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5 <newsitem author="ztseguin" date="2018-10-07">
6 <p>We have been informed of a planned power outage that will affect CSC
7 equipment on Oct. 9 at 11pm until Oct. 10 at 5am.</p>
8 <p>During this time, all CSC systems and services will be unavailable.
9 Please ensure that you have saved all work before then and that you
10 have a backup of any important files.</p>
11 <p>We expect that most services will recover automatically once power
12 is restored, however anything requiring manual intervention
13 will be restored later in the day.</p>
14 <p>If you have any questions or concerns, please contact the
15 Systems Committee by email at
16 <a href="mailto:syscom@csclub.uwaterloo.ca">syscom@csclub.uwaterloo.ca</a>.</p>
18 <newsitem author="n3parikh" date="2018-09-18">
19 <p>Here are the results from this term's elections:</p>
21 <li>President: Zichuan Wei (z34wei)</li>
22 <li>Vice-President: Uday Barar (ubarar)</li>
23 <li>Treasurer: Alex Tomala (actomala)</li>
24 <li>Assistant Vice-President: Neil Parikh (n3parikh)</li>
26 <p>Additionally, the following positions were appointed:</p>
28 <li>Systems Administrator: Jennifer Zhou (c7zou)</li>
29 <li>Office Manager: Alexander Zvorygin (azvorygi)</li>
30 <li>Librarian: Neil Parikh (n3parikh)</li>
33 <newsitem author="c7zou" date="2018-09-12">
35 Nominations for the Fall 2018 exec are open. You can nominate candidates
36 for President, Vice President, Assistant Vice President, or Treasurer by
37 submitting their name, username, and position to the ballot box in the CSC, or
38 by emailing <a href="mailto:cro@csclub.uwaterloo.ca">cro@csclub.uwaterloo.ca</a> with their
39 name and position(s). Nominations close Monday, September 17th.
42 Elections will be held Tuesday, September 18th in the Comfy Lounge
43 at 6:30PM. All CSC members that have paid Mathsoc fees are
44 invited to come by and vote.
47 Nominations are listed <a href="https://csclub.uwaterloo.ca/elections/">here</a>.
50 <newsitem author="ztseguin" date="2018-09-01">
51 <p>Power has now been restored to the machine room and
52 most CSC systems and services are now available, with the exception
56 <b>sucrose and taurine</b>
58 We are currently unable to access to servers remotely. To restore
59 these servers, we need a visit to the machine room to identify and
62 <em>As of Sept. 5, taurine is available again with reduced RAM.</em>
65 <b><a href="http://test-ipv6.csclub.uwaterloo.ca">test-ipv6</a>
66 (restored as of Sept. 2)</b>
68 Currently available from within the UW network only. Investigation
69 is still ongoing and may require assistance from IST's security team.
72 <p>If you experience any issues accessing CSC services, please contact the
73 <a href="mailto:systems-committee@csclub.uwaterloo.ca">Systems Committee</a>.
76 <newsitem author="ztseguin" date="2018-08-31">
77 <p>While power has been restored to the Math & Computer Building (MC),
78 power is not yet available in the machine room. As a result,
79 most CSC services are still unavailable at this time.</p>
80 <p>The current estimate for power is Saturday, Sept. 1.</p>
81 <p>Currently, due to machines located in other buildings and
82 emergency generator power to select machines in MC, the following
83 services are currently available:</p>
85 <li><a href="http://mirror.csclub.uwaterloo.ca">Mirror</a></li>
86 <li>Mail (<a href="https://mail.csclub.uwaterloo.ca">Webmail</a>, SMTP and IMAP</li>
87 <li>Caffeine (including web hosting)</li>
89 <p>Once power is restored to the machine room, the Systems Committee
90 will continue restoring remaining services.</p>
92 <newsitem author="ztseguin" date="2018-07-18">
93 <p>The Systems Committee has been informed of a planned power outage
94 in the Math & Computer Building (MC) Tuesday, August 21 to
95 Thursday, August 30. Systems will be unavailable starting Sunday,
96 August 19 at 12pm EDT and are expected to be restored on
97 Thursday, August 30.</p>
98 <p>We expect that our <a href="http://mirror.csclub.uwaterloo.ca/">
99 Open Source Software mirror
100 </a>be available during the outage.</p>
102 <a href="https://mailman.csclub.uwaterloo.ca/pipermail/csc-general/2018-August/000769.html">
104 </a> sent to csc-general for more information.</p>
105 <p>Please contact the
106 <a href="mailto:systems-committee@csclub.uwaterloo.ca">
109 if you have any questions.</p>
110 <p><em>Updated on 2018-07-19 as the outage time was extended.</em></p>
111 <p><em>Updated on 2018-08-02 with additional information
112 and extended outage time.</em></p>
114 <newsitem author="mnmailho" date="2018-05-14">
115 <p>Here are the results from this term's elections:</p>
117 <li>President: Melissa Tedesco (matedesc)</li>
118 <li>Vice-President: Dhruv Jauhar (djauhar)</li>
119 <li>Treasurer: Tristan Hume (tghume)</li>
120 <li>Secretary: Marc Mailhot (mnmailho)</li>
122 <p>Additionally, the following positions were appointed:</p>
124 <li>Systems Administrator: Jennifer Zhou (c7zou)</li>
125 <li>Office Manager: Aditya Thakral (a3thakra)</li>
126 <li>Librarian: Archer Zhang (z577zhan)</li>
127 <li>Fridge Regent: Marc Mailhot (mnmailho)</li>
130 <newsitem author="pj2melan" date="2018-05-14">
131 <p>Here are the nominations for the Spring 2018 elections:</p>
133 <li>President: Melissa (matedesc), Haoran (h594wang)</li>
134 <li>VP: Dhruv (djauhar), Haoran (h594wang)</li>
135 <li>Secretary: Dhruv (djauhar), Marc (mnmailho)</li>
136 <li>Treasurer: Tristan (tghume)</li>
138 <p>Additionally, the following people have expressed interest in appointed positions:</p>
140 <li>Office Manager: Aditya (a3thakra), Archer (z577zhan), Haoran (h594wang), Yash (y2mathur)</li>
141 <li>Librarian: Aditya (a3thakra), Archer (z577zhan), Anamaya (agarodia)</li>
142 <li>Pop/Fridge Regent: Marc (mnmailho)</li>
143 <li>Sysadmin: Jennifer (c7zou)</li>
147 <newsitem author="pj2melan" date="2018-03-26">
148 <p>The winner of the uncode party is Jennifer Zhou! For a sorting
149 algorithm that works by emailing our VP for each decision.
