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Downtime | Quiz | AGM
by attol 16 Apr '09

16 Apr '09

Hello and good evening to everyone, The main point of this email : We have downtime tomorrow (Thursday 16th) from 5pm until about 5.30pm due to kernel updates. For further information contact the admins. A couple of reminders : Quiz is on tomorrow (Thursday 16th) with signups from 7pm in the Old Bar. Full details can be found here : http://www.redbrick.dcu.ie/~chair/blog/?cat=6 Our AGM is being held in QG15 from 7pm on Tuesday 21st April. Whether you would like to run for a committee position, or to vote for those you would like to see looking after RedBrick in 09/10, this is the meeting in which you get to do so. And now back to your regularly scheduled viewing, Attol

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AGM
by Damien Rhatigan 14 Apr '09

14 Apr '09

Hi, Apolgies for the inconvenience, however it was recently pointed out that we had only given a days notice of the date and place of our AGM. As such, our AGM is to be moved from today, to tuesday the 21st at 7PM. The venue is still to be confirmed, but will be in the business building. Apologies again Damien -- --

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AGM | Quiz
by RedBrick Public Relations Officer 13 Apr '09

13 Apr '09

Hey guys! ==AGM== So, this week you get to pick next years committee. :) On Tuesday the AGM will be held in QG15 at 7pm. This will be to elect the committee for 2009-2010. The places open for nominations are: Chair, Secretary, PRO, Events Manager, Treasurer, Webmaster (Must pass test), Admin (Must pass test), Helpdesk (Must pass test). The tests, exams if you prefer, must be sat before the AGM. All of these have been sat, bar webmaster. The webmaster exam will take place on Tuesday at 6pm, meeting in the lobby of the computing building. ==Annual Quiz== This Thursday is Redbricks Annual Quiz. There are some epic prizes! Sign ups will be taken from 7pm and the location is to be decided, but I'll mail you all before Thursday and let you know. :) Thats it for this week, Toodles, Carri xx -- Caroline Louise Fuery PRO Strange Things, Sci Fi Society 08-09 PRO Comic Soc 08-09 PRO Redbrick 08-09 CA Class Rep 08-09

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Announce - Corrections
by carri＠redbrick.dcu.ie 06 Apr '09

06 Apr '09

Hey guys. I got the quiz date wrong, sorta. There's a problem with the venue for the 14th so it won't be on the 14th, I'll let you know when it's on asap! Also, the helpdesk test is at 6pm on tuesday (thats tomorrow). Sorry about that guys. Carri -- PRO - Redbrick DCU Networking Society, (December 16 2008 - [date of EGM] 09, Tiny was beaten by a girl.**) PRO - Strange Things, DCU Sci-fi and Fantasy Society 08-09 PRO - Comic Soc 08-09 CA1 Class Rep 08-09 **Requested Specifications from colmmacc, elephant and halenger.

