University of York

Computer Science Society

2025/26 Committee Statement

Welcome to HackSoc @everyone. Whether you're a fresher or a returning student, allow us to introduce you to a reinvented HackSoc. This Committee are committed to delivery. Delivering engaging, original events. Delivering opportunities and Delivering a community.

This year we've set ourselves a theme of "the obscure, the obsolete and the absurd". We've got events in the pipeline that explore everything from dial-up and SIP Phones to mobile servers and cardboard cases. Join us: our events are designed for togetherness!

HackSoc is one of 5 Computer Science societies at the University of York. We are York, United Kingdom; not York Canada. 🇬🇧

What are we about in 3 words? ...

SERVERS

BUILDING

STUFF

HackSoc has always had an emphasis on systems administration, looking after our various generations of servers. Whether you've never touched a system sans desktop or are interested in extending your HomeLab into enterprise gear, HackSoc is the place for you.

The internet has such a vast trove of comprehensive resources these days for learning everything from Python to Portuguese. For many people, these are an attractive option which is why we want to focus on the things that are much more difficult to do from your desk. Getting hands on with hardware and building things which interact with the real-world.

Unlike our sister societies, HackSoc isn't tied down to any specific area of computer science; we're free to go with the flow (and more importantly, the interests of members) and just explore cool stuff. We could be talking Rust one week and chucking HDDs out of windows the next!

## 🎟️ Membership

You can buy membership at any point throughout the year from our [YorkSU Page](https://yorksu.org/activities/view/hacksoc). All of our events are open to all though - membership is **never** required. Of course, your support helps us deliver the highest quality events. Being a member also grants you the special privilege of using the powerful new servers for you personal projects.

## 📅 Events

We strive to deliver a wide range of events; from technical workshops to our bi-weekly board games. Some of our biggest and best events might be delivered alongside our sister societies. Checkout our events page or visit [coming soon]() to see everything past and present.

## 👥 Committee

Everything the society does is delivered by the students on the committee. If you want something changed or think you can do a better job, nominate yourself for a position at the next AGM (usually held around March). All positions can be held jointly by up to 2 people.

#### The 2025/26 committee:

*Signatories:*

- **👑 President** - Aaron Heald

- **💰 Treasurer** - Ren Herring

- **🖋️ Secretary** - Will Hall

*Non-exec Roles:*

- **🖱️ Infrastructure Officer (1)** - Will Hall & Aaron Heald

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- **⌨️ Infrastructure Officer (2)** - Ren Herring & Evelyn Gravett

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- **💿 Infrastructure Officer (3)** - Ashley Bryan

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- **📰 Press & Publicity Officer** - Iris McBride

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- **🧑‍💼 Ordinary Officer** - Katelyn Burberry

## 📢 Socials

Stay up to up to date with all of our *Hackenings* by following us on various channels:

- 📷 Instagram: [@uoyhacksoc](https://www.instagram.com/uoyhacksoc/)

- 🗪 Discord: [HackSoc](https://discord.gg/fgUWG92abr)

- 🗪 IRC: [#hacksoc on irc.libera.chat](https://web.libera.chat/?channel=#hacksoc)

- 📧 Mailing List: [Subscribe to Mailing List](https://listmonk.yfoss.uk/subscription/form)

- 🛜 RSS Feeds: Coming soon