Minnits - 6th December 1999

Compsoc Exec Minnits

6th December 1999

Attended

• Chris Smith
• Chris Salmon
• Barry Boden
• Andrew Rudnicki
• Apologies from Mike

Contents

• Gaming at CSV
• Dreamcast
• LAN Party
• Treasure Hunt
• Webmaster
• Treasurer
• LAN Soc
• Laserquest SOC
• Refreshers fair
• Budget

1: Gaming at CSV

Gill at CSV has been mailed, and a meeting arranged for Wed 8th 17:00 with Alison Allden, the Group Leader of Academic Services group, and the Group leader of PC Group. The fesability of gaming in CSV was discussed in preparation for Wednesday’s meeting.

• Game installation. This could be done by giving the society posession of a gamer account, which could have the relevant permissions enabled. This could be administered by CSV (only allowing access at certain times) or by the society (changing the password before/after a session). The other option is keeping the user space empty when not playing games. However, we would have to prevent people changing the password of the account whilst they were playing. Possibly by logging the people in ourselves.

• Legal Issues. Each person playing must have a licence to do so. This can be enforced by asking people to bring an original version of the game CD with them. This however would not be needed in the case of game demos, or games which allow spawn versions to play)

• Machines. We would like to use at least 10 NT machines. This is because the latest games require the most up-to-date machine you can get.

• When? The timing has to avoid obvious problems with people using the computers for work. It was suggested that these sessions could be from 8-12 or even 10-2am if needed.

• Why not the SU machines? There aren’t enough (~8) and the SU shuts at night, so playing time is limited to when others will want to use the machines.

• What if people play games and get a taste for them, playing outside of a social? The society will ban members who are found abusing the no games rule by banning them from future CSV gaming sessions.

2: Dreamcast

Chris Smith is to snail mail Sega for info as they don’t have an email address on their site.
Baz to mail Ben about possible previews/contacts for further talks etc.

3: LAN Party

Meeting rooms 2/3 have been booked from 9-5 for Sunday after the Friday of week 12 (and before the Monday of week 13 (duh!)). Baz is to buy some spare equipment for next term if he sees it in the holiday. The list of stuff wanted is: 1 network card, 3 bits of 2m BNC cable, 1 T-piece. It was also suggested that the society could book LIB1 for an allnighter (as Mod Sci Fi did).

4: Treasure Hunt

Members have been mailed with the details, and this has been posted to the website. Andy apologised saying that he could not be there for the start of the social. The task list has been completed, and Andy is to mail the members with a reminder, telling them not to forget their 50p entrance. This has now been moved to Thursday to avoid a clash with the Christmas Ball. Chris Smith to talk to the Finance Office about getting the 45ukp out of the account for prize money.

5: Webmaster

The exec would just like to say that they think Phil is doing a good job with the site. Baz mailed Paul Doyle (again) about the SU web setup.

6: Treasurer

There has been 1 application for the position. The exec are going to wait until the deadline for any late applications and then meet the applicants before picking the treasurer.

7: LAN SOC

The posting has not been made to the newsgroup, and it was decided to leave this, as the idea seems to have dissipated.

8: Laserquest SOC

Baz to mail the laserquest society to express an interest in joining the inter-soc challenge.

9: Refreshers fair

The exec decided not to set up a stall for the fair. It is to be emphasied in the next newsletter that people CAN still join (as some still do) by going to the SU reception. This will be an important message once it is seen we are doing regular games sessions.

10: Budget

The exec discussed the allocations in their budget. The question of society affiliation was raised. Also, the 82ukp allocated for magazines/publications was discussed. This could used for a subscription to a magazine such as micromart or spent on books (either course books or general interest) that members could borrow.

The next meeting is set for the 1st Mon next term at 14:00, meeting at the Fyshbowl.