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@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@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