[ucc-announce] UCC in 2021: President's Welcome

[Timothy]

Hello all!

I am UCC's newly-elected president for 2021, and I have a few things I'd
like to talk to you about.

Firstly, to all new members --- welcome! I hope you'll explore what UCC
has to offer, and don't hesitate to pop by our clubroom. To members who
joined last year, I invite you to re-engage the club now that we
actually have an open clubroom and can run events normally.

While the clubroom is great, we also have a thriving online community.
If you haven't already, please *[join the discord]* for idle tech chat,
troubleshooting help, committee conversations, and more.

Now, I'd like to give you all an idea of what to expect this year from
UCC. There are some key areas I'd like to push this year with the
committee's help, and a line up of events that we're excited for and
hope you will be too --- if there's something you wish we had lined up,
don't hesitate to get in touch!


[join the discord] <https://discord.gg/aPpvXGy>


My priorities for 2021
======================

  Club culture
        UCC /can/ offer tremendous value to our members, but is hard for
        many students to get into. Every non-essential step between a
        mild interest in computing and getting your hands dirty should
        be removed. Touching UCC's systems should not be seen as "a
        wheel thing".
  Room renovations
        We've just had our tenancy contract renewed, and the room is
        crying out for some [TLC]. This year is an ideal time to refresh
        the UCC clubroom.
  Improved presence
        UCC has a history of under-promoting events, both with posters
        and social media. We can do far better, and in 2021 I'd like to
        see us actually do so. It's early days, but we now have an
        [instagram account].
  More club collaboration
        Late last year we started running more joint events with more
        clubs at UWA, let's keep this effort going!


[TLC] <https://www.dictionary.com/browse/tender-loving-care>

[instagram account] <https://www.instagram.com/ucc_uwa/>


The event lineup
================

  Look forward to a raft of events throughout the year! We've already
  had some tech talks and an Artemis LAN, and we don't plan on slowing
  down!

  All of the events below will be held in our clubroom in Cameron Hall
  (above the Tav).


Tech Talks
~~~~~~~~~~

  Coming up in our Tech Talk series we have
  + Wk.4 (this) Tuesday [23rd Mar] 5:30pm. *Intro to Linux pt. 2* ---
    setting up a server.
  + Wk.5 Tuesday 5:30pm [30th Mar]. *Intro to Git, version control* ---
    "track changes" on steroids, for all your files
  + Wk.6 Tuesday 5:30pm [6th Apr]. *Intro to Linux pt. 3*
  + Wk.8 Tuesday 5:30pm [27th Apr]. *Introduction to LaTeX* --- the
    prettiest PDFs you'll see, and the standard for published work in
    the mathematical sciences.
  + Wk.9,10,11 *TBD*

  Have something you'd be interested in hearing, or be willing to give a
  talk on yourself? Fantastic! Please let us know on discord
  (`@committee') or by emailing committee at ucc.asn.au.


VR Night
~~~~~~~~

  /Wk.6 Friday [9th Apr] 3:00pm/

  With (once again) free Pizza for Freshers from 2021 and 2020, come by
  to play with our Vive! We have /super hot/, /beat saber/, /keep
  talking and nobody explodes/, and other non-vive games we'll be
  putting on. It should be a blast 🎮.


Build and Break a PC
~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~

  /Wk.7 Tuesday [20th Apr] 5:00pm/

  UCC likes to keep our hardware up to date. So, every year we rebuild
  some of our oldest PCs. Come a long to learn about the internals as we
  take our old desktops apart and put together some new ones.

  If you're curious about building your own computer, if you bring some
  parts and we'll happily help you out while too, if you're looking for
  advice/tips/troubleshooting we've got that too!

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  Hope to see you around, and have a great 2021!

  *Timothy*
  /UCC President/
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