151 <p>Again, congratulations on somehow winning an event that even the
152 organizers wouldn't know there was going to be a winner at!</p>
155 <newsitem author="ztseguin" date="2017-05-17">
156 <p>Here are the results from this term's elections:</p>
158 <li>President: fbauckho (Felix Bauckholt)</li>
159 <li>Vice-President: z34wei (Zichuan Wei)</li>
160 <li>Treasurer: lhsong (Laura Song)</li>
161 <li>Secretary: bzmo (Bo Mo)</li>
163 <p>Additionally, the following positions were appointed:</p>
165 <li>Systems Administrator: ztseguin (Zachary Seguin)</li>
166 <li>Office Manager: ubarar (Uday Barar)</li>
167 <li>Librarian: pj2melan (Patrick Melanson)</li>
168 <li>Imapd: ubarar (Uday Barar)</li>
172 <newsitem author="b2coutts" date="2017-01-14">
173 <p>Here are the results from this term's elections:</p>
175 <li>President: wyscheung (Wilson Cheung)</li>
176 <li>Vice-President: tghume (Tristan Hume)</li>
177 <li>Treasurer: jxpryde (Jordan Pryde)</li>
178 <li>Secretary: aafata (Amir Fata)</li>
180 <p>Additionally, the following positions were appointed:</p>
182 <li>Systems Administrator: ztseguin (Zachary Seguin)</li>
183 <li>Office Manager: fbauckho (Felix Bauckholt)</li>
184 <li>Librarian: csfmurph (Connor Murphy)</li>
185 <li>Imapd: ischtche (Ilia Chtcherbakov)</li>
188 We also amended our constitution to revise our Code of Conduct. The
189 updated Code of Conduct can be found at
190 https://csclub.uwaterloo.ca/about/code-of-conduct.
194 <newsitem author="ztseguin" date="2016-11-20">
195 <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>
196 <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>
199 <newsitem author="ubarar" date="2016-11-10">
200 <p> The Code of Conduct and the amended version can be found below: </p>
202 <li><a href="https://www.csclub.uwaterloo.ca/~exec/proposed-amendment/about/code-of-conduct">Proposed CoC</a></li>
203 <li><a href="https://www.csclub.uwaterloo.ca/~exec/proposed-amendment.patch">Diff between current and proposed CoC</a></li>
207 <newsitem author="ztseguin" date="2016-10-18">
208 <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>
209 <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>
212 <newsitem author="ztseguin" date="2016-09-19">
213 <p>Here are the results from this term's elections:</p>
215 <li>President: s455wang (Charlie Wang)</li>
216 <li>Vice-President: b2coutts (Bryan Coutts)</li>
217 <li>Treasurer: lhsong (Laura Song)</li>
218 <li>Secretary: ubarar (Uday Barar)</li>
220 <p>Additionally, the following positions were appointed:</p>
222 <li>Systems Administrator: ztseguin (Zachary Seguin)</li>
223 <li>Office Manager: j2sinn (James Sinn)</li>
224 <li>Librarian: fbauckho (Felix Bauckholt)</li>
225 <li>Imapd: ischtche (Ilia Chtcherbakov)</li>
229 <newsitem author="pj2melan" date="2016-05-12">
230 <p>Elections for Spring 2016 have concluded. The following people were elected and ratified:</p>
232 <li>President: Luqman Aden (<tt>laden</tt>)</li>
233 <li>Vice-president: Melissa Tedesco (<tt>matedesc</tt>)</li>
234 <li>Treasurer: Jon Bailey (<tt>jj2baile</tt>)</li>
235 <li>Secretary: Aditya Shivam Askothar (<tt>askothar</tt>)</li>
236 <li>SysAdmin: Jordan Xavier Pryde (<tt>jxpryde</tt>)</li>
237 <li>Office Manager: Zachary Seguin (<tt>ztseguin</tt>)</li>
238 <li>Librarian: Charlie Wang (<tt>s455wang</tt>)</li>
239 <li>Fridge Regent: Marc Mailhot (<tt>mnmailho</tt>)</li>
243 <newsitem author="ztseguin" date="2016-02-09">
244 <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>
245 <p>See <a href="https://csclub.uwaterloo.ca/newsgroup/article.php?id=12268&group=uw.csc">the announcement</a> for more information.</p>
248 <newsitem author="ztseguin" date="2016-01-21">
249 <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>
251 <p>Running our mirror is made possible with assistance from:</p>
253 <li>The <a href="https://www.student.math.uwaterloo.ca/~mefcom/">Mathematics Endowment Fund (MEF)</a></li>
254 <li>The <a href="http://mathsoc.uwaterloo.ca">Mathematics Society (MathSoc)</a></li>
255 <li>Dave Gawley and the <a href="https://cs.uwaterloo.ca/resources-services/cscf">Computer Science Computing Facility (CSCF)</a></li>
256 <li><a href="https://uwaterloo.ca/information-systems-technology/">Information Systems Technology (IST)</a></li>
260 <newsitem author="pj2melan" date="2016-01-14">
261 <p>Elections for Winter 2016 have concluded. The following people were elected:</p>
263 <li>President: Patrick Melanson (<tt>pj2melan</tt>)</li>
264 <li>Vice-president: Patrick Melanson (<tt>pj2melan</tt>)</li>
265 <li>Acting Vice-president: Theo Belaire (<tt>tbelaire</tt>)</li>
266 <li>Treasurer: Luqman Aden (<tt>laden</tt>)</li>
267 <li>Secretary: Naomi Koo (<tt>m3koo</tt>)</li>
268 <li>SysAdmin: Zachary Seguin (<tt>ztseguin</tt>)</li>
269 <li>Office Manager: Reila Zheng (<tt>wy2zheng</tt>)</li>
270 <li>Librarian: Felix Bauckholt (<tt>fbauckho</tt>)</li>
271 <li>Fridge Regent: Marc Mailhot (<tt>mnmailho</tt>)</li>
275 <newsitem author="kpwarr" date="2015-05-22">
