News and Announcements

Student EDGE

Tue 18th Nov 2008, 11:02 PM

Do you want to have awesome discounts like $9 movies at Hoyts cinemas, or how about 5% off your Broadband or dial-up connection with Westnet? And that's just a taste of the cool discounts you could be getting. Well I know what you're thinking now:
"Where's the catch?!?"
Is this some kind of crazy pyramid scheme where you need to invite friends? Do I have to make some kind of initial payment? The answer to these questions is a resounding "NO!"
Its actually just 'Student EDGE' a Free discount card for students ... yeah you heard right CARD ... I mean FREE.

But wait that's not all (I've always wanted to say that)... for the fashion conscious members out there who don't want yet another card in their wallet which just doesn't look right, you also get the option of 4 colours for your card : Black, Aqua, Lime and Pink (my choice)

Sooo, how do I sign up you say? Well its easy, just go to http://www.studentedge.com.au and click on the Join now link.

To summarise,
reasons for you to get a Student EDGE card:

Its free
Cool discounts and prizes
Its free
Choice of cool colours
... did I mention its FREE

for more details check out http://www.studentedge.com.au

Jon "The Rainbow Coloured" Mann

2008 AGM Results

Tue 4th Nov 2008, 12:46 PM

On the 29th of October, ComSSA held its AGM. Following some riveting speeches from the current executives, and the ratification of the 2008 constitution for 2009, the executives were voted in.

2009 Committee

President:: Daniel Paoliello
Vice-President:: Jon Mann
Treasurer:: Robert Walker
Secretary:: Mitchell Sullivan
OCMs:: Chris Paoliello
Sandy Lam
Ingrid Yung
Jacob Humble
Jonathan Goh

Adventure World

Tue 4th Nov 2008, 12:13 PM

So, it's the end of the exams, your brain has melted into a puddle on the floor and you don't ever want to see another formula, algorithm or UML diagram ever again - whatever shall you do? The engineers approach would be to drink until you can't - but we're Comp Sci students, and in the great ComSSA tradition we go to Adventure World!

Join us for a day in the sun (get a tan for summer), rides, mischief, mayhem and (of course) lunch. Best of all, all of this (including the lunch) for less than a couple of jugs at the Tav!

- Quick Info -
Time: 9:30am (Adventure World opens at 10am)
Date: 21st of November
Where: Adventure World! (http://www.adventureworld.net.au/Visitor-Info/Getting-There.aspx)
How Much: $35 (-$10 for Guild, -$10 for ComSSA, discounts stack!)
Pre-Pay: Available NOW - Just ask any ComSSA committee member!

Update: Movie Night Details

Thu 16th Oct 2008, 02:58 PM

Now that movie night is approaching the cinema has released session times.

The earliest session we can attend is unfortunately 9:00PM, due to this we will have waffles before the movie.

Feel free to show up late as we will be there quite early, waffles will probably start around 7:30PM so don't leave it too late.

We apologise for the late session time, but that is indeed the perils one faces when organising an event before all the details are released.

See you on the night.

Need Windows Server 2008?

Wed 15th Oct 2008, 03:54 PM

As many of you know (or don't know...) Microsoft's Windows Server 2008 has been released for a number of months, however ComSSA is still yet to receive the Keys and Media for the MSDNAA.

So, your choice to get Windows Server 2008 was, previously, to complain to the Tech staff and hope that we get the keys. However, Microsoft has now released their Dreamspark program to Australia, and one of the products on Dreamspark is Server 2008 Standard. So now you can download Server 2008 Standard, VS 2008 Pro, Expression Studio 2 and a number of other products for free. Also, if you don't want to download the media, have a chat to me as I have a copy of all the ISO's (you will still need to get the keys).

- Daniel
ComSSA President & Curtin MSP