m3lawren), Qifan Xi (qxi)</li>
705 Elections will occur as listed in the events section for the two contested positions. If you would like to
706 vote absentee, please send your votes (one vote per position) to <a href="mailto:cro@csclub.uwaterloo.ca">the
707 Chief Returning Officer</a> before 5:30 PM EDT on May 11, 2010.
709 <newsitem author="ebering" date="2010-02-01">
710 <h3><a href="http://contest.csclub.uwaterloo.ca/">Contest now open!</a></h3>
711 <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,
712 and there will be prizes offered, but if you want details you should really check the website.</p>
714 <newsitem author="ebering" date="2009-10-17">
715 <h3>Contest Over</h3>
716 <p>Congratulations to <b>amstan</b> for taking first place.</p>
718 <newsitem author="ebering" date="2009-10-02">
719 <h3>Contest Still Open!</h3>
720 <p>Go to <a href="http://csclub.uwaterloo.ca/contest/">the website</a> now and get to it!</p>
722 <newsitem author="mgregson" date="2009-06-18">
723 <h3>Do you text... do you iPod?</h3>
726 We are looking for volunteers to take part in a study on mobile
727 hand held device use and any related health or comfort troubles
728 experienced during their use. As a participant in this study, you
729 would be asked to fill out a 5-8 minute computer-administered
730 confidential questionnaire.
733 If you would like to participate, please follow this link:
734 <a href="http://ithumb.iwh.on.ca/">http://ithumb.iwh.on.ca/</a>
735 This study is being conducted by Richard Wells and Sophia Berolo,
736 Department of Kinesiology, and Benjamin Amick, Institute for Work
737 and Health. If you wish more information, please contact Sophia
738 Berolo at sberolo@uwaterloo.ca. The study has been reviewed by,
739 and received ethics clearance through, the office of Research
740 Ethics, University of Waterloo.
743 <newsitem author="j3parker" date="2009-05-26">
746 <li>UNIX 101: Need to learn unix for a course, or just to be a ninja?
747 Swing by MC 2037 on Thursday, June 2nd at 4:30PM for a tutorial session.</li>
748 <li>Code Party: Have an assignment or project you need to work on? We
749 will be coding from 7:00pm until 7:00am starting on Friday, June 5th
750 in the Comfy lounge. Join us!</li>
753 <newsitem author="ebering" date="2009-05-14">
754 Some of the talks from the Winter term are available on the website
755 in the <a href="http://csclub.uwaterloo.ca/media/">media</a> section,
756 including the IQC talk and video from the lab tours. Joel Spolsky and
757 Richard Stallman's talks are coming soon.
759 <newsitem author="kspaans" date="2009-05-12">
760 The elections are complete. Your executive for the Spring 2009 term are:
762 <li>President: mspang (Michael Spang)</li>
763 <li>Vice-President: j3paker (Jacob Parker)</li>
764 <li>Treasurer: sagervai (Sapphyre Gervais)</li>
765 <li>Secretary: mimcpher (Matt McPherrin)</li>
768 <newsitem author="kspaans" date="2009-05-04">
769 Kyle (The CRO) has opened the nominations for positions and set the election date.
771 Elections will be held on <b>Tuesday May 12, 2009 at 4:30 PM</b> in the Comfy Lounge.
772 <a href="http://csclub.uwaterloo.ca/~kspaans/S09-nominees.html">Nominees and voting policy</a> for the election.
774 <newsitem author="ebering" date="2009-04-13">
775 CSC Branded Merchindise is now available for purchase <a href="http://www.zazzle.com/csclub">here</a>
776 for your owning pleasure.
778 <newsitem author="ebering" date="2009-03-24">
779 The contest is still open and will be until Saturday. For
780 contest details go to <a href="/contest/">the contest website</a>,
781 and come to the code party friday night for some last minute hacking!
783 <newsitem author="mgregson" date="2009-01-29">
784 Richard Stallman's flight has been delayed and he will be
785 arriving in Waterloo later than expected. As a result, the
786 talk has been moved to the Modern Languages Theatre at 6:30PM.
