Minutes 30/4/2010

Present:

Cranman, Dangerman, Sinjo, Dirtus, Fyorl, Agaeki, Azurit, Connorhd, Artalyx, TeamDoherty, Zed0, SigmaD, Monk

Apologies:

MrWilson

Minutes:

ProgComp:

• 2 entries, 1 eligible.
• £400 to spend on progcomp prizes throughout the year.
• Spend most of the money on the LAN speed progcomp (week 5).
• Accenture are just like CompSoc, but are a successful business.
  Action: SigmaD to talk to MrWilson about ProgComp.
• As the website explicitly said netbook, Connor will buy the prize for the only valid entry(Artalyx).
  Action: Connor to buy netbook.
• Artalyx has no preference concerning the processor type of his netbook.
• ‘Make sure it has Fedora.’ - Fyorl

Bloomberg e-mail:

• Day in London for societies to pitch, best societies win £2000.
• Academic in nature, so for MrWilson to deal with.
  Action: MrWilson to respond to the e-mail.

Buying Things:

• Server upgrades still need buying.(Connor’s shopping list)
• Rockband pedals/DLC and other things also need buying.
• Azurit would like Backus to be updated (because he ‘nommed’ all the free space.)
  Action: Fyorl/Azurit to fix Backus
  Action: Azurit to send e-mail containing other things to buy to Cranman.
  Action: Cranman to buy these things once his accommodation cheque clears. Also, check money in capital account.

• Compsoc could buy a 42 inch TV to attach to a server.
• Sinjo suggests setting up a command centre in DCS.

Academic Talks:

• There should be at least a couple this term.
• We have £150 of IBM sponsorship, that could be used for food/drink/pizza at talks.
• Sinjo suggests buying 5 Beast pizzas for the talk.
• ‘Will that just create a black hole?’ - Monk
• A Pokemon talk is unnecessary; all Monk’s talks are about pokemon.

Game Tournaments:

• In the SF4 tournament, there were ~10 people from outside the society.
• Gaming tournaments don’t require a lot of effort, just a week of advertising through posters beforehand.
  Action: TeamDoherty to think about this.

E-mails/Minutes

• The ACTIONS from the minutes will be sent to the compsoc-discuss mailing list and link to minutes.
• The Exec are signed up to the compsoc discuss mailing list.

LAN:

• Buy the boxes for stuff before the LAN.
• Talk to Roger for the trolley before the LAN.
• Maybe somebody should draw a diagram for the power cable configuration.
  Action: Somebody should measure the cupboard and buy boxes with lids, so they can be stacked.

• Cranman: Zed0 is an engineer, he can make boxes, right?
• Zed0: I can do lasers.

Game Testing:

• E-mail from Freestar games, about a games testing session.
  Action: TeamDoherty to respond to the testing e-mail.

Gaming:

• Steam forced a new user interface which doesn’t work.
• Check versions of wine until steam works.
• Monk found a linux-compatible worms clone, ‘hedge wars’
• Azurit got Star Trek bridge commander working.
• Agaeki crated an event for the TF2 tournament.

Paint-ball:

• Takes place next weekend.
• The sign-up deadline should be extended.
• Should be the the title of the newsletter.
• Details about the event in the topic.
• Dirtus will try to enlist more people at gaming.
• (Paint-ball has since been delayed)