March 2012 - Announce-RedBrick - lists.redbrick.dcu.ie

[Announce-Redbrick] Week 9
by kylar 31 Mar '12

31 Mar '12

Hey all, Before I start with the announce for this week I'd like to introduce myself to those who don't know me I'm Rob (Kylar) and I'm your Secretary for 2012/13. I'd also like to thank Gamma for his work as sec throughout the past year. Anyway lets get onto next weeks news and events. --New Committee-- --Connector Collaboration Event-- --Redbrick Table Quiz-- --New Committee-- As most of you already know Redbrick's new committee for 2012/13 was elected on Tuesday night. Here's a list of your Newmittee if you don't already know: Chair: James Reilly (fun). Sec: Robert Devereux (kylar). Pro: Andrew Boylan (fructus). Admins: Craig MacEntee (creadak), Vadim Clyne-Kelly (VadimCK), Shane Stacey (issac702). Webmaster: Ciaran McNally (maK). Events: Triona Barrow (polka). Treasurer: Richard Walsh (koffee). Helpdesk: Eimear Tyrell (beimear), Craig Duff (duff). Congrats to everyone that was elected, we have some cool ideas for next year. Handover of duties will be happening over the next couple of weeks. --Connector Collaboration Event-- This conference is on the 4th of April from 2-4pm in the Helix. It is being held in the hopes of making DCU student's business ideas a reality. The conference is open to anyone and everyone who wants to attend but places are limited. You can register your attendance at connector.eventbrite.com. Here's a list of the events speakers: Opening Address by Alan Kelly - TD & Minister of State Dept Transport, Tourism & Sport Mark Little - Founder of Storyful Niall Harbison - Founder of Simply Zesty Eoghan Jennings - MD Startup Bootcamp Dublin Ciaran Crean - Micks Garage There will be a brief address by each speaker followed by a panel discussion. There will be then be a mixer with tea/coffee providing an opportunity for guests and speakers to meet and share ideas after the event. This event will be a great chance to meet other people with business ideas and possibly even form partnerships for a start-up in the future. --Redbrick Table Quiz-- So the Redbrick Quiz is coming up soon, we're planning it for week 10 so keep your calendars free people, it'll be mad craic, with great prizes on the night so keeps your eyes and ears open. We will let you know the arrangements once everything is sorted out. ---- ''That's all folks'', at least for this week. Regards, Robert Devereux, Redbrick Secretary.

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A Quick Update
by polka 27 Mar '12

27 Mar '12

Hey everyone, Just a couple of things to bring your attention to. - AGM Results - CoderDojo - Paul Bunbury - AGM Results Our 16th AGM was held earlier this evening in QG21. For those who attended, you already know the results, but here are your committee for 2012/2013. _Chairperson _James O'Reilly (fun) _Secretary_ Robert Devereux (kylar) _Treasurer_ Richard Walsh (koffee) _Events Officer_ Tríona Barrow (polka) _Public Relations Officer_ Andrew Boylan (Fructus) _System Administrators_ Vadim Clyne-Kelly (VadimCK) Shane Stacey (isaac702) Craig Gavagan Mac Entee (creadak) _Webmaster_ Ciaran Mc Nally (maK) _Helpdesk_ Eimear Tyrell (beimear) Craig Duff (duff) Congrats to everyone that was elected, and hard luck to those that ran and weren't elected. - Paul Bunbury We're organising a small get together for Paul Bunbury (bunbun) in NuBar on Thursday the 29th from 6pm. There will be platters, and it would be a nice opportunity for everyone to get together and reminisce. Hope to see ye there! - CoderDojo CoderDojo is coming from Saturday the 28th of April, and is looking for support from Redbrick members. The CoderDojo sessions will run every Saturday from early afternoon (12 or 1) for about 3 hours. The success of this program is down to you, the mentors, the more mentors we get the more content we can deliver and the better we can assist everyone attending. Check out www.coderdojo.com for more information about CoderDojo. There will be a brief presentation given in DCU this Wednesday, the 28th March at 6pm in QG04. If you cannot make it and would like to get involved, or have any questions, you can email me directly at noelking(a)gmail.com or ben(a)coderdojo.com. That's all for now. Thanks, Tríona Barrow (polka).

