## Events

### Overview

- We are proud that this year we had a lot of big events and a lot more engagement with our members.
- The events discussed here required a lot of planning and organization to complete.
- The society held 21 events and meetups over the course of the academic year.
- We also held much larger events such as the trip to Pycon, and the Berlin trip.
- We're proud that we were able to host regular weekly events.

### Semester 1

#### Society Introduction

- Introductory event to the society.
- Idea was to give a taste of future events and a social mixer.
- Venue: We booked Courtyard Room from 18:00-20:30.
- Announced via Discord and emails.


#### Skynet + Git Introduction

- Introductory event to Skynet & Git.
- Idea was to help members with setting up their accounts and understanding Git.
- Venue: Courtyard Room to give enough free space for committee members to run around offering tech support.
- Members were required to bring their laptops to set up their Skynet accounts.
- Email and Discord announcements were written to advertise the event.

#### Virtual Machines!

- Introducing members to Virtual Machines and Docker.
- Venue: Courtyard Room was booked since it was easier to do presentations there.
- Included an optional interactive element where members could follow along on their laptops.
- Email and Discord announcements were written to advertise the event.

![Virtual Machines](Pictures/12._Events_01.png)

#### Unity Workshop: A Collaboration with Games Development Society

- Collab with Game Dev Society.
- Venue: Courtyard Room was picked since it was large enough to accommodate all the members.
- We made a post on Discord and wrote an Email to advertise to our members.
- Members were required to bring their laptops with Unity & Visual Studio Code pre-installed.

![Unity Workshop](Pictures/12._Events_02.png)

#### Server Building

- Collab with NetApp.
- Recieved 700€ in sponsorship from NetApp.
- Assembled the servers during the event.
- Also had a NetApp representative provide a talk about their company & graduate role opportunities.
- NetApp also sponsored finger food from Scholars for the event.
- Venue: Courtyard Room
- Announcements sent out via discord and email.

![Server Building w/ NetApp](Pictures/12._Events_03.png)

#### Halloween Movie Night!

- Yearly social event to watch a movie on Halloween.
- Movie was selected between the committee this time
- We decided to show Corpse Bride.
- We made sure to get permission from the office first before showing the movie.
- Venue: Room 3 since it was better suited for movies.
- Announcements sent out via discord and email.

![Halloween Movie Night](Pictures/12._Events_04.png)

#### Capture The Flag

- Yearly event to teach members about using the terminal and SSH.
- Interactive Event: Members were asked to bring their laptops to participate in the event.
- Venue: Courtyard Room
- Email and Discord announcements were written to advertise the event.

![Capture The Flag](Pictures/12._Events_05.png)

#### PyCon Refresher

- Refresher on Python, so people don't show up to PyCon without knowing what Python is.
- Venue: Courtyard Room
- We used the TV in the room to help with presenting.
- Announcements sent out via discord + email.

#### PyCon

- A large event that had plenty of organizational overhead and was a trip to Dublin.
- Yearly event, we had a number of members join due to this event.
- Bought event tickets and tote bags along with arranging transport.
- Got trip approval through Wolves.
- Subsidized event costs for members.
- Payments tracked through Wolves and processed online.
- Venue: Radisson Blu Royal Hotel, Dublin.

![PyCon](Pictures/12._Events_06.png)

#### Advent of Code Primer

- Long-term running series of events every year, throughout December and early 2nd semester.
- Useful to giving first years more coding experience.
- We had an in-person primer to prepare members for the event.
- Coding challenges released with Advent of Code and members were given the chance to solve them.
- Separate forum topic was created on Discord for this purpose, members received help with the programming challenges.
- Announcements for the primer were done via email and Discord.
- Venue: Courtyard Room

![Advent Of Code Primer](Pictures/12._Events_07.png)

### Semester 2

#### Lightning Talks - Co-op

- Lightning talks from students who were returning from Co-op.
- No time limit was set for this event, people were free to talk as much as they wanted
- Goal was to have a relaxing social event to promote networking.
- Venue: Courtyard Room since it was easier to give talks.
- We had pizza at the end to cap it off.
- We announced it via emails and a Discord announcement.

#### Intro to Skynet, Discord & Minecraft

- Introductory event to Skynet, Discord and Minecraft.
- Lined up with a project that most first years had regarding creating a blog site.
- To this end, we tailored the event to help users set up their Skynet accounts and access their personal sites.
- We also introduced them to Discord and Minecraft.
- Especially, how to access our Minecraft server.
- Venue: Courtyard Room.
- We advertised it via emails and Discord announcements.

#### Patch Presentation

- Sponsored event by Patch.
- They came in to provide an info session on their startup accelerator and other programs.
- Brought in other students who had also gone through the program.
- Sponsored Pizza for the event.
- Venue: Courtyard Room
- Announcements sent out via discord and email.

![Patch Workshop](Pictures/12._Events_08.jpeg)

#### Computer Concepts Through Factory Games

- Social event that involved expressing computer concepts like abstraction and interfaces through factory games.
- Presentation by a committee member.
- Venue: Courtyard Room
- Announcements sent out via discord and email.

#### Capture The Flag

- Repeat event from semester 1.
- Interactive event: Members were asked to bring their laptops to participate in the event.
- The point of the event was to teach members about using the terminal and SSH.
- Venue: Courtyard Room
- We advertised this via Discord announcements and Email.

#### Movie Night!

- Collaboration with Out in UL.
- Similar to the Halloween Movie Night, movie was decided between Committees.
- We decided to show The Imitation Game.
- Received permission from the office.
- Also brought cookies.
- Event advertised through Discord announcements and emails.
- Venue: Courtyard Room, we used the TV in the room to show the movie.

#### Alumni Meet && Greet

- A social event right after a EGM
- We invited graduates to come in and meet with our members.
- They gave presentations on what they have done during their time at work, and how life outside UL is like.
- Venue: Courtyard Room, TV came in handy for presenting.
- Advertised by our Discord announcements and emails as per usual.

#### Fistful of Frags LAN Party

- Lightweight event to prepare for SISTEM on Saturday.
- Chose a free source-based game, Fistful of Frags, to play.
- Members were required to bring laptops.
- Venue: Courtyard Room
- We advertised the event using Discord announcements.

#### SISTEM

- Student Inter-Society Technology and Enterprise Meetup.
- Yearly event that happens all across Ireland
- This year, we at UL CompSoc were chosen to host it.
- Organized by students for students, largest of its kind.
- It Involved collaboration from multiple universities, all the way from DCU to UCC.
- Included speakers from LERO & Industry, like Google
- Ticket costs 12€ for normal attendees, but only cost 5€ for UL CompSoc members when applying through us.
- Hit the record for most pizzas for any event in UL, 50 pizzas ordered.
- Announcements sent out via email, discord, and through other societies + instagram.
- Venue: KBG15, to accommodate the large number of people attending.
- Refreshments and snacks were also provided.

![SISTEM](Pictures/12._Events_09.png)
![!SISTEM](Pictures/12._Events_10.png)

#### Lan Party

- Polled members for a game to play, TF2 was chosen.
- Setup a custom TF2 server on Skynet for the event.
- Members were required to bring their laptops with TF2 pre-installed.
- Venue: Courtyard Room
- We advertised the event using Discord announcements and emails.
- We also bought spar chips for the events