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So the semester’s wound down, exams are over, and you’re dutifully reading our newsletter while Facebook, Steam and YouTube leer at you with beckoning fingers and the promise of a good time. Maybe you’ve finalised your holiday plans and are dreaming of a faraway place. Maybe your plans are with someone called Bethesda and your destination is Skyrim.

Either way, we hope you’ve had a good year. Congratulations to Bernhard Scholz and Dominick Ng, our Best Lecturer and Tutor, elected by YOU for making your year better! And thanks to all our members for making our year better, too! That’s right, it’s time to lay on the cheese and exclamation marks, because this is our last (planned) newsletter for the year!

Here we have some ideas for a productive summer, with a survey, T-shirt designs, and vacation jobs for you. For those of you reaching your honours year, the School of Geosciences is interested in taking you on. Don’t forget to swing by our stall at O-Week next year, because we can’t wait to see you again!

With love,
SUITS Exec
Now with extra cheese!

SUITS End of Year Survey

SUITS is a society run by its members, for its members. And so we need YOU, our members, to tell us what we are doing right, what we are doing wrong, and what we might not be doing at all.

We can only perform so awesomely because we try to do what you guys want, and if we are to get any better we need your help. The survey will only take about 5 minutes and we’d really appreciate the feedback.

The survey is available at: https://docs.google.com/a/suits.org.au/spreadsheet/viewform?hl=en_US&formkey=dFloaGpVTllkeW00dGlOWWcxZEtBdmc6MQ#gid=0

Thanks again for the year!

2012 SUITS T-shirt Competition

Have you always wanted one of your designs on a T-shirt? Well now is your chance! O-week is fast approaching and SUITS needs a brand new T-shirt for the new year.

Our previous shirt, featuring the SUITS Yeti, was amongst the best on campus, featured in several USU brochures and was runner up at the C&S awards. Apart from that, sightings were reported throughout the year all around campus from science to engineering.

If getting your design out there isn’t enough, the winner will be receiving free BBQ’s all through the next year, as well as recognition on the SUITS Website and in our various publications.

To apply, submit your T-shirt design as a png or pdf to tshirts.suits.org.au.

Images should be designed so that they will fit onto one side of a T-shirt (sadly, only one side), and include the USU logo somewhere in the design. The logo is available on the USU Website here.

Silicon Beach Sydney Startup Community Christmas Party/World Record Attempt

When: Friday 9th December, 6:00pm
Where: Bar 77, Grace Hotel, 77 York St, Sydney

Silicon Beach/Open Coffee/PushStart invite you to the official Sydney Startup Community Christmas Party!

Come and celebrate the massive year the Sydney startup community has had with some Christmas cheer and a World Record Attempt for Charity!

Click here for more details and to vote for the world record you’d most like to be a part of…

Spread the word.

Looking for a summer job?

Want to work in a social enterprise startup?

Bernard O’Sullivan is looking for talented developers and designers to get involved in his innovative startup in the social enterprise space. So if you want to do some good while doing business, here’s your chance!

For more details, call Bernard on 0418783072.

Are you a keen iOS developer who wants to take a punt with a slice of equity in a really promising startup?

A crack team of Valley-funded USyd grads have marketing experts, an expert in branding & design, awesome specs, brilliant idea AND a corporate strategic alliance already on board. This mix will get the app a lot of press and quick uptake once it’s live. The missing piece of the puzzle is a great iOS dev on board as a long-term part of the team rather than a paid employee. Is that you?

It’s not a difficult app to build (it should only take 2 to 3 weeks), but it’s unique. All you need to apply is a portfolio of your previously-built apps. Experience with commercial projects and social media development is preferred.

If you think you’re up to the job, send your CV/portfolio to Samantha at drupal.applicants@yahoo.com. If you are the right guy but need $$$ (you can’t work for equity), contact her anyway to make arrangements.

Looking for a 50:50 partnership in stock market software?

A stock market trader and investor is looking for someone who can develop a trading program that interacts with live (dynamic) stock market data produced by existing Java-based software. Similar trading software is used by most professionals and individual share traders (including through online brokers such as CommSec and E-Trade), and as such, it’s a lucrative opportunity to get involved in the stock market.

As a 50:50 commercial partnership, you won’t be paid for labour (you’ll be paid in equity), but will receive compensation for other necessary operating costs.

Interested? Call Nick on 0448098979.

Honours with the Earthbyte Research Group

The Earthbyte Research Group at the School of Geosciences offers a range of Honours projects. Most involve computational modelling and past experiences have shown many projects are particularly well-suited to IT students.

Interested? More details and the full list of projects on offer can be found here.

Remember how, in last week’s newsletter, we said we’d try to avoid bankruptcy for another year? After a week at the helm, we’ve decided to pursue the slightly-less-lofty goal of simply surviving the remainder of 2011 to ring in the new year with the gift of existence.

