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Week 9 Correction
by kylar 19 Nov '12

19 Nov '12

Apologies for the second email guys, This weeks Admin Training is being held tomorrow Tuesday the 20th. Not the 13th as previously stated. Regards, Robert Devereux, Redbrick Secretary 2012/"13

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Week 9 | EGM | Admin Training | Functional Spec Talk and more...
by kylar 19 Nov '12

19 Nov '12

Hey guys, I have lots to fill you in on this week. ==Functional Spec. Talk== ==Programming Tutorials== ==Admin Training== ==Hoodie Orders== ==Events Officer EGM== ==Christmas Party== ==Functional Spec. Talk== Date: Tuesday 20th November Time: 5pm-6pm Venue: C114 One of our associate members, Lotta Mikkonen, will be holding her talk on writing a functional specification this week. Lotta is a graduate of DCU's Computer Applications and has much valued experience in writing functional specs for course projects. This is a vital stage in software development and is a necessary skill for any computing student. The talk will be especially of use to anyone undertaking a 3rd or 4th year computing project this year. ==Programming Tutorials== Date: Monday 19th November Time: 5pm-6pm Venue: LG26 Our first session of weekly programming tutorials is finally here! During these tutorial sessions you will be able to bring along any problems you are having with your code/coding concepts and we'll do our best to help you out. Once again I have to remind you that the tutors helping out at the tutorials are students and as such may not be able to answer all of your problems. Also it should be noted that they will not be able to give you the answers to assignments/labs you are being graded on. If you are having trouble with an assignment or lab we will try to help you understand the problem and how you should go about solving it rather than giving you the answer. If you have any questions regarding the tutorials, send an email to helpdesk(a)redbrick.dcu.ie . ==Admin Training== Date: Tuesday 13th of November Time:6pm-7pm Venue: LG 26 Admin training will continue this week with our third session of the year. This weeks topic is "IPv4 and Subnetting". In this session the admins will be demonstrating the way in which IPv4 addressing works to send internet traffic around the web. They will also be talking about subnetting and how the internet is structured. ==Hoodie Orders== We are still taking hoodie orders at http://redbrick.dcu.ie/~vadimck/hoodies The cost is €25 and must be paid by 28th November or your hoodie will not be ordered. We will be taking payments at Admin Training, Programming Tutorials and the EGM. ==Events Officer EGM== Date: Wednesday 21st November Time: 3pm Location: QG21 As you already know we will be holding an EGM to elect a new Events Officer this Wednesday. Events officer is an active role in the Redbrick committee, with lots to organise, of course the rest of us are there to help with the bigger events. They also have a say in creating new events to add to the Redbrick calendar! If you are considering running for the position and have any questions don't hesitate to email committee(a)redbrick.dcu.ie . ==Christmas Party== It's that time of year again, get out the old Christmas hats and tinsel because the annual intersocs Christmas Party is coming soon! We've invited along a lot of other societies this year so it should be an exciting one. The party should be coming up in week 11 so keep your calendars free and watch this space! Robert Devereux, Redbrick Secretary 2012/"13

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Admin Training, Hoodies, Tutorials and More!
by Eimear Tyrell 12 Nov '12

