Welcome to all our new members and welcome back to all our less than new members! GENERAL ANNOUNCEMENTS == Getting Started == Hope you enjoyed the sweets at our table. If you need any help during the year with RedBrick services most of the answers can be found on wiki.redbrick.dcu.ie, but if you can't find what you're looking for on there just email helpdesk@redbrick.dcu.ie == EGM and First Year Rep election == Want to join our committee? We're holding elections for our first year representative on Wednesday 14th of October at 2.30pm in CG12. That's in the Henry Grattan building. You can nominate yourself or someone else. The first year rep's responsibility is to promote the interests of freshers to the rest of the RedBrick committee and let us know what it is freshers want us to do. They will also have to attend weekly committee meetings and help out in general. THERE WILL BE FREE PIZZA AT THE EGM. \o/ == Freshers' Ball == As most of you have probably heard, the RedBrick Freshers' Ball is being held TONIGHT (Thursday), upstairs in Matt Weldon's (The Slipper), which is opposite the Ballymun Road entrance to DCU. The event starts at 8pm and will include €3 drinks and featuring gw on jukebox; send your music requests to gw@redbrick.dcu.ie or coconut@redbrick.dcu.ie Don't forget that the theme is red, and we'll have prizes for best dressed, most unusual and most interesting outfits. Admission is FREE for RedBrick members, but if you're not a member you can sign up at the door. == Events == If you have any suggestions for any events, talks or workshops for the next year, please don't hesitate to contact the committee with your ideas. The address is: committee@redbrick.dcu.ie ADMIN ANNOUNCEMENTS == Changing your username === Have you gotten a username you don't like, or are you just fed up with your old one? Drop a line to admins@redbrick.dcu.ie with your current username and your desired username and we can sort it out for you; remember there's an 8 character limit though. == Wimax Trial == Last year we announced that Redbrick had been asked by ISS (formerly CSD) to participate in a trial of a new wimax system on campus, Due to the unavailability of the USB dongles before the summer break the trial never got started, but they have now arrived and we are once again collecting names of students interested in participating in the trial. This will involve reporting on your experience using the system to ISS using Moodle, in a way similar to the new e-mail system trial we ran last year. If your are interested in participating then send an email with your name, DCU e-mail address and semester time address to wimax@redbrick.dcu.ie. Your address will be used in conjunction with Google maps to determine the maximum range of the system. Please send this information by Friday Lunchtime at the latest, if the information is forwarded to ISS by this Friday we hope to be issuing the dongles Friday week. Again, welcome! We hope to see you around. Lotta RedBrick Chairperson 2009/2010