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October 2025 STMU and EGM

Wednesday 8 October 2025

October STMU and EGM

When: 29th October- doors open at 5:30pm, STMU 6PM, EGM 7:30pm Where: Informatics Forum G.07

We'll be holding our next STMU and EGM soon! The EGM is where we elect unfilled roles for the rest of the year.

STMU - "How to Tame the Elephant" - Bending Spoons

Come hear from our sponsor Bending Spoons about the technical challenges faced and lessons learned from modernising note-taking app Evernote's decade-old codebase. They'll discuss DevOps practices, building for reliability and improving the developer experience.

EGM

Roles up for election

  • 1st Year Rep
    • Responsible for communication between their year and the Society, and promotes events to their year.
    • Responsible for organising some of CompSoc's large projects and events, such as InfBall, HackTheBurgh or pwnedEd.
    • Gain an insight into the day-to-day of running CompSoc, and valuable experience in organising large scale society events.
  • 4th Year Rep - As above
  • Social Secretary - Be in charge of organising our social events!
    • Plan and execute all CompSoc social events
    • Be in charge of venue booking, logistics and promotion
  • Junior Treasurer
    • Manage daily financial operations - including making reimbursements, maintaining budgets, and tracking transactions.
    • Gain hands-on experience in the financials of managing a £70,000+ balance sheet.
    • Obtain valuable insights into financial management and prepare for a potential future role as Treasurer.

How do I run?

To run for one of these roles:

  • Submit a manifesto here (max 200 words!) - you can also run on the day but it's a good idea to write a manifesto. All manifestos should be sumbitted before the 29th.
  • Prepare a speech - these will be strictly 1 minute long

Voting

Voting will be in person and online - you'll need to have membership on EUSA, you can sign up for free here

See you there! Compsoc <3 You

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Published on Wednesday 8 October 2025

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