Tonight’s AGM decides the future of SUITS

It’s that time of the year folks! Sydney University IT Society held its fourth Annual General Meeting tonight to elect the executive team for the period from the rest of the year to roughly the same time next year. This is the night that decides the future of SUITS.

So it means I’ll be retiring from my current position as Industry Liaison, and I won’t be running for another position this year. Why? I would like to see more participation from the fresh recruits, and one way is to give a sense of ownership. I’ve been an executive of the Computer Science Undergraduate Society (CSUS), which in 2007 unified and merged with two other societies, and have been an executive since.

Anyway, I’m going to reveal the newly elected executives before it even gets out onto their website!

• President: Stephen Merity
• Vice President: Aaron Cowie
• Treasurer: Adam Petrovic
• Secretary: Karmen Chong
• Events coordinator: James Alexander
• Public relations: Simon Mattes
• Industry Liaison: Adam Gawronski
• Undergraduate representative: Luke Anderson
• Postgraduate Rep:
• IT Officer: Greg Darke

Yes, the IT society actually needs IT infrastructure support. That’s why there’s a dedicated position just to take care of servers and all things technical.

Experience the Mesh Magic

Much has been said about Live Mesh, and it’s now your turn to experience the Mesh Magic. Drop me an email, and I’ll share my Mesh Magic with you. It’s a folder, but it’ll let you get a feel of what it’s like to have everything all in sync.

What do I want to make of Mesh Magic? It’s going to have all the information that you’d want to have at hand. Here’s a few to start off with:

• My uni notes
• #!SUITS stuff
• Slides from previous seminars and demos
• Anything else that might be useful in the future
• (It’s now your turn to sync and share)

So what are you waiting for? Experience.

Live Mesh – Collaborate. Share. Seamlessly.

What is Live Mesh, and how can we make use of it as students? Live Mesh is an S+S platform and consistent user experience across all your tech devices, no matter where you are or what you might be using. It might be a web browser, your portable device or your desktop at home. Mesh is great when working in groups because you now, you can forget about having to email your documents across and so don’t have to worry about forgetting to attach that document to the email. Personally, I use it to:

• Store my documents online (it’s FREE online storage!)
• Keeping my laptop and desktop in sync, so I can use either computer without having to worry about copying files across
• Occasionally using my home desktop remotely using my laptop while I’m at uni!

So, what can we expect to see from Mesh in the near future?

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