276 <p>By-Elections for Spring 2015 have concluded. The following people were elected:</p>
278 <li>Secretary: Keri Warr (<tt>kpwarr</tt>)</li>
279 <li>Treasurer: Jonathan Bailey (<tt>jj2baile</tt>)</li>
281 <p>In addition, the following people were appointed to non-elected positions:</p>
283 <li>Librarian: Yomna Nasser (<tt>ynasser</tt>)</li>
284 <li>Office Manager: Ilia Sergei Chtcherbakov (<tt>ischtche</tt>)</li>
285 <li>SysAdmin: Nicholas Black (<tt>nablack</tt>)</li>
289 <newsitem author="glgambet" date="2015-05-14">
290 <p>Elections for Spring 2015 have concluded. The following people were elected:</p>
292 <li>President: Luqman Aden (<tt>laden</tt>)</li>
293 <li>Vice-president: Patrick Melanson (<tt>pj2melan</tt>)</li>
297 <newsitem author="glgambet" date="2015-03-27">
299 The Computer Science Club adopted the proposed Code of Conduct (with
300 amendments). The complete code of conduct can be found here:
301 <a href="https://csclub.uwaterloo.ca/about/code-of-conduct">
302 https://csclub.uwaterloo.ca/about/code-of-conduct
307 <newsitem author="glgambet" date="2015-03-17">
308 <p>There will be a general meeting on March 27th to discuss constitution
309 amendments and the institution of a Code of Conduct.</p>
310 <p>The full diff can be found here:
311 <a href="https://csclub.uwaterloo.ca/~glgambet/csc/coc-constitution.patch">
312 https://csclub.uwaterloo.ca/~glgambet/csc/coc-constitution.patch</a>,
313 and the proposed Code of Conduct here:
314 <a href="https://csclub.uwaterloo.ca/~glgambet/csc/about/code-of-conduct">
315 https://csclub.uwaterloo.ca/~glgambet/csc/about/code-of-conduct</a>.
319 <newsitem author="yj7kim" date="2015-01-16">
320 <p>Elections for Winter 2015 have concluded. The following people were elected:</p>
322 <li>President: Gianni Gambetti (<tt>glgambet</tt>)</li>
323 <li>Vice-president: Luke Franceschini (<tt>l3france</tt>)</li>
324 <li>Treasurer: Edward Lee (<tt>e45lee</tt>)</li>
325 <li>Secretary: Patrick Melanson (<tt>pj2melan</tt>)</li>
327 <p>The following people were appointed:</p>
329 <li>Sysadmin: Murphy Berzish (<tt>mtrberzi</tt>)</li>
330 <li>Office Manager: Shikhar Singh (<tt>s285sing</tt>)</li>
331 <li>Librarian: Aishwarya Gupta (<tt>a72gupta</tt>)</li>
335 <newsitem author="glgambet" date="2014-11-05">
337 We are waxing the office floors on the evening of November 5th.
338 You can come out for 7pm to help move anything on the floor out of the office.
342 <newsitem author="scshunt" date="2014-10-15">
344 Our <a href="http://wiki.csclub.uwaterloo.ca/Mirror">free software
345 mirror</a> is currently down due to maintenance and multiple disk
346 failure on the backup. We are working on bringing up a replacement. We do
347 not have an ETA at this time for when service will be restored. Apologies
348 for any inconvenience.
352 <newsitem author="yj7kim" date="2014-09-22">
353 <p>Elections for Fall 2014 have concluded. The following people were elected:</p>
355 <li>President: Jinny Kim (<tt>yj7kim</tt>)</li>
356 <li>Vice-president: Theo Belaire (<tt>tbelaire</tt>)</li>
357 <li>Treasurer: Jonathan Bailey (<tt>jj2baile</tt>)</li>
358 <li>Secretary: Shane Creighton-Young (<tt>srcreigh</tt>)</li>
360 <p>The following people were appointed:</p>
362 <li>Sysadmin: Sean Hunt (<tt>scshunt</tt>)</li>
363 <li>Office Manager: Mark Farrell (<tt>m4farrel</tt>)</li>
364 <li>Librarian: Gianni Gambetti (<tt>glgambet</tt>)</li>
368 <newsitem author="b2coutts" date="2014-05-15">
369 <p>Elections for Spring 2014 have concluded. The following people were elected:</p>
371 <li>President: Jinny Kim (<tt>yj7kim</tt>)</li>
372 <li>Vice-president: Luke Franceschini (<tt>l3france</tt>)</li>
373 <li>Treasurer: Joseph Chouinard (<tt>jchouina</tt>)</li>
374 <li>Secretary: Ifaz Kabir (<tt>ikabir</tt>)</li>
376 <p>The Sysadmin and Office Manager were not appointed at the election.</p>
379 <newsitem author="jbroman" date="2014-01-16">
380 <p>Elections for Winter 2014 have concluded. The following people were elected:</p>
382 <li>President: Bryan Coutts (<tt>b2coutts</tt>)</li>
383 <li>Vice-president: Visha Vijayanand (<tt>vvijayan</tt>)</li>
384 <li>Treasurer: Marc Burns (<tt>m4burns</tt>)</li>
385 <li>Secretary: Mark Farrell (<tt>m4farrel</tt>)</li>
387 <p>The following people were appointed:</p>
389 <li>Sysadmin: Murphy Berzish (<tt>mtrberzi</tt>)</li>
390 <li>Office Manager: Nicholas Black (<tt>nablack</tt>)</li>
394 <newsitem author="ehashman" date="2013-10-23">
396 It's been a while since we last ordered shirts for members. As such, we
397 would like to order a new batch, and invite you to supply the design for
398 the shirt! The winning candidate (and possibly some runner-ups) will
399 receive a free shirt in the size of their choice. Please send your
400 submissions to <a href="mailto:exec@csclub.uwaterloo.ca">the
403 <p>The deadline will be Nov. 13 at midnight, and winners will be announced
404 by Friday, Nov. 15. At that point, a signup sheet will be made available.
