presentations_compsoc/slides/compsoc/2025-2025/intro_to_soc.md

title	sub_title	author	date	theme
Computer Society	We live in the basement	Brendan Golden	2025-09-13	name catppuccin-latte

History

• We are old
  • 1993-ish but its complicated
• Skynet was established in 1992
• The Computer Society was founded around it in 1993
  • History
• Earliest copy of website is 1996
  • https://1996.skynet.ie/
• Some C&S Rules were because of us

Aims as a Society

Our constitution spells out what we as a society want to be and what we represent.

Constitution

What we do

We do a wide variety of things

• 25+ unique events a year
  • Mix of technical and Social
  • Collabs with other Clubs/Socs
• Have a server room for Skynet
• We host our own services
  • Websites
  • Forgejo - Git
  • Nextcloud
  • Email
  • DNS
  • Discord Bots
  • Game Servers
    • Minecraft
    • CSGO
    • TF2
• Weekly Training
  • Skynet training
  • Google Interview club
• Trips
  • PyCon
  • SISTEM
  • EuroTrip

Events

• We have many events planned for just this semester
• A mix of technical, social and hardware
• And thats not even mentioning Skynet

Image Link

Archive of events

Websites we host

• Main site
  • https://skynet.ie
• Old copies of the main Site
  • https://1996.skynet.ie
  • https://2003.skynet.ie
  • https://2006.skynet.ie
  • https://2016.skynet.ie
• Other Clubs Socs
  • https://www.outinul.ie
• For each user
  • https://silver.users.skynet.ie
  • https://milan.users.skynet.ie
  • Very useful if ye need a site for a module

Where we live

We live in teh basement of the New Student Building

(Insert link to vid about getting there)

Skynet

• Skynet is currently a server cluster that we keep contained in our server room
• It is the core of our society, literally why it was created
• Some physical servers (insert picture?)
• Many virtual servers
• We have a /26 ip address range
• Managed by a subcommittee called Root Team
• Create a Skynet account using the Wiki

Skynet - Root team

• Subcommittee of Computer Society
  • So Committee member, kinda
• Interested in server management/administration?
• Check out next weeks event for more info on joining
  • Intro to Skynet + Intro to Git
• Bi-Weekly Training sessions

SISTEM

• Student Inter-Society Tech & Enterprise Meetup
• Tech Conference ran by students
• Hosted in UL Last year as well
• Looking for folks who are interested in helping to organise it
• Another subcommittee of Computer Society

AGM - Roles - Explained

President

• In charge of Society as a whole
• Delegates work, expected to step in when stuff goes wrong

Secretary

• Minute taker in meetings
• Minutes committed/published via git

Treasurer

• Manages our finances, deals with the online banking
• Leads the budget application

Public Relations (PRO)

• In charge of our public image/communication
• Leads a small team to this end

Health and Safety (HSO)

• Ensures we stay safe in person and online
• Also in charge of equipment

AGM - Roles - Explained

Vice/Assistant Roles

These roles assist the named role to learn teh ropes

• Assistant Treasurer
• Assistant President
• Assistant HSO

Tech Officer

• Assist/lead tech based events (hardware/software/etc)
• Work with Skynet team

Ordinary Committee Members (OCM)

• For anything which does not fit into teh above
• Can create a "named" role for CV reasons

AGM - Roles - Explained

First Year Rep

• See if there is any feedback for what 1st years want/need

Assistant PRO's

For PRO there is a lot to manage, so best to split it up

Events Officer

• Room bookings
• Generally ensuring events go smoothly
• May include Pizza runs

Social Media Officer

• Instagram/Other Socials
• Discord Mod?

Advertising Officer

• Posters
• Sponsorship (with treasurer)

AGM - Prior Experience

For Core Committee it is highly recommended that folks have prior (CompSoc) committee experience.
This is in a large part due to our GDPR requirements.

AGM - Process

1. Member's attendance is taken
   • Can only vote if you are a member
   • You can only be elected if you are a member
2. Each role is put up to see if there are any contenders
3. A single person can go for multiple roles
4. Each contender needs to be 1st and 2nd'd
   • A member can put themselves forward
   • A member can be put forward by another member
5. If there is only one contender then they automatically get teh role
   • Assuming their are no detriments on their record that would disqualify them
6. If there are multiple contenders
   1. Each one will have a 2 minute hust
   2. They will then leave the room and votes will be tallied
   3. Once counting has been finished they will then be called back in
   4. The winner will be announced
7. Repeat until all roles have been done

AGM - Election

• President
• Public Relations (PRO)
• Secretary
• Treasurer
• Health and Safety (HSO)
• Assistant PRO's
  • Events Officer
  • Social Media Officer
  • Advertising Officer
• First Year Rep
• Tech Officer
• Assistant Treasurer
• Assistant President
• Assistant HSO
• Ordinary Committee Members (OCM)

Pizza time!

• The following Pizzas have been ordered from Dominos:
  • 2 Plain Margaritas
  • 2 Vegetarians
  • 4 Pepperoni
  • 4 Hawaiians
• We also have two Gluten Free Pizzas from the Terrace
  • 1 Plain Margherita
  • 1 Vegetarian
• Gluten Free Pizzas will be placed across the room, with a sign indicating it.
• If you've eaten pizzas with Gluten, please wash your hands before going for the Gluten-free ones to prevent cross-contamination.

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