[committee] [DRAFT] ucc-announce email

Wed Oct 7 19:11:03 AWST 2020

Hello *UCCans*!

A lot has happened since the last Email, so let's get you up to date!

Tenancy news
============

  I'm am ecstatic to announce that UCC has recently had our appeal to
  keep our
  clubroom (i.e. not be evicted) /upheld/ by the Guild Executive.

  This marks the end of a several month-long saga, with the best outcome
  we could
  have hoped for. Congratulations to us all, and I'd like to thank
  everyone that
  had a part in this process ---from drafting emails to statements of
  support---
  their efforts have successfully brought us a renewed three-year
  tenancy
  agreement!

  <https://media.giphy.com/media/lMameLIF8voLu8HxWV/source.gif>

Help us improve
===============

  2020 has been a tough year for all of us, this only makes it more
  imperative
  that we try to rebuild engagement.

  I'll be frank, UCC seems to have had a rocky record with this as of
  late.

  So, we'd *love* to hear from you about what we've done right, what
  we've done
  wrong, and (/most importantly!/) what you think we can do to improve.
  Please, drop an email to [committee at ucc.asn.au]. Don't hesitate, or
  hold back.

[committee at ucc.asn.au] <mailto:committee at ucc.asn.au>

Events
======

Oct 9th, Weekly Friday Catchup
~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~

  Wander into UCC for a relaxed catch up with other UCCans. Chat about
  your week, your personal projects, and (this week only) watch the
  account locking script do its work.

  We'll be playing Jackbox and maybe more [Screencheat] if people are up
  for it.

[Screencheat] <https://store.steampowered.com/app/301970/Screencheat/>

Oct 10th, UWAnime+UCC Relay For Life
~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~

  Run, jog or even just stroll around Oak Lawn for the good cause of
  fundraising
  to helping cancer patients and their families find a brighter future.

  + Saturday 10th October 12:00PM to Sunday 11th October 12:00PM
  + $40 registration fee

  [[facebook event]]

[[facebook event]] <https://www.facebook.com/events/657570758170235>

Oct 22th, Cam Hall Quiz Night 2020
~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~

  + Collaboration between UWAPanto, Unigames, UCC and UniSFA
  + From 7-9 PM on October 22nd at the UWA Tav
  + 10 rounds of 10 questions, with prizes up for grabs
  + 8 person tables, $118 per ticket, $120 per table
  - 18+ event, ID required, please drink responsibly.

  [[facebook event]]

[[facebook event]] <https://www.facebook.com/events/325134982052275/>

Nov 20th--23rd CAMP in 3D
~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~

  + UniSFA, Unigames, and UCC are teaming up to bring you a monster
    CAMP.
  + We're running games, book clubs, LARPs, TED Talks/Rants, and a quiz
    night!
  + There's a little bit on offer from every club!
  + There are limited spaces, Tickets are on sale in the clubroom.
    - Earlybird tickets: $100, $110 after Nov 6th:
  + Open to students and non-students alike, 18+ event, ID required.

  [[facebook event]]

[[facebook event]] <https://www.facebook.com/events/642601790017490>

Tech talk --- UCC from home; an intro to remote access
~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~

  Coming on to campus less this semester? Or just want to have access to
  a
  powerful Linux server from anywhere?

  In this talk, James will go over some of the different ways to make
  use
  of UCC's resources from home or elsewhere, including via SSH, VPN and
  more.

  + Tuesday 13th Oct, 5:30pm - will be available online via
    [BigBlueButton].
  + See [Facebook] or [our Discord].

[BigBlueButton] <https://meetings.ucc.asn.au/b/jim-fcp-y6q>

[Facebook] <https://www.facebook.com/events/821918641919878/>

[our Discord] <https://discord.gg/aPpvXGy>

Get involved with tech projects
===============================

  There's always computery-stuff happening at UCC (funny, that 😛).
  Don't miss out
  on the chance to get involved with some of our current projects, and
  have some
  fun trying out something new while developing new skills.

  Just drop an email to [tech at ucc.asn.au] or ping `@wheel' on our
  [discord] to get started!

[tech at ucc.asn.au] <mailto:tech at ucc.asn.au>

[discord] <https://discord.gg/aPpvXGy>

Create an iCal based email reminder script
~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~

  Help upgrade the UCC event reminder system from cron jobs to a nice
  and modern
  iCal based system which reads iCal files and sends out reminder
  messages when appropriate.

Set up an Ansible script for idle VMs
~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~

  At UCC we like to make use of our idle computing power on our servers
  ---
  there's a lot you can do with 32 CPU threads and 128GB of RAM.
  Take this opportunity to try out a way of deploying systems by working
  on an
  [Ansible] automated deployment script for a virtual machine to give
  members access
  to unused compute power.

[Ansible] <https://www.ansible.com/>

Help upgrade the Vending machine server
~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~

  UCC is the proud owner of the first internet-connected vending
  machine(s) on
  campus! However the scripts UCCans developed could do with a revamp!

Coke machine rebuild
~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~

  Take a look at the innards of UCC's drink vending machine, and get
  involved with
  the fabrication of a replacement refrigeration unit.

Backup server rebuild
~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~

  Upgrade and install for the machine that receives offsite backups of
  critical
  UCC systems.

  Can you see yourself wanting to setup a cost-effective backup solution
  for your
  computer(s)? You could end up finding this useful prior experience.
  Here's an excerpt from one provider:
        Special "borg accounts" are available at a very deep
        discount for technically proficient users.

Keyboard library
~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~

  Let's take stock of our keyboards, what is popular/useful that we
  don't have.
  Make a list of what we have, and suggest new purchases to committee.

Take stock of clubroom machines
~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~

  let's take stock of our clubroom machines, find what is working and
  what isn't,
  identify things that need to be upgraded, suggest most cost effective
  purchases
  to committee.
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