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CSSS General Elections 2022-2023 Results

posted by Shariq Ahsan on April 9, 2022, 11:41 p.m.


Greetings All,

The voting period for the CSSS General Election for the 2022/2023 term is now over and the results have been compiled.

Before getting to the results, I'd like to take a moment to thank 

President: Mitchell Gale
Vice-President: Shiva Sanei 
Treasurer: Ari Blondal
Director of Resources: Truman Bui
Director of Events: Argus Li
Assistant Director of Events: Justin Yan
Director of Communications: Johnson Luong
Director of Archives: Dina Zeng

 respectively for their hard work and dedication to their position.

There were 104 responses to the websurvey.

Your new President with 50 (50% approval) is Mitchell Gale. Oliver Xie had 37 votes(37%), Rohan Parmar had 9 votes(9%), and there were 4 votes of no confidence.  

Your new Vice-President with 78 (78% approval) is Justin Yan. Rohan Parmar had 13 votes(13%), and there were 8 votes of no confidence. 

Your new Treasurer with 54 (54% approval) is Gabriel Stang. Johnson Luong had 20 votes(20%), Rohan Parmar had 10 votes(10%), and there were 14 votes of no confidence. 

The position of Director of Events will be left vacant. Rohan Parmar had 38 votes(38%) and there were 60 votes of no confidence. 

The position of Director of Communications will be left vacant. Rohan Parmar had 32 votes(32%) and there were 65 votes of no confidence. 

Your new Assistant Director of Events with 73 votes (73% approval) is Jasper Song. Rohan Parmar had 13 votes(13%) and there were 13 votes of no confidence. 

Your new Director of Archives with 49 votes (49% approval) is Jared Murphy. Gilbert Wong had 23 votes (23%), Rohan Parmar had 12 votes(12%) and there were 14 votes of no confidence. 

Your new Director of Resources with 78 (78% approval) is Truman Bui. Rohan Parmar had 10 votes(10%), and there were 10 votes of no confidence.

Congratulations to the new executives of the CSSS!

A very big thank you to everyone who ran for a position, everyone who voted and all members of the CSSS who have helped me along the way.

Shariq Ahsan
General Election Officer
Simon Fraser University | CSSS


Final Reminder: CSSS General Elections 2022 Voting Period

posted by Shariq Ahsan on April 7, 2022, 5:12 p.m.


Greetings,

Tomorrow is the last day to vote for the Computing Society Student Society General Election for the 2022/2023 term. The polls close tomorrow at 8:00PM. Visithere to view candidate speeches, and here to vote.

Shariq Ahsan
General Election Officer
Simon Fraser University | CSSS


RE: CSSS Project Showcase Event is happening tomorrow!

posted by Johnson Luong on April 7, 2022, 3:09 p.m.


Hello Everyone,


Reminder that the CSSS Project Showcase Event is happening tomorrow! Find details below:


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Hello everyone!

 

The CSSS is holding a Project Showcase on April 8! Show off your academic, personal, hackathon, or other projects and check out the cool things your peers have built!, and enjoy some free snacks before the End of Semester Social!

 

More details:

Date: Friday, April 8

Time: 3:00 - 4:30 pm (right before the End of Semester Social)!

RoomASB 10908 (the Big Data Hub)

 

The more projects that are showcased, the bigger the prize pool! At 10 presenters we will raffle a $20 Amazon gift card to presenters; at 20 presenters another $20 Amazon gift card will be added to the raffle! The more projects we get to see, the better!

 

Attendance is free and light refreshments will be provided. In accordance with current projections, we will not require proof of vaccination.

 

Interested presenters, sign up at: http://websurvey.sfu.ca/survey/422107868.

 

If you have questions, please email Oliver (the organizer of the event) at oxie@sfu.ca or message him on Discord @Liversticks#7734. Have a good rest of your semester!

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Best,

Johnson Luong

CSSS Director of Communications 


CSSS Biweekly Newsletter: 12th edition

posted by Johnson Luong on April 3, 2022, 10:06 p.m.


Biweekly Computing Science Student Society (CSSS)
Newsletter: 12th edition

Welcome to the CSSS newsletter!
Here we hope to inform our students of exciting opportunities and events, while cutting down on the sheer amount of emails sent for each individual event.
We hope you will find this newsletter beneficial! If you have any suggestions, events, or simply want to contact us, you can reach me at jkl53@sfu.ca
- Johnson Luong

📅 CSSS General Meeting

* Note: this is the final General Meeting of the semester!

