Minutes 16-02-2012

Present:

MrWilson, Cranman, TeamDoherty, zed0, MikeCobra, Goshawk, Moltenfire, James, Ruth, agaeki, SigmaD

Minutes

Compsoc constitution

• The legendary Compsoc constitution has been found and it was passed around in all its photocopied glory for all to witness.

Sci-fi society room request

• Permission has been granted for sci-fi society to use Lib1 on Wednesday of BFL from approximately 2-7pm.
• Popular suggestions included “stamping biscuits in the floor” and “removing all tables and chairs” before giving them the room. However, these were ultimately rejected.
• The state of the room will be checked afterwards to ensure we are not blame for any possible misconduct.

Progcomps

• Prizes and suggestions for the competitions were discussed.

Bletchley Park

• The paperwork has been completed and it has been decided the currently planned date will be used despite the timing during summer term.
• One minibus and possibly one people carrier will transport people there and back.
• The trip will be visiting the gift shop and packed lunches will be brought. Mr Wilson would love a packed lunch, unfortunately it seems like he will have to make his own.

Recycling at LANs

• The issue of grease stopping the pizza boxes from being recycled was brought up.
• More bins will be bought so recycling can be organized. Moltenfire will be in charge of this.
• ”Are you in charge of buying bins?” “Yes, I have a collection.”

Gaming ideas

• Defcon to be tried out as a possible new game.
• Due to the awkward times for watching SC2, the revolutionary idea of Teacraft was created.
• An email will be sent out to gauge interest in a SC2 tournament, with the finals possibly at BFL.

New servers

• Goggins and jess will be replaced in the upcoming weeks, with the server companies to be decided on.
• Private GIT will be implemented for Compsoc members.
• The problems with backus cannot be diagnosed, P2P will be implemented at gaming to increase download speeds.

Facebook Group

• zed0 is to resurrect the facebook group and to look at implementing automatic updates from the UWCS website.

New consoles and their use

• One Kinect, Wiis, controllers and a new Rock Band drum pedal will be bought for gaming.
• Permission was granted for Warwick Game Design society to use our gaming equipment as long as Mike is present.

Music server upgrades

• MrWilson will be adding a number of features to the music server to improve LANs.

The resurrection of XING

• A popular idea was to start “brown bag” talks-a short talk each week introducing members to a new topic.