Everyone at the University of Waterloo is welcome to come to our events and to use our resources! Feel free to join our communities and chat with our members. However, if you wanted to officially become a member or support our vision of creating a supportive environment for all computing students, there's a bunch of ways you can join and help out.
How to Join
General Membership
In-person Term
- Drop by our office in MC 3036/3037 with
- your WatCard, and
- $2 for term that you would like to pay for
- Sign our Machine Usage Agreement
That's all! After your account created, you'll have access to all the services available to members.
Membership Renewal
If you are already a member of the CSC and want to renew your membership, you can do so by coming in person to our office.
Online Term
Email the CSC Systems Committee at syscom@csclub.uwaterloo.ca from your University of Waterloo email address with the following:
- a scan or photograph copy of your WatCard,
- your WatIAM userid, and
- your acknowledgement of having read, understood, and agreeing with our Machine Usage Agreement.
Membership Renewal
For this online term, you do not need to pay the $2 fee to renew your membership. We have extended the memberships of all members who had already previously paid for membership or have joined CS Club during an online term.
Executive Committees
Are you interested in using your skills to get involved with CSC? We have committees 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!
Programme Committee
- In charge of planning, advertising, and running all events hosted by CSC.
- Voices concerns/ideas on behalf of the CS community.
Website Committee
- Creates functional and modern design 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 1000s of people internationally.
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.