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Exec Minutes - 18th June 2008
Posted on 18th June 2008*Present:* monk, Hammad, Nick, Mulletron
*Apologies:* Estel, Adi, Azurit
h3. Academic Talks
Hammad has organised Microsoft and Moloney Research to come in on Thursday week 10. Microsoft want to see what VGDsoc have produced, and also are interested in doing some kind of talk, though we are not sure what on.
*Action:* Hammad to email Microsoft to find out what there plans for the talk are.
Moloney research want to give some kind of Resume workshop, they want ~30 people to send in their resumes in advance...
Paintball
Posted on 16th June 2008Warwick paintball soc have been awesome and organised us one hell of an event for Saturday.
As it happens the paintball ground they use is celebrating its 21st birthday and as such there will be live music, a hog roast and just more epic than your body has room for.
The price of tickets is £43 which is really reasonable considering that you get 1000 paintballs, a smoke grenade and all the other things listed above. It also happens to be a cool £12 less than their ordinary asking price.
So I only ask that...
End of term / BFL signup
Posted on 7th June 2008Hi all,
Hope that your exams have been going well, and if they aren't already, will be over as soon as possible. As we come to the end of the year, we're approaching the main event in compsoc's calendar: our annual week-long MegaLAN / BFL, which will this year will take place, as usual, over the final week of term in lib1/2. This is the most popular event of the year, and is often oversubscribed; consider this (short!) warning that "signups":http://www.uwcs.co.uk/society/events/details/833 will open at mi...
Minutes - 21st May 2008
Posted on 21st May 2008*Present:* monk, Azurit, Hammad, Brad, Mullet, Nick
*Apologies:* Raj (Natural20), Adi (Viruk), Estel
Location: DCS Undergrad Labs
h5. Spoof email issue
We established the situation so far. monk and Adi attempted to contact
Tom Callow to arrange a meeting, again, this time resorting to leaving
a note on his door asking to contact us about the issue. On Tuesday
Adi received a phone call from Tom Lindsay saying that he wasn't
sure/couldn't remember what the issue was, and that he would talk to
Tom Callow abo...
Minutes - 16th May 2008
Posted on 16th May 2008*Present:* Mullet,Viruk,Dr,Monk,Brad,Estel,Azurit
h5. Email Issue
Viruk asked more about the email issue and Monk explained it to him. Also
Viruk to call Tom Callow and a convenient time for Brad and Monk to
meet him.
h5. Term 3 Socials
Exec agreed that there needs to be a barbecue and a paintballing session
on Week 9 weekend. Natural 20 to get in touch with the paintballing
society and organise a session. Also Viruk/Natural to book a barbecue site
for saturday week 9.
h5. Moloney Search/Microsoft Eve...
Compsoc Progcomp
Posted on 11th March 2008The first problem for the Compsoc Progcomp has been announced! To get started, you'll want to look at http://progcomp.uwcs.co.uk/. It is free to enter and there will be prizes for the best entries.
The deadline for code entry is 2 weeks from now, and there should be plenty of competition, but it is intended to be enjoyable for any level of programmer who wishes to enter.
Exec Minutes - 18th February 2008
Posted on 18th February 2008
*Present:* Mullet, Brad,Estel,Monk,Bruce,Viruk,Tricky,Natural20
h5. Socials
Natural 20 wanted to hold a few socials at the end of this term and
beginning of next term.
Action: Natural 20 to compsoc discuss social ideas and
dates(karting,meal,paintballing etc.....)
h5. Gaming Order
Azurit and Estel have not ordered any gaming equipment yet.
Action: They are actioned to order some equipment soon.
h5. Tech Officer/Deputy
It was discussed that a Tech Officer and some deputy's needed to be
appointed....
IBM Extreme Blue Internship Application Deadline Extended
Posted on 8th February 2008Extreme Blue is IBM's summer internship programme which combines top undergraduate technical and business talent to develop and commercialise emerging technologies from IBM's internal portfolios. The internship programme runs at IBM Hursley, near Winchester and the interns work in small project teams of 4 that include business and technical students, along with IBM mentors from various disciplines and divisions. As an Extreme Blue student, you'll face the challenge of making a real impact in the industry. I...
Warwick Game Design Society - 48 Hour Programming Competition
Posted on 8th February 2008Warwick Game Design are holding a game programming competition at this coming weekend. Details of the event are available at: http://www.warwickgamedesign.co.uk/events/3831
Annual General Meeting - Tonight
Posted on 6th February 2008The Society will hold its Annual General Meeting tonight where the new Exec will be elected. Feel free to come and ask questions after which voting will take place. Members can continue to nominate themselves for positions. If you want more information then email exec@uwcs.co.uk.
Location: R0.03/4 (Ramphal), Time: 18:00.