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Trip to Galway - THIS weekend!!
by Karl Podesta 26 Feb '01

26 Feb '01

================================================= RedBrick trip to Galway THIS weekend - 9/10/11th of March ------------------------------------------ Leaving at 2pm on Friday, staying in Wood Quay Hostel, leaving Galway at 6pm on Sunday. Activities include Bowling, Go Karting, night out among Galway's nightclubs. Cost - 20 quid. How to reserve your place? .... type "galway" at the command prompt on your redbrick screen. It promises to be a great weekend, and we're leaving late-ish on Friday so no-one has to miss any precious lectures... So grab a load of your brickie friends, type galway at the command prompt, and get ready for a w/e break away from all this study/projects lark with RedBrick! :) ================================================= -- Karl Podesta Chairperson DCU Networking Society (RedBrick) http://www.redbrick.dcu.ie Ph: 086 8607441

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Rag Week collection & Galway trip
by Karl Podesta 19 Feb '01

19 Feb '01

Hi all! [ ---- Rag Week ---- ] This week as you all no doubt know is Rag Week in DCU. (which some of you may not know means "Raise A Grand" for charity). Last year redbrick were part of a hugely successful road collection which helped raise over £1,500 for the Irish Cancer Society. This year we'll be doing it again in association with PhysEng and aid of the Rape Crisis Centre. This road collection will take place TOMORROW (Tuesday) Morning during morning traffic, and we're in desperate need of people to help out and repeat the success of last year. If you're interested in helping (Gwan! It's for charity you losers!) meet at 7am tomorrow morning in the Street in the Henry Grattan. It proved to be fun last year as well as helping a very worthy cause, so PLEASE come out and help us support this. [ ---- Trip to Galway !! ---- ] RedBrick are going to Galway! Next weekend, 9th/10th/11th of March (2 weeks from now) we have a bus reserved for 50 PLACES ONLY to travel down for the funnest god damn weekend you ever had! Well, maybe not, but the trip to Cork last year was excellent, and there are plenty of activities down there including Go Karting, Bowling etc. We'll be leaving here at 2pm on the Friday, staying in Wood Quay Hostel (not that we'll be there much - there's a lot to do) and returning to DCU from 6pm on the Sunday. There are only 50 places though, so reserve your place NOW by replying to me or letting a committee member know. The cost will be 20 quid, but this is all inclusive, and naturally a pretty measly sum to pay for all the above... [ ---- RedBrick Talks ---- ] We're in the process of organising some talks from March onwards; these talks will be quite broad, generally relating to the computing industry. Currently, we have the following confirmed to come in and speak: - Dave Wilson/Mike Norris from HEAnet (they run DCU's net connection!) - Tom Murphy from Spin Solutions (leading Irish internet/web company) and others in the pipeline, so watch this space for more details... Plus, the DCU exam results are up now - hope they weren't too painful for everyone. And remember, if they were painful, don't worry. RedBrick still loves ya. As do your loving committee. Rgds, Kp -- Karl Podesta Chairperson DCU Networking Society (RedBrick) http://www.redbrick.dcu.ie Ph: 086 8607441

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Ho ho ho. Meeeerrry Christmas.
by Karl Podesta 14 Dec '00

14 Dec '00

Hi all, It's the time of year when all your mailboxes are more than likely brimming with Xmas related email, best wishes etc. So here's another one to add to your collection from your ever mass-mailing mad chairperson. I hope everyone has had a good semester, both on RedBrick and otherwise. We've quite a lot of good stuff lined up for next Semester though... * A trip away * More of the usual standard top-quality nights out * More of the ever-famous 'RedBrick Games nights' * Computing & Networking Talks * Web design competition * Much more... So in the meantime, from everyone on committee - we'd like to wish you a very Happy and enjoyable Christmas, and all the best for the new year! ( Your committee are: ) Brian (moridin), Jon (spock), John (tibor), Kevin (p), Conor (cokane), Mark (mark), Phil (phil), Sarv (macbain), Barry (bubble), Donal (redgiant), Noel (noelfitz), and myself. -- Karl Podesta Chairperson DCU Networking Society (RedBrick) http://www.redbrick.dcu.ie Ph: 086 8607441

