New Committee & Constitution
Last night’s EGM was a success.
Rob McAdoo was voted in as new support officer and Conall O’Brien as new amenities officer. We also got some new general officers. The current committee is listed here.
We also approved an amended constitution.
Important Information for Matrix Website Owners
Because of recent changes in policy, it is required that you comply with our
Matrix Website Acceptable Usage Policy. This means that you agree to a set of
rules that govern how you use your Matrix website. This has been partly laid
down to us from higher powers in Trinity, and partly as a need for the owner
of the website to take responsibility for its content.
The Matrix Web Acceptable Usage Policy (WAUP) is distinct from the Matrix
Acceptable Usage Policy (AUP) and must be agreed to seperately. Failure to
accept the policy means that your website will be disabled. If you are found
to be in breach of the WAUP, then your website AND your matrix account will
be disabled, and you will be reported to the Junior Dean.
Mandatory acceptance of the WAUP will come into effect from the 28th October
2002. You have until then to accept the policy, should you wish. Otherwise,
your website will be disabled.
This may seem harsh, but this is necessary to allow us to continue offering
this service to all of our members. We will come down strictly on users who
fail to comply, as the future of matrix websites and accounts in general
depends upon it.
The only way to accept WAUP is to run the following command on matrix:
accept_waup.pl
Read the text fully to make sure you understand it and type “yes” at the prompt. This will add you to the list of allowed web users.
The full text of the Matrix WAUP can also be found here.
First of all, a big thank you to Brian, who gave a excellent talk last
night. The evening went very well, and congratulations to the winners of the book.
We have made the
slides from the talk available online, and don’t forget we now have a copy of Brian’s Mozilla book in the Netsoc Library.
We also have some leftover discount vouchers for the book in the room.
The next tutorial
will include a recap on last week’s tutorial, followed by an introduction to web
design (concepts behind good layout and design) and some basic html, plus how to
set up a webpage on matrix.
Woohoo!
This year’s matrix accounts have (finally) been set up. If you applied
for a matrix account then check your TCD mail to receive your username and
password.
Matrix accounts are available to
current TCD staff and students who correctly filled out and signed the
application form.
If you haven’t received your welcome mail (and are eligable), then
contact the helpdesk.
Existing matrix users that renewed their account will not receive the
welcome mail, and may continue to use their existing password. Note that
accounts that were not renewed this year will expire in a week, so get renewing!
For help on how to use your new matrix account, try attending one of our
tutorials or
look at the Netsoc Support
Pages.