Update Technical Seminar Description

[WeatherGod3218]

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Summary of change(s):
Updated the description of a Technical Seminar

• Better represents CSH's current view on what a Technical Seminar is.

[WillNilges]

real-world skills or knowledge

Can you give an example of what you think this means? What is the difference between a Seminar relating to computing or electronics and a Seminar relating to real-world skills or knowledge?

Better represents CSH's current view on what a Technical Seminar is

Curious what evidence this assertion is based on.

[WeatherGod3218]

real-world skills or knowledge

Can you give an example of what you think this means? What is the difference between a Seminar relating to computing or electronics and a Seminar relating to real-world skills or knowledge?

While the first definition is just an objectively bad definition in general, the difference is that seminars that still have really good knowledge that can be used in Computer Science or Electronics still count. For example:

Discrete Math seminar would not count under the current definition
Behavioral Interview seminars wouldn't count under the current definition

It also allows for some more real life examples to be counted as well, important ones like How to do an oil change

Better represents CSH's current view on what a Technical Seminar is

Curious what evidence this assertion is based on.

This was me going around and talking with every single "group" that CSH currently has. This was the best definition that could be made to be a blanket statement across all of the organization.

Also a thing that's not included in this is during the intro process, the evals director would make a heavy note that Technical Seminar SHOULD be about something usable in the computer science field. But still allows for some useful seminars to happen without being a violation of the constitution

[aln730]

LGTM. Thanks for having a discussion about this!

[shaeespring]

@Qelxiros Can you decide if this is worded as pedantically as it could be?

[Qelxiros]

I'm not sure what's meant by "real-world." Presumably, the goal isn't to limit it to skills and knowledge that actually exist, since that's not really a limitation. I can think of a few alternatives (industry-standard, industry-applicable, useful, concrete, etc), but it depends on what you actually mean for this amendment to do.

[WeatherGod3218]

The goal of the wording was to open it up to stuff that wasn't exactly about computers but still really good for CS. An example of this is a potential Discrete Math seminar coming up. Although it is a VERY good thing to learn for computing or electronics.While there could be a better way to phrase it, this was the best I had to incorporate that element. If you have any changes please feel free