Minutes 26/5/2010

Present:

Mogmiester, Zed0, MrWilson, TeamDoherty, Sinjo, Connorhd, Cranman, Zaer, Odd-bloke, SigmaD

Minutes:

Bloomberg:

• MrWilson and SigmaD thought it went well.
• Got free rubix cubes.
• “Complete non-date I’m sure.”-Zed0
• We will hear from Bloomberg in 3 days time.

IBM:

• Want to meet to discuss sponsorship.
• They will come here.

Speed ProgComp:

• ~£200 to spend, so there will be smaller prizes than the netbook.
• There will be sweets for during the competition.
  Action: SigmaD to finish the questions and send out an e-mail.

LAN:

• Tech rota - Faux is there, solved.
• We need an Exec rota.
• Dijkstra is still set up to say “Brad’s nice party”.
• Signs to tell people not to turn off the room’s external power would be good.
• The prize for the previous ProgComp, the netbook, is on the way for LAN
• Fyorl is doing no revision and working on the music server.

Money transfers:

• Bloomberg is sending an e-mail for reimbursement for the trip to London.
  Action: MrWilson to sort Bloomberg paying for travel.
• Cranman sent e-mail to union to pay Sinjo.
  Action: Connorhd to be paid

Accenture Sponsorship:

• We need to contact them.
• They are still sending emails to Connorhd and ignoring his e-mails to them, telling them he is no longer the academic president.
• We may need to fill out an application form.
• They started the phone interview for the sponsorship with “We’re going to give you £500”.

Union Referendum on Society Sponsorship:

• There were contradictory results.
• The ‘stance’ is no money from bad people, although this isn’t legally binding.
• Action: MrWilson to e-mail potential sponsors.
• “Our union is no longer has an hilariously backwards stance”-Sinjo
• “University of Gun: Nuclear society” - odd bloke
• Will sell morals for £500.

Rolls Royce make nuclear power engines:

• Pretty cool

Chaplaincy ball tickets:

• Odd-bloke is selling tickets.
• £25 - including food and drink.
• 8pm start.
• Formal-ish.
  Action: Mention it in a newsletter and create an event.
• People interested should sign up to event - so Odd-bloke can see
• In support of Amnesty International and Global Care, a Coventry based charity.

Other:

• “2:1, that’s 60. I can skip 40 of my exams right?”-Zed0
• “Coding is like knitting right?”-MrWilson
• “Dirtus and Fyorl suck. Agaeki too”-Zaer
• Zed0 has an exam.
• Mogmiester gave out breakaways.
• “Breakfast was either hot chocolate from Curiositea or the throat lozenge before my exam”-Zaer