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6 <newsitem author="ztseguin" date="2017-05-17">
7 <p>Here are the results from this term's elections:</p>
9 <li>President: fbauckho (Felix Bauckholt)</li>
10 <li>Vice-President: z34wei (Zichuan Wei)</li>
11 <li>Treasurer: lhsong (Laura Song)</li>
12 <li>Secretary: bzmo (Bo Mo)</li>
14 <p>Additionally, the following positions were appointed:</p>
16 <li>Systems Administrator: ztseguin (Zachary Seguin)</li>
17 <li>Office Manager: ubarar (Uday Barar)</li>
18 <li>Librarian: pj2melan (Patrick Melanson)</li>
19 <li>Imapd: ubarar (Uday Barar)</li>
23 <newsitem author="b2coutts" date="2017-01-14">
24 <p>Here are the results from this term's elections:</p>
26 <li>President: wyscheung (Wilson Cheung)</li>
27 <li>Vice-President: tghume (Tristan Hume)</li>
28 <li>Treasurer: jxpryde (Jordan Pryde)</li>
29 <li>Secretary: aafata (Amir Fata)</li>
31 <p>Additionally, the following positions were appointed:</p>
33 <li>Systems Administrator: ztseguin (Zachary Seguin)</li>
34 <li>Office Manager: fbauckho (Felix Bauckholt)</li>
35 <li>Librarian: csfmurph (Connor Murphy)</li>
36 <li>Imapd: ischtche (Ilia Chtcherbakov)</li>
39 We also amended our constitution to revise our Code of Conduct. The
40 updated Code of Conduct can be found at
41 https://csclub.uwaterloo.ca/about/code-of-conduct.
45 <newsitem author="ztseguin" date="2016-11-20">
46 <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>
47 <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>
50 <newsitem author="ubarar" date="2016-11-10">
51 <p> The Code of Conduct and the amended version can be found below: </p>
53 <li><a href="https://www.csclub.uwaterloo.ca/~exec/proposed-amendment/about/code-of-conduct">Proposed CoC</a></li>
54 <li><a href="https://www.csclub.uwaterloo.ca/~exec/proposed-amendment.patch">Diff between current and proposed CoC</a></li>
58 <newsitem author="ztseguin" date="2016-10-18">
59 <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>
60 <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>
63 <newsitem author="ztseguin" date="2016-09-19">
64 <p>Here are the results from this term's elections:</p>
66 <li>President: s455wang (Charlie Wang)</li>
67 <li>Vice-President: b2coutts (Bryan Coutts)</li>
68 <li>Treasurer: lhsong (Laura Song)</li>
69 <li>Secretary: ubarar (Uday Barar)</li>
71 <p>Additionally, the following positions were appointed:</p>
73 <li>Systems Administrator: ztseguin (Zachary Seguin)</li>
74 <li>Office Manager: j2sinn (James Sinn)</li>
75 <li>Librarian: fbauckho (Felix Bauckholt)</li>
76 <li>Imapd: ischtche (Ilia Chtcherbakov)</li>
80 <newsitem author="pj2melan" date="2016-05-12">
81 <p>Elections for Spring 2016 have concluded. The following people were elected and ratified:</p>
83 <li>President: Luqman Aden (<tt>laden</tt>)</li>
84 <li>Vice-president: Melissa Tedesco (<tt>matedesc</tt>)</li>
85 <li>Treasurer: Jon Bailey (<tt>jj2baile</tt>)</li>
86 <li>Secretary: Aditya Shivam Askothar (<tt>askothar</tt>)</li>
87 <li>SysAdmin: Jordan Xavier Pryde (<tt>jxpryde</tt>)</li>
88 <li>Office Manager: Zachary Seguin (<tt>ztseguin</tt>)</li>
89 <li>Librarian: Charlie Wang (<tt>s455wang</tt>)</li>
90 <li>Fridge Regent: Marc Mailhot (<tt>mnmailho</tt>)</li>
94 <newsitem author="ztseguin" date="2016-02-09">
95 <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>
96 <p>See <a href="https://csclub.uwaterloo.ca/newsgroup/article.php?id=12268&group=uw.csc">the announcement</a> for more information.</p>
99 <newsitem author="ztseguin" date="2016-01-21">
100 <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>
102 <p>Running our mirror is made possible with assistance from:</p>
104 <li>The <a href="https://www.student.math.uwaterloo.ca/~mefcom/">Mathematics Endowment Fund (MEF)</a></li>
105 <li>The <a href="http://mathsoc.uwaterloo.ca">Mathematics Society (MathSoc)</a></li>