408 <newsitem author="ehashman" date="2013-10-18">
410 Bowling has been moved from Oct. 23 to Oct. 30. See the
411 <a href="events/Bingemans-2013-10-30-6%3A00PM">event details</a>
412 for more information.
417 <newsitem author="ehashman" date="2013-10-07">
419 Security and privacy talks all have scheduled times and rooms! Please
420 note the swap between Zak Blacher's and Simon Gladstone's talk.
423 The final dates, times, and locations are as follows:
426 <li>Tuesday, October 8, 5:00PM, MC 4041 — Sarah Harvey</li>
427 <li>Tuesday, October 15, 5:00PM, MC 4060 — Eric Dong</li>
428 <li>Thursday, October 24, 6:30PM, DC 1302 — Simon Gladstone</li>
429 <li>Tuesday, November 5, 6:00PM, MC 3001 (Comfy Lounge) — Nick
430 Guenther and Murphy Berzish host a key signing party!</li>
431 <li>Tuesday, November 12, 5:00PM, MC 4060 — Zak Blacher</li>
432 <li>Tuesday, November 26, 5:00PM, MC 2038 — Speaker TBD</li>
437 <newsitem author="ehashman" date="2013-10-01">
439 A number of talks on security and privacy have been planned for this term.
440 Email <a href="mailto:progcom@csclub.uwaterloo.ca">progcom</a> if you are
441 interested in getting involved. See individual events for more detail.
445 <newsitem author="ehashman" date="2013-09-29">
447 Is there something that you're particularly passionate about and would like
448 to share with others? Do you want to practice presenting on a topic of interest
449 to the membership? We are accepting proposals for member talks for the Fall
450 2013 term. Tell us about a project you're really passionate about, or perhaps a
451 theoretical problem you find interesting.
455 Please send a proposed abstract and some possible talk dates to <a
456 href="mailto:progcom@csclub.uwaterloo.ca">our programme committee</a> and we
457 will get to work on getting your talk scheduled.
461 <newsitem author="jbroman" date="2013-09-17">
462 <p>Congratulations to this term's new executive!</p>
464 <li>President: ehashman</li>
465 <li>Vice-president: m4burns</li>
466 <li>Treasurer: dchlobow</li>
467 <li>Secretary: e45lee</li>
470 Additionally, the following people were appointed.
473 <li>Sysadmin: jbroman</li>
474 <li>Librarian: jladan</li>
475 <li>Office Manager: scshunt</li>
478 <newsitem author="ehashman" date="2013-05-28">
479 <p>Consider attending the Canadian Undergraduate Mathematics Conference in
480 Montreal, Quebec this semester, July 10—14. Funding for transportation
481 and accommodations has been generously provided by MEF, MathSoc, and the Dean's
483 <p>To apply for funding, please fill out <a
484 href='https://docs.google.com/forms/d/1rKAdBmGWRj0VzlxVA1s5pLmeMYQve2EE4F76hhTDwBc/viewform'>this form</a>.</p>
485 <p>If you have any questions, please contact me directly.</p>
487 <newsitem author="omsmith" date="2013-05-16">
488 <p>Congratulations to this terms new executive!</p>
490 <li>President: srcreigh</li>
491 <li>Vice-president: vvijayan</li>
492 <li>Treasurer: dchlobow</li>
493 <li>Secretary: yj7kim</li>
496 Additionally, the following people were appointed.
499 <li>Sysadmin: a2brenna</li>
500 <li>Office Manager: m4burns</li>
502 <p>The position of librarian has not yet been filled.</p>
504 <newsitem author="scshunt" date="2013-05-06">
505 <p>Welcome to Spring 2013!</p>
506 <p>Elections for the Spring term have been set; see above.</p>
508 <newsitem author="omsmith" date="2013-01-17">
509 <p>Elections for Winter 2013 have concluded. The following people were
512 <li>President: a2brenna</li>
513 <li>Vice-president: m4burns</li>
514 <li>Treasurer: jsmumfor</li>
515 <li>Secretary: mgolechn</li>
518 Additionally, the following people were appointed.
521 <li>Sysadmin: sharvey</li>
522 <li>Office Manager: b2coutts</li>
523 <li>Librarian: mimcpher</li>
526 <newsitem author="jbroman" date="2012-10-03">
527 <p>Due to repeated power failure in the MC building, multiple CSC systems
528 are experiencing critical service interruptions. We apologize for the
531 <newsitem author="m4burns" date="2012-09-04">
533 Elections for Fall 2012 will be held on September 13 at 4:00 PM.
534 Nominations will begin on September 6th, and will end 24 hours prior to
535 elections. Nominations may be emailed to <a
536 href="mailto:cro@csclub.uwaterloo.ca">cro@csclub.uwaterloo.ca</a>. This term's
537 CRO is Owen Smith (omsmith).
540 <newsitem author="m4burns" date="2012-06-06">
542 To all of our members who are interested in attending CUMC at UBCO this
543 summer, please remember to <a
544 href="https://docs.google.com/spreadsheet/viewform?formkey=dG56d3NRNUJabzQyMmpNTDlqWkpiU3c6MQ">apply
548 <newsitem author="ehashman" date="2012-02-27">
550 The CSC and AMD are running an <a href="opencl">OpenCL programming
551 contest!</a> If you're interested in winning a laptop or a graphics card, you
552 should <a href="opencl">read more</a> and <a href="opencl/register">register
555 <p><b>Registration has been reopened</b> for anyone who did not get a
556 chance to register on time, so make sure you sign up!
