Hi all,

Here are the topics for this weeks announce:

=Results of EGM=
=Helpdesk Talk=
=DUCSS Web Summit=
=Common Room Cards=
=RMS Talk=

=Linux InstallFest=
=NUIG CompuSoc InterPints=
=FOSDEM=

Please note that there wont be any Admin Training on this week due to it being Halloween.

=Results of EGM=

I would like to take this opportunity to welcome our new additions to Redbrick Committee, as elected by you at the EGM last week.

Treasurer: Lorcan Boyle (zergless)

PRO: Triona Barrow (polka)

Webmaster: Robert Devereux (kylar)

First Year Rep: Sean Healy (space)

We know that they'll work hard to make this a great year for Redbrick!

=Helpdesk Talk=

Date: Tuesday 29th October
Time: 6pm
Location: LG25

Notes from last week's talk: http://www.redbrick.dcu.ie/~newb/slides/helpdesk/

This week our wonderful Helpdesk team will be introducing you to your webspaces. You'll learn about file uploading, setting permissions and the basics you need to know to get cracking on some web development.
You will also be introduced to Screen and the strange world that is IRC (Internet Relay Chat) and of course, there will be pizza!

=DUCSS Web Summit=

Date:Tuesday 29th October
Time: 5pm
Location: Café En Seine, Dawson Street
Website: http://ducss.ie/events/event/summit/

Ever wanted to go to the Dublin Web Summit but never been able to get your hands on a ticket? The Dublin University Computer Science Society (DUCSS) is bringing a little bit of the Web Summit to students next Tuesday with some great speakers and companies coming to the awesome surroundings of Dublin's Cafe En Seine.

Tickets are FREE and can be acquired at the link above.

=Common Room Cards=

Date: Tuesday 29th October
Time: 12-2pm
Location: N109

Anyone who has not received a common room key card can get one between 12 and 2 on Tuesday in the common room. Please make sure you know your Student Number when collecting your card.

Just to let you know, Redbrick's common room representatives are now:

Andrew Boylan (Fructus)
Triona Barrow (polka)
Lorcan Boyle (zergless)

If you need to get in touch with them you can email: commonroom@lists.redbrick.dcu.ie .
Please put 'Redbrick' in the subject as this address is used by both Redbrick and Engineering Soc.

=RMS Talk=

Date: Friday 1st November
Time: 5.30pm
Location: LB08 (Lloyd Building basement), Trinity College Dublin
Website: https://www.netsoc.tcd.ie/news/2013/10/rms-the-second-coming-of-st-ignucius/
Facebook Event: https://www.facebook.com/events/650257418347949

The lovely people of NetSoc in Trinity have invited us along to a talk by the one and only Richard Matthew Stallman! For those of you who don't know who he is: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Richard_Stallman . He is the founder of the Free Software Foundation and the GNU Project and is known for writing the GCC compiler and the text editor Emacs.
Not only is the above article essential reading for any computer scientist, but you have the opportunity to see the man himself in person! Well worth going to!

=Linux InstallFest=

Date: Tuesday 5th November

Time: 6pm

Location: TBC

If you would like to install Linux on your own personal machine, join us next week when our Helpdesk and Admin team will help you to do so.

We will provide installation discs to those who attend and if your laptop doesn't have a cd drive we will hopefully have some USB's to install Linux from as well.

=NUIG CompuSoc InterPints=

Date: Friday 8th November
Time: TBC
Location: Mac Turcaill's Pub, Townsend Street

NUIG's CompuSoc will be in town next week for a few pints and hope to meet up with some of us lovely 'Brickies. It should be a great night and a good chance to meet some fellow nerds for a bit of craic!

=FOSDEM=

Dates: 31st January - 2nd February 2014
Location: ULB Campus Solbosh,Brussels, Belgium
Website: https://fosdem.org/2014/

As you might be aware, a few years ago Redbrick went on the grand voyage to Brussels to attend FOSDEM (Free Open Source Developer European Meeting). This year the committee would really love to treat you and go again. The only issue is that we would have to leave Ireland on the final day of winter exams. This could pose a problem for some people, so we would love if you could email us at committee@redbrick.dcu.ie with any alternatives that you can think of!

Keep Up To Date with all of our news and events:

Facebook Page: www.facebook.com/dcuredbrick
Facebook Group: https://www.facebook.com/groups/167418566612957/
Twitter: https://twitter.com/RedBrickDCU

Have a great week!

Regards,

Jessica Anne McGowan (TeaPott)
Redbrick Secretary 2013/14
Computer Applications - Software Engineering Year 3