106 <li>Dave Gawley and the <a href="https://cs.uwaterloo.ca/resources-services/cscf">Computer Science Computing Facility (CSCF)</a></li>
107 <li><a href="https://uwaterloo.ca/information-systems-technology/">Information Systems Technology (IST)</a></li>
111 <newsitem author="pj2melan" date="2016-01-14">
112 <p>Elections for Winter 2016 have concluded. The following people were elected:</p>
114 <li>President: Patrick Melanson (<tt>pj2melan</tt>)</li>
115 <li>Vice-president: Patrick Melanson (<tt>pj2melan</tt>)</li>
116 <li>Acting Vice-president: Theo Belaire (<tt>tbelaire</tt>)</li>
117 <li>Treasurer: Luqman Aden (<tt>laden</tt>)</li>
118 <li>Secretary: Naomi Koo (<tt>m3koo</tt>)</li>
119 <li>SysAdmin: Zachary Seguin (<tt>ztseguin</tt>)</li>
120 <li>Office Manager: Reila Zheng (<tt>wy2zheng</tt>)</li>
121 <li>Librarian: Felix Bauckholt (<tt>fbauckho</tt>)</li>
122 <li>Fridge Regent: Marc Mailhot (<tt>mnmailho</tt>)</li>
126 <newsitem author="kpwarr" date="2015-05-22">
127 <p>By-Elections for Spring 2015 have concluded. The following people were elected:</p>
129 <li>Secretary: Keri Warr (<tt>kpwarr</tt>)</li>
130 <li>Treasurer: Jonathan Bailey (<tt>jj2baile</tt>)</li>
132 <p>In addition, the following people were appointed to non-elected positions:</p>
134 <li>Librarian: Yomna Nasser (<tt>ynasser</tt>)</li>
135 <li>Office Manager: Ilia Sergei Chtcherbakov (<tt>ischtche</tt>)</li>
136 <li>SysAdmin: Nicholas Black (<tt>nablack</tt>)</li>
140 <newsitem author="glgambet" date="2015-05-14">
141 <p>Elections for Spring 2015 have concluded. The following people were elected:</p>
143 <li>President: Luqman Aden (<tt>laden</tt>)</li>
144 <li>Vice-president: Patrick Melanson (<tt>pj2melan</tt>)</li>
148 <newsitem author="glgambet" date="2015-03-27">
150 The Computer Science Club adopted the proposed Code of Conduct (with
151 amendments). The complete code of conduct can be found here:
152 <a href="https://csclub.uwaterloo.ca/about/code-of-conduct">
153 https://csclub.uwaterloo.ca/about/code-of-conduct
158 <newsitem author="glgambet" date="2015-03-17">
159 <p>There will be a general meeting on March 27th to discuss constitution
160 amendments and the institution of a Code of Conduct.</p>
161 <p>The full diff can be found here:
162 <a href="https://csclub.uwaterloo.ca/~glgambet/csc/coc-constitution.patch">
163 https://csclub.uwaterloo.ca/~glgambet/csc/coc-constitution.patch</a>,
164 and the proposed Code of Conduct here:
165 <a href="https://csclub.uwaterloo.ca/~glgambet/csc/about/code-of-conduct">
166 https://csclub.uwaterloo.ca/~glgambet/csc/about/code-of-conduct</a>.
170 <newsitem author="yj7kim" date="2015-01-16">
171 <p>Elections for Winter 2015 have concluded. The following people were elected:</p>
173 <li>President: Gianni Gambetti (<tt>glgambet</tt>)</li>
174 <li>Vice-president: Luke Franceschini (<tt>l3france</tt>)</li>
175 <li>Treasurer: Edward Lee (<tt>e45lee</tt>)</li>
176 <li>Secretary: Patrick Melanson (<tt>pj2melan</tt>)</li>
178 <p>The following people were appointed:</p>
180 <li>Sysadmin: Murphy Berzish (<tt>mtrberzi</tt>)</li>
181 <li>Office Manager: Shikhar Singh (<tt>s285sing</tt>)</li>
182 <li>Librarian: Aishwarya Gupta (<tt>a72gupta</tt>)</li>
186 <newsitem author="glgambet" date="2014-11-05">
188 We are waxing the office floors on the evening of November 5th.
189 You can come out for 7pm to help move anything on the floor out of the office.
193 <newsitem author="scshunt" date="2014-10-15">
195 Our <a href="http://wiki.csclub.uwaterloo.ca/Mirror">free software
196 mirror</a> is currently down due to maintenance and multiple disk
197 failure on the backup. We are working on bringing up a replacement. We do
198 not have an ETA at this time for when service will be restored. Apologies
199 for any inconvenience.
