Present:

Azurit, TeamDoherty, zed0, MikeCobra, Dangerman, EvilGenius666, APC, Demo, Cranman, Dirtus, MrWilson, Taby, SigmaD.

Minutes:

Elections:

-AGM is on Wednesday at 7pm.
-’Anyone voting for RON will be shot.’ – Azurit
-Secretary handover involves making sure replacement is literate.
-‘If we get all of CompSoc to vote for RON [in the union elections], would that be enough to screw them over?’ – TeamDoherty

Gaming:

-No food at this gaming as DCS in having an open day on Saturday.
-The Street Fighter tournament will be after the elections.
-We could advertise this at the union or WSC?
-TeamDoherty & Azurit will resolve the minecraft competition.
-ITS seem to be blocking ports for Arora.
Action: Azurit to talk to JCO about this.
Action: SigmaD to send reminder e-mail about no food at gaming
-Encourage signups next LAN.

Accounts:

-Still missing £2000.
-Cranman e-mailed Pam.
-‘Can we still use the money even without access?’
-7 Accounts?
-Enough money for ProgComp prizes though.

Misc:

-TeamDoherty deals with ‘funny’ guys.
-‘They’re making resnet not shit?’ – Demo
-‘They’re making resnet less shit.’ – Zed0
Action: SigmaD to sort out clothing order.

After the meeting:

-‘If I were kuros, I probably would have gone to bed about midday… There we go, 12:46.’ – TeamDoherty

Present:

James, TeamDoherty, MrWilson, EvilGenius666, Connorhd, Dangerman, Sinjo, Taby, MikeCobra, Cranman, SigmaD, monk, Shai, Starspell.

Minutes:

Things to Buy:

-No need to buy 2 Kinects.
-We could re-implement Kinect from a webcam and an infrared LED. (Not really)
-New power reel, vacuum cleaner, cable covers.
-Do it now.

Current Account:

-The current account seems to have disappeared.
Action: Cranman to talk to union.
-Also happened to some other societies.

LAN e-mail:

-Resend e-mail from Cranman about the mess left at LAN
-There was also mess left at Gaming.
-LAN signups – Need to remind people that they should not be there if they have not signed up.
-No beds at LAN, I mean, what the fuck.
-People using other people’s things without permission is also unacceptable.

Now vs Now Now:

-ETA for something that needs doing ‘now’ is a few weeks.

Misc:

-Dangerman now has keys for gaming.
-WGD will borrow Gaming equipment for their console social.
-Connor found that_guy asleep in his building in the first year. He didn’t live there.
-Ruth for Tech officer.
-’Noooo, Roger.’ – MrWilson as he runs out of the room.

Present:

Zed0, TeamDoherty, MikeCobra, Taby, EvilGenius666, MrWilson, Sinjo, Cranman, SigmaD, Dirtus, Dangerman.

Minutes:

LAN:

-MrWilson will collect the trolley.
Action: MrWilson to buy a new power reel.
-The Minecraft server will be reset during LAN.
-’I heard wiping a server and I thought it was something I should care about.’-Sinjo
-Exec rota for LAN now full.
-Limiting the size of the music server buckets generally worked well.
-’Am I the only one creeped out by having cameras at LAN?’ – Dirtus

Gaming:

-The Common room was left in a mess on Friday.
-An e-mail should be sent out about this.
-Maybe buy a Kinect for the society.
Action: Cranman to buy Kinect.
-Dangerman now knows the gaming password.
-The position of Gaming Officer has now been renamed ‘The Agaeki’.

First Aid Training:

-Exec need to sign-up for first aid training on the SU website.
-Zed0 has first aid training.
-We need a new first aid kit.
Action: MrWilson to buy a new first aid kit.
-’I’m sorry for dying at gaming.’-MikeCobra

Bloomberg:

-Possible prizes are: Netbook, Kindles, maybe USB sticks as ‘thank you for competing’ prizes.

