Meeting Notes 09-07-2020

Meeting Notes 09-07-2020

Present: Toby, John, Amelie, Dan,Thomas, Ryan, Daisy, Scott

Late:

Absent:

• BFW Autopsy
  • General
    • Exceeded expectations
    • Solid attendance throughout
    • Multiple lobbies was useful, 2+ needed
  • Gaming
    • Good start to the event, helped that it was "normal"
  • Music Server
    • Generally liked - Worked well for WAN
    • Bucketing disagreements
    • People don't like Toby's music (they are wrong - Toby)
    • Keep music server flexible
  • Quiz
    • Fun, Ryan had fun
    • Rules communication helps
    • Could run a quiz during holidays, unlikely
    • Dead air vs Distracting background music debate unsolvable trivially
  • Movie Night
    • Films were played
    • People watched them
  • Indie Games Tournament
    • "Smoothly enough" - John
    • Transition to online was slightly difficult and unideal
    • Hotseating was a little weird
  • Board Games
    • Questionably happened
    • Geoguessr took over a little
    • Tabletop taught us that boardgames are hard to transfer
  • Racing Tournament
    • Went fairly well as far as events
    • Linux caused a minor hiccup in the middle
    • Download size matters though wasn't a huge issue
  • Social Games
    • Sort of-ish happened
    • TTT happened in the end
    • Didn't last long, everyone was reasonably tired
• Lib 2 and Discord integration?
  • Text feed could work quite well
    • IRC/Webhooks
• Freshers page
  • Nice for flyers etc.
  • Landing page with freshers in mind
    • SU page link
    • Discord server link
  • Dan nobly volunteered
• Future events VC lobby
  • Could have a voice lobby higher up. Either permanently or during events
• Discord rearranging needs temp Welcome message
  • Yes
• Friday Night Gaming
  • Additional games?
    • Gaming-get yes
    • Console maybe, no idea
  • Consoles?
    • Revisit later
• Holidays
  • Hackathon (hopefully)
  • Keep running Tuesday/Friday until not fun
• Money
  • Amelie keep doing stuff
• Next Year
  • Do the best we can
  • Run a poll for feedback
  • Talks/Workshops
    • Talks are nice, Workshops could run like labs
    • Schedules are good for First years, but can be hard to stick to.
    • Targeted workshops better than general.
• AOB
  • Gaming:
    • Could be nice to have people stream things they're playing
    • Positive to atmosphere ^
  • Exec meetings
    • Online meetings get more input from non-exec
    • Easier to schedule as well
    • Can be more of a pain if already on campus
    • Booking rooms is more beneficial for not annoying others
    • Conference mic could be possible, could buy or use existing mic

Quotes:

"We're going to be the new disease vector now that POP isn't happening" - Ryan

"Every second you're not running, I'm only getting closer" - Sonic

"Not that I'd complain <Server Muted>" - David