203 <newsitem author="yj7kim" date="2014-09-22">
204 <p>Elections for Fall 2014 have concluded. The following people were elected:</p>
206 <li>President: Jinny Kim (<tt>yj7kim</tt>)</li>
207 <li>Vice-president: Theo Belaire (<tt>tbelaire</tt>)</li>
208 <li>Treasurer: Jonathan Bailey (<tt>jj2baile</tt>)</li>
209 <li>Secretary: Shane Creighton-Young (<tt>srcreigh</tt>)</li>
211 <p>The following people were appointed:</p>
213 <li>Sysadmin: Sean Hunt (<tt>scshunt</tt>)</li>
214 <li>Office Manager: Mark Farrell (<tt>m4farrel</tt>)</li>
215 <li>Librarian: Gianni Gambetti (<tt>glgambet</tt>)</li>
219 <newsitem author="b2coutts" date="2014-05-15">
220 <p>Elections for Spring 2014 have concluded. The following people were elected:</p>
222 <li>President: Jinny Kim (<tt>yj7kim</tt>)</li>
223 <li>Vice-president: Luke Franceschini (<tt>l3france</tt>)</li>
224 <li>Treasurer: Joseph Chouinard (<tt>jchouina</tt>)</li>
225 <li>Secretary: Ifaz Kabir (<tt>ikabir</tt>)</li>
227 <p>The Sysadmin and Office Manager were not appointed at the election.</p>
230 <newsitem author="jbroman" date="2014-01-16">
231 <p>Elections for Winter 2014 have concluded. The following people were elected:</p>
233 <li>President: Bryan Coutts (<tt>b2coutts</tt>)</li>
234 <li>Vice-president: Visha Vijayanand (<tt>vvijayan</tt>)</li>
235 <li>Treasurer: Marc Burns (<tt>m4burns</tt>)</li>
236 <li>Secretary: Mark Farrell (<tt>m4farrel</tt>)</li>
238 <p>The following people were appointed:</p>
240 <li>Sysadmin: Murphy Berzish (<tt>mtrberzi</tt>)</li>
241 <li>Office Manager: Nicholas Black (<tt>nablack</tt>)</li>
245 <newsitem author="ehashman" date="2013-10-23">
247 It's been a while since we last ordered shirts for members. As such, we
248 would like to order a new batch, and invite you to supply the design for
249 the shirt! The winning candidate (and possibly some runner-ups) will
250 receive a free shirt in the size of their choice. Please send your
251 submissions to <a href="mailto:exec@csclub.uwaterloo.ca">the
254 <p>The deadline will be Nov. 13 at midnight, and winners will be announced
255 by Friday, Nov. 15. At that point, a signup sheet will be made available.
259 <newsitem author="ehashman" date="2013-10-18">
261 Bowling has been moved from Oct. 23 to Oct. 30. See the
262 <a href="events/Bingemans-2013-10-30-6%3A00PM">event details</a>
263 for more information.
268 <newsitem author="ehashman" date="2013-10-07">
270 Security and privacy talks all have scheduled times and rooms! Please
271 note the swap between Zak Blacher's and Simon Gladstone's talk.
274 The final dates, times, and locations are as follows:
277 <li>Tuesday, October 8, 5:00PM, MC 4041 — Sarah Harvey</li>
278 <li>Tuesday, October 15, 5:00PM, MC 4060 — Eric Dong</li>
279 <li>Thursday, October 24, 6:30PM, DC 1302 — Simon Gladstone</li>
280 <li>Tuesday, November 5, 6:00PM, MC 3001 (Comfy Lounge) — Nick
281 Guenther and Murphy Berzish host a key signing party!</li>
282 <li>Tuesday, November 12, 5:00PM, MC 4060 — Zak Blacher</li>
283 <li>Tuesday, November 26, 5:00PM, MC 2038 — Speaker TBD</li>
288 <newsitem author="ehashman" date="2013-10-01">
290 A number of talks on security and privacy have been planned for this term.
291 Email <a href="mailto:progcom@csclub.uwaterloo.ca">progcom</a> if you are
292 interested in getting involved. See individual events for more detail.
296 <newsitem author="ehashman" date="2013-09-29">
298 Is there something that you're particularly passionate about and would like
299 to share with others? Do you want to practice presenting on a topic of interest
300 to the membership? We are accepting proposals for member talks for the Fall
301 2013 term. Tell us about a project you're really passionate about, or perhaps a
302 theoretical problem you find interesting.
306 Please send a proposed abstract and some possible talk dates to <a
307 href="mailto:progcom@csclub.uwaterloo.ca">our programme committee</a> and we
308 will get to work on getting your talk scheduled.
312 <newsitem author="jbroman" date="2013-09-17">
313 <p>Congratulations to this term's new executive!</p>
315 <li>President: ehashman</li>
316 <li>Vice-president: m4burns</li>
317 <li>Treasurer: dchlobow</li>
318 <li>Secretary: e45lee</li>
321 Additionally, the following people were appointed.
324 <li>Sysadmin: jbroman</li>
325 <li>Librarian: jladan</li>
326 <li>Office Manager: scshunt</li>
329 <newsitem author="ehashman" date="2013-05-28">
330 <p>Consider attending the Canadian Undergraduate Mathematics Conference in
331 Montreal, Quebec this semester, July 10—14. Funding for transportation
332 and accommodations has been generously provided by MEF, MathSoc, and the Dean's
334 <p>To apply for funding, please fill out <a
335 href='https://docs.google.com/forms/d/1rKAdBmGWRj0VzlxVA1s5pLmeMYQve2EE4F76hhTDwBc/viewform'>this form</a>.</p>
