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This is AYY’s association newsletter for the week 14/2016.
Please note! The Otax server will be updated on Monday 4.4. The interruption to usage resulting from this will begin at 6 pm. During the outage, the sites on the server will not be available and no remote usage connection can be made to the server.
Content of the newsletter
- Update and maintenance break on the Otax server on April 4
2. Reply to the survey of Nyyti ry on college bullying
3. Have your association join WappuAalto on April 20
4. Overall badges on sale for the Wappu badge sale!
5. Come and be a checkpoint keeper at Hullu Jussi!
6. AYY’s 6th Annual Ball 14th of May 2016
- Update and maintenance break on the Otax server on April 4
The student union’s Otax server will be updated on Monday, April 4, starting at 6 PM. During the update, web sites on the server will be unavailable and there will be no remote access to the server. The update should be done and services available again as soon as possible, by Tuesday morning at the latest. The server will also be moved to a virtual environment, which will make future updates easier.
All current user accounts and their files, databases and web sites will be copied to the new server as is. If you suspect that some system at your site will not work because of things such as new software versions, please get in touch at least one week in advance; if necessary, your association’s site can be left on the old server for a while, or applications can be tested in the new system in advance. The transfer of the most common content management systems and wikis (WordPress, Drupal, Joomla, MediaWiki etc.) should not pose problems.
The most significant changes for users:
– PHP 5.3 -> 5.6
– MySQL 5.1 -> MariaDB 10.0
– Python 2.6 -> 3.4
In addition, there are plans to start another web hotel server that would offer a wider selection of platforms for associations (e.g. Ruby, Rails, Node.js) and enable the execution of different versions on them.
Additional information about the update will be sent to the Otax administrators’ mailing list; remember to fill in the admin reports and to join the list at the same time. Questions can be sent to tietotekniikka@ayy.fi.
- Reply to the survey of Nyyti ry on college bullying
Nyyti ry has begun the drawing up of action guidelines for students’ associations on preventing bullying, early detection and solving problem situations. The guidelines and the supporting material associated with them will be completed in the spring of 2017.
In the creation of the action guidelines, good practices in the prevention of, and intervening in, bullying are identified and modelled. The action guidelines are being drawn up in co-operation with student operatives – you’re welcome to come and work with us!
There is a link to the questionnaire attached, which is used to chart out what kinds of practices exist in student associations at the moment to prevent and intervene in bullying. Unfortunately the questionnaire is only in Finnish.
https://my.surveypal.com/korkeakoulukiusaaminen_kysely_opiskelijajarjestoille
The aim of Nyyti ry is to promote the aspirations of students to be in control of their own lives by developing, supporting and realising activity that furthers and supports mental well-being. Aalto University Student Union is a member of the Nyyti ry.
3. Have your association join WappuAalto on April 20
Wappu is coming (it’s finally official), and it’s not too far! Following traditions, Aalto’s Wappu will be launched by WappuAalto, a Wappu carnival for all of Aalto. This year, the Akateeminen Wartti race will also take place alongside it!
This year, WappuAalto will be held on Wednesday, April 20 at Alvarin aukio starting at around 3 PM, and we would now like to ask you, the wonderful associations of AYY, to help with the implementation! We bid you welcome to be there and organize some program in your own image for the party people in true Aalto Party spirit! You won’t get a better opportunity this academic year to introduce your own activities to everyone at Aalto and get in the mood for Wappu. 😉
You can sign up by e-mail at sirius.vuorikoski@ayy.fi, or through the form at https://lomake.ayy.fi/aava/wappuaalto-2016/. More specific questions may be sent to the aforementioned address.
- Overall badges on sale for the Wappu badge sale!
Would your association be interested in getting badges to offer on the Wappu period badge sales on Wednesday 20.4. and Monday 25.4.? Give us your details and we’ll sell the badges for you! The registration form will be available on 28.3. at http://lomake.ayy.fi/teekkarijaosto/merkkimyynti-2016/ and will be taken down on 17.4.
Teekkarijaosto (Teekkari Section) will take care of the sale of the badges and deposit a sum that corresponds to the badges sold onto your account, as well as returning any unsold badges. In order to cover any possible spoilage, Teekkarijaosto will take a 5 percent commission from the sales takings. Badges to be sold should be delivered to Teekkarijaosto before the badge sale; the time and place will be given to those who want their badges to be included.
If you have any questions, contact the Teekkari Culture Directors: Jan Juvonen and Miia Mäkinen (etunimi.sukunimi@ayy.fi)
- Come and be a checkpoint keeper at Hullu Jussi!
Wappu is coming again and, with it, the traditional Hullu Jussi awaited by the Wappu people is approaching!
In the event in question, teams of 4-10 people go around Otaniemi carrying out particular checkpoint tasks in competing for the title of Hulluin Joukkue™ (’the Craziest Team’). Now your association (or group of friends) has the opportunity to get to follow the event from a grandstand seat in the form of a checkpoint!
Registration of checkpoint keepers opens on 1.4. at: http://lomake.ayy.fi/teekkarijaosto/hullu-jussi-2016-rastit/ and ends on 20.4. If your association does not have club premises and you want to have the checkpoint indoors, register as soon as possible and contact the organisers.
As a bonus, for the association that holds the best checkpoint we’re offering a gorgeous (and delicious) Wappu basket and also a one-off use of a single-rental sauna premises during the end part of the year. For the checkpoint keeper group that registers the quickest, four places have also been reserved for bus transportation to Ullanlinnanmäki on 1.5.!
TL;DR:
WHAT: Checkpoint for Hullu Jussi!
WHERE: Around Otaniemi
WHEN: 29.4.2016 approx. 10 p.m. – 1 a.m., after the Fuksispeksit and Yöjäynä starting bang
REGISTRATION OPEN: 1.-20.4. http://lomake.ayy.fi/teekkarijaosto/hullu-jussi-2016-rastit/
You can ask for further information from the Teekkari Culture Directors: Jan Juvonen and Miia Mäkinen (firstname.lastname@ayy.fi)
6. AYY’s 6th Annual Ball 14th of May 2016
AYY’s – Aalto University Student Union’s 6th Annual Ball is celebrated on Saturday 14th of May 2016. The Ball begins with a cocktail reception open for all guests in the headquarters of Varma in Salmisaari. The main venue of the Ball is Loistosali, also in Salmisaari, where a delicious three-course-menu will be served. The celebration continues with Biitsi Afterparty in a beach atmosphere downstairs at Biitsi.fi Arena. After afterparty is held at Rantasauna in Otaniemi.
Tickets to the Annual Ball are available for AYY’s members and other students at the price of 80 € and non-students at the price of 100 €. Registration for invited guests is open 28.3-20.4. Other guests can purchase tickets 4.-24.4. In addition, there will be a restricted amount of tickets for sale to the Biitsi Afterparty at the price of 12 € between April 11 and 24.
The dress code for the Annual Ball is dark suite/cocktail dress with Academic medals of honour.
More information about the Annual Ball and events of the Annual Ball Week at www.vuosijuhlat.fi. Facebook-event: https://www.facebook.com/events/961130467274918/
WOULD YOU LIKE TO INCLUDE YOUR OWN NEWS IN THIS NEWSLETTER?
Please send a brief text by Wednesday, 10am, to the address tiedotteet@ayy.fi. The news will be translated so you can submit your text in one language. The content of the newsletter is ultimately edited by AYY’s Organisational Affairs and Communications Specialist Ahto Harmo (ahto.harmo@ayy.fi, tel: 050 520 9442).