And with this Semester one draws to a close. Ladies and gents, welcome to the final weekly announce of semester one! In this weeks announce + Christmas Party + Downtime + FOSDEM Deposits + Tech Week talks =========================== Intersocs Christmas Party =========================== Where: The Slipper (Matt Weldon's) Ballymun Rd. When: 11th of December at 7:30pm Description: The sleigh bells are jingling louder than ever and the elves are wrapping the final pressies! With Santa, Presents, food and drink... Along with some great company from many of the other societies, its our now (in)famous Christmas Party! Complete with presents, music and grub. Drinks Deals on the night are: €3 carlsberg /tubourg/whiskey&dash/vodka&dash Sign up at the Facebook Event here: https://www.facebook.com/events/360109674150914/ ========== Downtime ========== When: Week 13 Description: The Admins are taking one of their hard earned weeks off to do some system updates and some reorganizing. This will result in some intermittent downtime. Keep an eye on the MoTD and Twitter/Facebook for updates as things go on. We'd recommend that people save all of their data before the end of week 12 and store an offline copy. Hopefully the impact should be minimal, but we're sorry, your screen sessions are about to be no more. ======== FOSDEM ======== When: Jan 30th - Feb 1st Where: Brussels, Belgium There'll be announce sent to everyone going, but in case you miss that we'll say it here too. If you've expressed an interest and are still looking to come along, we need your passport details and deposit before the end of week 12 (Friday 12/12/14) to secure your place. You can pay deposits either via PayPal or we can arrange to collect payments from people by emailing committee. Also if you havent done so already, please fill in this form as soon as possible: http://goo.gl/forms/YcRN8VWMtn ================ Tech Week Talks ================ When: 9th March -13th March) Where: The Mezz, 1st Floor, The Hub, DCU Interested in giving a lightning talk about a project you're passionate about? Want to get your company in to sponsor a lunch and come hire some soon to be graduates? We've got a load of speakers and companies lined up already, and we're looking for more. Drop us a line via email to committee or PM koffee or zergless. That's that ladies and gents, we hope you had a fantastic semester one, lets make it a good foundation for semester two. Have a wonderful Christmas and a fantastic New year from all of Redbrick committee! Dont forget to keep an eye on our social media pages: - Twitter @RedbrickDCU - Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/dcuredbrick - Snapchat: RedbrickDCU Kind Regards, Gillian Morrison (socks) Computer Applications Redbrick Secretary 14/15