336 <p>If you have any questions, please contact me directly.</p>
338 <newsitem author="omsmith" date="2013-05-16">
339 <p>Congratulations to this terms new executive!</p>
341 <li>President: srcreigh</li>
342 <li>Vice-president: vvijayan</li>
343 <li>Treasurer: dchlobow</li>
344 <li>Secretary: yj7kim</li>
347 Additionally, the following people were appointed.
350 <li>Sysadmin: a2brenna</li>
351 <li>Office Manager: m4burns</li>
353 <p>The position of librarian has not yet been filled.</p>
355 <newsitem author="scshunt" date="2013-05-06">
356 <p>Welcome to Spring 2013!</p>
357 <p>Elections for the Spring term have been set; see above.</p>
359 <newsitem author="omsmith" date="2013-01-17">
360 <p>Elections for Winter 2013 have concluded. The following people were
363 <li>President: a2brenna</li>
364 <li>Vice-president: m4burns</li>
365 <li>Treasurer: jsmumfor</li>
366 <li>Secretary: mgolechn</li>
369 Additionally, the following people were appointed.
372 <li>Sysadmin: sharvey</li>
373 <li>Office Manager: b2coutts</li>
374 <li>Librarian: mimcpher</li>
377 <newsitem author="jbroman" date="2012-10-03">
378 <p>Due to repeated power failure in the MC building, multiple CSC systems
379 are experiencing critical service interruptions. We apologize for the
382 <newsitem author="m4burns" date="2012-09-04">
384 Elections for Fall 2012 will be held on September 13 at 4:00 PM.
385 Nominations will begin on September 6th, and will end 24 hours prior to
386 elections. Nominations may be emailed to <a
387 href="mailto:cro@csclub.uwaterloo.ca">cro@csclub.uwaterloo.ca</a>. This term's
388 CRO is Owen Smith (omsmith).
391 <newsitem author="m4burns" date="2012-06-06">
393 To all of our members who are interested in attending CUMC at UBCO this
394 summer, please remember to <a
395 href="https://docs.google.com/spreadsheet/viewform?formkey=dG56d3NRNUJabzQyMmpNTDlqWkpiU3c6MQ">apply
399 <newsitem author="ehashman" date="2012-02-27">
401 The CSC and AMD are running an <a href="opencl">OpenCL programming
402 contest!</a> If you're interested in winning a laptop or a graphics card, you
403 should <a href="opencl">read more</a> and <a href="opencl/register">register
406 <p><b>Registration has been reopened</b> for anyone who did not get a
407 chance to register on time, so make sure you sign up!
410 <newsitem author="m4burns" date="2012-02-13">
412 Recorded talks from 2010 to 2012 have been added to the <a
413 href="media">media</a> page.
416 <newsitem author="jy2wong" date="2012-01-12">
418 Elections for Winter 2012 have concluded. The following people were
421 <li>President: m4burns</li>
422 <li>Vice-president: ehashman</li>
423 <li>Treasurer: j3parker</li>
424 <li>Secretary: mimcpher</li>
427 Additionally, the following people were appointed.
430 <li>Sysadmin: jbroman</li>
431 <li>Office Manager: laden</li>
432 <li>Librarian: jy2wong</li>
435 <newsitem author="ebering" date="2011-09-19">
437 Elections for Fall 2011 have concluded. The following people were
440 <li>President: m4burns</li>
441 <li>Vice-president: kshyatt</li>
442 <li>Treasurer: j3parker</li>
443 <li>Secretary: ehashman</li>
446 Additionally, the following people were appointed.
449 <li>Sysadmin: a2brenna</li>
450 <li>Office Manager: kspaans</li>
451 <li>Librarian: ebering</li>
454 <newsitem author="ebering" date="2011-09-18">
456 Nominations for the Fall 2011 exec are closed. Nominees are as follows:
459 <li>President: m4burns, kshyatt, ehashman</li>
460 <li>Vice-president: m4burns, kshyatt</li>
461 <li>Treasurer: j3parker, scshunt, sagervai</li>
462 <li>Secretary: ehashman, kspaans, sagervai</li>
465 Elections will be held Monday, September 19th in the Comfy Lounge (MC 3001)
466 from 4:30PM to 5:30PM. All CSC members that have paid Mathsoc fees are
467 invited to come by and vote. If you are unable to attend but would like to vote
469 e-mail your ballot to <a href="mailto:cro@csclub.uwaterloo.ca">the CRO</a>.
471 take place by approval voting, so vote for as many people in each race as
475 <newsitem author="jy2wong" date="2011-09-08">
477 Nominations for the Fall 2011 exec are open. You can nominate candidates
479 President, Vice President, Treasurer or Secretary by writing their name on
480 the office whiteboard under the appropriate heading, or by emailing <a
481 href="mailto:cro@csclub.uwaterloo.ca">cro@csclub.uwaterloo.ca</a> with
482 their name and position(s). Nominations close Sunday, September 18th at
487 Elections will be held Monday, September 19th in the Comfy Lounge (MC 3001)
488 from 4:30PM to 5:30PM. All CSC members that have paid Mathsoc fees are
489 invited to come by and vote.
