Minutes 2017-04-27 (Term 3 Week 1)

Minutes term 3 week 1

Present: David * 2, Brandon, Rob, Adam, Elliot, Sam, Callum

Absent: Everyone else

BFL

• Signups Open!

• Need to put up LAN Rota (later in term)

• Events at BFL

  • WASD

  • Mystery Games? Brandon to sort this out.

  • Overwatch Tournament

    • Last year was very successful, hoping to repeat that this year. Might run a 3v3 Skirmish tournament instead of the usual 6v6 depending on interest.

• Prizes for Events. WASD probably shouldn't have prizes.

Go Karting / Jump In Social

• Strawpoll on discord to decide which nearer the time.

• Possibly run the one that wasn't picked next term.

Grant application

• External Speaker (Maybe Tom Scott o_O)

• Buy a Nintendo Switch for Gaming

eSports apparel

• David still in contact with GamerApparel

• Production time about 3 weeks

• Store page lasts for a year

• Might possibly get some exec gear (not using society funds)

Misc

• Advertising using the virtual screens?

  • Not really worth it for events like BFL, general society advertising may be good, especially next year.

• Replace vertical banner

• Look into sponsorship for next year *through the SU this time*

• Noticeboard outside gaming room might be useful for society notices, esp. wrt gaming?

  • Look into using the screen

• Plans for next year wrt DCS building work

  • Ask about gaming room (will probably have to move again)

  • Servers may need to be moved as well

• Satisfaction Survey?

  • Might be useful to gauge interest in various things for next year

• Hackathons next year?

  • Requires a lot of time

  • Warwick Hack (sadly) exists

Todo:

• Elliot: Look into applying for a grant

• Sam: Write society e-mail

• Sam: Update exec page

• Anyone: Write sign on gaming door tomorrow (Gaming starts at 10pm)

• David I: Get sponsorship money

• David I: Check wether exec email is set up

• David I: Add Rob to sudoers

Quotes:

Brandon - "It was too meme"

David II - "WASD is a thing of pride"

Sam - "Didn't our other one break?", David I - "Yes. That was me."

David I - "Rob. Make a chaff cannon."

Elliot - "Can they build a building that quickly?"