End of Meeting:

-’Going once, going twice.’-MrWilson
-Dangerman arrives.

Misc:

‘That involves using linux, I won’t do that.’ – TeamDoherty
(Halfway through the meeting) ‘I claim on time.’ -Dirtus
Broadcasting unencrypted data is equivalent to shouting out your bank details.

Present:

SigmaD, starspell, Azurit, TeamDoherty, MrWilson, Cranman, dangerman, Fyorl , Sinjo, Zed0, james

Minutes:

Gaming:

-Dangerman is the new Agaeki.
-The Arora setup is pro, but a complete pain in the arse.
-Fyorl will come to log on computers.
Action: dangerman to get gaming password from Roger.
Action: Azurit to update Minecraft.

TV:

-We received an e-mail about making a television programme about Computer Programming.
-Maybe mention the Bloomberg ProgComp.
-Should be added to the forum and e-mail them back.

Barclays:

-Can’t have logo on website due to IBM agreement.
-May talk to them about sponsorship for individual events.

Hursley IBM:

-Coach booked.
-MrWilson is taking sign-ups by e-mail. (Currently 7)
-Happens on 26th Jan.

Bloomberg Progcomp:

-Arranged for 12th Feb.
-CS0.01 has been booked.
-Best solution instead of a speed Progcomp.
Possible prizes: Kindle? Netbook? (thank you for competing items?)

Clothing Order:

-Sadiq/Connorhd may know who we usually order from.
-The exec capes should colour coded.
-‘Then I can cycle around and it will be like I’m a rainbow butterfly.’ – MrWilson

LAN:

-Happens next weekend.
-We need to buy a new power cable.
-Humanities students have been eating the power cables.
-’Wouldn’t surprise me.’ – TeamDoherty

Tech:

-There is now a bot in #tech to spam messages about updates on codd.
-Alyn Davies from Mixed hockey sent us an e-mail asking about hosting.
Action: Fyorl to reply.

Exec elections:

-Open at LAN. (e-mail manifestos)
-Online/proxy vote?
-May need a website subsection for voting/manifestos.

Misc:

-Mail server: mail comes in, something happens, if we’re lucky, e-mail comes out.
-There was a good month of pictures of your wife e-mails.
-’Apparently, Aber. is now using Agaeki’s mum jokes.’ – Azurit
-‘Albania shouldn’t be a problem now we have k-splice.’-Fyorl
-MrWilson’s monitor has the blue cable.

Present:

Zed0, cranman, Azurit, Agaeki, TeamDoherty, MrWilson, Zaer, MikeCobra, EvilGenius666, Dirtus, SigmaD.

Minutes:

Tech. Issues:

-Most problems are now resolved.
-Codd had suprise downtime.
-Albanian Hacker Team showed up in IRC. Spammed bots.
-‘Why no services?’ – Albanian Hacker Team
-‘We literally got caught with our trousers down.’ – MrWilson
-Only Fyorl has server ops of the current exec – may be resolved.
-Backus was sad, was restarted, repaired file system.
-PhysicsSoc lost a database.
-Techteam wiki needs updating.

Gaming/LAN:

-Minecraft Server updated.
-Gaming software on Backus should work.
-LanCam images moved from Dijkstra to Backus.
-’Should now be a case of turn on Dijkstra, plug in web-cam, done.’

Academic Talks:

-No talk this week. Another Wednesday off for MrWilson.

Christmas:

-MrWilson will sort out Academic/Company stuff over Christmas.

CS Fresher Coursework:

-MikeCobra didn’t have enough print statements containing ‘penis’, ‘your mum’ or puns based around the word maze.