492 <newsitem author="ebering" date="2011-05-09">
493 <p>The results, including appointments, are:
495 <li>President: mthiffau</li>
496 <li>Vice-President: mimcpher</li>
497 <li>Treasurer: kspaans</li>
498 <li>Secretary: akansong</li>
499 <li>Systems Administrator: jbroman</li>
500 <li>Office Manager: jy2wong</li>
501 <li>Librarian: lbovard</li>
505 <newsitem author="scshunt" date="2011-01-12">
506 The election is over. The new executive are
508 <li>President: ebering</li>
509 <li>Vice President: jy2wong</li>
510 <li>Treasurer: kspaans</li>
511 <li>Secretary: ehashman</li>
512 <li>Sysadmin: pbarfuss</li>
514 The new Office Manager is m4burns. The new Librarian is asbumste.
516 <newsitem author="scshunt" date="2011-01-12">
517 There is a correction in the nominee list. m4burns was nominated for
518 Vice-President, not b4taylor. Apologies.
520 If you cannot attend the meeting, please send a vote to
521 cro@csclub.uwaterloo.ca.
523 <newsitem author="scshunt" date="2011-01-11">
524 Nominations have closed at some point. The nominations are as follows:
526 <li>President: ebering</li>
527 <li>Vice President: ssalbiz, jy2wong, m4burns</li>
528 <li>Treasurer: kspaans, qxi, mspang, d2huo, a42ahmed</li>
529 <li>Secretary: kspaans, d2huo, ehashman</li>
532 <newsitem author="scshunt" date="2011-01-06">
533 It has come to my attention that some people believe I previously claimed
534 that nominations close at 3:00 PM. This is false. They close, and have
535 always closed, at 4:30. We have always been at war with Eurasia.
537 <newsitem author="scshunt" date="2011-01-04">
538 Nominations for Winter 2011 executive are now open on the CSC whiteboard. They
539 close at 3:00 PM on Tuesday, January 11. Elections will be held at 4:00 PM on
540 Wednesday, January 12 on the brand-new furniture in the Comfy Lounge.
542 You can also nominate someone or ask any other questions or just complain to
543 <a href="mailto:cro@csclub.uwaterloo.ca">cro@csclub.uwaterloo.ca</a>.
545 <newsitem author="ebering" date="2010-11-03">
546 The CSC has been invited to MathSoc's annual Charity Ball. If you are interested in attending with the CSC, please contact Gwynneth Leece
547 <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.
548 It is Saturday November 20th at 6pm.
551 <newsitem author="m2ellis" date="2010-09-22">
552 We experienced a recent power outage which caused the RAID array hosting mirror data to need to be rebuilt.
553 As a result, the mirrored data is temporarily read-only. We hope to resume synchronizing as soon as possible. We apologize for any inconvenience.
555 You can view the reconstruction progress on the <a href="http://mirror.csclub.uwaterloo.ca/">mirror's index page</a>
557 <newsitem author="m2ellis" date="2010-09-14">
558 Elections are over. The results are:
560 <li>President: j3parker</li>
561 <li>Vice President: ebering</li>
562 <li>Treasurer: rjputins</li>
563 <li>Secretary: kspaans</li>
564 <li>Sysadmin: jbroman</li>
565 <li>Office Manager: askhader</li>
568 <newsitem author="m2ellis" date="2010-09-12">
569 Nominations are now closed. The nominations are as follows:
571 <li>President: j3parker, kspaans, jdonland, mspang</li>
572 <li>Vice President: ebering</li>
573 <li>Treasurer: rjputins</li>
574 <li>Secretary: askhader, baldajan, kspaans</li>
577 <newsitem author="m2ellis" date="2010-09-10">
578 Time for the election on September 14th has been decided. It will be held at 16:30 in the MC comfy lounge.
580 <newsitem author="m2ellis" date="2010-09-04">
581 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.
583 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>
585 <newsitem author="ebering" date="2010-05-11">
586 Elections have concluded, congratulations to the new executive:
588 <li>President: Jeff Cameron (j3camero)</li>
589 <li>Vice President: Brennan Taylor (b4taylor)</li>
590 <li>Treasurer: Vardhan Mudunuru (vmudunur)</li>
591 <li>Secretary: Matt Lawrence (m3lawren)</li>
592 <li>Sysadmin: Mike Ellis (m2ells)</li>
595 <newsitem author="ebering" date="2010-05-10">
596 Nominations for the spring term executive are closed. Nominees are:
598 <li>President: Jeff Cameron (j3camero), Kevin Farnworth (kfarnwor)</li>
599 <li>Vice President: Brennan Taylor (b4taylor)</li>
600 <li>Treasurer: Vardhan Mudunuru (vmudunur)</li>
601 <li>Secretary: Matt Lawrence (m3lawren), Qifan Xi (qxi)</li>
603 Elections will occur as listed in the events section for the two contested positions. If you would like to
604 vote absentee, please send your votes (one vote per position) to <a href="mailto:cro@csclub.uwaterloo.ca">the
605 Chief Returning Officer</a> before 5:30 PM EDT on May 11, 2010.
607 <newsitem author="ebering" date="2010-02-01">
608 <h3><a href="http://contest.csclub.uwaterloo.ca/">Contest now open!</a></h3>
609 <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,
610 and there will be prizes offered, but if you want details you should really check the website.</p>
612 <newsitem author="ebering" date="2009-10-17">
613 <h3>Contest Over</h3>
614 <p>Congratulations to <b>amstan</b> for taking first place.</p>
616 <newsitem author="ebering" date="2009-10-02">
617 <h3>Contest Still Open!</h3>
618 <p>Go to <a href="http://csclub.uwaterloo.ca/contest/">the website</a> now and get to it!</p>
620 <newsitem author="mgregson" date="2009-06-18">
621 <h3>Do you text... do you iPod?</h3>
624 We are looking for volunteers to take part in a study on mobile
625 hand held device use and any related health or comfort troubles
626 experienced during their use. As a participant in this study, you
627 would be asked to fill out a 5-8 minute computer-administered
628 confidential questionnaire.
