# UCC 50th Anniversary History Questionnaire ## This document: https://hedgedoc.ucc.asn.au/jEYtN2F5RDWDyR_Vrwlm4w?both - shortcut https://hedgedoc.ucc.asn.au/s/0jIaLQv10 ## Interview Starting Questions 1. What's your name? 2. When did you join UCC? 3. Why did you join UCC? 4. What does UCC mean to you? ## Interview Mic Announcment ## Where are they now? https://discord.com/channels/264401248676085760/439837775366455296/1283259466820616294 > [...] Finally, we're currently looking for submissions to a "where they're at now" presentation, to be shown on the night! If UCC's made as much of an impact to you as it has to me, please send: > - What you're up to nowadays > - How long you've been a member at UCC > - (optional) one fun memory of your time at UCC. > to me either as a DM, or to my email: [email protected] ## UCC Pitch - https://lists.ucc.gu.uwa.edu.au/pipermail/committee/2024-September/009367.html UCC is 50 years old! We want to hear your anecdotes, see your photos and share your memories. Tell us your war stories! Anything random or funny, we want to hear that too! Go here to help flesh out UCC's history with your story: https://hedgedoc.ucc.asn.au/s/0jIaLQv10 But more than that, we also need your help to safeguard the club's future for the next 50 years. In 2020, UCC almost lost the clubroom, because of a change in Guild Tenancy rules. Thanks to a herculean effort, the club successfully managed to keep the clubroom, but is now required to justify its existence every three years to keep that space in Cameron Hall. > [note my draft-alice] While the online world is more important than ever, without a physical presence, UCC's future is potentially at risk. Documenting UCC's history won't simply be about capturing the historical details of the club, it will also help to establish to external parties how important UCC is for UWA students. UCC is so much more than just a club! UCC is a place to come together; an environment to learn new skills; to explore old and new technologies; to further your career, and to find your tribe. We want to hear what UCC means to you, and what you are up to now. If you can let us know what you are up to now by going to: https://hedgedoc.ucc.asn.au/s/0jIaLQv10 ## Draft (Alice) (I have borrowed some of the wording in the existing pitch. This is meant to replace/flesh out the section regarding UCC's tenancy battle. Please let me know if more/less is required or the tone needs to be changed.) UCC is one of UWA's well-established clubs, and for our 50th anniversary we want to highlight the importance it's history. In recent years we have seen considerable challenges: 2020 saw the club nearly be evicted from Cameron Hall due to changing Guild Tenancy rules. UCC was deemed unfit for tenancy due to the perception that the clubroom was not necessary for UCC's activities. We were at risk of losing the infrastructure to maintain servers, unique computing set-ups that were a valuable asset to computer science students, and the space to facillitate innovative projects from our club members. Not to mention losing a beloved place of collaboration and community that has been a part of UWA's history for almost half a century. The disruption of COVID-19 drew out the battle of appealing for tenancy for months, only being officially re-allocated in February 2021. Even now, UCC is required to justify its existence every three years to keep that space in Cameron Hall. ## Questions 1. Your name 1. Preferred email address 1. What do we call you? What was your TLA, UCC username, Student number, or nym/handle? 1. Followup: - Do you want your preferred email address subscribed to the uccold@ucc mailing list? Yes / No / Maybe - Do you want to be interviewed later, in person? Yes / No / Maybe - Do you want to be interviewed later, remotely? Yes / No / Maybe 5. When did you first join the UCC? 1. Why did you first join the UCC? 1. Why did you remain with the UCC? 1. What are your most vivid memories of UCC projects? 1. What are your most vivid memories of UCC social activities (ie. non-project activities) 1. What UCC traditions were memorable? 1. Do you recall the origins of any UCC traditions in your time with the club? 1. How has UCC influenced your career? 1. What other impact has UCC had on your life? 1. Are you able to contribute to a timeline of the club's history, or help add to the details of UCC's technical history? If yes, please indicate which time period you can send information on: * 1974 - 1978 * 1979 - 1983 * 1984 - 1988 * 1989 - 1993 * 1994 - 1998 * 1999 - 2003 * 2004 - 2008 * 2009 - 2013 * 2014 - 2018 * 2019 - 2024 (For a reminder, see: - https://www.ucc.asn.au/aboutucc/timeline.ucc - https://www.ucc.asn.au/aboutucc/history.ucc ) - Sending to - ucc-announce / uccold (take snapshot of subscriber list so we don't double up) - [NTU][SD:] have been making list of hard-to-contact old-guard - [MTL] Andrew Marriott, founding President, ACS member, Curtin CS - [BOB] Myke Stanbridge (vs Mike Palm, Mike Seman) - email + surveymonkey? - Announce physical guest book - Announce electronic guest book: https://hedgedoc.ucc.asn.au/jvLhJaPZQquWnpEjkyTRCA ? - Encourage people to subscribe (tickbox opt-in?) to https://lists.ucc.gu.uwa.edu.au/mailman/listinfo/uccold ## At the Dinner schedule: 5.00 set up access ~6.00 welcome doc, explain quiz, explain drinks close at 8 6.30 dinner order asked 7.30 dinner comes out (michel served first ideally 8.00 final drinks -8.10 desserts come out 8.20 collect quiz -8.30 speeches -9.00 auction -9.15 raffle 9.25 announce quiz winners 9.30 start moving out -10.00 be outtttt, but people can come to ucc after - Printed conversation starter on each table: UCC timeline? 2010-03-22 hailstorm, 2020-03-06 eviction - Microphone announce - Toast to absent friends: Harry, Reptile, [666], Rodo, Heathred, Tommo Eitelhuber, Robert Slaughter - who else? - in acknowledgement of the windfall of our rainy day, March 22nd 2010, I'm not going to say - One might often say at this point *That the roof above us never fall in*; but - in acknowledgement of the windfall of our rainy day, March 22nd 2010, I'm going to move on to *May the friends gathered never fall out* - *That the roof above us never fall in, and may we friends gathered below never fall out* - Projector screen - Photos - Wayback Machine of the UCC website - Encourage people to subscribe (tickbox opt-in?) to https://lists.ucc.gu.uwa.edu.au/mailman/listinfo/uccold - Display virtual guest book? - Quiet spot for video interviews - Historian? Old-guard? Committee? will ask followup questions - dinner attendees - ...to the people who responded to the questionnaire? - ...and everyone else - We will also make an announcement about the ongoing questionnaire on the night, asking people to respond to it