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(Console) Gaming Session this Saturday

Thu 11 Jan 2007

As Warwick Estates have still yet to furnish our new gaming room, we'll be running a console gaming session this Saturday in B2.13/14 at 7pm-midnight to attempt to inject some gaming into the society!

Please, if you have a TV you can bring/lend us, let the exec know (either by email or by specifying in a signup comment)!

Sorry about the late notice!

Pub Social

Tue 12 Dec 2006

Just to let you know that the Linux User Group is organising a "pub social":http://www.uwcs.co.uk/society/events/details/679 this Wednesday. We'll be at the Phantom Coach from 6:30pm onwards, for an informal get-together and meal. Everyone is welcome to attend, whether you're a Linux user or not. We'll most likely be staying for the pub quiz afterwards, which should be a fun evening for all.

Codathon results, Programming Competition

Mon 27 Nov 2006

The "entries":http://warwickgamedesign.co.uk/projects/48hcompetition/ for the game coding event have been judged by FreeStyleGames and the results are as follows:
1. Powerstation
2. Neutro
3. Mutation
4. Atomz
5. Ponies / Dirty Bomb

This year's "ProgComp":http://progcomp.uwcs.co.uk/ is now live. Accenture have kindly provided us with a prize fund of £500. Deadline: Week 12.

Codathon, LAN, Tutorial and Lecture

Fri 17 Nov 2006

Thanks to everyone who attended the 48 hour game coding competition and the Perl tutorial.

Hursley Trip

Tue 07 Nov 2006

You can still join us on our industrial trip to IBM's Hursley labs on the 15th of November. You don't need to be a member to come along. See "event page":http://uwcs.co.uk/society/events/details/656 for further details and to sign up.

EGM Report

Mon 16 Oct 2006

Due to the recent resignation of our Academic Officer, as many of you may know we just held an Emergency General Meeting to elect a new Academic Officer onto our Exec. Arun Prasannan (Polar) and Graham Hayward (covbob) both stood for the position, and after speeches we held a vote. We're now pleased to announce our new Academic Officer for the remainder of this exec term will be Arun Prasannan (Polar), and that Graham Hayward has kindly offered to help organise academic events from outside th…

EGM

Tue 26 Sep 2006

Due to the resignation of our Academic Officer (David Byard) over the summer, we have to hold an EGM (Emergency General Meeting) at the start of this term to elect a new Academic Officer for the remainder of this exec period (until the end of Term 2).

Welcome!

Tue 12 Sep 2006

We're now rapidly approaching the start of the new year, so I'd just like, on behalf of all the exec, to welcome all our existing members back, and to say hello to any freshers who are thinking about joining the society. :)

New Academic Officer

Tue 22 Aug 2006

Due to many mounting personal issues I (David Byard) have stepped down as Academic Officer. Consequently, I am no longer part of the exec and this position is now re-open for nominations.

2006/2007 Exec

Sun 12 Feb 2006

Well, the AGM has been and gone, and we have our new exec. They won't fully take charge until Week 1 Term 3, the next few weeks will be training from the pros ;).

AGM

Wed 08 Feb 2006

Don't forget the AGM is this Friday at 7pm in Meeting Room 6 in Union North. We'd love as many people as possible to go and vote for next years exec. The nominees are as follows:

President
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* Jonathan Smith (LucidIon)

* Andrew Wheat (Candle)

Treasurer
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* Arun Prasannan (Polar)

* Jonathan Smith (LucidIon)

* Bruce Tinton (Bruce)

Secretary
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* Laurence Hurst (Laurence…

Socials This Term

Thu 12 Jan 2006

I hope everyone had an excellent holiday and is getting back into the swing of things! This is a list of lots of social stuff going on this term, and a couple of non-socialy things too.

IBM Hursley visit

Sat 12 Nov 2005

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

LAN!

Thu 10 Nov 2005

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.

Exec Meeting

Fri 14 Oct 2005

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:

Forthcoming LAN

Mon 10 Oct 2005

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!

Exec Meeting

Thu 06 Oct 2005

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:

Welcome social!

Mon 03 Oct 2005

Hello and welcome to Compsoc!

Exec Meeting

Fri 30 Sep 2005

The Computing Society Exec will be holding their first meeting of term this evening. If you'd like to come and watch, turn up to Union North for 7:00 pm (We'll be in one of the meeting rooms). Topics for discussion will include:

2005 Academic Year

Mon 26 Sep 2005

Hello all, and welcome to the new academic year. The Computing Society has a wide variety of things planned this year, including our regular LANs, social trips, and academic events.