Statistical Society of Australia Victorian & Tasmanian Branch

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# Statistical Society of Australia Victorian & Tasmanian Branch
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## June Mentoring Event
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### 27th June 2023
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<img style="vertical-align:middle" src='images/logo/other/png_transparent/SSA_Monogram_Navy-White.png' height='40px'/> These slides are available at https://statsocaus.github.io/vic/intro/2023-06-event-mentor.html
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# Welcome!

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# Acknowledgement of Country

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We acknowledge that we are on the lands of the Wurundjeri peoples of the Kulin nation and who have been custodians of this land for thousands of years, and acknowledge and pay our respects to their Elders past and present.

We extend our welcome to also the traditional owners of the lands people in our livestream are joining from.

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# 👋 SSA Vic & Tas Council 2023

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**President** 
Ben Harrap 
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**Vice-President** 
Emi Tanaka 
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**Secretary** 
Elena Tartaglia 
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**Treasurer** 
Rick Tankard 
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**Membership Officer** 
Dennis Leung 
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**Communication Officer** 
Cameron Patrick 
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**ECSS Rep** 
Melissa Middleton 
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**Deputy Secretary** 
Alun Pope 
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**Deputy Treasurer** 
Anna Wilkinson 
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**Deputy Membership Officer** 
Benjamin Wee 
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**Industry Rep** 
Patrick Robotham 
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**Membership Officer** 
Swen Kuh 
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# Statistical Society of Australia .f2.color-secondary[Victorian & Tasmanian Branch]

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The Great Australian Statisticians T-Shirt

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 [www.statsoc.org.au/Victoria](https://www.statsoc.org.au/Victoria)
 
 [vic.branch@statsoc.org.au](mailto:vic.branch@statsoc.org.au) [eo@statsoc.org.au](mailto:eo@statsoc.org.au)

[@SSAVictoria](https://twitter.com/SsaVictoria) &nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp; [@StatSocAus](https://twitter.com/StatSocAus) 
 
 [bit.ly/ssavic-meetup](http://bit.ly/ssavic-meetup) 
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* You can find how to get in touch here, 
* in particular, if you want to get in touch with the Victorian & Tasmanian Branch, please get in touch using the Victorian email address
* I also want to remind you that the Society now has a T-shirt, and you can buy this in the link give here with the proceeds going to support early career statisticians

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# Upcoming events

- **July Event** *Sam Brilleman, SEEK*

- **Date TBC** *Machine Learning with Python*

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# Funding and Membership

* **ASC2023 funding scheme closing soon!**
  * Open to Early Career and Student members
  * Covers registration for ASC and/or OZCOTS
  * For more info or to apply: [bit.ly/3P6ijne](bit.ly/3P6ijne)

* **Join SSA Vic & Tas!**:
  * SSA membership is $20 only for students 
  * Full membership is $250 or $240 for automatic renewal
  * [Recent graduates are eligible for discounts](https://statsoc.org.au/Forum-general-topics/12893603)!
  * Benefits: https://www.statsoc.org.au/page-1075427

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#  🥇 Di Cook Award

brought to you by the _SSA Victorian and Tasmanian Branch_

* This is an **open-source statistical software award** open to students of Victorian and Tasmanian institutes.

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# SSA Community Slack

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# 👋 Meet our Mentors

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**Alun Pope** 
**Anna Hepworth** 
**Bas Latcham** 
**Emi Tanaka** 
**Koleth Chia** 
**Lidija Turkovic** 
**Nat Kelly** 
**Russell Thomson** 
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# Schedule of Event

Short talks 
 * 5 of our mentors will provide some insight to their careers 
 
Speed mentoring rounds
 * 5 Rounds of 10min 'speed mentoring' sessions in pre-allocated groups

Free-range mentoring round
 * Your chance to speak with a mentor of your choice