February 2008 - Announce-RedBrick - lists.redbrick.dcu.ie

Tech Week 2008 and Limerick Trip
by Kev 25 Feb '08

25 Feb '08

Hi folks, Tech Week is upon us once again, and we'll be finishing the week by going to Limerick for the weekend too. Remember that Monday night football is still on every week, we meet in the Hub at 6pm. == Tech Week 2008 == Redbrick's Tech Week 2008 is taking place this week and we'll be kicking it off in style by reopening the Old Bar with a live band, Futurism, plus a DJ playing afterwards. It starts at 8pm on Monday and we'll have some Guitar Hero and other games in the bar courtesy of Games Soc too. Entry is 3 euro and profits will be going to RAG Week charities. The first event of the week will be taking place beforehand at 12 on Monday, when Allan Dixon will be giving a Video Editing workshop in the Seminar Room, upstairs in the Hub. On Tuesday, the Students' Union will be running a Star Trek table quiz in the New Bar at 4pm, followed by a Linux workshop (with free pizza!) from Redbrick in the Seminar Room at 6. Then at 7.30, Film Soc will be showing the awesome Die Hard 4, also in the Seminar Room. On Wednesday at 3pm Games Soc will be bringing out a speaker from Irish game developers Demonware, who have contributed to games like Call of Duty 4 and Splinter Cell. This will be followed by a PC Building workshop at 4pm, where you can learn how to build your own PC. At 5pm, Colm MacCarthaigh of Joost and Digital Rights Ireland will be giving a talk. Then on Thursday, Eimear Fitzmaurice of Style Soc will be giving a Photoshop workshop at 4pm, with a Redbrick Web Design workshop following at 5. Afterwards, we'll be heading out to play some Q-Zar, which will be followed by a night of heavy drinking! Be sure to check out http://techweek.dcu.ie for full details of times and places and more info on the events. == Limerick Trip == Redbrick will be heading down to Limerick this Friday for a weekend of events held by Skynet, UL's netsoc. The list of activities includes Paintball and Go-Karting, as well as some networking and key signing events and of course, lots of drinking. Costs for travel and accommodation will be at the discounted price of 30 (students members only, unforunately!) and anyone interested should send an email to receive(a)redbrick.dcu.ie before 10am on Wednesday. See you all during the week! Kev Redbrick Secretary

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Tech Week!
by Kev 20 Feb '08

20 Feb '08

Hey all, Tech Week 2008 is taking place next week in DCU and here's the schedule: == Monday == 5pm - Video Design & Editing workshop with Allan Dixon - venue TBC. 8pm - Tech Week Launch Party in the Old Bar with live band, Futurism and DJ afterwards. It's 3 euro in, with proceeds going to charity and there'll be pizza and Console Gaming with Games Soc too (drunken Guitar Hero?). == Tuesday == 6pm - Linux Install workshop in the Seminar Room with free pizza. 7.30pm - Film Soc showing Die Hard 4.0 in the Seminar Room. == Wednesday == 3pm - Demonware Game Development Talk with Games Soc. 4pm - PC building workshop with Games Soc. 5pm - Talk from Colm MacCarthaigh of Joost and Digital Rights Ireland (and Redbrick). == Thursday == Photoshop Workshop with Eimear Fitzmaurice of Style Soc - C107, time to be confirmed. Web Design Workshop - venue/time to be confirmed. 8pm - Q-Zar, followed by drinks in Fibbers! Then, at the weekend, we'll be heading on a trip to Limerick to meet up with folks from other Irish netsocs, for several days of activities and heavy drinking hosted by Skynet, UL's netsoc. We'll have full details on Tech Week and the intersocs weekend in Limerick in a few days, so expect another mail soon. Enjoy the rest of your RAG Week! Kev Redbrick Secretary

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EGM, Login Server Changeover, Monday Night Football and Tech Week 2008
by Kev 01 Feb '08

01 Feb '08

Hi all, Hope everyone had a good Christmas/New Year and all that, and that the exams didn't go too badly for you :) Here's a brief summary of this week's mail: * EGM - 6pm Thursday 7th in QG13 * Login server to change from Murphy to Minerva on the 15th * Football starts up again on Monday * Tech Week coming in Week 4 == EGM == We will be holding an EGM in QG13 at 6pm next Thursday 7th of February to fill the vacant admin position on the committee, and to vote on a new constitutional change. Anyone wishing to run for admin must pass a test beforehand in order to prove their worthiness, those willing to face the trials should head to the lobby of the computing building (the main, shiny new one attached to LG25, not the crappy old one attached to LG01) at 7pm on Tuesday. The proposed constitutional change is to reduce the number of Helpdesk members on the committee from 3 to 2. == Login Server Changeover == The main Redbrick login server will be changing from Murphy to the new server, Minerva, on the 15th of February. Should you have any questions or concerns regarding the changeover, email admins(a)redbrick.dcu.ie. == Monday Night Football == Redbrick Football will be starting up again this Monday on the DCU Astroturf pitches. We'll be meeting up in the Hub at 6pm so join us for game if you can. As before, Redbrick will be covering the cost of the pitch so we hope to see you there. == Tech Week == Tech Week 2008 will be happening in Week 4 and promises to be even better than last year, with many different societies participating. We have plenty of events planned for the week, including talks and demonstrations, as well as the return of the ever popular Wavehunt competition. Of course if anyone has a suggestion for an event they'd like to see run during Tech Week, please let us know by sending an email to committee(a)redbrick.dcu.ie. That's all for now, keep an eye on committee.redbrick.dcu.ie for more updates! Kev Redbrick Secretary

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