631 If you would like to participate, please follow this link:
632 <a href="http://ithumb.iwh.on.ca/">http://ithumb.iwh.on.ca/</a>
633 This study is being conducted by Richard Wells and Sophia Berolo,
634 Department of Kinesiology, and Benjamin Amick, Institute for Work
635 and Health. If you wish more information, please contact Sophia
636 Berolo at sberolo@uwaterloo.ca. The study has been reviewed by,
637 and received ethics clearance through, the office of Research
638 Ethics, University of Waterloo.
641 <newsitem author="j3parker" date="2009-05-26">
644 <li>UNIX 101: Need to learn unix for a course, or just to be a ninja?
645 Swing by MC 2037 on Thursday, June 2nd at 4:30PM for a tutorial session.</li>
646 <li>Code Party: Have an assignment or project you need to work on? We
647 will be coding from 7:00pm until 7:00am starting on Friday, June 5th
648 in the Comfy lounge. Join us!</li>
651 <newsitem author="ebering" date="2009-05-14">
652 Some of the talks from the Winter term are available on the website
653 in the <a href="http://csclub.uwaterloo.ca/media/">media</a> section,
654 including the IQC talk and video from the lab tours. Joel Spolsky and
655 Richard Stallman's talks are coming soon.
657 <newsitem author="kspaans" date="2009-05-12">
658 The elections are complete. Your executive for the Spring 2009 term are:
660 <li>President: mspang (Michael Spang)</li>
661 <li>Vice-President: j3paker (Jacob Parker)</li>
662 <li>Treasurer: sagervai (Sapphyre Gervais)</li>
663 <li>Secretary: mimcpher (Matt McPherrin)</li>
666 <newsitem author="kspaans" date="2009-05-04">
667 Kyle (The CRO) has opened the nominations for positions and set the election date.
669 Elections will be held on <b>Tuesday May 12, 2009 at 4:30 PM</b> in the Comfy Lounge.
670 <a href="http://csclub.uwaterloo.ca/~kspaans/S09-nominees.html">Nominees and voting policy</a> for the election.
672 <newsitem author="ebering" date="2009-04-13">
673 CSC Branded Merchindise is now available for purchase <a href="http://www.zazzle.com/csclub">here</a>
674 for your owning pleasure.
676 <newsitem author="ebering" date="2009-03-24">
677 The contest is still open and will be until Saturday. For
678 contest details go to <a href="/contest/">the contest website</a>,
679 and come to the code party friday night for some last minute hacking!
681 <newsitem author="mgregson" date="2009-01-29">
682 Richard Stallman's flight has been delayed and he will be
683 arriving in Waterloo later than expected. As a result, the
684 talk has been moved to the Modern Languages Theatre at 6:30PM.
685 Drop by the CSC for more information! Sorry for the confusion!
687 <newsitem author="b4taylor" date="2009-01-06">
688 Holden (The CRO) has opened the nominations for positions and set the election date.
690 Elections will be held on <b>Tuesday January 13, 2009 at 4:30 PM</b>
692 <newsitem author="dtbartle" date="2008-09-16">
693 The following people were elected today:
695 <li>President: m3lawren (Matt Lawrence)</li>
696 <li>Vice-president: ebering (Edgar Bering)</li>
697 <li>Treasurer: mgregson (Michael Gregson)</li>
698 <li>Secretary: j2simpso (James Simpson)</li>
701 The following were appointed:
703 <li>Sysadmin: kspaans (Kyle Spaans)</li>
704 <li>Imapd: j2simpso (James Simpson)</li>
707 <newsitem author="b4taylor" date="2008-05-16">
708 New positions were elected on Tuesday. Check the exec section to see who won.
710 <newsitem author="dtbartle" date="2008-05-04">
711 Spring 2008 elections will be held on Tuesday May 13th at 4:30pm in the Comfy Lounge.<br/>
712 Get your nominations in as soon as possible on the CSC whiteboard!<br/>
713 Nominations close 24 hours before the polls open.<br/>
714 You can email your nominations to cro@csclub.uwaterloo.ca
716 <newsitem author="dtbartle" date="2008-01-15">
717 Winter 2008 elections are over; <a href="about/positions">click here</a> to
718 see the new executive and other positions.
720 <newsitem author="dtbartle" date="2008-01-08">
721 The CSClub mirror (<a href="http://mirror.csclub.uwaterloo.ca/">mirror.csclub.uwaterloo.ca</a>)
722 is now on the ResNet "don't count" list. This means that downloading
723 software from our mirror will not count against your quota.
724 <a href="http://wiki.csclub.uwaterloo.ca/Mirror">Click here</a> for a list
725 of Linux distributions and open-source software that we mirror.