787 Drop by the CSC for more information! Sorry for the confusion!
789 <newsitem author="b4taylor" date="2009-01-06">
790 Holden (The CRO) has opened the nominations for positions and set the election date.
792 Elections will be held on <b>Tuesday January 13, 2009 at 4:30 PM</b>
794 <newsitem author="dtbartle" date="2008-09-16">
795 The following people were elected today:
797 <li>President: m3lawren (Matt Lawrence)</li>
798 <li>Vice-president: ebering (Edgar Bering)</li>
799 <li>Treasurer: mgregson (Michael Gregson)</li>
800 <li>Secretary: j2simpso (James Simpson)</li>
803 The following were appointed:
805 <li>Sysadmin: kspaans (Kyle Spaans)</li>
806 <li>Imapd: j2simpso (James Simpson)</li>
809 <newsitem author="b4taylor" date="2008-05-16">
810 New positions were elected on Tuesday. Check the exec section to see who won.
812 <newsitem author="dtbartle" date="2008-05-04">
813 Spring 2008 elections will be held on Tuesday May 13th at 4:30pm in the Comfy Lounge.<br/>
814 Get your nominations in as soon as possible on the CSC whiteboard!<br/>
815 Nominations close 24 hours before the polls open.<br/>
816 You can email your nominations to cro@csclub.uwaterloo.ca
818 <newsitem author="dtbartle" date="2008-01-15">
819 Winter 2008 elections are over; <a href="about/positions">click here</a> to
820 see the new executive and other positions.
822 <newsitem author="dtbartle" date="2008-01-08">
823 The CSClub mirror (<a href="http://mirror.csclub.uwaterloo.ca/">mirror.csclub.uwaterloo.ca</a>)
824 is now on the ResNet "don't count" list. This means that downloading
825 software from our mirror will not count against your quota.
826 <a href="http://wiki.csclub.uwaterloo.ca/Mirror">Click here</a> for a list
827 of Linux distributions and open-source software that we mirror.
829 <newsitem author="dtbartle" date="2007-09-09">
830 The Fall 2007 election has been scheduled for Sept 20 at 4:30 pm in the
833 <newsitem author="dtbartle" date="2007-09-01">
834 Nominations are now being accepted for Fall 2007 executive positions.
835 Nominiations close on Sept 19 at 4:30 pm. See
836 <a href="/newsgroup/article.php?id=11045&group=uw.csc">uw.csc</a> for
839 <newsitem author="dtbartle" date="2007-09-01">
840 Our talks our now mirrored on mirror.cs for ResNet and on-campus users.
842 <newsitem author="mspang" date="2007-05-11">
843 The <a href="/about/exec">executive</a> has been elected for the Spring 2007 term.
845 <newsitem author="daltenty" date="2007-01-12">
846 The <a href="/about/exec">executive</a> has been elected for the Winter 2007 term.
848 <newsitem author="woconnor" date="2006-09-21">
849 The <a href="/about/exec">executive</a> has been elected for the Fall 2006 term.
851 <newsitem author="hkarau" date="2006-06-04">
852 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
853 have the developement tools!), or just watch the funny lights on the front of it, stop by the office and take a look
855 <newsitem author="hkarau" date="2006-05-19">
856 Larry Smith's talk on Creating Killer applications is now online in our
857 new <a href ="/media/"> section </a>(in video :-)).
859 <newsitem author="hkarau" date="2006-05-10">
860 The CSC <a href="/about/exec">executive</a> for Summer 2006 term
864 <newsitem author="ddenisen" date="2006-01-10">
865 The CSC <a href="/about/exec">executive</a> for Winter 2006 term
868 <newsitem author="jeperry" date="2004-10-23">
869 The F04 CSC Programming Contest is underway. Go to
870 <a href="/~contest/">the website</a> for more information.
872 <newsitem author="jeperry" date="2004-09-27">
873 The Fall 2004 elections have occured. We have a new
874 <a href="/about/exec">executive</a>.
876 <newsitem author="mbiggs" date="2004-09-15">
877 <a href="http://mirror.csclub.uwaterloo.ca/csclub/buss-talk.mp3">Here</a> is the audio for Professor Buss'
878 talk: Game Complexity Theorists Ponder, in mp3 format. Enjoy!
