Meeting Notes 11-11-2020

Minutes 11/11/20

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

Absent: Daisy

• Academic
  • Lightning talks-
    • Speakers
      • John Topic TBD
      • Sam/Finnbar Karaoke talk
      • Searching for third
    • Poke DCS to get the academic talks advertised properly - DO THIS
  • G-Research Code Event
    • Week 8
    • Groups of 3-5
    • Series of challenges to build an NLP engine
• Gaming
  • Picking games is hard
  • Running a drop-in game as a deliberate event may garner interest
  • Gaming is...okay, it works but attendance very uneven
• LAN
  • Week 8 - Weekend
  • Pick a Christmassy name
    • Strawpoll for name
  • LAN games tournaments
    • Need to research games in advance
• Opportunities
  • Extra channel for student things we'd like to promote that aren't sponsored.
    • Would be nice, doesn't drown out other announcements or official opportunities
  • Curated from requests for things we consider to be relevant and useful
  • If unsolicitied posting becomes a problem again in future, revisit it.
• AOB
  • Opening ports - Sent reply stating it is still relevant
  • Advent of Code -
    • Aim to push it more as everyone is remote and it would be a fun thing to get more people involved in.
    • Produce Mentor guide
    • Produce Synopsis