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05 Apr '09

Hey guys!! Bet you missed the announce mail last week! I didn't have anything to put in it, so it seemed pointless me just sending a mail to say hello! :D Anyway, plenty to tell you about this week. ==DOWNTIME== As some of you may have seen in #lobby, Redbrick will be offline from ~04:00 Good Friday Morning to ~13:00 due to DCU wide Power Cut. It's not all that bad, we'll be back up and running after the power cut so hopefully you can survive without Redbrick for a few hours! ==REDBRICK HAS THE MUNCHIES== Fancy heading to Eddie Rockets on Tuesday? Free regular fries when you purchase a burger. Meeting in the Hub at 6. ==ELECTION JITTERS?== Elections are on Tuesday and Wednesday this week and quite a few members are running. Redbrick would like to wish Alan Keegan, (Running for SU President) Andrew Harford, (Running for Campaign and Information) John Needham, (Running for Engineering and Computing Faculty Convenor) and Padraig O'Connor (Running for Engineering and Computing Faculty Convenor) the very best of luck in the elections. So don't forget to get out, vote and show your support to those who deserve it! ==REDBRICK GETS TWITTER== http://twitter.com/RedbrickDCU Yes, you guessed it! Status updates! Yay! Redbrick twitter will keep you uptodate on the latest from the Redbrick Committee. Telling you when downtime is, reminding you about events, little things like that! ==QUIZ== The Annual Redbrick Quiz will be Tuesday week 10, thats the 14th of April! >From what I hear, the prizes are pretty damn cool! So, how to see you all there, and I'll have all the details in next weeks annouce and possibly on the new Redbrick twitter!! ==AGM== It's that time of the year again, where you have to say goodbye to your beloved committee and reelect new people for each position! Remember if you're unsure as to whether you want to run for a position, you can always email the present committee. The positions up for grabs and who to talk to if you're unsure. Chair - angelkat(a)redbrick.dcu.ie Secretary - dano(a)redbrick.dcu.ie Treasurer - bambi(a)redbrick.dcu.ie PRO - carri(a)redbrick.dcu.ie Events - attol(a)redbrick.dcu.ie Helpdesk (3 positions, must pass test) - train(a)redbrick.dcu.ie Admin (3 positions, must pass test) - admins(a)redbrick.dcu.ie Webmaster (Must pass test) - werdz(a)redbrick.dcu.ie I'd encourage everyone to come along to the AGM even if you're not going to run for anything, it's always nice to know the committee. ==ADMIN, HELPDESK, WEBMASTER TESTS== Interested in running for admin, helpdesk or webmaster for 09-10? The helpdesk test is schedueled for Tuesday if you're interested in sitting this, please email helpdesk(a)redbrick.dcu.ie. The admin test is schedueled for Thursday if you're interested in sitting this, please email admins(a)redbrick.dcu.ie. The webmaster test is yet to be schedueled but if you're interested in sitting this, please email webmaster(a)redbrick.dcu.ie Thats it from me, for another week! :) Toodles, Carri xx -- PRO - Redbrick DCU Networking Society, (December 16 2008 - [date of EGM] 09, Tiny was beaten by a girl.**) PRO - Strange Things, DCU Sci-fi and Fantasy Society 08-09 PRO - Comic Soc 08-09 CA1 Class Rep 08-09 **Requested Specifications from colmmacc, elephant and halenger.

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Chinese Feast | Blogs | Possible Downtime.
by carri＠redbrick.dcu.ie 22 Mar '09

22 Mar '09

Hey guys! After a relatively quiet week 6, week 7 has a few more little things going on, that should be lots of fun! ==Redbricks Chinese Feast== Redbrick are heading to the Full House on Abbey St this Wednesday. Meeting in the Hub at 2pm, and heading into town. Full House is a Chinese All-You-Can-EatRestaurant so everyone can make pigs of themselves for under €10! (I think it's €8.80 but I'll say €10 so you can't blame me if I'm wrong! :D) So, come along to the Hub at 2pm, and don't forget your bus fare! ==Bloggity-Blog-Blog-Blog== Got Blog? Got something interesting to blog about? Want to tell Redbrick all your secrets? (How about starting blogs about how much you love the Redbrick PRO?) Well, we have somewhere for you to do it! :D http://blogs.redbrick.dcu.ie/ Join up and start blogging! :D Finally, the admins tell me that there is possible network downtime Monday while Redbrick Fiber link to CSD is upgraded. That's it from me. Toodles, Carri.

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Wavehunt | Intersocs Night Out | Downtime | Wimax Trial
by carri＠redbrick.dcu.ie 13 Mar '09

13 Mar '09

Heya guys!! It's late but yet early... (for some). Anyway on with Week 6! ==TechWeek== How great was that? From Demonware talks to Microsoft, from installing Linux to shooting each other with Lasers. (First years kicked ass) It was quite a success, in my opinion. We had a great turn out for all the events and even managed to get some free t-shirts. (Thank you atlas!) With only one event left for Techweek I'm gonna miss it. :) ==WAVEHUNT== Saturday March 14th. 12pm under the arch in Stephens Green Park, at the entrance. Entry fee is €10 and it'll be a laugh! :) Remember you can win prizes. Full details are on http://wavehunt.redbrick.dcu.ie Which brings me to my next topic...... ==Intersocs Night Out== Longstone - 7pm Saturday March 14th. (After Wavehunt *hint*) ==A Note From The Admin== RedBrick is pleased to announce the launch of it's new services machine Morpheus, a sun x4140. Mysql, Postgres, Bitblee, Webmail, Anyterm, & DNS have all been migrated to this new machine. Remaning services such as boards, IRC, mail, mailman & imap will also be migrated shortly. As part of this migration IRC will be moving to Morpheus at Midday on Tuesday. IRC will be unavaliable during the work, which is expected to take less than one hour. ==Wimax Trial== Thanks to all those that applied to take part in our wimax trial. Applications will continue to be accepted until midnight on sunday, so you still have time to apply by mailing wimax(a)redbrick.dcu.ie. We will be in touch with all applicants next week with more details about the trial. That just about finishes everything for this week. Toodles, Carri x

