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'''UGMC Cyber Command''' ( | [[File:Cybercommand.PNG|thumb|upright=0.6|"Have you tried sticking it up your arse?" The official motto & emblem of Cyber Command]]'''UGMC Cyber Command''' (officially known as the '''Webmaster Team''') is the team assigned with managing UGMC's many IT systems. They work in silence, slaving away at maintaining the rather surprising amount of IT infrastructure that the mountaineering club possesses. Appointment to a position in Cyber Command follows a mysterious procedure, and not much is known about this elusive and important group. | ||
One of its members once described Cyber Commands operation style like so: | One of its members once described Cyber Commands operation style like so: | ||
''I imagine this is how all changes to [UGMC's IT systems] have been made; in a highly concentrated sporadic burst after not having been touched for several years and by people who really should be doing assignments or studying.'' | ''I imagine this is how all changes to [UGMC's IT systems] have been made; in a highly concentrated sporadic burst after not having been touched for several years and by people who really should be doing assignments or studying.'' | ||
== History == | |||
The origins of the Webmaster Team is shrouded in secrecy. All that is known is that it was officially founded in 2015 by Nigel Burke, to administer the clubs new website. It has since vastly grown in scope and mandate, with the UGMC having possibly the most formidable IT setup of any club in Ireland. | |||
== Services == | |||
The webmaster team operate the following services 24/7, without which the club machinery would grind to a halt. | |||
* The Club Website | |||
* The Club Webstore | |||
* The Maamturks Challenge Website | |||
* The Club Wiki | |||
* Registered Climbers Database | |||
* Club Equipment Database | |||
* Committee Email Service | |||
* Club-wide Mailing Service | |||
== Hardware == | |||
In addition to IT services, the webmasters are in charge of some physical computer hardware. | |||
=== The Club iPad === | |||
Serves as the walls official computer terminal for access to the registered climbers database, also as a portable means of accessing club IT systems while on trips. It serves a secondary purpose of keeping the fidgety committee members quiet on the bus with the plethora of games installed. An explicit ban on the app "Clash of Clans" has been in place since 2023. Rory McGowan attempted to strong-arm the webmasters into lifting this ban with a constitutional amendment at the 2025 AGM, but was swiftly defeated when the fact was realised that the webmasters would just ignore him. | |||
The iPad got a holiday when Liam Blake a.k.a. Guillome LeBlanc [https://wiki.ugmc.ie/index.php/Liam%27s_Adventure took it to France as his boarding pass]. | |||
=== The External Hard Drive === | |||
Contains the cold backup of most club IT systems, alongside videos and pictures from years gone by. A true time capsule of the club. | |||
Latest revision as of 18:01, 22 February 2026
UGMC Cyber Command (officially known as the Webmaster Team) is the team assigned with managing UGMC's many IT systems. They work in silence, slaving away at maintaining the rather surprising amount of IT infrastructure that the mountaineering club possesses. Appointment to a position in Cyber Command follows a mysterious procedure, and not much is known about this elusive and important group.
One of its members once described Cyber Commands operation style like so:
I imagine this is how all changes to [UGMC's IT systems] have been made; in a highly concentrated sporadic burst after not having been touched for several years and by people who really should be doing assignments or studying.
History
The origins of the Webmaster Team is shrouded in secrecy. All that is known is that it was officially founded in 2015 by Nigel Burke, to administer the clubs new website. It has since vastly grown in scope and mandate, with the UGMC having possibly the most formidable IT setup of any club in Ireland.
Services
The webmaster team operate the following services 24/7, without which the club machinery would grind to a halt.
- The Club Website
- The Club Webstore
- The Maamturks Challenge Website
- The Club Wiki
- Registered Climbers Database
- Club Equipment Database
- Committee Email Service
- Club-wide Mailing Service
Hardware
In addition to IT services, the webmasters are in charge of some physical computer hardware.
The Club iPad
Serves as the walls official computer terminal for access to the registered climbers database, also as a portable means of accessing club IT systems while on trips. It serves a secondary purpose of keeping the fidgety committee members quiet on the bus with the plethora of games installed. An explicit ban on the app "Clash of Clans" has been in place since 2023. Rory McGowan attempted to strong-arm the webmasters into lifting this ban with a constitutional amendment at the 2025 AGM, but was swiftly defeated when the fact was realised that the webmasters would just ignore him.
The iPad got a holiday when Liam Blake a.k.a. Guillome LeBlanc took it to France as his boarding pass.
The External Hard Drive
Contains the cold backup of most club IT systems, alongside videos and pictures from years gone by. A true time capsule of the club.