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Week 8
by Niall Gaffney 25 Mar '12

25 Mar '12

Hey all, Here's the announcement for week 8! -Technical Exams -AGM --Technical Exams-- The Webmaster and System Administrator exams will be held tomorrow, Monday 26th of March. If you haven't done so already, email webmaster(a)redbrick.dcu.ie or admins(a)redbrick.dcu.ie to register your interest for the respective exams. You must sit and pass the exam for the position you wish to run for that position in the upcoming AGM. --AGM-- This year's AGM will take place in QG21 at 6:00 pm on Tuesday 27th of March. Be sure to turn up to vote for people, or to run for a position yourself! More information can be found here: https://www.facebook.com/events/111939392270724/ That's all for this week! Regards, Niall Gaffney Redbrick Secretary

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Paul's Funeral Arrangements
by Niall Gaffney 21 Mar '12

21 Mar '12

Hey everyone, Just a reminder about tomorrow. Paul's funeral is at 12 noon, and there'll be transport leaving DCU at 11 am from the Helix. It'd be really great if everyone who has them could wear Redbrick hoodies, and if you have a spare one, it might be handy to bring it in, just in case anyone needs one. If anyone has things they want to leave on campus until they get back, you can come up to N109 before leaving (try be there about an hour beforehand) and it can be put in N109-A. Regards, Niall Gaffney

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Week 7
by Niall Gaffney 18 Mar '12

18 Mar '12

Evening all, This week, the announce will begin with a brief message from the Chairperson. This has been a difficult time for all of us and our hearts and thoughts go out to Clodagh, our friend Alan and the rest of the Bunbury family. Paul was a huge part of Redbrick and the society will be different without him. He was someone that many of our members, including me, looked up to. I feel honored and very proud to have sat on this committee with him over the past two years. I think I speak for all of the people that were close to Paul when I say that we are better people for having known him. He was a great friend and a fantastic person. Rest in peace bro, we miss you. We offer our condolences and sympathy to everyone affected by this. Here's the announce for this week. -Paul Bunbury -Technical Exams -AGM -Strange Things Star Wars Showing --Paul Bunbury-- The body of one of our members, Paul Bunbury, was found this week. Paul was a third year Computer Applications student who was heavily involved in Redbrick. His removal and funeral will be held this week, the details can be found here: http://pastebin.com/raw.php?i=usfSwZwv Members who are attending are invited to wear their Redbrick hoodies, if they have them. --Technical Exams-- The technical exams will be held prior to the AGM. Anyone who expressed interest in doing the exams has been contacted. If you have not received information about the exam you wish to sit, please email the email address associated with the exam you wish to sit below. webmaster(a)redbrick.dcu.ie helpdesk(a)redbrick.dcu.ie admins(a)redbrick.dcu.ie --AGM-- The AGM will be held in QG21 at 6:00 PM on Tuesday 27th of March. If you wish to run for a position, you must have someone to nominate you, and another to second this nomination. See you all there! --Strange Things Star Wars Showing-- Strange Things have invited us to watch Star Wars with them this Wednesday at 2:00pm in QG15. They'll be watching Episodes 4 through 6. That's all for this week. Regards, Niall Gaffney Redbrick Secretary

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Week 6
by Niall Gaffney 11 Mar '12

11 Mar '12

Hey guys, Tech week is over, but there's still a lot going on in the next few weeks. -IrlCPC Practice -Pints -Admin Training -AGM -Admin/Webmaster/Helpdesk Exams --IrlCPC Practice-- For the teams that registered for the IrlCPC, there'll be programming practice this week again on Tuesday at 6:00pm in LG25. The competition is only in two weeks, so come along to prepare for it! --Pints-- We'll be meeting up in NuBar on Tuesday after the programming practice. Be there for about 8:00pm to relax for a bit and have a few drinks. --Admin Training-- Admin training this week is all about Setting Up Basic Services. This will take place in LG25 at 6:00pm on Thursday the 15th. --AGM-- The AGM will take place on Tuesday March 27th at 6:00pm. The location will be confirmed in the coming weeks. If you want to run for a position, make sure you be there! --Admin Exam-- If you wish to run for System Administrator at the upcoming AGM, please email admins(a)redbrick.dcu.ie expressing your interest in doing the exam. The exam will be held in the week before the AGM, so email soon! --Webmaster Exam-- If you wish to run for Webmaster at the upcoming AGM, please email webmaster(a)redbrick.dcu.ie expressing your interest in doing the exam. The exam will be held in the week before the AGM, so email soon! --Helpdesk Exam-- If you wish to run for Helpdesk at the upcoming AGM, please email helpdesk(a)redbrick.dcu.ie expressing your interest in doing the exam. The exam will be held in the week before the AGM, so email soon! That's all for this week. Regards, Niall Gaffney Redbrick Secretary

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Week 5 - Tech Week
by Niall Gaffney 04 Mar '12

04 Mar '12

Hey guys, Tech week is this week, so that's all that's happening really! Here's the schedule for the week. --Tech Week-- Monday: 6:00 pm, LG25 -Colin Whittaker (grimnar) - "How the Internet Really Works" 7:00pm, NuBar -Tech Week kick-off pints. Tuesday: 6:30 pm, LG25 -Eoghan Gaffney (atlas) - "Introduction to Ruby" Wednesday: 6:30 pm, LG25 -Alan Neville (anev) - "IDS/IPS Evasion Techniques" Thursday: 6:00 pm, LG25 -Richard Dalton (d_fens) - "CSRF & Web Security" I'm sure it'll be a great week! Hope to see you all there! Regards, Niall Gaffney Redbrick Secretary

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