559 <newsitem author="m4burns" date="2012-02-13">
561 Recorded talks from 2010 to 2012 have been added to the <a
562 href="media">media</a> page.
565 <newsitem author="jy2wong" date="2012-01-12">
567 Elections for Winter 2012 have concluded. The following people were
570 <li>President: m4burns</li>
571 <li>Vice-president: ehashman</li>
572 <li>Treasurer: j3parker</li>
573 <li>Secretary: mimcpher</li>
576 Additionally, the following people were appointed.
579 <li>Sysadmin: jbroman</li>
580 <li>Office Manager: laden</li>
581 <li>Librarian: jy2wong</li>
584 <newsitem author="ebering" date="2011-09-19">
586 Elections for Fall 2011 have concluded. The following people were
589 <li>President: m4burns</li>
590 <li>Vice-president: kshyatt</li>
591 <li>Treasurer: j3parker</li>
592 <li>Secretary: ehashman</li>
595 Additionally, the following people were appointed.
598 <li>Sysadmin: a2brenna</li>
599 <li>Office Manager: kspaans</li>
600 <li>Librarian: ebering</li>
603 <newsitem author="ebering" date="2011-09-18">
605 Nominations for the Fall 2011 exec are closed. Nominees are as follows:
608 <li>President: m4burns, kshyatt, ehashman</li>
609 <li>Vice-president: m4burns, kshyatt</li>
610 <li>Treasurer: j3parker, scshunt, sagervai</li>
611 <li>Secretary: ehashman, kspaans, sagervai</li>
614 Elections will be held Monday, September 19th in the Comfy Lounge (MC 3001)
615 from 4:30PM to 5:30PM. All CSC members that have paid Mathsoc fees are
616 invited to come by and vote. If you are unable to attend but would like to vote
618 e-mail your ballot to <a href="mailto:cro@csclub.uwaterloo.ca">the CRO</a>.
620 take place by approval voting, so vote for as many people in each race as
624 <newsitem author="jy2wong" date="2011-09-08">
626 Nominations for the Fall 2011 exec are open. You can nominate candidates
628 President, Vice President, Treasurer or Secretary by writing their name on
629 the office whiteboard under the appropriate heading, or by emailing <a
630 href="mailto:cro@csclub.uwaterloo.ca">cro@csclub.uwaterloo.ca</a> with
631 their name and position(s). Nominations close Sunday, September 18th at
636 Elections will be held Monday, September 19th in the Comfy Lounge (MC 3001)
637 from 4:30PM to 5:30PM. All CSC members that have paid Mathsoc fees are
638 invited to come by and vote.
641 <newsitem author="ebering" date="2011-05-09">
642 <p>The results, including appointments, are:
644 <li>President: mthiffau</li>
645 <li>Vice-President: mimcpher</li>
646 <li>Treasurer: kspaans</li>
647 <li>Secretary: akansong</li>
648 <li>Systems Administrator: jbroman</li>
649 <li>Office Manager: jy2wong</li>
650 <li>Librarian: lbovard</li>
654 <newsitem author="scshunt" date="2011-01-12">
655 The election is over. The new executive are
657 <li>President: ebering</li>
658 <li>Vice President: jy2wong</li>
659 <li>Treasurer: kspaans</li>
660 <li>Secretary: ehashman</li>
661 <li>Sysadmin: pbarfuss</li>
663 The new Office Manager is m4burns. The new Librarian is asbumste.
665 <newsitem author="scshunt" date="2011-01-12">
666 There is a correction in the nominee list. m4burns was nominated for
667 Vice-President, not b4taylor. Apologies.
669 If you cannot attend the meeting, please send a vote to
670 cro@csclub.uwaterloo.ca.
672 <newsitem author="scshunt" date="2011-01-11">
673 Nominations have closed at some point. The nominations are as follows:
675 <li>President: ebering</li>
676 <li>Vice President: ssalbiz, jy2wong, m4burns</li>
677 <li>Treasurer: kspaans, qxi, mspang, d2huo, a42ahmed</li>
678 <li>Secretary: kspaans, d2huo, ehashman</li>
681 <newsitem author="scshunt" date="2011-01-06">
682 It has come to my attention that some people believe I previously claimed
683 that nominations close at 3:00 PM. This is false. They close, and have
684 always closed, at 4:30. We have always been at war with Eurasia.
686 <newsitem author="scshunt" date="2011-01-04">
687 Nominations for Winter 2011 executive are now open on the CSC whiteboard. They
688 close at 3:00 PM on Tuesday, January 11. Elections will be held at 4:00 PM on
689 Wednesday, January 12 on the brand-new furniture in the Comfy Lounge.
691 You can also nominate someone or ask any other questions or just complain to
692 <a href="mailto:cro@csclub.uwaterloo.ca">cro@csclub.uwaterloo.ca</a>.
694 <newsitem author="ebering" date="2010-11-03">
695 The CSC has been invited to MathSoc's annual Charity Ball. If you are interested in attending with the CSC, please contact Gwynneth Leece
696 <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.
697 It is Saturday November 20th at 6pm.
700 <newsitem author="m2ellis" date="2010-09-22">
701 We experienced a recent power outage which caused the RAID array hosting mirror data to need to be rebuilt.
702 As a result, the mirrored data is temporarily read-only. We hope to resume synchronizing as soon as possible. We apologize for any inconvenience.
