Minutes - 26th April 2013

Present:

ruth, Murtag, Veltas, runite, Moltenfire, zed0

Minutes:

Academic

• Looking at two prog comps later on in the term.
• Internet programming competition probably week 7.
• Google funded programming competition week 8 or 9.
• Veltas mentioned possibility of arranging an academic trip (for next academic year).
• Suggestions to organise sooner rather than later, with computing museum at Bletchley Park.
  ACTION: Veltas to ask “FIRST DAY OF TERM 1 IN AND AMONGST FRESHERS” about minibus driving course.
• Ruth can’t make it to next year’s Fresher’s Fair.
• The more the merrier, if you can.

Gaming

• Discussion had about what consoles to get.
  ACTION: Ruth to buy opportune £60 PS3.
• May also come with more offers of PS3 games that could be good to get.
• Suggested games to look into: CoD (which one yet to be decided).
• Also decided to buy a (roughly £300) Wii U.
• Murtag made very good point that it’s something to attract freshers (at Fresher’s Fair) as most people do not own or know anyone that owns a Wii U.
• suggested Mario Party (9?) for Wii.
• Murtag suggested Soul Calibur V as we already play it enough.
• Need a couple more Wiimotes.
  ACTION: buy Wii U and stuff.
• Murtag later stated he’d be buying games for Wii U.
• Zed0 reminds: need to sort out boxes / cupboards before BFL.
• Should be done with james and argha.

Response to Murtag’s Gaming Survey

• Overall, turns out people like games.
• Some said that they felt gaming was just “Dota & Smash Bros.”.
• As for what console was preferred, survey suggested slight inclination to PS3.

Upcoming LAN Party

• LAN to be held week 2’s weekend.
• Murtag to run some tournies during LAN.
  ACTION: Murtag to buy some posters to advertise this.

Tournaments

• Murtag: There are to be tournaments every week, and at LANs.
• Prizes every week as an idea.
• zed0: “Give out branded compsoc stuff?”
• Full list of tournaments on #exec, to be mirrored in newsletter.

iSeries / Eurogamer

• These events were mentioned at meeting.
  ACTION: To be documented as events (or whatever) on website by Murtag.
• Compsoc group trips yet to be arranged.

Socials

• Runite is planning a BBQ for week 9 weekend, start at 12pm - 7pm.
• Also planning football for end of week 6 / beginning of week 7.
  ACTION: Runite to book field or whatever with Warwick Sport.

Upcoming Official Budget Deadline

• Membership cost to remain at £3.
  ACTION: Murtag to do gaming cupboard inventory.

Miscellaneous

• No news from societies federation meeting.
  ACTION: Veltas to write newsletter advertising this week and whole term.
• To contain tournament list.
  ACTION: Murtag needs to get a persistent IRC connection.
• Meetings this term provisionally set for 17:30 on Mondays, starting week 3.
• Arranged conveniently before weekly pub.
• There will be no meeting next week, as would be only 3 days after this one.
  ACTION: LAN rota to go on IRC, execs to fill-out.