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Christmas Event
by St. netnick 27 Nov '00

27 Nov '00

Hi, A couple of announcements for y'all to chew on this week : Firstly, The second annual joint Redbrick-Film Soc. Christmas Event is coming up soon, so here are the details: ******************************************************************************* Date: Wednesday 6th of December @ 8pm Location: Frazers of O' Connell St. Food: FREE HOT FOOD Tickets: £1 each, available from Film Soc on Thursday evening, and in the canteen from 12 to 2 on Friday, and at the start of next week. Music: DJ HomerJ (the dj from the bar at the Freshers Ball in the TBMC) ******************************************************************************* Also, a couple of new mailing lists have been set up for those of you with an interest in computer gaming or in helping out with Redbrick Ents. - To join the mailing list games-posse, go to the website http://lists.redbrick.dcu.ie/mailman/listinfo/games-posse in your web browser and type in your email address and give yourself a password to use along with it. - Likewise, to join the ents mailing list, to get involved with helping out with the running and organising of Redbrick Events, go to http://lists.redbrick.dcu.ie/mailman/listinfo/ents in your web browser and type in your email address and so on, as above.. Looking forward to seeing your input on the above lists, and seeing you all at the Xmas Event, Conor Redbrick Helpdesk

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RedBrick EGM - Date change
by Karl Podesta 16 Nov '00

16 Nov '00

Folks, Due to an important societies meeting with the president on Monday, we have been forced to push back our EGM to -------------------------------------------------------- Tuesday, 21st November, 6:30pm, QG15 (Business School). -------------------------------------------------------- Apologies for any inconvienience caused. As a reminder, we will be electing 2 new system administrators, and an Ents/Events officer. The meeting will be a short one, and all are stongly encouraged to attend, as these will be the people that will be part of the team organising your society. Rgds, Kp -- Karl Podesta Chairperson DCU Networking Society (RedBrick) http://www.redbrick.dcu.ie Ph: 086 8607441

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RedBrick EGM - 20th November 2000
by Karl Podesta 09 Nov '00

09 Nov '00

---------------------------------------------------- RedBrick EGM - Monday 20th November QG15 (Business School, ground floor) ---------------------------------------------------- RedBrick will be holding an EGM in order to elect 3 new committee members. The following positions are available: - System Administrator (x2) - Ents (Events) officer Both of these positions are naturally open to all RedBrick members. If you are interested in running for either of them, please send an email to committee(a)redbrick.dcu.ie before the EGM, stating what you'd like to run for. The System Administrator position requires you to pass an exam (usually an hour long) - this will be held next Wednesday, the 15th. If you'd like more details about running for either of these positions, again, please let us know at committee. All members are asked to attend. ---------------------------------------------------- Thanks, Kp -- Karl Podesta Chairperson DCU Networking Society (RedBrick) http://www.redbrick.dcu.ie Ph: 086 8607441

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Haloweeee-een
by Karl Podesta 31 Oct '00

31 Oct '00

Hi all, In case you didn't know, RedBrick are having a halloween event this evening, in conjunction with Film Soc, Art Soc, and ST:DCU. "Nightmare on Elm Street", the classic, will be showing in T101 at 6:20pm, and the evening will continue in the new wine bar in the hub (from 8:30ish) where there will be prizes/free drink for fancy dress. Oh - it's free entry too. Thanks; hope to see you all tonight, Kp -- Karl Podesta Chairperson DCU Networking Society (RedBrick) http://www.redbrick.dcu.ie Ph: 086 8607441

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**** Breezer Socs Ball 2000 ****
by Socs Ball 2000 30 Oct '00