Q: What is a General Meeting? 
A: General Meetings are how the Computing Science Student Society passes information along to the student body and motion money to be spent on items and events. By attending you will get to have a better understanding how we operate and have a say in how we run.

The following is the Agenda:
- Report of Officers
- Announcements
- Motions
- Mountain Madness Hackathon Motions
- Constitution Amendments
- Open Floor
- Approval of Minutes

*Voting is restricted to in-person attendees

Date: Monday, April. 4th, 2022
Time: 6:30 - 7:30pm
Location: In Person @ TASC 9204 (or Remote on the CSSS Discord in he #General_Meetings Voice Channel)

🎲 End of Semester Social (i.e., Board Games Night++)

Come join us this week for the Final Board games night of the semester! (i.e., Board Games Night++) 🎲 . Food will be provided!

We will be checking Photo ID and Vaccine Passports. Please have your ID and Vaccine Passport ready before attending the event.

Date: Friday, April. 8,
Time: 5:00pm-8:30pm
Location: TASC 9204

🖱️  CSSS Project Showcase Event

👨‍💻 👩‍💻 Come show off your academic, personal, hackathon, or other projects and check out the cool things your peers have built!

Also enjoy some free snacks before the End of Semester Social!

The more projects that are showcased, the bigger the prize pool! 💸

At...
 
10 presenters we will raffle a $20 Amazon gift card to presenters
20 presenters another $20 Amazon gift card will be added to the raffle!
 
The more projects we get to see, the better! In accordance with current projections, we will not require proof of vaccination.

Fee: Free! Light Refreshments will also be provided.
Date: Friday, April 8 at 3:30pm - 5:00pm (right before the End of Semester Social)!
Room: ASB 10908 (in the Big Data Hub)

Interested Presenters Sign up here: http://websurvey.sfu.ca/survey/422107868

🖥️ CS Undergraduate Research Symposium

🙌 Join us in this end-of-term celebration of undergraduate computing science 4th-year projects 🎓, including special research projects!

 This event is a great opportunity to:

(1) Check out the research of our senior undergraduate students,
(2) See a guest lecture from computing science professor Matt Amy on quantum computing and
(3) Get free food 😋!

If you are:
(1) a CS undergraduate student interested in doing research in the future,
(2) a computing science faculty or staff member interested in seeing the research of our students and faculty, or
(3) somebody that wants to eat and socialize,

Then we highly encourage you to join us at the event!

Location: Concurrently at: SFU Burnaby Big Data Hub and SFU Surrey Sustainable Energy Engineering Building
Date: April 11th at 3:30pm
More Details and Registration: https://www.eventbrite.ca/e/cs-undergrad-research-symposium-2022-tickets-275246759467

🏫 CS Peer Tutor Hiring

 💻 The CS department is looking for CS Peer tutors for the Summer 2022 term!

The School of Computing Science is currently seeking FAS majors for peer tutoring positions for CMPT 120, CMPT 125, CMPT 225, and MACM 101 for Summer 2022. You will gain experience in instruction and skills in mentoring, communication and leadership over a commitment of 3-4 hours per week.

More Info: https://www.sfu.ca/computing/current-students/undergraduate-students/student-resources/1221-cs_peer_tutoring.html
Apply Here: https://coursys.sfu.ca/forms/cmpt-cs-peer-tutor-scheduling-form/
Deadline: April. 29th

⛰️ Join Our Event's Committee! (and help with Mountain Madness )

If you would like to help take part in the planning of events with the CSSS then you can take part in our Event's Committee. Everyone's welcome! 

If you would like to join please let our Director of Events (
Argusaosfinn#2344 on discord) know so we can give you the role to get access to the channels in our discord.

Also, if you would like to help organize/volunteer for our upcoming Mountain Madness Hackathon then please let Justin. Y (our Mountain Madness Organizer for this year) know. You can find him on discord with the tag justhelizard#1765
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CSSS General Elections 2022-2023 Voting Period

posted by Shariq Ahsan on April 1, 2022, 2:38 a.m.


Greetings All!

The voting period for the Computing Science Student Society General Election for the 2022/2023 term begins on April 1st 2022 at 12:01 AM and closes on April 8th 2022 at 8:00 PM Visithere to view candidate speeches, and here to vote.

Best of luck to all the candidates!

Shariq Ahsan
General Elections Officer
Simon Fraser University | CSSS





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