12 Nov '12

Hey everyone, Rob's been busy this weekend so I'm sending off the announce for him. Here's a look at what's going on in Redbrick this week! ==Admin Training== ==Programming Tutorials== ==Hoodie Orders== ==Events Officer EGM== ==Paddy Power Careers Talk== ==Functional Spec. Talk== ==Admin Training== Date: Tuesday 13th of November Time:6pm-7pm Venue: LG 26 Admin training will resume this week with our second session of the year. This weeks topic is "The Magic of RBVM" in which the admins will cover the ins and outs of Redbricks Virtual Machine service. ==Hoodie Orders== If you want a hoodie please sign up at http://redbrick.dcu.ie/~vadimck/hoodies The cost is €25 and must be paid by 28th November or your hoodie will not be ordered. We will be taking payments at Admin Training, Programming Tutorials and the EGM. ==Programming Tutorials== Date: Monday 19th November Time: 5pm-6pm Venue: LG26 Our first session of weekly programming tutorials is being held next week. During these tutorial sessions you will be able to bring along any problems you are having with your code/coding concepts and we'll do our best to help you out. Once again I have to remind you that the tutors helping out at the tutorials are students and as such may not be able to answer all of your problems. Also it should be noted that they will not be able to give you the answers to assignments/labs you are being graded on. If you are having trouble with an assignment or lab we will try to help you understand the problem and how you should go about solving it rather than giving you the answer. If you have any questions regarding the tutorials, send an email to helpdesk(a)redbrick.dcu.ie . ==Events Officer EGM== As you already know we will be holding an EGM to elect a new Events Officer on Wednesday the 21st of November. We wanted to let you know that we have now confirmed that the EGM will be held in QG21 a 3pm. ==Paddy Power Careers Talk== Cathal Sheridan software development manager in paddy power will be speaking for a careers event in DCU for their IT programme on Wednesday at 2pm in QG 21. All are welcome so pop along if you're interested in careers with Paddy Power or the software which drives their business. For more info you can go to http://workwithpaddy.com/index.php/graduates/grad_it_programme ==Functional Spec. Talk== Date: Tuesday 20th November Time: 5pm-6pm Venue: C114 One of our associate members, Lotta Mikkonen, has kindly offered to hold a talk on writing a functional specification. Lotta is a graduate of DCU's Computer Applications and has much valued experience in writing functional specs for course projects. This is a vital stage in software development and is a necessary skill for any computing student. Hope to see you at some of the events! Eimear Tyrell (beimear) RedBrick Helpdesk 2012/2013

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Hoodie Order || Polka's Resignation || Open day plans and more...
by kylar 06 Nov '12

06 Nov '12

Hey everyone, apologies for the late announce this week. We have a lot to get through so let's get going: ==Polka's Resignation== ==Hoodie Order== ==Open Day Plans== ==Programming Tutorials== ==Admin Training== ==Carbon Has Retired== ==Events Officer EGM== ==Polka's Resignation== Our Events Officer Triona Barrow (polka) has had to resign from her position on the committee. Her work on the committee, both as last year's First Year Rep and in the past few months as Events Officer has been greatly appreciated and we will miss working with her. We will be electing a new Events Officer will be elected in two weeks time at our EGM, details below. ==Hoodie Order== We will be placing this years hoodie order in a few weeks time.The hoodies will cost be 25 euro each. If you would like a redbrick hoodie, you can add your order to the list at this link: http://www.redbrick.dcu.ie/~vadimck/hoodies/ Adding your order to the list merely records your interest and order details for reference. Your hoodie selection will only be placed in the final order if you have paid the 25 euro to the committee on or before the 28th of November. We will be accepting payments on the following dates: Monday 12th November, Wednesday 21st of November and finally Wednesday the 28th of November. Note that payments will not be accepted after the 28th of November. If you wish to pay for your order but will not be able to pay on these dates contact us at committee(a)redbrick.dcu.ie ==Open Day Plans== This year Dcu School of Computing have asked Redbrick to make some presentations during the Open Days on the 16th and 17th of November. We plan to hang our banners and show off what we have to offer to prospective students. If you have any work which you have done in the past that you are particularly proud of and would like us to show off, now's your chance. Send it on to us and we'll consider using it during our presentations making sure to give credit where it's due of course. Also we would like to know what some of your favourite things about redbrick are, as these will be the things that we highlight on the Open Days. Send us an email with your work/suggestions/favourite things about redbrick to committee(a)redbrick.dcu.ie . ==Programming Tutorials== Date: Monday 12th November. Time: 5pm Venue: To be confirmed. Due to an increasing demand from our members, we are planning to run weekly programming tutorials. During these tutorial sessions you will be able to bring along any problems you are having with your code/coding concepts and we'll do our best to help you out. Whether you're getting a compiler error that you don't recognise, you're having trouble with some coding concepts or a logic error in your code is driving you crazy sometimes a fresh set of eyes is all you need. These tutors helping out at the tutorials are students and as such may not be able to answer all of your problems. Also it should be noted that they will not be able to give you the answers to any assignments/labs you have that you are being graded on. If you are having trouble with an assignment or lab we will try to help you understand the problem and how you should go about solving it rather than giving you the answer. If the tutorials go well and are popular among members we may even try and get in some people who are in the business as guest tutors or to give talks about specific languages. If you have any questions regarding the tutorials, send an email to helpdesk(a)redbrick.dcu.ie . ==Admin Training== There will be no Admin Training this week but it will resume next week so keep on practicing what we covered last week. I have attached the slides from last week below for those who wanted them. ==Carbon Has Retired== As some of you may already know the admin team took Carbon offline permanently over the weekend during the period of scheduled downtime. Carbon was serving as our primary programming/development server and was also serving as a secondary login server. It has now retired and has been replaced with our new server Pygmalion which is now up and running. ==Events Officer EGM== Date: Wednesday the 21st of November Time: 3pm Venue: To be confirmed. We will be holding an EGM in two weeks time to elect our new Events Officer. If you are interested in running for the position and want to know more about the the role and it's responsibilities get in touch with any member of the committee and we'll be glad to answer any questions you may have. That's all for this week, as always if you have any questions, feel free to contact us at committee(a)redbrick.dcu.ie. Regards, Robert Devereux, Redbrick Secretary 2012/"13

