Everyone is welcome to join our community and participate in our club! However, by officially becoming a CSC member, you will:
- Get access to all the services available to members.
- Be eligible for free food and prizes at our events.
- Support CSC and enable us to continue organizing awesome events and initiatives in the future.
General membership is open to all members of the University of Waterloo community, including alumni.
New Member
Welcome to CSC! Membership is accounted for on a termly basis. If this is your first time signing up, please follow the instructions below.
In-person
Details
Visit our office in MC 3036/3037 or stop by any of our events, and an Office Staff member will be there to help you sign up as a CSC member in person. You will need to:
- Show your WatCard.
- Pay your $2 membership fee for the term. (See below for more details about various methods of payment.)
- Sign our Machine Usage Agreement.
Acceptable forms of payment are:
- Cash: If needed, we can make change for small bills.
- Debit/Credit card:
- In-person payment: Visit the MathSoc office (MC 3038) and ask to pay your CSC membership fee there. Bring the receipt which says "CSC membership" to an Office Staff member in order to complete the membership sign-up process.
- Online payment: Pay your membership fee online through the WUSA store. Show your emailed receipt to an Office Staff member in person in order to complete the membership sign-up process.
That's all! After your account has been created, you should receive a welcome email sent to your UWaterloo email address, and you'll have access to all the services available to members.
Remote
Details
To sign up as a CSC member online:
- Pay your $2 membership fee for the term through the WUSA store. Make sure you receive a receipt via email.
- Forward the email receipt to membership@csclub.uwaterloo.ca, along with
- your WatIAM ID (eg. ctdalek),
- a photo of your WatCard, and
- your acknowledgement of having read, understood, and agreed to our Machine Usage Agreement.
Note: You will not be signed up as a CSC member until after you have emailed us, even if you have already paid!
Membership Renewal
If you were a CSC member in a past term, and would like to renew your membership, please follow the instructions below.
In-person
Details
Visit our office in MC 3036/3037 or stop by any of our events, and an Office Staff member will be there to help you renew your CSC membership. You will need to pay $2 for each term that you wish to renew. Note that you will not need to show your WatCard or sign the Machine Usage Agreement again.
Renewing for the current term only
Acceptable forms of payment are:
- Cash: If needed, we can make change for small bills.
- Debit/Credit card:
- In-person payment: Visit the MathSoc office (MC 3038) and ask to pay your CSC membership fee there. Bring the receipt which says "CSC membership" to an Office Staff member in order to complete the membership sign-up process.
- Online payment: Pay for your CSC membership fee online at the WUSA store. Show your emailed receipt to an Office Staff member in person in order to complete the membership sign-up process.
Renewing for future terms
We only accept cash when renewing for future terms. If needed, we can make change for small bills.
Remote
Details
Renewing for the current term only
To renew your CSC membership for the current term online:
- Pay your $2 membership fee through the WUSA store, ensuring that you only pay for one term. Make sure you receive a receipt via email.
- Forward the email receipt to membership@csclub.uwaterloo.ca, along with your WatIAM ID (eg. ctdalek). You do not need to show your WatCard or sign the Machine Usage Agreement again.
Note: Your CSC membership will not be renewed until after you have emailed us, even if you have already paid!
Renewing for future terms
Unfortunately, renewing for future terms online isn’t readily supported at the moment. Please email membership@csclub.uwaterloo.ca and we will do our best to assist you.
Organizing Committee
Are you interested in using your skills to get involved with CSC and help make an impact on our community? We have teams covering everything from design to development, so no matter your interests, we’ve got a place for you.
CSC hires at the end of every term*, so make sure to stay connected through social media to keep up to date on when applications open!
*Some teams undergo a different hiring process, such as syscom, which recruits year-round.
Programme Committee
- In charge of planning, advertising, and running all events hosted by CSC.
- Voices concerns/ideas on behalf of the CS community.
Web Committee
- Creates functional and modern designs for the CSC website.
- Builds and maintains the static website, updating content for events and news.
Systems Committee
- Maintaining all services that CSC provides which includes file share, DNS, mail, configuration for IRC, Mattermost, Git hosting.
- Managing mirrors used by large public organizations and thousands of people internationally.
Syscom is always looking for new members! If you'd like to join, just send an email to syscom@csclub.uwaterloo.ca containing a brief introduction about yourself and any experience you have with GNU/Linux.
Elected Roles
Each term, the CSC holds elections to determine the executive council:
- President
- Vice-President
- Assistant Vice-President
- Treasurer
To find out when and where the next elections will be held, keep an eye on on the News.
For details on the elections, see the Constitution.