Minutes 17/3/2010

Present:

Mulletron, Agaeki, George, Cranman, Zed0, MrWilson, Demo, TeamDoherty, SigmaD

Still in bed:

Fyorl

Minutes:

Actions to be done straight after meeting:

Action: Mulletron to explain to Agaeki about aurora.
Action: TeamDoherty/Agaeki to get gaming password.

Emails:

• Coventry Uni haven’t replied to the e-mail about varsity gaming.
• CompSoc exec gets a lot of spam.
• Spam filters will filter /everything/.
  Action: Exec to test individual e-mails

Company contacts:

• Waiting on Connor for company contacts

Budget:

• Agaeki should install Open Office so he can look at it.
• If there is ban 80 percent overlap between PS3 and Xbox games, it might be better to buy a Wii.
• George wants arcade controllers for street fighter 4, which cost in the region of £30-100.
• New Rock Band pedals are needed.
• ‘Use more duct tape’-Mulletron
• At the same density, duct tape is stronger than wood.
• Zed0 wants monopoly.
• ‘Customise with campus, DCS can be Mayfair.’ - Agaeki
  Action: TeamDoherty to research consoles.

Remaining money needs to be spent, good ideas are:

• Ethernet cables.
• Stackable boxes.
• Backup hardware for the servers.

Not such a great idea:

• 6 PS3s to create a supercomputer.

CompSoc library:

• People may read PC gamer or similar.
• ‘I get my information from the internet.’ - MrWilson
• ‘Buy the internet.’ - TeamDoherty
• People seemed lukewarm about the idea of subscriptions.

Events:

• Dirtus is not present
• Football has been booked.

Agaeki’s Salsa dancing:

• If we put Agaeki’s sister in event title, guaranteed attendance.
  ’I like computers and manly things… …but I wouldn’t mind dancing… …I do like computers as well…’ MrWilson

Clothing:

• Large orders are a pain to organize.
• It would be more efficient for people to buy individual products from the website.
  Action Find out the costs for above system.

Gaming:

• Fyorl informs us over the phone that the Diablo2 interface is up.
• Rock Band needs more downloadable content.
• ‘Still alive every 5 minutes you say?’ - Zed0
• Only Bucko is allowed to play Touhou, being one of the few people to own original copies of the games.

Admin:

• MrWilson did not go to the president’s meeting but went to see James.
• There is some Warwick advantage stuff from James - for exec members mainly.
• Exec handover form has been handed in.

LAN Discussion:

• ‘Microwave for LAN?’ - Zed0
• ‘No, No, No, No’ - Mulletron
• Bringing kettle to LAN is also a bad idea.
• There is a train from Plymouth to Aberdeen, a 10 hour direct line.
• Train LAN is surprisingly feasible.
• ‘Aside from being insane - quite an interesting idea’ - Mulletron

Misc:

• Nobody knew when the exec meeting was, exec meetings need to be better publicised.
• There has to be a ‘close’ relationship between gaming president and officer.
• MrWilson ‘borrows’ haribo.
• MrWilson attempts to not choke on haribo.
• MahjongSoc would have weekly meetings in gaming.

Next meeting:

• After the Easter Holiday.