<div dir="ltr">Hi UCC,<div><div>May I follow up on this email? </div><div><br></div><div>Thanks,</div></div><div>Andy</div></div><br><div class="gmail_quote"><div dir="ltr" class="gmail_attr">On Wed, 3 Feb 2021 at 22:08, Andy Jiang <<a href="mailto:president@cissa.org.au">president@cissa.org.au</a>> wrote:<br></div><blockquote class="gmail_quote" style="margin:0px 0px 0px 0.8ex;border-left:1px solid rgb(204,204,204);padding-left:1ex"><div dir="ltr"><p style="margin:0px;font-variant-numeric:normal;font-variant-east-asian:normal;font-stretch:normal;line-height:normal"><font face="arial, sans-serif">Dear fellow tech clubs,</font></p>
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<p style="margin:0px;font-variant-numeric:normal;font-variant-east-asian:normal;font-stretch:normal;line-height:normal"><font face="arial, sans-serif">My name is Andy and I am the 2021 President of the Computing and Information Systems Student Association(CISSA) at The University of Melbourne. I am reaching out to you as we are interested in hosting a joint virtual hackathon in 2021 alongside representative tech clubs from each of the Group of Eight Universities in Australia.<span> </span></font></p>
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<p style="margin:0px;font-variant-numeric:normal;font-variant-east-asian:normal;font-stretch:normal;line-height:normal"><font face="arial, sans-serif">Here is a brief outline of what we do:</font></p><p style="margin:0px;font-variant-numeric:normal;font-variant-east-asian:normal;font-stretch:normal;line-height:normal"><font face="arial, sans-serif"><br></font></p>
<p style="margin:0px;font-variant-numeric:normal;font-variant-east-asian:normal;font-stretch:normal;line-height:normal"><font face="arial, sans-serif">The Computing and Information Systems Students Association (CISSA) represents the IT and tech-oriented student community at the University of Melbourne. We are the largest tech club at UoM with over 1000 active members. We hold a variety of events including hackathons, networking nights, technical workshops and social events.<span> </span></font></p>
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<p style="margin:0px;font-variant-numeric:normal;font-variant-east-asian:normal;font-stretch:normal;line-height:normal"><font face="arial, sans-serif">We believe there is great potential to facilitate the hackathon scene amongst Australian universities. This idea is inspired by the many large-scale hackathons that take place in the US, and the lack of such opportunities within Australia. With the reach of each of our respective clubs, we want to involve as many students as possible. The goal of the hackathon is for students around Australia to come together and solve problems using technology. Over the course of a few days, complementary activities such as workshops, panels and social events are also a great opportunity for participants to develop their technical skills, network with professionals, and have some fun!</font></p>
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<p style="margin:0px;font-variant-numeric:normal;font-variant-east-asian:normal;font-stretch:normal;line-height:normal"><font face="arial, sans-serif">If your club is interested in this collaborative opportunity to host what will be one of the biggest student hackathons in Australia, do reach out and we can arrange a time for further discussions. Please let us know your preferred channel of communication (e.g. slack, discord). We look forward to hearing your thoughts on this!</font></p>
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<p style="margin:0px;font-variant-numeric:normal;font-variant-east-asian:normal;font-stretch:normal;line-height:normal"><font face="arial, sans-serif">Note: This is a stand-alone event involving clubs from the Group of Eight Universities, separate from the student IT club union proposed by Gavin from WIRED Monash.</font></p>
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<p style="margin:0px;font-variant-numeric:normal;font-variant-east-asian:normal;font-stretch:normal;line-height:normal"><font face="arial, sans-serif">Sincerely,</font></p>
