We're off to see Hursley, one of IBM's biggest software development laboratories on the 16th of November (Wednesday)!

We've got a coach booked to leave from campus at 12.00pm and depart from Hursley at 5.30pm (trip time is around two hours). The trip costs £4 to cover the coach hire.

IBM tell us they've arranged a good spread of speakers and demos, so it should be a great trip!

You don't need to be a member to come along, non-members should email their names and university numbers to exec@uwcs.co.uk.

At the end of week 8, The Computing Society will be hosting the second LAN of this academic year, in Lib2. Further details are here. If you've missed the signups, please still sign up as a reserve - it's likely we'll be able to extend the signups once again, and if we do, the people signed up as reserves will be given priority.

Finally, if you realise closer to the time that you can't turn up, please cancel your signup to give someone else a chance.

See you all there!

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* IBM Hursley Park Industrial Trip
* Console Tournament Report
* Gaming Sessions
* Socials
* LUG
* IRC
* Cable / Web Hosting

h4. IBM Hursley Park Industrial Trip

Compsoc has organised a trip to IBM Hursley Park, one of IBM's biggest software development labs, for Wednesday 16th November (Week 8). IBM have arranged a wide spread of speakers and fascinating demonstrations (especially if last year is anything to go by!) so anyone going will be sure to see/hear some interesting material.

A coa...

h4. Present

David (Bucko), Christopher (MFJ), Tim, Chloe, Ian (icStatic), Robert (Murphy), benji, Adam (ajmiles), Laurence, sadiq, catherine, Phil (DrWatson)

h4. 48 Hour Game Coding Event

IBM are OK with us spending 75% of the money on the event itself, with the rest going towards prizes. Event is good to go next Friday.

h4. Programming Competition

Laurence is going to talk about to Stephen Jarvis about getting a room booked by DCS so we can use the Audio/Visual equipment. The framework also need...

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h4. Contents

* Guest Lecture from Blitz Games!
* 48hour Game Coding Event
* Console Tournament
* Gaming Sessions / LAN Signups
* Socials
* Exec Meeting
* LUG
* IRC
* Ethernet Cable / Web Hosting

h4. Guest Lecture from Blitz Games!

The Video Game Design Society has organised a Guest Lecture featuring Philip Oliver from Blitz Games this Thursday 20th at 6:30pm in LIB2. Blitz are one of Europe's top game developers responsible for the fantastic "Dizzy" series of games. Everyone is welcome, n...

h4. Exec Attendance at Gaming

After a brief discussion/clarification about who is a "trusted member" for the purposes of knowing the gaming password and being left to run the session, it is decided that exec, ex-exec and Euan (zx64) are "trusted".

It is noted that when gaming is finished, any trusted members must make sure every machine is checked to be in working order. The password to the account will also be changed to make sure only the trusted members now know the password.

h4. Hursley Trip

Sadi...

The Computing Society Exec will be holding the next exec meeting this Friday evening. If you'd like to come and watch, turn up Union North for 7pm. Topics for discussion will include:

* Exec attendance at gaming

* Hursley trip

* 48-hour game programming competition (Rooms need to be booked!)

* Programming competition

* LAN setup

* Website

* IRC Bot

If you wish to contribute to the exec's discussion of these topics, please raise your thoughts with an exec member prior to the meeting, o...

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h4. Contents

* LAN Signups
* Console Tournament
* Gaming Sessions
* Socials
* Exec Meeting
* LUG
* IRC
* Ethernet Cable / Web Hosting

h4. LAN Signups

Only a week and a half to go until the first LAN Party of the year, which means signups to members open tomorrow evening! Currently we only have allocated space for 38 people, but there is a chance this could rise to nearer 55 depending on power, and demand for signups. So, how quickly will 38 signups for the first LAN of term go...? Answer:...

The Computing Society will be hosting the first LAN of this term at the end of Week 4, from Friday evening (21st Oct) until Sunday evening (23rd Oct). Signups open at 9pm this Wednesday; set a reminder in your phone now!

We will have a UT2004 1v1 Tournament running on the Saturday; everyone will get a chance to play at least two games, so even if you're no good, it's still worth joining in. In addition, there will be an all-weekend long console gaming session operating in Lib 1; signups for Pro Evolution S...

The Computing Society Exec will be holding the next exec meeting this Friday evening. If you'd like to come and watch, turn up to the Physics concourse for 7pm. Topics for discussion will include:

* Membership Status
* LAN Tournaments
* Console tournaments
* Programming Competition
* Game Coding Competition (formerly 'Codathon')
* Workgroup/Study sessions
* IRC Bot
* Guest Lectures (Steve Matthews, Steve Jarvis, LinuxWorld people)

If you wish to contribute to the exec's discussion of these topics, please ...