E-mail list delays still seem to be plotting to sabotage info about meetings for this project getting out :-(.

Apologies if you've seen most of this info before, but in addition to the two Tuesday (20th March) meetings, two Wednesday (21st March) meetings have now been scheduled, aimed primarily at Year 2s.

For just an hour a week you can help this project become a reality, so please register your interest as a volunteer by attending any one of the meetings (essentially, the same content will be covered at each meeting).  Year 2s we really need just a tiny fraction of your time each week, to help guide the Year 1s, then this project can be spun off into your year as well, so you also have the chance for this unique digital supplement to your yearbook.  Don't let neuro or barrier frighten you off, it really only takes just a fraction of your time for a few weeks.


Thanks, Pete Kaub
MedSoc Media Officer

Come along to view the spectacle, see the MedSoc Media section in action doing the video archiving thing, even get yourself on camera and donate to the World's Greatest Shave for the Leukemia Foundation all in one go.

Media Officer, Pete Kaub, will be sacrificing his bushy, hippy beard (to those that know him - part of his persona) to this worthy cause.

Sponsorship of Pete or other members of the group can be done online at <www.worldsgreatestshave.com/profile.php?id=325594>.

Donation receptacles for all forms of coin or plastic Australian currency, plus sign-up forms for student video archive project volunteers will be available at the event.

Come along and support your peers in these worthy causes.

Cheers, Pete Kaub
MedSoc Media Officer

A critical mass of volunteers is nowhere near being reached yet and this project is in serious danger of being cancelled.

Volunteer now, rope in some friends, cajole some PBL members and get the first medical student video archive in the world off the ground - it'll be a priceless addition to your Med student memories for years to come.

BACKGROUND:

Similar to the 7Up documentary concept, a MedSoc initiative starting in 2007 is a digital video archive of and for USyd Med students.

WHAT: Approx. 5 simple questions in 5 min. recorded in HD video (as honest, serious or irreverent as you like - this is not a grad. medicine entrance interview it's for YOU - to look back on in future years)

WHERE: Mackie Building (room to be advised)

WHEN: Semester 1 each year

WHO: volunteers to film, co-ordinate & collate, plus of course 1st years to answer the questions on video

For this project to be a success it requires a lot of input from as many students as possible.

We need volunteers now from Years 1 & 2 to to co-ordinate the project.  Other years are also welcome to help, but participation requires a presence at Camperdown for a few hours a week.

This is a big project so we need as many people as possible to share the load in any of the following roles: filming, collating, archiving, appointment scheduling, computer/IT stuff, writing legalese for documents.

N.B. Filming will start once a suitable number of volunteers is organised, however the project cannot go forward without a critical mass of volunteers and will be cancelled if not reached.

Volunteer today by e-mailing e-mail MediaOfficer [at] medsoc.usyd.edu.au

Keep a look out on this page and general e-mails for further updates (meeting and filming times).