30 Oct '00

=============================================================== Redbrick, GAA Supporters Society, PhysEng, and the Aussie Soc are proud to present The Breezer Societies Ball 2000 22nd November at The Grand Hotel Malahide This will be the biggest formal ball ever staged in DCU, and the biggest event this year in the DCU society social calendar. Quality acts have been lined up for this ball, which means no more cover bands and chart DJ's! We are talking twenty buses, 950 people, two floors, two bands, Three DJ's, four course meals, and £6,000 pounds worth of free drink! Headlining the night will be Picturehouse, one of Irelands biggest and premier live acts. Picturehouse have recently scaled the charts with a new live album, and sold out multiple nights in the Olympia. Northern boys Watercress will kick off proceedings, warming everyone up with their unique blend of shiny, happy music. For dance fans, Johnny Moy has been called upon to deliver the beats well into the night, with support from up and coming talent to be announced later. Tickets are priced at 28 pounds, which includes transport there and back, your meal, the bands, and at least two free drinks each. We have secured the services of Fairbrothers tailors to provide tuxedo's for the gents at a discounted price. A fitting room will be open the day the tickets go on sale, so get kitted out then for a cheaper tux! Due to its high profile, this event is expected to sell out fast. Luckily for you though, Redbrick has managed to secure 100 tickets for you guys! Thanks to the wonders of modern technology, you can RESERVE YOUR TICKET ON-LINE! How? Simply log in as you normally do, go to a shell, and type "ballticket". (For Flash Menu users, simply follow the "Reserve Ball Ticket" link). This service will be available from 10am on Tuesday 31st October, for the first 100 people to type it. This commits you to buy, and you MUST collect your ticket and pay for it in cash either at the Redbrick halloween bash in the new bar from 8pm Tuesday, or on Wednesday morning in the Hub. Failure to collect your ticket will mean that not only have you done some other Redbrick member out of a chance of getting a reserved ticket, but the ticket will be returned to the general pool and sold to someone else! Normal Ticket sales will commence at noon on Wednesday in The Hub. See you there! ================================================================ This event is kindly sponsored by Bacardi Breezer, Autonom.ie, The Irish Times, Fairbrothers, Xerox, the SPC, the Students Union, DCU Student Affairs. -- Mop and Smiff, they are two of a kind.

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Apologies
by Karl Podesta 22 Oct '00

22 Oct '00

Hi everyone, I'd like to sincerely apologise to everyone for the large amount of emails they've just received on the announce-redbrick list. Unfortunately, this has been due to a problem with our mailing list system, which has just recently been unable to handle the large influx of new members, and unfortunately overloaded. I'd like to stress that this is something which has been completely outside my control, and we think we have now corrected the problem. Once again, apologies for filling up your mailbox; please keep all the hate mail, death threats etc. coming in.. :-) Karl (PS - I realise the irony of using the mailing list to apologise for mailing list problems; what can I say - I'm a funny guy, eh?) -- Karl Podesta Chairperson DCU Networking Society (RedBrick) http://www.redbrick.dcu.ie Ph: 086 8607441

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Some reminders
by Karl Podesta 14 Oct '00

14 Oct '00

Hi all, Just a few reminders and details about various things that are happening in the society at the moment. Firstly, you may already know that our first big redbrick bash of the year, the RedBrick Freshers' ball, is on in the Temple Bar Music Centre THIS WEDNESDAY!! (18th) This is a completely free event for all redbrick members, with (limited) free drink in the bar beforehand, free buses there and back, and some of the hottest acts in Dublin entertaining. Tickets for this unmissable spectacle will be available from 12 midday this Monday, 13th in the ground floor of the Hub (new student centre), so be sure to pick one up. Also, as a reminder to all members who haven't renewed their accounts from last year - all non-renewed accounts will be disabled on Monday 6th November (first Monday of the month), so if you haven't renewed, you might want to try and do so before then... best way is to find a committee member, but you could also renew on monday, or pay directly into our bank account via the details on the website. Thanks, and hope to see you all on Wednesday! :) Kp -- Karl Podesta Chairperson DCU Networking Society (RedBrick) http://www.redbrick.dcu.ie Ph: 086 8607441

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