\documentclass[xcolor=dvipsnames]{beamer}
+% set up the file to create notes in the output PDFs
+\usepackage{pgfpages}
+\input{notes.config}
+
\renewcommand{\rmdefault}{ugm}
\usepackage[garamond]{mathdesign}
% \usepackage{dcolumn}
% \usepackage{booktabs}
+% replace footnotes with symbols instead of numbers
+\renewcommand*{\thefootnote}{\fnsymbol{footnote}}
+\usepackage{perpage}
+\MakePerPage{footnote}
+
%% BEAMER THEME STUFF
\usetheme[pageofpages=/,% String used between the current page and the
% total page count.
\begin{frame}[plain]
\titlepage
-% pdfpc:begin
-%
-% This is the slide 1 notes.
-
-% pdfpc:end
+% include version control stuff
+\input{vc}
+\tikz[overlay,shift=(current page.south west)]{\node [xshift=5.6em,yshift=0.5em]{\colorbox{makopurple1}{\color{white} \tt \smaller \smaller \smaller revision:\ \VCRevision\ (\VCDateTEX)}};}
\end{frame}
%% SLIDE: Slide 2