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| current location = London
| current location = London
| website url = https://wlcx.cc
| website url = https://wlcx.cc
| current occupation = Trainee Broadcast Engineer, [[IMG Studios]]
| current occupation = Broadcast R&D
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Sam was stolen from a [[URY|certain other media society]] around late spring term 2015, when he kind of just appeared at the installation of the [[G/046_Lighting_rig|new lighting rig]]. From there, he hovered in a non committal sort of way, before being elected [[Deputy Technical Director]] that Autumn, at the start of his year in industry. He spent that year pretending to know what was going on, and then was elected [[Technical Director]] in the 2016 AGM, in lieu of anyone else being around to do it, a position he held until the 2017 elections, towards the end of his final year of study. He was [[Webmaster]] for his last few months before becoming an alumni.  
Sam was stolen from a [[URY|certain other media society]] around late spring term 2015, when he kind of just appeared at the installation of the [[G/046_Lighting_rig|new lighting rig]]. From there, he hovered in a non committal sort of way, before being elected [[Deputy Technical Director]] that Autumn, at the start of his year in industry. He spent that year pretending to know what was going on, and then was elected [[Technical Director]] in the 2016 AGM, in lieu of anyone else being around to do it, a position he held until the 2017 elections, towards the end of his final year of study. He was [[Webmaster]] for his last few months before becoming an alumni.  
He currently works as a Trainee Broadcast Engineer at [[IMG Studios]].
He currently works in London trying to convince computers to do video.


He still wishes he'd got involved sooner.
He still wishes he'd got involved sooner.
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* Attempted to teach people how to work the good ship YSTV, while still learning how to work it himself.
* Attempted to teach people how to work the good ship YSTV, while still learning how to work it himself.
* In a long tradition of Tech Directors, neglected his degree.
* In a long tradition of Tech Directors, neglected his degree.
* Loosely orchestrated the frantic [[UniBrass 2017]]/[[Elections 2017#FTOs|FTO Debates 2017]] double bill of a friday/saturday, which involved rigging at the Harrogate International Center (where they hosted Eurovision in the 80s), getting politely kicked out at 1700, driving a van back to York, having an OB ready in Hendrix Hall in time for the FTO debates to start at 2000ish, largely successfully broadcasting said debates, packing down, getting ''some'' sleep, getting up at 0600, driving the van back to Harrogate and broadcasting brass bands for a day, packing down, going to McDonalds, and then driving the van home before faceplanting in bed.
* Loosely orchestrated the frantic [[UniBrass 2017]]/[[Elections 2017#FTOs|FTO Debates 2017]] double bill of a friday/saturday, which involved rigging at the Harrogate International Center (where they [[hosted Eurovision in the 80s|memes]]), getting politely kicked out at 1700, driving a van back to York, having an OB ready in Hendrix Hall in time for the FTO debates to start at 2000ish, largely successfully broadcasting said debates, packing down, getting ''some'' sleep, getting up at 0600, driving the van back to Harrogate and broadcasting brass bands for a day, packing down, going to McDonalds, and then driving the van home before faceplanting in bed.
** '''Loosely'''. Would've been nothing without all the (multiple) wonderful crews. Shoutout and apologies to everyone who did all 3 things alongside me...
** '''Loosely'''. Would've been nothing without all the (multiple) wonderful crews. Shoutout and apologies to everyone who did all 3 things alongside me...
* Didn't win another NaSTA for Best Tech in 2017, but at least went this time. Took bad photos all weekend and made poor attempts at humour in the AGM.
* Didn't win another NaSTA for Best Tech in 2017, but at least went this time. Took bad photos all weekend and made poor attempts at humour in the AGM.
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* Just about passed his degree!
* Just about passed his degree!
* Received "YSTV's Favourite Biscuit" (an award, not an actual biscuit) at the [[FLOPPYs#2017|2017 FLOPPYs]].
* Received "YSTV's Favourite Biscuit" (an award, not an actual biscuit) at the [[FLOPPYs#2017|2017 FLOPPYs]].
* Followed in [[Robert Walker]] and [[Mike Chislett]]'s footsteps and got a job as a Trainee Broadcast Engineer at [[IMG Studios]].
* Left University, and York in 2017 :(
** ...and then came back a few times to "help" at [[UniBrass 2018]] and [[YSTV 50]]
[[Category:People|Willcocks, Sam]]
[[Category:People|Willcocks, Sam]]