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TechWeek | Wimax Trial
by Carri Fuery 07 Mar '09

07 Mar '09

Hey guys! Busy week coming up! So, lets all say a big HELLO to Techweek and get stuck in! =*=TECHWEEK=*= All the details can be found at http://techweek.dcu.ie =Monday= 7pm – HACKERS – Showing in QG15 =Tuesday= 1pm – FORENSIC SECURITY – Seminar Room 2pm – MICROSOFT XNA – Seminar Room 5pm – GIT VCS – “How not to lose your final year project” – Seminar room 6pm – HOW TO BUILD YOUR OWN PC – Seminar Room 8pm – SCI-FI TABLE QUIZ – Downstairs in the Slipper. =Wednesday= 1pm – CONSOLE GAMING – Seminar Room 3pm – DEMONWARE TALK – Seminar Room 5pm – LINUX INSTALLFEST – Seminar Room =Thursday= 7pm – Qzar – Meet in the hub, followed by drinks in the Woolshed. =Saturday= 12pm – WAVEHUNT – Meeting under the Arch Entrance to Stephens Green Park ==Wimax Trial== This semester RedBrick will be working with CSD on a pilot scheme for WiMax, a next generation wireless system with much higher speeds and ranges than wireless technologies currently in use. This trial system will have a range of about 1km around DCU. The trial will run in April and May, and participants will be provided with all the necessary hardware and software. In return particpants will be expected to provide feedback on their experiences using the system. To get involved email wimax(a)redbrick.dcu.ie That's pretty much everything I've got for you guys this week. Don't forget to keep your eye on Techweek! Toodles, Carri. x -- PRO - Redbrick DCU Networking Society, (December 16 2008 - [date of EGM] 09, Tiny was beaten by a girl.**) PRO - Strange Things, DCU Sci-fi and Fantasy Society 08-09 PRO - Comic Soc 08-09 CA1 Class Rep 08-09 **Requested Specifications from colmmacc, elephant and halenger.

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Weekly Announce!
by Carri Fuery 01 Mar '09

01 Mar '09

Heya Guys! Hope everyone had a great week, other then it being extremely busy, I'd say it was great fun! ==RAG Week== I'd say this was successful. We raised a total of €120 for RAG Week. Between the Cake Sale and Dare Day. I think we owe a big thank you to Lotta, Emma and Kat for baking yummy cakes. The Dare Day was a brilliant day all in all. The winners were Diarmaid McManus and Austin Halpin, who both drank a full shot of ketchup, hugged a redbrick and many many other crazy dares. =Techweek== Next week is Techweek! Excited yet? You should be. There's something for everyone, ranging from industry talks on game development and coding to a Q-zar session later in the week. This year's highlights include talks from Microsoft on their XNA game toolkit (with free games being given away!), a talk from Activision/Demonware (the company that make your Xbox games go on the internet) and the unexpectedly successful Linux installfest. Don't forget Wavehunt! Linkage -> http://wavehunt.redbrick.dcu.ie ==Admin Training== The first admin training workshop will take place this Wednesday. Meeting at 2.30 in the Clubs & Socs office (upstairs in the hub). This session will focus on shell scripting, and last about an hour and a half. The workshop is open to everyone. People coming should bring laptops, if possible, if not we can work it out on the day. I do believe that covers everything. I'll be talking to you next week, and updating you fully on the fantastic goings on of Techweek! Carri x -- PRO - Redbrick, DCU Networking Society 08-09 PRO - Strange Things, DCU Sci-fi and Fantasy Society 08-09 PRO - Comic Soc 08-09 CA1 Class Rep 08-09

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Dare Day!
by Carri Fuery 25 Feb '09

25 Feb '09

Heya guys!! Today, Wednesday from 3pm, Redbrick will be running a Dare Day. There is a €2 entry fee and teams of 2 - 4 people, will be required to do various tasks and dares throughout the day. There is mystery prizes for the winners (they will be seriously epic) and the losers get memebership to Redbrick. :D It should be a great laugh! Sure even if you just wanna watch people do the tasks, it'll still be funny! :D Again it's for rag week, the entry fee is €2 but you can give us more! :) Anyway, I better run to set up things and find people to take part in this epic DARE DAY! Toodles! Carri x ps - I apologise for sending 2 announce emails this week :P I promise I won't spam your inbox next week! :) -- PRO - Redbrick, DCU Networking Society 08-09 PRO - Strange Things, DCU Sci-fi and Fantasy Society 08-09 PRO - Comic Soc 08-09 CA1 Class Rep 08-09

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