Misc:

-‘You’ve got a pretty colourful penis there Azurit’ – MrWilson
-‘Computers are awesome.’ – Fyorl

Present:

TeamDoherty, MrWilson, Zed0, Cranman, Fyorl, Starspell, MikeCobra, Dirtus, SigmaD

Minutes:

LAN:

-There is a gaming timetable ready.
-SigmaD will put up a pizza order thread.
-LAN rota needs completing.
-LANCAM to arrive tomorrow.
-If someone is asleep, we’re not going to shake them to wake them up’ – MrWilson
-’If you fall asleep, human buckaroo could occur’ – cranman

Christmas Meal:

-Successful.
-zx64 got scared by Tony.

Academic talks:

-Bloomberg hasn’t provided contact details, so some talks may be cancelled.

Post Exec Meeting Shopping trip to Homebase:

-We need supplies for LAN:
-Duct Tape.
-Power Reel.
-Cable covers.
-Can keep things in MrWilson’s house.

Pub Socials:

-We will buy a tin of sweets for the staff at the Phantom Coach.
-’Thanks for not spitting in our food (we hope)’ – Dirtus

Misc:

-Fyorl assures us codd is not making unusual noise.
-If Dijsktra is going to be at the WGD 48h competitions in the future, co-operation of both exec is required.
-Dirtus may pick a random day for a snowballing social.
-’If it doesn’t work on linux, there’s no point in running it.’ – MrWilson
-’You missing me isn’t going to affect whether I go abroad for my masters or not.’-MrWilson to TeamDoherty

Present:

MrWilson, Fyorl, TeamDoherty, SigmaD, Sinjo

Minutes:

LAN & stuff:

-Power: Check we’re using the correct socket in the computer suites.
-There should be a forum post for the gaming rota.
-The gaming rota was written on the board last LAN, but people were unaware/it was rubbed off.
-Kuros’ idea (hackthisbox) probably requires too much work to get done by next LAN.
-No LIB1 this LAN.
-We need to buy Duct Tape(5-6 rolls).
-Cranman bought this last time.
Action: Someone (cranman again?) to buy Duct Tape.
-Another Pizza order for LAN; deadline will be strict
-Table 4 might be necessary if the LAN gets busier, although the group from London may not be there.
-Shai needs a separate table for her computer.

Academic:

-We have received posters for the IBM talk.
-MrWilson is going to the Print-shop to sort publicity.
Action: TeamDoherty to e-mail engineering again about advertising academic talks.
-A date has been set for the IBM Hursley trip.

DDR:

-Foam mats may be insufficient?
-Can bring things to gaming at own risk.
-Can be background music for Werewolf in the common room.

Clothing Order:

-MrWilson wants to focus on academic stuff and not organise the clothing order.
-The society should pay for the cost of digitising the logo.
-Exec capes.
-’I want my cape to be Gold’ -MrWilson
-’Why not upgrade to a full suit of armour?’ – Sinjo

Christmas Meal:

-Do we have a private booth again? -TeamDoherty
Action: SigmaD to send a Newsletter about this.

Misc:

Action: Techteam to email societies about broken databases.
-’I’m not going to put Tinsel on the budget’-MrWilson
-’Linux will either have the driver and everything will be fine or it won’t and your life will be miserable’ – Sinjo
-’Linux doesn’t support happiness by default.’ – MrWilson

Present:

MrWilson, Zed0, Kuros, Fyorl, Trip, Sinjo, Starspell, SigmaD, TeamDoherty

Minutes:

LAN:

-This Friday.
-MrWilson will sort out the trolley.
-We will take the X-Box/monitor to LAN.
-MrWilson will turn up with cupboard keys for the setup.
-TeamDoherty has sorted the game rota, which is ready to go.
-We should buy hazard tape for the LAN : MrWilson thinks it looks really cool.
-We need to restock Duct tape for the LAN.
-SigmaD will do a LAN pizza order
-There may be an unofficial beast order at LAN courtesy of Kuros.
-The LAN exec timetable is up, exec members should sign up.
-We probably don’t need to worry about tech rota as Faux is at LAN.

Christmas Meal:

-Christmas meal has been booked.