880 <newsitem author="zbnichol" date="2004-05-31">
881 Audio has been added for the Larry Smith talk: Computing's Next Great
882 Empires. It is available <a href="http://mirror.csclub.uwaterloo.ca/csclub/larry-smith-talk.ogg">in Ogg
883 format</a> or <a href="http://mirror.csclub.uwaterloo.ca/csclub/larry-smith-talk.mp3">in MP3 format</a>.
884 Thanks to all who came out. The talk was a great success.
886 <newsitem author="mbiggs" date="2004-05-12">
887 The CSC elections took place and we have a new <a
888 href="/about/exec">executive</a> for Spring 2004.
890 <newsitem author="sfllaw" date="2004-04-19">
891 <tt>perpugilliam</tt> has been restored, with two new disks courtesy of
892 MathSoc and MEF. There are now disk quotas for users, with a 250 MB
893 soft quota and a 500 MB hard quota, with a 14-day grace period.
895 <newsitem author="sfllaw" date="2004-04-16">
896 <tt>carbonated-water</tt> is back up. It now runs as the backup mail
897 exchange and also serves a a slave LDAP server. What this means is
898 that if <tt>perpugilliam</tt> goes down, your mail will not be dropped
899 and you'll still be able to login to other machines.
901 <newsitem author="sfllaw" date="2004-04-16">
902 <tt>perpugilliam</tt> will be going down for hardware upgrades on
903 2004-04-16 to 2004-04-19. We thank MathSoc and MEF for their
904 generous support in purchasing this hardware, and apologise for
905 any inconvenience this downtime will cause.
907 <newsitem author="mbiggs" date="2004-04-07">
909 <a href="http://www.csclub.uwaterloo.ca/gallery/ctrl-d-w2004">CTRL-D</a>
910 are available in the gallery.
912 <newsitem author="sfllaw" date="2004-04-02">
913 <tt>glucose-fructose</tt> is back on-line. It has a new 120 GB hard disk,
914 a new power supply, and an nVidia GeForce FX 5900.
916 <newsitem author="sfllaw" date="2004-04-01">
917 <tt>glucose-fructose</tt> will be going down for hardware upgrades on
918 2004-04-02 for an indeterminate amount of time. We thank MathSoc and
919 MEF for their generous support in purchasing this hardware, and
920 apologise for any inconvenience this downtime will cause.
922 <newsitem author="sfllaw" date="2004-03-19">
923 Kernighan came to Waterloo, and the Computer Science Club got our books
924 signed by him. Not only that, but we took
925 <a href="http://www.csclub.uwaterloo.ca/gallery/kernighan-2004">photographs
928 <newsitem author="sfllaw" date="2004-03-16">
929 The books that we purchased have arrived. Now we have two books that
930 can be signed by Kernighan when he comes.
932 <newsitem author="sfllaw" date="2004-02-05">
933 We voted 15 to 0 to 0 in favour of changing the
934 <a href="/about/constitution">constitution</a> to follow MathSoc
935 policy. An updated copy of the document is now online.
937 <newsitem author="sfllaw" date="2004-02-02">
938 <tt>perpugilliam</tt> went down over the weekend due to a failing disk.
939 Please back up all your important data as it is starting to go bad.
940 We are trying to acquire a replacement.
942 <newsitem author="sfllaw" date="2004-01-25">
943 <tt>carbonated-water</tt>, <tt>h2o</tt>, is back down. It's awaiting
946 <newsitem author="sfllaw" date="2004-01-22">
947 The CSC elections took place and we have a new <a
948 href="/about/exec">executive</a> for Winter 2004.
950 <newsitem author="sfllaw" date="2003-09-17">
951 The CSC elections took place and we have a new <a
952 href="/about/exec">executive</a> for Fall 2003.