704 You can view the reconstruction progress on the <a href="http://mirror.csclub.uwaterloo.ca/">mirror's index page</a>
706 <newsitem author="m2ellis" date="2010-09-14">
707 Elections are over. The results are:
709 <li>President: j3parker</li>
710 <li>Vice President: ebering</li>
711 <li>Treasurer: rjputins</li>
712 <li>Secretary: kspaans</li>
713 <li>Sysadmin: jbroman</li>
714 <li>Office Manager: askhader</li>
717 <newsitem author="m2ellis" date="2010-09-12">
718 Nominations are now closed. The nominations are as follows:
720 <li>President: j3parker, kspaans, jdonland, mspang</li>
721 <li>Vice President: ebering</li>
722 <li>Treasurer: rjputins</li>
723 <li>Secretary: askhader, baldajan, kspaans</li>
726 <newsitem author="m2ellis" date="2010-09-10">
727 Time for the election on September 14th has been decided. It will be held at 16:30 in the MC comfy lounge.
729 <newsitem author="m2ellis" date="2010-09-04">
730 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.
732 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>
734 <newsitem author="ebering" date="2010-05-11">
735 Elections have concluded, congratulations to the new executive:
737 <li>President: Jeff Cameron (j3camero)</li>
738 <li>Vice President: Brennan Taylor (b4taylor)</li>
739 <li>Treasurer: Vardhan Mudunuru (vmudunur)</li>
740 <li>Secretary: Matt Lawrence (m3lawren)</li>
741 <li>Sysadmin: Mike Ellis (m2ells)</li>
744 <newsitem author="ebering" date="2010-05-10">
745 Nominations for the spring term executive are closed. Nominees are:
747 <li>President: Jeff Cameron (j3camero), Kevin Farnworth (kfarnwor)</li>
748 <li>Vice President: Brennan Taylor (b4taylor)</li>
749 <li>Treasurer: Vardhan Mudunuru (vmudunur)</li>
750 <li>Secretary: Matt Lawrence (m3lawren), Qifan Xi (qxi)</li>
752 Elections will occur as listed in the events section for the two contested positions. If you would like to
753 vote absentee, please send your votes (one vote per position) to <a href="mailto:cro@csclub.uwaterloo.ca">the
754 Chief Returning Officer</a> before 5:30 PM EDT on May 11, 2010.
756 <newsitem author="ebering" date="2010-02-01">
757 <h3><a href="http://contest.csclub.uwaterloo.ca/">Contest now open!</a></h3>
758 <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,
759 and there will be prizes offered, but if you want details you should really check the website.</p>
761 <newsitem author="ebering" date="2009-10-17">
762 <h3>Contest Over</h3>
763 <p>Congratulations to <b>amstan</b> for taking first place.</p>
765 <newsitem author="ebering" date="2009-10-02">
766 <h3>Contest Still Open!</h3>
767 <p>Go to <a href="http://csclub.uwaterloo.ca/contest/">the website</a> now and get to it!</p>
769 <newsitem author="mgregson" date="2009-06-18">
770 <h3>Do you text... do you iPod?</h3>
773 We are looking for volunteers to take part in a study on mobile
774 hand held device use and any related health or comfort troubles
775 experienced during their use. As a participant in this study, you
776 would be asked to fill out a 5-8 minute computer-administered
777 confidential questionnaire.
780 If you would like to participate, please follow this link:
781 <a href="http://ithumb.iwh.on.ca/">http://ithumb.iwh.on.ca/</a>
782 This study is being conducted by Richard Wells and Sophia Berolo,
783 Department of Kinesiology, and Benjamin Amick, Institute for Work
784 and Health. If you wish more information, please contact Sophia
785 Berolo at sberolo@uwaterloo.ca. The study has been reviewed by,
786 and received ethics clearance through, the office of Research
787 Ethics, University of Waterloo.
790 <newsitem author="j3parker" date="2009-05-26">
793 <li>UNIX 101: Need to learn unix for a course, or just to be a ninja?
794 Swing by MC 2037 on Thursday, June 2nd at 4:30PM for a tutorial session.</li>
795 <li>Code Party: Have an assignment or project you need to work on? We
796 will be coding from 7:00pm until 7:00am starting on Friday, June 5th
797 in the Comfy lounge. Join us!</li>
800 <newsitem author="ebering" date="2009-05-14">
801 Some of the talks from the Winter term are available on the website
802 in the <a href="http://csclub.uwaterloo.ca/media/">media</a> section,
803 including the IQC talk and video from the lab tours. Joel Spolsky and
804 Richard Stallman's talks are coming soon.
806 <newsitem author="kspaans" date="2009-05-12">
807 The elections are complete. Your executive for the Spring 2009 term are:
809 <li>President: mspang (Michael Spang)</li>
810 <li>Vice-President: j3paker (Jacob Parker)</li>
811 <li>Treasurer: sagervai (Sapphyre Gervais)</li>
812 <li>Secretary: mimcpher (Matt McPherrin)</li>
815 <newsitem author="kspaans" date="2009-05-04">
816 Kyle (The CRO) has opened the nominations for positions and set the election date.
818 Elections will be held on <b>Tuesday May 12, 2009 at 4:30 PM</b> in the Comfy Lounge.
819 <a href="http://csclub.uwaterloo.ca/~kspaans/S09-nominees.html">Nominees and voting policy</a> for the election.
821 <newsitem author="ebering" date="2009-04-13">
822 CSC Branded Merchindise is now available for purchase <a href="http://www.zazzle.com/csclub">here</a>
823 for your owning pleasure.
825 <newsitem author="ebering" date="2009-03-24">
826 The contest is still open and will be until Saturday. For
827 contest details go to <a href="/contest/">the contest website</a>,
828 and come to the code party friday night for some last minute hacking!
830 <newsitem author="mgregson" date="2009-01-29">
831 Richard Stallman's flight has been delayed and he will be
832 arriving in Waterloo later than expected. As a result, the
833 talk has been moved to the Modern Languages Theatre at 6:30PM.
