October 2002

Boards Launched

Thursday 10 October 2002

Web-based Discussion Forums

http://www.netsoc.tcd.ie/boards/.

Announcing the Netsoc Boards, a web-based list of discussion forums
designed to give the Netsoc community a chance to contribute something
back.

The boards cover diverse topics such as TV, Sports, Netsoc News and Tech
forums.

We’ll be creating boards accounts for new members very soon, but in the
meantime you can create an account and start posting!

New Matrix Accounts

Wednesday 9 October 2002

Coming Soon

Don’t despair, your new Matrix account
is on the way! Soon, you’ll be able to “log on”, and your social
and academic life will go down the toilet…

We’re beavering away at the hundreds of application forms
and entering them into our database. We hope to have the new accounts
set up by the weekend. Keep your eyes peeled for your welcome mail!

We’ll also we sending you out details of our latest events, so check
your mailbox to see if your application has gone through.

This is also a good time to remind you that your old matrix account
will be disabled if you haven’t signed up for this year.

More Events Announced

Monday 7 October 2002

(With details to follow)

In addition to the first sneak preview of
what’s to come, we’re pleased to announce 4 further events.

Rudy Burger (CEO of MIT Media Lab Europe), Rob Malda (founder of
slashdot.org) & Fred Gallagher (aka Piro of megatokyo.com) will be
giving exclusive talks to Netsoc during the year.

We’re also lining up a huge intervarsity party. This is, naturally, in
association with other Netsocs from around the country, so be sure to come
along and make some new friends.