<p style="margin:0px;font-variant-numeric:normal;font-variant-east-asian:normal;font-stretch:normal;line-height:normal"><font face="arial, sans-serif">Andy Jiang</font></p><div><br></div>-- <br><div dir="ltr"><div dir="ltr"><table style="font-family:Arial,sans-serif;border-collapse:collapse"><tbody><tr><td width="370" style="padding:10px"><h2 style="font-size:16px;line-height:20px;margin:0px;text-transform:uppercase;color:rgb(2,10,35)">Andy jiang</h2><div>PRESIDENT</div></td><td valign="bottom" style="padding:5px"><a href="https://www.facebook.com/cissa.unimelb" style="color:rgb(17,85,204)" target="_blank"><img src="https://s.peso.fun/cissa/signature/assets/fb.png" style="height: 24px;"></a> <a href="https://twitter.com/CISSA_UniMelb" style="color:rgb(17,85,204)" target="_blank"><img src="https://s.peso.fun/cissa/signature/assets/tw.png" style="height: 24px;"></a> <a href="https://www.instagram.com/cissa_unimelb" style="color:rgb(17,85,204)" target="_blank"><img src="https://s.peso.fun/cissa/signature/assets/ig.png" style="height: 24px;"></a> <a href="https://www.linkedin.com/company/cissa-computing-and-information-systems-students-association-" style="color:rgb(17,85,204)" target="_blank"><img src="https://s.peso.fun/cissa/signature/assets/in.png" style="height: 24px;"></a> <a href="https://medium.com/cissa-unimelb" style="color:rgb(17,85,204)" target="_blank"><img src="https://s.peso.fun/cissa/signature/assets/rss.png" style="height: 24px;"></a></td></tr></tbody></table><table style="font-family:Arial,sans-serif;border-collapse:collapse"><tbody><tr><td width="190" style="padding:10px;border-top:3px solid rgb(2,10,35)"><img src="https://s.peso.fun/cissa/signature/assets/logo.png" border="0" style="height: 50px;"></td><td width="350" style="font-size:12px;line-height:16px;color:rgb(2,10,35);border-top:3px solid rgb(2,10,35);padding-top:10px">Computing and Information Systems Students Association<br>📧 <a href="mailto:executives@cissa.org.au" style="color:rgb(17,85,204)" target="_blank">executives@cissa.org.au</a><br><img alt="📬" src="https://mail.google.com/mail/e/1f4ec" style="margin: 0px 0.2ex; vertical-align: middle; max-height: 24px;"> Level 8, Doug McDonnell Building, University of Melbourne<br><img alt="🌏" src="https://mail.google.com/mail/e/1f30f" style="margin: 0px 0.2ex; vertical-align: middle; max-height: 24px;"> <a href="https://cissa.org.au/" style="color:rgb(17,85,204)" target="_blank">https://cissa.org.au</a></td></tr></tbody></table></div></div></div>
</blockquote></div><br clear="all"><div><br></div>-- <br><div dir="ltr" class="gmail_signature"><div dir="ltr"><table style="font-family:Arial,sans-serif;border-collapse:collapse"><tbody><tr><td width="370" style="padding:10px"><h2 style="font-size:16px;line-height:20px;margin:0px;text-transform:uppercase;color:rgb(2,10,35)">Andy jiang</h2><div>PRESIDENT</div></td><td valign="bottom" style="padding:5px"><a href="https://www.facebook.com/cissa.unimelb" style="color:rgb(17,85,204)" target="_blank"><img src="https://s.peso.fun/cissa/signature/assets/fb.png" style="height: 24px;"></a> <a href="https://twitter.com/CISSA_UniMelb" style="color:rgb(17,85,204)" target="_blank"><img src="https://s.peso.fun/cissa/signature/assets/tw.png" style="height: 24px;"></a> <a href="https://www.instagram.com/cissa_unimelb" style="color:rgb(17,85,204)" target="_blank"><img src="https://s.peso.fun/cissa/signature/assets/ig.png" style="height: 24px;"></a> <a href="https://www.linkedin.com/company/cissa-computing-and-information-systems-students-association-" style="color:rgb(17,85,204)" target="_blank"><img src="https://s.peso.fun/cissa/signature/assets/in.png" style="height: 24px;"></a> <a href="https://medium.com/cissa-unimelb" style="color:rgb(17,85,204)" target="_blank"><img src="https://s.peso.fun/cissa/signature/assets/rss.png" style="height: 24px;"></a></td></tr></tbody></table><table style="font-family:Arial,sans-serif;border-collapse:collapse"><tbody><tr><td width="190" style="padding:10px;border-top:3px solid rgb(2,10,35)"><img src="https://s.peso.fun/cissa/signature/assets/logo.png" border="0" style="height: 50px;"></td><td width="350" style="font-size:12px;line-height:16px;color:rgb(2,10,35);border-top:3px solid rgb(2,10,35);padding-top:10px">Computing and Information Systems Students Association<br>📧 <a href="mailto:executives@cissa.org.au" style="color:rgb(17,85,204)" target="_blank">executives@cissa.org.au</a><br><img alt="📬" src="https://mail.google.com/mail/e/1f4ec" style="margin: 0px 0.2ex; vertical-align: middle; max-height: 24px;"> Level 8, Doug McDonnell Building, University of Melbourne<br><img alt="🌏" src="https://mail.google.com/mail/e/1f30f" style="margin: 0px 0.2ex; vertical-align: middle; max-height: 24px;"> <a href="https://cissa.org.au/" style="color:rgb(17,85,204)" target="_blank">https://cissa.org.au</a></td></tr></tbody></table></div></div>