834 Drop by the CSC for more information! Sorry for the confusion!
836 <newsitem author="b4taylor" date="2009-01-06">
837 Holden (The CRO) has opened the nominations for positions and set the election date.
839 Elections will be held on <b>Tuesday January 13, 2009 at 4:30 PM</b>
841 <newsitem author="dtbartle" date="2008-09-16">
842 The following people were elected today:
844 <li>President: m3lawren (Matt Lawrence)</li>
845 <li>Vice-president: ebering (Edgar Bering)</li>
846 <li>Treasurer: mgregson (Michael Gregson)</li>
847 <li>Secretary: j2simpso (James Simpson)</li>
850 The following were appointed:
852 <li>Sysadmin: kspaans (Kyle Spaans)</li>
853 <li>Imapd: j2simpso (James Simpson)</li>
856 <newsitem author="b4taylor" date="2008-05-16">
857 New positions were elected on Tuesday. Check the exec section to see who won.
859 <newsitem author="dtbartle" date="2008-05-04">
860 Spring 2008 elections will be held on Tuesday May 13th at 4:30pm in the Comfy Lounge.<br/>
861 Get your nominations in as soon as possible on the CSC whiteboard!<br/>
862 Nominations close 24 hours before the polls open.<br/>
863 You can email your nominations to cro@csclub.uwaterloo.ca
865 <newsitem author="dtbartle" date="2008-01-15">
866 Winter 2008 elections are over; <a href="about/positions">click here</a> to
867 see the new executive and other positions.
869 <newsitem author="dtbartle" date="2008-01-08">
870 The CSClub mirror (<a href="http://mirror.csclub.uwaterloo.ca/">mirror.csclub.uwaterloo.ca</a>)
871 is now on the ResNet "don't count" list. This means that downloading
872 software from our mirror will not count against your quota.
873 <a href="http://wiki.csclub.uwaterloo.ca/Mirror">Click here</a> for a list
874 of Linux distributions and open-source software that we mirror.
876 <newsitem author="dtbartle" date="2007-09-09">
877 The Fall 2007 election has been scheduled for Sept 20 at 4:30 pm in the
880 <newsitem author="dtbartle" date="2007-09-01">
881 Nominations are now being accepted for Fall 2007 executive positions.
882 Nominiations close on Sept 19 at 4:30 pm. See
883 <a href="/newsgroup/article.php?id=11045&group=uw.csc">uw.csc</a> for
886 <newsitem author="dtbartle" date="2007-09-01">
887 Our talks our now mirrored on mirror.cs for ResNet and on-campus users.
889 <newsitem author="mspang" date="2007-05-11">
890 The <a href="/about/exec">executive</a> has been elected for the Spring 2007 term.
892 <newsitem author="daltenty" date="2007-01-12">
893 The <a href="/about/exec">executive</a> has been elected for the Winter 2007 term.
895 <newsitem author="woconnor" date="2006-09-21">
896 The <a href="/about/exec">executive</a> has been elected for the Fall 2006 term.
898 <newsitem author="hkarau" date="2006-06-04">
899 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
900 have the developement tools!), or just watch the funny lights on the front of it, stop by the office and take a look
902 <newsitem author="hkarau" date="2006-05-19">
903 Larry Smith's talk on Creating Killer applications is now online in our
904 new <a href ="/media/"> section </a>(in video :-)).
906 <newsitem author="hkarau" date="2006-05-10">
907 The CSC <a href="/about/exec">executive</a> for Summer 2006 term
911 <newsitem author="ddenisen" date="2006-01-10">
912 The CSC <a href="/about/exec">executive</a> for Winter 2006 term
915 <newsitem author="jeperry" date="2004-10-23">
916 The F04 CSC Programming Contest is underway. Go to
917 <a href="/~contest/">the website</a> for more information.
919 <newsitem author="jeperry" date="2004-09-27">
920 The Fall 2004 elections have occured. We have a new
921 <a href="/about/exec">executive</a>.
923 <newsitem author="mbiggs" date="2004-09-15">
924 <a href="http://mirror.csclub.uwaterloo.ca/csclub/buss-talk.mp3">Here</a> is the audio for Professor Buss'
925 talk: Game Complexity Theorists Ponder, in mp3 format. Enjoy!
927 <newsitem author="zbnichol" date="2004-05-31">
928 Audio has been added for the Larry Smith talk: Computing's Next Great
929 Empires. It is available <a href="http://mirror.csclub.uwaterloo.ca/csclub/larry-smith-talk.ogg">in Ogg
930 format</a> or <a href="http://mirror.csclub.uwaterloo.ca/csclub/larry-smith-talk.mp3">in MP3 format</a>.
931 Thanks to all who came out. The talk was a great success.
933 <newsitem author="mbiggs" date="2004-05-12">
934 The CSC elections took place and we have a new <a
935 href="/about/exec">executive</a> for Spring 2004.
937 <newsitem author="sfllaw" date="2004-04-19">
938 <tt>perpugilliam</tt> has been restored, with two new disks courtesy of
939 MathSoc and MEF. There are now disk quotas for users, with a 250 MB
940 soft quota and a 500 MB hard quota, with a 14-day grace period.
942 <newsitem author="sfllaw" date="2004-04-16">
943 <tt>carbonated-water</tt> is back up. It now runs as the backup mail
944 exchange and also serves a a slave LDAP server. What this means is
945 that if <tt>perpugilliam</tt> goes down, your mail will not be dropped
946 and you'll still be able to login to other machines.
948 <newsitem author="sfllaw" date="2004-04-16">
949 <tt>perpugilliam</tt> will be going down for hardware upgrades on
950 2004-04-16 to 2004-04-19. We thank MathSoc and MEF for their
951 generous support in purchasing this hardware, and apologise for
952 any inconvenience this downtime will cause.
954 <newsitem author="mbiggs" date="2004-04-07">
956 <a href="http://www.csclub.uwaterloo.ca/gallery/ctrl-d-w2004">CTRL-D</a>
957 are available in the gallery.
959 <newsitem author="sfllaw" date="2004-04-02">
960 <tt>glucose-fructose</tt> is back on-line. It has a new 120 GB hard disk,
961 a new power supply, and an nVidia GeForce FX 5900.
963 <newsitem author="sfllaw" date="2004-04-01">
964 <tt>glucose-fructose</tt> will be going down for hardware upgrades on
965 2004-04-02 for an indeterminate amount of time. We thank MathSoc and
966 MEF for their generous support in purchasing this hardware, and
967 apologise for any inconvenience this downtime will cause.
