Coding United June Digest

A start to the new monthly newsletter!

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Thomas Henkel & Jose de Lima
June 19, 2025 • Estimated Reading Time: 4 minutes

🌟 Editor's Note
Welcome to the beginning of the Coding United Digest, this will be aimed to cover the club meeting notes and other important dates!

Club details can be found in the GitHub.

🗓️ Upcoming Deadlines

Board roles self-nominations close

Calling everyone interested in becoming a board member!

  • Open Positions;

    • Secretary

    • Engagement Officer

    • Events Coordinator

  • Nomination Deadline: Starting Soon: Keep an eye out for email with details

Appointed officer roles submissions

Interested in shaping the future of the club, apply today!

  • Available Roles;

    • Project Maintenance Officer(s)

    • Coding Workshop Leader(s)

    • Recreation Leader

  • Apply: Email your submission

Constitution changes vote

Let your voice be heard, exercise your right to vote!

Constitution results

The new constitution has been ratified and cna be reviewed in club share point.

  • Election Day: June 29th, 2025

📜 Proposed Constitution Changes

A brief summary of the proposed changes

  • Creation of elected board roles: Introduction of a new board position with the Events Coordinator

  • Introduction of appointed officers: Introduction of appointed officer roles and all the related articles

  • Addition of special elections: Introduce language to allow special elections

  • Definition of “active member”: Clarification of what the criteria is to be considered active in the club

  • Introduction of Quorum: Defining of a Quorum and what it is required for

🧑‍💻LeetCode Fridays and the Future

LeetCode Fridays discontinued

LeetCode Fridays has been discontinued in favor of a new beginner-friendly, project-based learning track called Intro to Programming Course. If you’re interested complete first two lessons of Intro to Python.

The first lesson review meeting will be: July 7th at 8:30pm eastern, Check emails for meeting details.

🎮Game Server Initiative

Minecraft game server

  • Bryton will be the project lead for this initiative

  • Basic Concepts: server setup, configuration, and collaborative gaming environments

  • Details

    • Game Server Prep Meeting: Youtube video of meeting

    • Next Meeting: Game Server Kickoff Meeting - July 2nd at 7:00pm eastern

⏳Reminders and Action Items

  • Fill out the Member Info Form if you haven’t already.

  • Consider nominating yourself for a board role or submitting interest for an appointed role.

  • Reach out with questions, concerns, or suggestions!: [email protected]

📆 Upcoming Meetings: 06/30 - 07/05

  • Website Project: Building the Foundations: June 30th, 8:30pm eastern

    • Intro to Docker: Why we use containers

    • Git & Github basics commands and documentation

  • Book Club: The Object-Oriented Thought Process: July 1st, 8:30pm eastern

    • Review chapter 5 and 6

  • Game Server Kickoff: July 2nd, 7:00pm eastern

    • What is Linux

    • Why is Linux used for hosting game servers

    • Start preping to maintain and manage a live game server environment

  • Website Project: Building the Foundations: July 3rd, 8:30pm eastern

    • Build a basic docker file

    • What are gitignore and dockerignore files

    • Homework: setup a Django container that can run locally

Did You Know? The first computer bug was literally a bug—in 1947, Grace Hopper found a moth trapped in a Harvard Mark II computer, coining the term "debugging" in the process.

Till next time,

Coding United Digest