And how close to the end of the year it is! The scent of freedom is almost overwhelming. If only this stinking pile of exams would get out of the way. Don’t worry, though: we have a promising line-up of events to help you procrastinate.

First things first: we’re going to get you sloshed. Preferably in a cocktail dress (that goes for everybody, regardless of gender). That’s right, it’s another SUITS Drinks Night on Tuesday, and the theme is “Casino Cool” (the “cool” part is necessary because the sun will probably be trying to make us a tender roast). So grab some drinks on us (free for Access card holders, $10 for non-Access) and raise your glass to HashBang, our new publication, which we will be launching on the night.

We’ll be following that up with our usual weekly BBQ and a special Halloween-themed Movie Night with SUTEKH on Thursday. This week, we’ll be screening The Nightmare Before Christmas or Zombieland (whichever is more popular among the attendees). So everybody make a scene (drunken or otherwise)! We’ll see you there!

With love,
SUITS Exec
(clinging desperately to our Swivel Chairs of Power)

Drinks Night and HashBang Launch

Join us to celebrate the end of semester!

When: Tuesday 25th October, 5:30-8:30pm
Where: Hermann’s Bar
RSVP: Facebook

The Sydney University IT Society is launching a new student publication on campus, HashBang.

The Wired Magazine of Sydney Uni, the TechCrunch of our startup community, HashBang aims at bringing together tech news, industry figures and startup stories from a student perspective.

Created by Computer Science students from the University of Sydney and beyond, HashBang will feature articles and stories written by IT students and will primarily be an online publication with quarterly print versions.

Come and join us as we celebrate the end of semester, distribute the first print versions of HashBang and launch our online space.

Free drinks for all access card holders! $10 for non-access.

Best Lecturer/Tutor Nominations

Had a great lecturer or tutor this semester? Maybe you had one a semester ago who was so great you can’t stop raving about them.

SUITS is awarding the best lecturer and best tutor certificates, with the recipients being selected by your vote! If you think one of your tutors or lecturers did an amazing job this year, here is a chance to give them the recognition they deserve.

Simply submit a nomination here, and we’ll forward them some love on your behalf.

SUITS/SUTEKH Spooktacular Screening

When: Thursday 27th October, 5:30-8:30pm
Where: SIT Boardroom
RSVP: Facebook

In celebration of Halloween, SUITS/SUTEKH is having a spooktacular movie screening. We will have yummy Halloween-themed treats and will be putting the movie up to popular vote: The Nightmare Before Christmas or Zombieland, you decide! So join us for food, friends, a film and fun times!

DotA Soc AGM

When: Friday 28th October, 2:00-3:00pm
Where: Elisabeth Sidler Room, Manning House

We had our own AGM recently and the time has come for the DotA Society to have theirs.

One of the issues being raised on the day is a change of society direction. Given that DotA as a game is being phased out and Starcraft is achieving the greatest success, some of us are looking to change “DotA Society” into “Starcraft Society”.

If you would like any more information, have any questions or any issues you want to raise, please contact Brian at “brian.ng at ausproleague dot com”.

ING Direct Inspirational Talks

When: Tuesday 25th October
Where: New Law Building, Lecture Theatre 024
RSVP: Facebook

Studying bringing you down? Feeling purposeless and lacking direction? Perk yourself up with a series of free inspirational talks by some of Australia’s latest success stories!

Speakers include Jack Delosa – a 23 year old entrepreneur whose company is one of the Fastest 50 Start-Ups in Australia and who consults for brands like Microsoft, Virgin and CPA Australia; Samah Hamid, whose humanitarian work for the UN and NGOs like Oxfam and Amnesty International has been highly commended; Dr. Sam Prince – an entrepreneur, medical doctor, and philanthropist who is working to systematically eliminate infectious diseases from Australia for good, one at a time; and Leigh Morrison, a life coach who helps people figure out what they should do with their lives to make them meaningful and fulfilling. Joining them will be ING Direct guest speakers.

Interested? Just register at the Facebook page above.

Hack Sessions: Tunnelling, Printing and Internet

When: Wednesday 2nd of March, 12-1PM
Where: School of IT (SIT) Lab 118

Here in IT we dont believe in limited internet. So we set up our own systems for accessing the internet and printing.

In the first of our regular weekly Hack Sessions, we show you the secret to getting unmetered internet, printing through the command line in SIT and getting your own linux console up and running.

This is a MUST ATTEND for anyone doing IT who wants to know how to make the most of our systems in SIT.

Note: We are still looking for presenters. See below for details…

Volunteers + Members Dinner/Board Games @ SIT

When: Wednesday 2nd of March, 5:30-11PM
Where: School of IT (SIT) Board Room (124)

This year was one of SUITS’ most successful O-Week. We got a record number of signups, and gave away more stuff than ever before. But, it could not have happened without the support of ever member of SUITS who helped to run the stall, and every one of our new and returning SUITS members.