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Re: [Announce-RedBrick] Common Room Closure
by Robert Devereux 05 Nov '12

05 Nov '12

Hey all, As you may or may not know the Redbrick/EngSoc Common Room has been locked and may not be accessed by members for the next few days. It is hoped (however it is unconfirmed) that the room will be back open to the membership by midday on Wednesday. Apologies for the lack of notice, Robert Devereux, Redbrick Secretary 2012/"13

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Google Q&A Today
by kylar 01 Nov '12

01 Nov '12

Hey guys sorry for the short notice on this event. ==Google Q&A session== Date: Thursday 01/11/2012 (Today) Time: 5pm Venue: Meeting on the ground floor of the business building. We confirmed this morning that a representative from Google will be holding a Q&A session for our members regarding software engineering in Google. Come along if you have any questions or are interested in finding out about working in Google. Regards, Robert Devereux, Redbrick Secretary 2012/"13

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Admin Training || Bowling and Q-Zar || Downtime
by kylar 29 Oct '12

29 Oct '12

Hey all we have some exciting things in store this week. ==Admin Training== ==Bowling and Q-Zar Trip== ==Downtime 2nd and 3rd November== ==Admin Training== Date: Tuesday 30th October 2012 Time: 6pm Venue: LG 25 The first session of admin training for this year is being held this coming Tuesday. This session will be an introduction to linux system administration. During this session the admin team will be teaching you the basics of linux systems including some simple shell commands, file manipulation using a shell, and linux file system heirarchy. ==Bowling and Q-Zar Trip== Our Annual Bowling and Q-Zar trip is this Wednesday the 31st. There are still a few places left so if you want to come along make sure to send us an email letting us know beforehand to secure your place on the trip. The cost is 4 euro per person which you can pay on the day. We have booked Bowling/Q-Zar in LeisurePlex in Coolock for 3pm so we will be meeting up in the common room (N109) at around 1:50/2:00 and will head from there at 2:15pm at the latest. We will be getting a 17a bus from stop 128 at the junction of Ballymun and Collin's Ave. If you want to meet us at the LeisurePlex in Coolock that's no problem. ==Downtime== There will be some scheduled downtime this coming Friday and Saturday the 2nd and 3rd of November in order for the admin team to perform updates and installsome new hardware. The systems will be coming down at after 3pm on the 2nd and will be back as soon as possible after the upgrades. During this time all redbrickservices will be unavailable and we would advise all our members to save and back up their files before this date. As always if you have any questions do not hesitate to contact us at committee(a)redbrick.dcu.ie. Regards, Robert Devereux, Redbrick Secretary 2012/"13

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New Committee Members || Downtime || Tuesday Pints and more..
by kylar 22 Oct '12

