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 <section title="What... is your name?"> 
  <p>
    According to our <a href="../docs/constitution.html">constitution</a> we
    are officially the &quot;Computer Science Club of the University
    of Waterloo.&quot; You can contact <a href="exec.html">our
    executive</a> by e-mail at <a
    href="mailto:exec@csclub.uwaterloo.ca">exec@csclub.uwaterloo.ca</a>,
    come by the <a href="../office/">office</a> in MC3036/3037 or mail
    us at the following address.
  </p>
  <pre>
Computer Science Club
Math &amp; Computer 3036/3037
University of Waterloo
200 University Avenue West
Waterloo, Ontario, CANADA
N2L 3G1    
  </pre>
  <p>Our office phone number is (519) 888-4567 x33870</p>
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 <section title="What... is your quest?">
  <p>
    Again our lovely <a href="../docs/constitution.html">constitution</a> (it
    really <i>is</i> quite a read, see for yourself!) answers this
    question. In short, we exist to promote knowledge of and interest
    in computer science as well as allowing those interested in
    computer science to talk to each other. We are also a proud
    <a href="http://www.acm.org/chapters/stu/">ACM student
    chapter</a>. The <a href="http://www.acm.org/">Association of
    Computing Machinery (ACM)</a> is the world's first society in
    computing and brings together many students and professionals from
    all over the world with an interest in computing. We have an <a
    href="../office/">office</a> where members get together, a
    <a href="../office/books.html">library</a> of computer science books
    available to our members, computer accounts on our various
    machines and much more. Frequently we host <a
    href="../events/">events</a> related to computing, including talks,
    tutorials and demonstrations.
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 <section
   title="What... is the air-speed velocity of an unladen swallow?">
  <p>
   What
   do you mean? An African or European swallow?<i>(idea
   shamelessly stolen from the <a
   href="http://gcc.gnu.org/libstdc++/">GNU libstdc++
   homepage</a>)</i>
  </p>
 </section>
 <section title="Who is your executive?">
  <p>
   Each term a new executive is elected by <a href="members.html">the
   membership</a>. See the <a href="exec.html">Executive</a> page to find
   out who this term's executive is.
  </p>
 </section>

 <section title="Can I join?">
  <p>
   If you are (or have been) a student, faculty or staff at the
   <a href="http://www.uwaterloo.ca/">University of Waterloo</a>, you
   can become a full member of the CSC. Otherwise, you can become an
   affiliate member, meaning you can't vote or hold executive
   office. Membership costs a mere $2 (Canadian) a term at the time of
   this writing, but may change in the future.
  </p>
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