969 <newsitem author="sfllaw" date="2004-03-19">
970 Kernighan came to Waterloo, and the Computer Science Club got our books
971 signed by him. Not only that, but we took
972 <a href="http://www.csclub.uwaterloo.ca/gallery/kernighan-2004">photographs
975 <newsitem author="sfllaw" date="2004-03-16">
976 The books that we purchased have arrived. Now we have two books that
977 can be signed by Kernighan when he comes.
979 <newsitem author="sfllaw" date="2004-02-05">
980 We voted 15 to 0 to 0 in favour of changing the
981 <a href="/about/constitution">constitution</a> to follow MathSoc
982 policy. An updated copy of the document is now online.
984 <newsitem author="sfllaw" date="2004-02-02">
985 <tt>perpugilliam</tt> went down over the weekend due to a failing disk.
986 Please back up all your important data as it is starting to go bad.
987 We are trying to acquire a replacement.
989 <newsitem author="sfllaw" date="2004-01-25">
990 <tt>carbonated-water</tt>, <tt>h2o</tt>, is back down. It's awaiting
993 <newsitem author="sfllaw" date="2004-01-22">
994 The CSC elections took place and we have a new <a
995 href="/about/exec">executive</a> for Winter 2004.
997 <newsitem author="sfllaw" date="2003-09-17">
998 The CSC elections took place and we have a new <a
999 href="/about/exec">executive</a> for Fall 2003.
1001 <newsitem author="ja2morri" date="2003-08-12">
1002 <tt>carbonated-water</tt>, <tt>h2o</tt>, is back up. It's a great machine
1003 for reading mail on.
1005 <newsitem author="ja2morri" date="2003-08-12">
1006 The <a href="http://wiki.csclub.uwaterloo.ca/wiki/Exec_Manual">CSC
1007 Procedures manual</a> has been added to the website. Thanks go to
1008 Shannon Mann for reminding us of this document.
1010 <newsitem author="ja2morri" date="2003-08-06">
1011 We've finally gotten around to disabling accounts. If you find your
1012 account has been improperly disabled please email
1013 <a href="mailto:exec@csclub.uwaterloo.ca">the executive</a>. We are
1014 keeping a back up of the files and mail for each disabled account for
1015 a short period of time.
1017 <newsitem author="ja2morri" date="2003-07-09">
1018 Jim Elliott gave a great talk for the CSC yesterday and has put his slides
1020 <a href="http://www.vm.ibm.com/devpages/jelliott/events">
1021 http://www.vm.ibm.com/devpages/jelliott/events</a>
1023 <newsitem author="sfllaw" date="2003-07-03">
1024 We have been notified by the Guelph Computer Club that they are unable
1025 to host our group event. Sorry for the inconvenience.
1027 <newsitem author="sfllaw" date="2003-06-05">
1028 We have a new computer called <tt>glucose-fructose</tt>, or <tt>sugar</tt>
1029 for short. As a result, <tt>carbonated-water</tt> is temporarily out of
1030 service, although it should return within a month.
1032 <newsitem author="sjdutoit" date="2003-05-14">
1033 The CSC elections took place and we have a new <a
1034 href="/about/exec">executive</a> for Spring 2003.
1036 <newsitem author="sfllaw" date="2003-01-13">
1037 The CSC elections took place and we have a new <a
1038 href="/about/exec">executive</a> for Winter 2003.
1040 <newsitem author="sjdutoit" date="2002-10-29">
1041 Due to lack of time for preparation, the Romp Through The Linux Kernel talks were cancelled.
1042 Sorry for the inconvenience. Hopefully these talks will happen next term.
1044 <newsitem author="sjdutoit" date="2002-09-30">
1045 The business meeting of 2002-09-30 was concluded and the <a
1046 href="/about/constitution-change-20020920">constitutional
1047 change</a> was approved with a 14:2 majority (and one spoiled
1048 ballot). See the new <a href="/about/constitution">constitution</a>.
1050 <newsitem author="sjdutoit" date="2002-09-16">
1051 The Fall elections have occured and the <a
1052 href="/about/exec">results</a> are in.
1054 <newsitem author="sjdutoit" date="2002-09-18">
1055 We've changed to the new site! Please send your comments to the <a
1056 href="mailto:webmaster@csclub.uwaterloo.ca">webmaster</a>. The <a
1057 href="/old/">old site</a> is still available. A few things may not
1058 be working quite right yet, but I'm working on it.
1060 <newsitem author="sjdutoit" date="2002-04-22">
1061 Added <a href="http://library.csclub.uwaterloo.ca/">books</a>! About 2.5
1062 shelves are there, minus a whole lot that weren't readily accessible from
1063 the Library of Congress. Getting all of the books on there is going to
1064 be a tough job. These are, by the way, managed by good-old (or new?)
1065 CEO. Thanks to Ryan Golbeck and Petio for their hard work getting
1066 ISBN numbers onto disc.
1068 <newsitem author="sjdutoit" date="2002-04-15">
1069 Added a bunch of <a href="/events/old">old events</a> and some
1070 documents, including the <a
1071 href="/about/constitution">constitution</a>.
1073 <newsitem author="sjdutoit" date="2002-04-15">
1074 Added the <a href="/about/members">membership list</a>. <a
1075 href="/events/old">Old events</a> are working. Event terms, as
1076 well as the current term are determined automagically now. Lots of
1077 work done. Some more stubs up (office etc.). And I introduce cow -
1078 that is, the CSC Ontological Webalizer - which is just a wrapper
1079 around libxslt with some extra xpath functions. It is now what is
1080 being used to build the site, instead of xsltproc.
1082 <newsitem author="sjdutoit" date="2002-02-04">
1083 About/Memberlist stub up. Made the CSC logo gold. Isn't it nifty?
1085 <newsitem author="sjdutoit" date="2002-02-03">