727 <newsitem author="dtbartle" date="2007-09-09">
728 The Fall 2007 election has been scheduled for Sept 20 at 4:30 pm in the
731 <newsitem author="dtbartle" date="2007-09-01">
732 Nominations are now being accepted for Fall 2007 executive positions.
733 Nominiations close on Sept 19 at 4:30 pm. See
734 <a href="/newsgroup/article.php?id=11045&group=uw.csc">uw.csc</a> for
737 <newsitem author="dtbartle" date="2007-09-01">
738 Our talks our now mirrored on mirror.cs for ResNet and on-campus users.
740 <newsitem author="mspang" date="2007-05-11">
741 The <a href="/about/exec">executive</a> has been elected for the Spring 2007 term.
743 <newsitem author="daltenty" date="2007-01-12">
744 The <a href="/about/exec">executive</a> has been elected for the Winter 2007 term.
746 <newsitem author="woconnor" date="2006-09-21">
747 The <a href="/about/exec">executive</a> has been elected for the Fall 2006 term.
749 <newsitem author="hkarau" date="2006-06-04">
750 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
751 have the developement tools!), or just watch the funny lights on the front of it, stop by the office and take a look
753 <newsitem author="hkarau" date="2006-05-19">
754 Larry Smith's talk on Creating Killer applications is now online in our
755 new <a href ="/media/"> section </a>(in video :-)).
757 <newsitem author="hkarau" date="2006-05-10">
758 The CSC <a href="/about/exec">executive</a> for Summer 2006 term
762 <newsitem author="ddenisen" date="2006-01-10">
763 The CSC <a href="/about/exec">executive</a> for Winter 2006 term
766 <newsitem author="jeperry" date="2004-10-23">
767 The F04 CSC Programming Contest is underway. Go to
768 <a href="/~contest/">the website</a> for more information.
770 <newsitem author="jeperry" date="2004-09-27">
771 The Fall 2004 elections have occured. We have a new
772 <a href="/about/exec">executive</a>.
774 <newsitem author="mbiggs" date="2004-09-15">
775 <a href="http://mirror.csclub.uwaterloo.ca/csclub/buss-talk.mp3">Here</a> is the audio for Professor Buss'
776 talk: Game Complexity Theorists Ponder, in mp3 format. Enjoy!
778 <newsitem author="zbnichol" date="2004-05-31">
779 Audio has been added for the Larry Smith talk: Computing's Next Great
780 Empires. It is available <a href="http://mirror.csclub.uwaterloo.ca/csclub/larry-smith-talk.ogg">in Ogg
781 format</a> or <a href="http://mirror.csclub.uwaterloo.ca/csclub/larry-smith-talk.mp3">in MP3 format</a>.
782 Thanks to all who came out. The talk was a great success.
784 <newsitem author="mbiggs" date="2004-05-12">
785 The CSC elections took place and we have a new <a
786 href="/about/exec">executive</a> for Spring 2004.
788 <newsitem author="sfllaw" date="2004-04-19">
789 <tt>perpugilliam</tt> has been restored, with two new disks courtesy of
790 MathSoc and MEF. There are now disk quotas for users, with a 250 MB
791 soft quota and a 500 MB hard quota, with a 14-day grace period.
793 <newsitem author="sfllaw" date="2004-04-16">
794 <tt>carbonated-water</tt> is back up. It now runs as the backup mail
795 exchange and also serves a a slave LDAP server. What this means is
796 that if <tt>perpugilliam</tt> goes down, your mail will not be dropped
797 and you'll still be able to login to other machines.
799 <newsitem author="sfllaw" date="2004-04-16">
800 <tt>perpugilliam</tt> will be going down for hardware upgrades on
801 2004-04-16 to 2004-04-19. We thank MathSoc and MEF for their
802 generous support in purchasing this hardware, and apologise for
803 any inconvenience this downtime will cause.
805 <newsitem author="mbiggs" date="2004-04-07">
807 <a href="http://www.csclub.uwaterloo.ca/gallery/ctrl-d-w2004">CTRL-D</a>
808 are available in the gallery.
810 <newsitem author="sfllaw" date="2004-04-02">
811 <tt>glucose-fructose</tt> is back on-line. It has a new 120 GB hard disk,
812 a new power supply, and an nVidia GeForce FX 5900.
814 <newsitem author="sfllaw" date="2004-04-01">
815 <tt>glucose-fructose</tt> will be going down for hardware upgrades on
816 2004-04-02 for an indeterminate amount of time. We thank MathSoc and
817 MEF for their generous support in purchasing this hardware, and
818 apologise for any inconvenience this downtime will cause.
820 <newsitem author="sfllaw" date="2004-03-19">
821 Kernighan came to Waterloo, and the Computer Science Club got our books
822 signed by him. Not only that, but we took
823 <a href="http://www.csclub.uwaterloo.ca/gallery/kernighan-2004">photographs
826 <newsitem author="sfllaw" date="2004-03-16">
827 The books that we purchased have arrived. Now we have two books that
828 can be signed by Kernighan when he comes.
