[committee] [ucc] Call for O-Day Volunteers

[dylanh333]

Hi James,

As discussed on Discord, I wish to attend from 9:30 am through to 
12:00pm, to cover both a bit of the setup, and overseeing the stall.

I also intend to bring my DEC VT320 terminal (or we can use one of the 
club's, if preferred), along with an RS232 to TTL UART cable, my 
Raspberry Pi, WiFi dongle, and various associated peripherals.
My hope is that we can use this both to give new and prospective UCCans 
a taste of the Linux command line and some of the cool retro tech UCC 
has to offer; as well as potential means for us to do account creations.

If it's looking likely that we may run into issues getting onto UWA's 
WiFi using a command-line-only Raspberry Pi (I'm not too familiar with 
setting up WiFi from the command line), it might also be worth us 
bringing down the 4G dongle from Camptenna, as a plan B, if that's 
appropriate.

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Thanks, and kind regards,
Dylan Hicks [333]

On 2021-02-15 12:07, James Arcus wrote:
> Hi all,
> 
> As you may be aware, O-Day is this on Friday this week (19 February).
> There are many roles needing to be filled, from set up, running the
> stall, holding the room, and pack up at the end of the day.
> 
> Currently, the schedule looks like this:
> 
> 	* 8 am to 9:30 am: Carry/drive equipment down to James Oval, begin
> setting up marquee and stall.
>  	* 9:30 to 10:30 am: Finish stall setup, do final checks.
> 
> 	* 11 am to 3 pm: Official O-Day operating time.
>  	* 3:30 pm to 4:30 pm: Stall pack-up and remove equipment from James
> Oval.
>  	* 4:30 pm to 5 pm: Finish pack-up at UCC.
> 
> Prospective new members will be around from at least 10 am until 4 pm,
> so we are also aiming to have the room open for at least that period.
> 
> In addition to the regular O-Day requirements, we will have to comply
> with the event's COVID Safety Plan this year. The organisers have
> given us a SafeWA QR code to display at our stall, and we will be
> continuing to use the code on the room. If you are helping run one of
> these locations, please make sure all visitors scan in, and try to
> keep people as socially-distanced as practicable.
> 
> I will have my car available to carry down some of the heavier
> equipment. We also have a new marquee, which is much less obtuse to
> set up than the previous one :)
> 
> While the forecast weather is milder than in previous years, don't
> forget to bring enough water to get you through the day. We will make
> sunscreen available for everyone to use, as well.
> 
> As always, the more volunteers we have, the lighter work it is for
> everyone. If you can only show up for some of the time, no worries.
> Every helping hand is appreciated.
> 
> If you are available to help out, we'd appreciate you letting us know.
> You can reply to this email, or visit our signup link:
> https://signup.com/go/KBzCHmX and claim one or more of the slots.
> 
> Hope to see you there!
> 
> Regards,
> 
> James Arcus
> _UCC President_
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