954 <newsitem author="ja2morri" date="2003-08-12">
955 <tt>carbonated-water</tt>, <tt>h2o</tt>, is back up. It's a great machine
958 <newsitem author="ja2morri" date="2003-08-12">
959 The <a href="http://wiki.csclub.uwaterloo.ca/wiki/Exec_Manual">CSC
960 Procedures manual</a> has been added to the website. Thanks go to
961 Shannon Mann for reminding us of this document.
963 <newsitem author="ja2morri" date="2003-08-06">
964 We've finally gotten around to disabling accounts. If you find your
965 account has been improperly disabled please email
966 <a href="mailto:exec@csclub.uwaterloo.ca">the executive</a>. We are
967 keeping a back up of the files and mail for each disabled account for
968 a short period of time.
970 <newsitem author="ja2morri" date="2003-07-09">
971 Jim Elliott gave a great talk for the CSC yesterday and has put his slides
973 <a href="http://www.vm.ibm.com/devpages/jelliott/events">
974 http://www.vm.ibm.com/devpages/jelliott/events</a>
976 <newsitem author="sfllaw" date="2003-07-03">
977 We have been notified by the Guelph Computer Club that they are unable
978 to host our group event. Sorry for the inconvenience.
980 <newsitem author="sfllaw" date="2003-06-05">
981 We have a new computer called <tt>glucose-fructose</tt>, or <tt>sugar</tt>
982 for short. As a result, <tt>carbonated-water</tt> is temporarily out of
983 service, although it should return within a month.
985 <newsitem author="sjdutoit" date="2003-05-14">
986 The CSC elections took place and we have a new <a
987 href="/about/exec">executive</a> for Spring 2003.
989 <newsitem author="sfllaw" date="2003-01-13">
990 The CSC elections took place and we have a new <a
991 href="/about/exec">executive</a> for Winter 2003.
993 <newsitem author="sjdutoit" date="2002-10-29">
994 Due to lack of time for preparation, the Romp Through The Linux Kernel talks were cancelled.
995 Sorry for the inconvenience. Hopefully these talks will happen next term.
997 <newsitem author="sjdutoit" date="2002-09-30">
998 The business meeting of 2002-09-30 was concluded and the <a
999 href="/about/constitution-change-20020920">constitutional
1000 change</a> was approved with a 14:2 majority (and one spoiled
1001 ballot). See the new <a href="/about/constitution">constitution</a>.
1003 <newsitem author="sjdutoit" date="2002-09-16">
1004 The Fall elections have occured and the <a
1005 href="/about/exec">results</a> are in.
1007 <newsitem author="sjdutoit" date="2002-09-18">
1008 We've changed to the new site! Please send your comments to the <a
1009 href="mailto:webmaster@csclub.uwaterloo.ca">webmaster</a>. The <a
1010 href="/old/">old site</a> is still available. A few things may not
1011 be working quite right yet, but I'm working on it.
1013 <newsitem author="sjdutoit" date="2002-04-22">
1014 Added <a href="http://library.csclub.uwaterloo.ca/">books</a>! About 2.5
1015 shelves are there, minus a whole lot that weren't readily accessible from
1016 the Library of Congress. Getting all of the books on there is going to
1017 be a tough job. These are, by the way, managed by good-old (or new?)
1018 CEO. Thanks to Ryan Golbeck and Petio for their hard work getting
1019 ISBN numbers onto disc.
1021 <newsitem author="sjdutoit" date="2002-04-15">
1022 Added a bunch of <a href="/events/old">old events</a> and some
1023 documents, including the <a
1024 href="/about/constitution">constitution</a>.
1026 <newsitem author="sjdutoit" date="2002-04-15">
1027 Added the <a href="/about/members">membership list</a>. <a
1028 href="/events/old">Old events</a> are working. Event terms, as
1029 well as the current term are determined automagically now. Lots of
1030 work done. Some more stubs up (office etc.). And I introduce cow -
1031 that is, the CSC Ontological Webalizer - which is just a wrapper
1032 around libxslt with some extra xpath functions. It is now what is
1033 being used to build the site, instead of xsltproc.
1035 <newsitem author="sjdutoit" date="2002-02-04">
1036 About/Memberlist stub up. Made the CSC logo gold. Isn't it nifty?
1038 <newsitem author="sjdutoit" date="2002-02-03">