830 <newsitem author="sfllaw" date="2004-02-05">
831 We voted 15 to 0 to 0 in favour of changing the
832 <a href="/about/constitution">constitution</a> to follow MathSoc
833 policy. An updated copy of the document is now online.
835 <newsitem author="sfllaw" date="2004-02-02">
836 <tt>perpugilliam</tt> went down over the weekend due to a failing disk.
837 Please back up all your important data as it is starting to go bad.
838 We are trying to acquire a replacement.
840 <newsitem author="sfllaw" date="2004-01-25">
841 <tt>carbonated-water</tt>, <tt>h2o</tt>, is back down. It's awaiting
844 <newsitem author="sfllaw" date="2004-01-22">
845 The CSC elections took place and we have a new <a
846 href="/about/exec">executive</a> for Winter 2004.
848 <newsitem author="sfllaw" date="2003-09-17">
849 The CSC elections took place and we have a new <a
850 href="/about/exec">executive</a> for Fall 2003.
852 <newsitem author="ja2morri" date="2003-08-12">
853 <tt>carbonated-water</tt>, <tt>h2o</tt>, is back up. It's a great machine
856 <newsitem author="ja2morri" date="2003-08-12">
857 The <a href="http://wiki.csclub.uwaterloo.ca/wiki/Exec_Manual">CSC
858 Procedures manual</a> has been added to the website. Thanks go to
859 Shannon Mann for reminding us of this document.
861 <newsitem author="ja2morri" date="2003-08-06">
862 We've finally gotten around to disabling accounts. If you find your
863 account has been improperly disabled please email
864 <a href="mailto:exec@csclub.uwaterloo.ca">the executive</a>. We are
865 keeping a back up of the files and mail for each disabled account for
866 a short period of time.
868 <newsitem author="ja2morri" date="2003-07-09">
869 Jim Elliott gave a great talk for the CSC yesterday and has put his slides
871 <a href="http://www.vm.ibm.com/devpages/jelliott/events">
872 http://www.vm.ibm.com/devpages/jelliott/events</a>
874 <newsitem author="sfllaw" date="2003-07-03">
875 We have been notified by the Guelph Computer Club that they are unable
876 to host our group event. Sorry for the inconvenience.
878 <newsitem author="sfllaw" date="2003-06-05">
879 We have a new computer called <tt>glucose-fructose</tt>, or <tt>sugar</tt>
880 for short. As a result, <tt>carbonated-water</tt> is temporarily out of
881 service, although it should return within a month.
883 <newsitem author="sjdutoit" date="2003-05-14">
884 The CSC elections took place and we have a new <a
885 href="/about/exec">executive</a> for Spring 2003.
887 <newsitem author="sfllaw" date="2003-01-13">
888 The CSC elections took place and we have a new <a
889 href="/about/exec">executive</a> for Winter 2003.
891 <newsitem author="sjdutoit" date="2002-10-29">
892 Due to lack of time for preparation, the Romp Through The Linux Kernel talks were cancelled.
893 Sorry for the inconvenience. Hopefully these talks will happen next term.
895 <newsitem author="sjdutoit" date="2002-09-30">
896 The business meeting of 2002-09-30 was concluded and the <a
897 href="/about/constitution-change-20020920">constitutional
898 change</a> was approved with a 14:2 majority (and one spoiled
899 ballot). See the new <a href="/about/constitution">constitution</a>.
901 <newsitem author="sjdutoit" date="2002-09-16">
902 The Fall elections have occured and the <a
903 href="/about/exec">results</a> are in.
905 <newsitem author="sjdutoit" date="2002-09-18">
906 We've changed to the new site! Please send your comments to the <a
907 href="mailto:webmaster@csclub.uwaterloo.ca">webmaster</a>. The <a
908 href="/old/">old site</a> is still available. A few things may not
909 be working quite right yet, but I'm working on it.
911 <newsitem author="sjdutoit" date="2002-04-22">
912 Added <a href="http://library.csclub.uwaterloo.ca/">books</a>! About 2.5
913 shelves are there, minus a whole lot that weren't readily accessible from
914 the Library of Congress. Getting all of the books on there is going to
915 be a tough job. These are, by the way, managed by good-old (or new?)
916 CEO. Thanks to Ryan Golbeck and Petio for their hard work getting
917 ISBN numbers onto disc.
919 <newsitem author="sjdutoit" date="2002-04-15">
920 Added a bunch of <a href="/events/old">old events</a> and some
921 documents, including the <a
922 href="/about/constitution">constitution</a>.
924 <newsitem author="sjdutoit" date="2002-04-15">
925 Added the <a href="/about/members">membership list</a>. <a
926 href="/events/old">Old events</a> are working. Event terms, as
927 well as the current term are determined automagically now. Lots of
928 work done. Some more stubs up (office etc.). And I introduce cow -
929 that is, the CSC Ontological Webalizer - which is just a wrapper
930 around libxslt with some extra xpath functions. It is now what is
931 being used to build the site, instead of xsltproc.
933 <newsitem author="sjdutoit" date="2002-02-04">
934 About/Memberlist stub up. Made the CSC logo gold. Isn't it nifty?
936 <newsitem author="sjdutoit" date="2002-02-03">