It is with pleasure that we can officially say Happy New Year! We hope that your holiday celebrations
were enjoyable and that you are ready for a better year! Unfortunately, we still have to follow the
guidelines of the lockdown that require more distance than ever. However, it should not be a
reason we cannot have some social fun – also a good opportunity for those of us graduating to
celebrate the conclusion of their academic year. That being said, the International Committee would
like to invite you to save the date for an online evening of mystery and fun, and start the year off
with the fantastic game “black stories”. We hope to explore the world of “what happened” with you
and use it as a fun opportunity to bond over the past year and future broken resolutions. Feel free
to join in as a team via the sign-up sheet (a maximum of 4 people per team). All you need is a stable
internet connection. So grab a drink, and join us to cheers in the new year with a light and jovial
evening.

When: 25 January 2021
Time: 19:00 hours
Where: Zoom

Sign up via this form!

Dear members,

Finally the exam week is almost over and so is 2020 as well! Despite the COVID-19 virus, we – as the Board – look back on a pleasant year. We are happy that we – with the help of our motivated committee members – still have been able to organize a few virtual activities. Thank you once again to everybody that has participated and our committee members!

And because we haven’t been able to have a drink together the last six months (and because we are quite sad about that!), we would like to have a toast on the new year through a virtual wine tasting – presented by a real sommelier – on Thursday the 7th of January at 8 p.m. In that way we hope to make up for the absence of social activities like ‘borrels’! So are you excited to start the new year fancy, sipping wine with your fellow students?! Sign up for the wine tasting through this form: https://forms.gle/y14UDZqubQoj1tEm9

NOTE!
There are 30 places available and FULL = FULL, so sign up fast if you’re interested! You also have to fill in your address through the form. The address will only be used to send the wine to for the tasting. Do you want to taste together with another student? That’s also possible! You can share one wine tasting pack with two people if you want. In that way there will be more places available for other students!

We hope to see you all there to taste with us 🙂

Lots of love and happy holidays,

The Board

P.S. Please make sure to attend the online wine tasting if you have signed up. It would be a shame if someone else could not go, because the maximum amount of people has been reached.

Het volgende kantoorbezoek komt er weer aan! Op maandag 14 december om 16:00 uur aanstaande vindt het virtuele kantoorbezoek aan Stichting BREIN en Buma/Stemra plaats. Stichting BREIN is een private organisatie die zich inzet tegen inbreuken op intellectuele eigendomsrechten van auteurs, uitvoerende kunstenaars, uitgevers, producenten en distributeurs van muziek, film, video en software. Buma/Stemra is een organisatie voor belangenbehartiging voor componisten, tekstschrijvers en muziekuitgevers op het gebied van muziekauteursrecht.

Tijdens dit virtuele bezoek zullen BREIN en Buma/Stemra vertellen over wat zij doen en waarom zij dat doen. Hierna krijgen de studenten de mogelijkheid om vragen te stellen.

Dit bezoek vindt plaats via Cisco WebEx. De link naar de online meeting zal per mail verstuurd worden. Zorg dat je deze dienst op tijd geïnstalleerd hebt. Verder verzoeken we jullie de camera aan te zetten, zodat er ook interactie mogelijk is.

Aanmelden kan tot en met 13 december via dit formulier: https://forms.gle/xF5qTCuepn7XfcKRA

Our gift to you this holidays, a chance to get into all the raw tips and tricks to staying safe on your
devices. In collaboration with IT security students of the University of Amsterdam, the International
Committee will host on Zoom this December, a live talk which will demonstrate some techniques
that hackers can use to break into everyday electronic devices and influence human decision making
(often for financial or intellectual property theft).
The goal is to make people more aware of different types of attacks and give them the knowledge to
secure themselves, whilst inspiring possible academic work on the legal implications of cybercrime
and security research.

Below is the sign-up sheet and zoom link for the event.

The International Committee is inviting you to a scheduled Zoom meeting.
Join Zoom Meeting
https://vu-live.zoom.us/j/93881322267
Meeting ID: 938 8132 2267
Passcode: 363178

Sign up here: https://docs.google.com/forms/d/e/1FAIpQLSct2Y0DcOAaSKWPxsR-
wFmpE5kkpUHZWWEypGkWd3KMfyTN2w/viewform?usp=sf_link

We look forward to see you there!

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