[committee] Inquiry into Sponsorship for Student Club

[Roy Xu]

Hi Nvidia Team,

I'm Roy Xu, an ordinary committee member of The University Computer Club Inc.(UCC), a student-run charity organization affiliated with the UWA Student Guild (https://ucc.asn.au). I'm reaching out to inquire about the possibility of sponsorship from Nvidia.

UCC has been helping students engaging in computer-related topics for 50 years. We provide spaces for fellow students to explore, discuss, and learn about computers and technologies. We also offer free services like high-speed internet access, computer access, and VM hosting to members. Additionally, our members self-host machines in a dedicated machine room within our clubroom (for reference: https://wiki.ucc.asn.au/Machines).  

In the past we have some GPUs in our cluster, but unfortunately, they became outdated or failed over time. Currently, the GPUs we have are all consumer/gaming-level served for the PCs. 

There have been growing interest and requests by our members about accessing graphical computing resources for AI, deep learning, and GPU computing projects, etc. Currently we have 215 members as shown in 2024 records. We are wondering if Nvidia is interested in supporting us by providing hardware or offering discounts so we can better assist the students in their learning?

Thank you for considering our request. We are looking forward to hearing from you :)

Kind regards,
Roy Xu