Academic Talks:

-IBM will provide publicity for their talk on the 17th of November.
-We should receive this through the post by Friday.
-We should take the banner to the academic talk.
-Order pizza for the academic talk.
-’Are there any vegans in the society?’ – MrWilson
-’Not anymore.’-Cranman

Codd FS/DB:

-FS has been fixed.
-Repair needs running on some DBs.
-There is potential loss of data integrity for some societies’ DBs

Tech-team(Documentation/Training):

-Find victims for the new tech-team.
-Fyorl is still about.

WGD:

-A user group that can add events to the website would be useful for WGD.
-WGD to use the Guitar Hero/X-box stuff tomorrow for their console social.

Future LAN ideas:

-Kuros suggests a ‘hack this box’ type event for a LAN (Not this LAN)
-Maybe using Insomnia?
-There may exist a pre-made image for this.
-’There are no headshots in coding’-MrWilson

Misc:

-MrWilson wants to run for an exec position next year, nobody knows if he can.
-Mahjong Society has 30 members.
-Race Condition: ‘Something has gone so badly wrong you have to use racist language’

On Sports Societies:

-Sports clubs are really expensive.
-’And then they make you do exercise.’ – Fyorl.

Present:

MrWilson, TeamDoherty, Kuros, Connorhd, Fyorl, Sinjo, Cranman, SigmaD

Minutes:

Academic Stuff:

-This week’s talk by IBM has been moved to the 17th of November.
-Haven’t had e-mail from Bloomberg confirming talks.
-We can use CS0.01/2 on Saturday for Bloomberg ProgComp.
-'I didn’t say blow up their building, why would you assume that?’ – TeamDoherty

Accenture:

-We currently have enough money, so we shouldn’t need extra sponsorship.

Free stuff:

-We have been offered transparent cross-hair stickers for FPS games.
-We should reply to get free stuff, possibly for the LAN.
-'Transformice doesn’t have a cross-hair’ – MrWilson

MCM:

-Only Dangerman signed up.
-The only reason Dangerman signed up was to beat Agaeki in the CompSoc activity listing.

Misc:

-For being late, Dirtus and Agaeki have to fight to the death as a punishment.
-We will add the WGD 48h competition on the website.
-There should be a pizza order for first LAN
-'Don’t minute me asking you not to minute that.’-MrWilson
-Breaking news: Paul the Psychic Octopus is dead.

Present: TeamDoherty, MrWilson, Cranman, Mogmiester, Fyorl, Sinjo, Connorhd, Starspell.

NOTE: These minutes were taken by MrWilson and as such may be partially or entirely wrong.

Communication in the Society: – Better communication, agree on stuff at exec meeting. – No-one cares about Guitar Hero 6.

Bloomberg Competition: – 9am is an optimistic start. – Maybe 10am. – No, wait, 10:30am

Gaming Tournaments: – Atrium tournament, bad idea – Pros don’t want distractions. – “Something” in the Atrium, publicity event, charge 10p or something. – Prize support in the form of Money.

Memberships: – Union don’t want our money. – We get full membership from everyone.

Connorhd – “Don’t worry, just ignore it.”

LAN: – Put event on website. Freshers, Members, Guests. – WGD 48hr game design is not that Weekend. – Get trolley. – Maybe Street Fighter Tournament. – Organise specific games: Timetabling. Vegas 2, Minecraft, TF2 etc.

ACTION: TeamDoherty to make timetable.

Academic Events: – 26th Jan, provisionally booked. – E-mail IBM about stuff. – Get SigmaD to do pizza for talks. – Drinks, plastic cups.

Socials: – Social Sec not present. (too busy being social) – Event up on the website for Christmas Meal, signups.

ACTION: Dirtus to put book Christmas Meal, create event and signups for aforementioned meal.

Misc: – Need more newsletter. – Mention forums in above.

ACTION: An e-mail newsletter.

- WGD events on Calendar – Communication with Starspell via e-mail. – Hostile takeovers are cool. First stop, the Union. – “[CompSoc exec] are amazingly cool.” – Rich