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| '''Positions Held''' || None<br />(Computing Team Unofficial Member) | | '''Positions Held''' || None<br />(Computing Team Unofficial Member) | ||
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| '''[[FLOPPYs|FLOPPY]] Awards''' || The Stolen Member Award (2012) | | '''[[FLOPPYs|FLOPPY]] Awards''' || The Stolen Member Award (2012)<br />The "He doesn't even go here" Award (2013) | ||
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| '''Home Town''' || Milton Keynes | | '''Home Town''' || Milton Keynes | ||
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Alex is not a paid member of YSTV, and never has been, owing to becoming active in the society after having left university; he is, however, an unofficial member of the Computing Team due to his background in server administration. The party line is that he was poached from URY at [[Woodstock 2011]] when he wandered in and started to help us de-rig, but had been liaising between URY and YSTV for the year leading up to that, facilitating sharing of equipment and resources. | Alex is not a paid member of YSTV, and never has been, owing to becoming active in the society after having left university; he is, however, an unofficial member of the Computing Team due to his background in server administration. The party line is that he was poached from URY at [[Woodstock 2011]] when he wandered in and started to help us de-rig, but had been liaising between URY and YSTV for the year leading up to that, facilitating sharing of equipment and resources. | ||
Spent a lot of time after his degree finished | Spent a lot of time after his degree finished contributing to YSTV's software, hardware and infrastructure. This includes developing the current [[docs:camd|webcam]] logging/distribution software (Autumn 2012), consolidating switches and refreshing the network patch bays (Easter 2013) and coordinating the move to the *.ystv.york.ac.uk domain for all our machines (ongoing). He also designed and developed the [[Roses 2013]] website, http://roses2013.co.uk. | ||
Between September 2012 and March 2013, Alex was technical staff at TFTV, assisting with IT infrastructure and software support, as well as light TV studio assistance. As a side effect, YSTV has been indefinitely loaned a backup [[docs:Computing:Tape Library|tape library]] from TFTV, which is shared between YSTV and URY (who provided the LTO3 tapes.) | Between September 2012 and March 2013, Alex was technical staff at TFTV, assisting with IT infrastructure and software support, as well as light TV studio assistance. As a side effect, YSTV has been indefinitely loaned a backup [[docs:Computing:Tape Library|tape library]] from TFTV, which is shared between YSTV and URY (who provided the LTO3 tapes.) | ||
He primarily exists at the society to be friendly, and provides technical support (specifically with audio) as a secondary motive. | He primarily exists at the society to be friendly, and provides technical support (specifically with audio) as a secondary motive. On 24th June 2013, he was voted to be a life-long [[Honorary Members|honorary member]] of the society for his contributions. | ||
== Trivia == | == Trivia == | ||
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* Circuit design (normally reverse engineering things that [[Michael Chislett|Chis]] made, didn't document, and have now broken...) | * Circuit design (normally reverse engineering things that [[Michael Chislett|Chis]] made, didn't document, and have now broken...) | ||
Alex, for some unfathomable reason, tends to eagerly pick up the projects that sane people wouldn't touch with a [http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ZgP0aUKlmNw 39-and-a-half-foot pole]. | |||
== Credits == | == Credits == | ||