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<p>Dear Mr Calkin,</p>
<p>I am writing to you today on behalf of the University Computer
Club (UCC), a<br>
student-led club whose aim is the advancement of computer science
and<br>
technology on campus and in the broader UWA community.</p>
<p>Since 1974, the UCC has been a hub for students to enhance their
learning and<br>
gain hands-on systems administration, networking and programming
experience.<br>
From the establishment of the University's internet connection, we
have<br>
self-hosted a broad range of network services via a subnet for
which we have<br>
the responsibility of administering. However, due to increasing
centralised<br>
network restrictions, it is becoming difficult to expose students
to many<br>
services that could otherwise enhance their experience.</p>
<p>While this may not seem important in a corporate-type
environment, the club<br>
has a long history of experimentation with and development of
networking<br>
projects (for examples of software that was in-part developed at
UCC, see<br>
Squid, Dropbear and Avahi) in ways that were made possible by our
ability to<br>
self-administer our connection to the internet.</p>
<p>We would like to explore ways to maintain access to an open
connection to the<br>
internet, while also ensuring our club can't present a risk of
impacting<br>
University production services. This may take the format of
shifting services<br>
to a separate IP range from University services, in which case we
may be able<br>
to supply the required IP resources.</p>
<p>We would welcome the opportunity to discuss this further with you
and your<br>
team. Would it be possible to arrange a meeting between University
IT and a<br>
couple of representatives from the club?</p>
<p>Yours sincerely,</p>
<p>James Arcus<br>
<i>UCC Vice President 2021</i></p>
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