22 Oct '12

Hey everyone, it's a new week and we have a couple of things to fill you in on. ==New Committee Members== ==New Common Room Rules== ==Tuesday Pints== ==Bowling/Q-Zar Week Six== ==Downtime== ==New Committee Members== Firstly I'd like to welcome our new committee members that were elected at last week's EGM. Freddie Hayden (mercury7) is our new first year rep, and Gautam Wadhwa (gw) is the newest addition to our admin team, we look forward to working with them throughout the academic year ahead. ==New Common Room Rules== As some of you may be aware the common room was closed on Friday the 19th at 12pm following a common room committee meeting the previous day. This was in order to facilitate the reorganisation of the room and to prepare for the introduction of a new set of common room rules. These new rules will come into effect tomorrow Monday the 22nd of October and must be adhered to by all members. I have attached a copy of the new rules for reference however they will also be on display in the common room. ==Tuesday Pints== We will be heading over to the Nubar on Tuesday evening for some midweek pints. This will be a great opportunity to get together and catch up for our older members, and also a chance for new members or anyone who still hasn't gotten involved to meet other members in the society. For those of you who don't know any of us yet, you can spot us in the Redbrick hoodies. We will be there from 6pm onwards so pop down for pints and a chat. ==Bowling/Q-Zar Week Six== Just an update on the Bowling/Q-zar trip we're planning for week 6. We will be going to the leisure plex in Coolock and the price will be 4 euro per person. If you would like to book your place on the trip sooner rather than later, email committee(a)redbrick.dcu.ie with your details. ==Downtime== There will be some scheduled downtime on the 2nd and 3rd of November in order for the admin team to perform updates and install some new hardware. The exact time when the systems are coming down will be confirmed closer to the date. During this time all redbrick services will be unavailable and we would advise all our members to save and back up their files before this date. As always if you have any questions do not hesitate to contact us at committee(a)redbrick.dcu.ie. Regards, Robert Devereux, Redbrick Secretary 2012/"13

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EGM || Annual Installfest || Talk Requests || Quazar
by kylar 14 Oct '12

14 Oct '12

Hey everyone 'Week 4' is an important week in the redbrick calendar here's what's happening. ==EGM== ==Annual Installfest== ==Talk Requests== ==Quazar== ==Account Renewal== ==EGM== Date: Wednesday 17th October Time: 3pm Venue: QG22 Link: https://www.facebook.com/events/122366077913848/ We will be holding an EGM this week, the following topics are on the Agenda: First Year Representative Election. System Administrator Election. Rules and Regulations. A.O.B. If you plan on running for either of the positions available or want your say on any of the issues make sure to attend. There will be free pizza! ==Annual Installfest== Date: Thursday 18th October Time:6pm Venue: L101 (To be confirmed.) Redbrick will be hosting our annual Linux Installfest this week. Bring along your laptops and we will be showing you how to install a linux partition on your hard drive. For those of you that want to install a linux partition on your desktop PC at home, don't worry we will have Linux CD's to give out on the day. This will be a great opportunity for you to ask questions about Linux systems. We will be installing our own version of OpenSuse, called SuseBrick that has been tailored especially to help you get started using Redbrick services. You may also bring along any Linux distros yourself for your own installation, and ask for help at this event. It is recommended that those attending take a full backup of their files as although very unlikely it is possible to lose data during the installation. ==Talk Requests== Its that time of year again and we are organising all the talks and workshops for the year ahead. As always we want you to have your say and are open to suggestions. If you have any ideas about topics for talks you would like us to host during the year, let us know and we'll do our best to organise them. Feel free to let us know if there's a topic you'd like to give a talk on too! ==Quazar== We're planning a Bowling/Quazar trip for sometime during week six, watch this space for more information. If you would like to book your place on the trip sooner rather than later, email committee(a)redbrick.dcu.ie with your details. ==Account Renewal== New members and members who have already renewed may disregard this notice. Just another friendly reminder to our members who have not renewed their membership. Your account will be deactivated on the 31st of October. Please renew before this to ensure you receive uninterrupted service. For information on how to pay your membership fee visit, http://www.redbrick.dcu.ie/help/joining That's all for this week, as always if you have any questions, contact us at committee(a)redbrick.dcu.ie Regards, Robert Devereux, Redbrick Secretary 2012/"13

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Common Room Card Collection
by kylar 08 Oct '12

08 Oct '12

Hey everyone, Apologies to those of you whom this doesn't concern. ==Common Room Card Collection == Date: Wednesday, 10th of October Time: 2pm Venue: N109 Link: http://www.facebook.com/events/376567515754780/ The time has come again for distribution of the common room access cards. We will be holding a "Tea and Biscuits" afternoon in the common room to give our members an opportunity to meet up and collect their cards. Don't worry if you cant make it on the day, if you're around campus and want to collect your card, pop up to the common room and if there is a member of committee there they'll be happy to give you your card. For members who received a card last year, please hand this back to us upon receiving your new card. For those of you who missed the intro to redbrick talk and want help with using our services, Wednesday will be a great opportunity for you to ask us questions and get involved. If you have any questions, as always you can contact us at committee(a)redbrick.dcu.ie Regards, Robert Devereux, Redbrick Secretary 2012/"13.

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