-Freshers' Ball in association with DJ Soc -Account renewals -Thank you for your feedback ==Freshers' Ball== We will be holding our annual freshers' ball upstairs in Matt Weldon's, aka The Slipper, Ballymun Road. We'll be kicking off the festivities at 7pm with some drinks promotions (3 euro selected drinks), free finger food for everyone and our own custom Redbrick cocktail that has been created just for us! Everyone is welcome so come and catch up with old friends, meet new ones and party to the tunes provided by DCU's own DJ Soc! ==Account Renewals== Clubs and Socs Days are being held today (Tuesday 5th October) and tomorrow (Wednesday 6th October) in the Hub. Our table is situated conveniently just next to the NuBar, so pop over, get some sweets, hear aboout our plans for next year (because trust me, next year is going to be GOOD) and renew your account. The prices are €4 for members and € for associates. Other ways to pay : http://www.redbrick.dcu.ie/help/joining . Remember to email us if you are paying by Paypal or bank transfer so that we know to renew your account. Need more incentive to join? Well, how about : we're getting a common room in association with Engineering Soc. Only members of either of those societies will get access. MaK has a trip abroad in the works, more varied talks aimed at various levels(admin training, career related talks, programming talks and workshops, mobile app development...). Plus, did I mention that there'll be sweets? The deadline for renewals is the Monday 7th of November. After that date all unrenewed accounts will be deactivated. ==Member Survey== Thank you to everyone who participated in our membership survey for this year. We got some very informative feedback and will make sure to take it into consideration when we start finalising this years' schedule. We're holding a planning meeting on Friday so if you would like to volunteer for a talk/workshop or would like to suggest a topic please reply to this email. More programming talks and workshops were requested by a lot of you so we'll be working to get more of those organised for you. Admin training was also a popular one so that won't be going anywhere. If at any point during the year you'd like to tell us what we're doing right, what we're doing wrong or what you'd like to see then don't hesitate to get in touch. You can poke us at boards.redbrick.dcu.ie, email committee@redbrick.dcu.ie, chat to us on IRC, add us on Facebook (just search for Redbrick) or follow us on Twitter (RedbrickDCU). Lotta (attol) Redbrick Secretary 2011/2012