To celebrate, we will be hosting a small dinner with board games in the SIT board room this Wednesday. The event will be very informal, come and go as you wish, with free thai provided.

Members Survey

Just a quick reminder to last year’s members, we are still looking for responses to the Members Survey…

As a student society, we can only be successful if we get heaps of feedback from our members to let us know how we are doing. It is crucial that we get an idea of what we are doing right, wrong or not doing at all.

Please fill in the survey to help us function better as a society. The survey is available at the following URL:

http://edu.surveygizmo.com/s3/406472/SUITS-2010-Members-Survey

Thanks in advance

Careers Center

To celebrate the start of a new academic year, the Careers Centre is excited to give you the opportunity to win an iPad. There will soon be more information on how you can win. In the meantime, stay up-to-date with Careers Centre events, competitions and job opportunities by signing up for the Careers Centre’s free email service, Job Alert.

The following events will be useful to a Engineering & IT student at any stage of their degree. If you are in your final year of study, now is the best time to be applying for graduate roles and researching key industry recruiters. Penultimate students are encouraged to come along to these events to research and apply for internships/summer vacation roles. And first years can plan their careers early. The Careers Centre runs a number of different events to assist you in this process, and can help you with any related enquiries.

2011 Investment Banking and Consultancy Careers Fair

Meet with recruiters from some of the world’s top organisations that offer investment banking and consultancy career opportunities, including internship and graduate positions. Visit the stands of leading global and niche specialist consultancy and investment banking firms to discuss careers and key skills required.

When: Thursday 3 March 5.30pm — 7.30pm
Where: Great Hall

Hack Sessions: Call for Presenters

Its that time of year again, and we are looking for people who want to share their knowledge.

Last years hack sessions were a great success and we want to continue the tradition into the new year. We had a huge variety of topics last year including Programming Theory Tutorials, LaTeX Tutorials, Multi-Touch Demo’s, HTML/CSS Tutorials and so much more.

You can present what you are researching, hobbies, or anything else you know. The only restriction is that the presentation should be IT related. If you are interested in presenting in Semester 1, 2011, email us a brief description of your talk, and dates when you are able to present. Talks generally last about an hour, and are presented at 1-2 PM sometime during the week.

If you are interested in presenting, drop us an email at suits@it.usyd.edu.au.

Facebook Page

As part of our new year update, we have switched to a facebook page, which allows us alot more flexibility in getting our messages out to you.

Therefore, we will be shutting down the old facebook group. As of this week, we will no longer be actively updating or maintaining the page. Some time in the future we will be shutting it down.

The new page is available at:

http://www.facebook.com/pages/Sydney-University-IT-Society-SUITS/166695160050082

When: 5pm, Wed 22nd Of September

Where: School Of IT Boardroom, Wintergarden.

Are you an enthusiastic and committed IT student? Do you want to gain more out of your degree, help futher a relatively new society and make new friends and have a whole heap of fun in the process? Than nominate yourself for a SUITS Executive position with the form below!

SUITS Annual General Meeting is on next week, where you can vote on all executive positions and have your say in how SUITS will run! All students are eligible for a position and all members are allowed to vote.

SUITS is one the premier student run IT societies in Australia. Everything we do is for students, organised by students. If you have great ideas for how to make IT more enjoyable for students or just want to get more involved consider nominating yourself for one the positions below.

Positions Available are:

- President

- Vice President

- Treasurer

- Secretary

- Events Coordinator

- IT Officer

- Industry Liason

- Undergraduate Representative

- International Student Representative

- Postgraduate Student Representative

Please Nominate yourself via the online form:http://bit.ly/bYMjjC

Dinner and Drinks will be provided for free. Boardgames may proceed after AGM depending on finish time.

For full week 8 newsletter click the link below:

http://www.suits.org.au/newsletter/newsletters/newsletter-46.html

Week 6

For this week only SUITS BBQ will be on the Eng Lawns with a jumping castle and console games! And the BBQ is FREE for everyone!

Looking for internships over the summer? If you have missed out on SUITS major sponsor CBA, then make sure to look into SIT Summer Scholarships and stay tuned for more information from our sponsors.

Also our SUITS Hack Sessions are on as usual with SUITS President, Stephen Merity, presenting an introduction to PyPy and how to compile python into C!

SUITS Hack Session: PyPy & Compiling Python into C – Week 6

Introduction to PyPy and how to compile python into C. PyPy is an implementation of python written in python which aims at producing a flexible and fast Python implementation. Come see SUITS president introduce it to everyone this week!

SUITS Hack Sessions will now occur every week on Tuesday during semester from 1-2pm in SIT Lab 118.

Next week: Alan Turing and the Philosophy of AI with Tim O’Keefe

Have a great week,

SUITS Exec
Full Newsletter here: http://www.suits.org.au/newsletter/newsletters/newsletter-40.html