[committee] University Computer Club - Network Connection

[Warwick Calkin]

Hi James,

I am happy to meet and explore various options.

Jessie,

Can you please set up a meeting with James and whoever he would like to attend, along with Craig, Cam, and Lee and whoever else Cam and Lee think needs to be there.

Cheers,
Warwick

Warwick Calkin
Chief Information Officer
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From: James Arcus <vp at ucc.asn.au>
Sent: Tuesday, 24 August 2021 5:10 PM
To: Warwick Calkin <warwick.calkin at uwa.edu.au>
Cc: Craig Williams <craig.williams at uwa.edu.au>; UCC Committee <committee at ucc.asn.au>
Subject: University Computer Club - Network Connection


Dear Mr Calkin,

I am writing to you today on behalf of the University Computer Club (UCC), a
student-led club whose aim is the advancement of computer science and
technology on campus and in the broader UWA community.

Since 1974, the UCC has been a hub for students to enhance their learning and
gain hands-on systems administration, networking and programming experience.
From the establishment of the University's internet connection, we have
self-hosted a broad range of network services via a subnet for which we have
the responsibility of administering. However, due to increasing centralised
network restrictions, it is becoming difficult to expose students to many
services that could otherwise enhance their experience.

While this may not seem important in a corporate-type environment, the club
has a long history of experimentation with and development of networking
projects (for examples of software that was in-part developed at UCC, see
Squid, Dropbear and Avahi) in ways that were made possible by our ability to
self-administer our connection to the internet.

We would like to explore ways to maintain access to an open connection to the
internet, while also ensuring our club can't present a risk of impacting
University production services. This may take the format of shifting services
to a separate IP range from University services, in which case we may be able
to supply the required IP resources.

We would welcome the opportunity to discuss this further with you and your
team. Would it be possible to arrange a meeting between University IT and a
couple of representatives from the club?

Yours sincerely,

James Arcus
UCC Vice President 2021
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