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Archive date: January 2007

COMPSOC AGM

Posted on 31st January 2007

The compsoc AGM will be held on 21st February.

Nominations are now open.
Please email nominations to "bruce" "at" followed by "uwcs.co.uk"

Proxy voting will open on 14th February, once the WUGLUG have nominated their representative. I will send another email to all members on that day.

LAN Seating and Pizza!

Posted on 28th January 2007

There is now a "drag and drop LAN seating plan":http://www.uwcs.co.uk/society/events/seating/688 - just drag people around and hit "save new arrangement" if you don't like your existing seat.

Also, there is an "experimental pizza order signup":http://www.uwcs.co.uk/society/events/details/713 - please signup and specify your desired pizza in the comments, and the pizza will be ordered sometime before the LAN, thus neatly guaranteeing a sensible arrival time (11pm Friday). Medium pizzas should be a fiver eac...

UWCS Exec Minutes - Fri, 26th January 2007

Posted on 26th January 2007

h3. Present

* Andrew Wheat (Candle)
* David Buckley (bucko)
* Arun Prassanan (Polar)
* Bruce Tinton (Bruce)

* Tim Retout (Tim)
* Chris Lamb (lamby)

h2. 1. Apologies

Apologies were received from Fred Emmott, and the WUGLUG organising committee, who had arranged for Chris to appear on their behalf.

h2. 2. Open Tickets

The open tickets were considered. Andrew noted that Fred had been pursuing insomnia that day. Andrew agreed to talk to the DCS technicians about igor. It was agreed that the ticket relatin...

Console Gaming Session

Posted on 23rd January 2007

There will be another Console Gaming session this Saturday, at 7pm in B2.07. Please indicate if you're able to come and if you're able to bring a TV on the signups page!

If you need a lift from Earlsdon, please indicate as such in your signup, so that bucko can sort out picking you up/dropping you off.

Karting!

Posted on 23rd January 2007

CompSoc is planning a karting trip on the Wednesday of Week 7 (21st Feb). It will start at 3pm at Mr. Karting, in Leamington, and cost will likely be about £30 (I've not had confirmation of that yet). Transport is likely to be provided by members, so if you have a car, please say so in your signup comments.

CompSoc have a preliminary reservation on the time, but as we need to place a deposit, we need 10 people guaranteed to come before we can justify fully making our booking. There's an "event on the web...

UWCS Exec Minutes - Fri, 19th January 2007

Posted on 19th January 2007

h3. Present

* Andrew Wheat (Candle)
* David Buckley (bucko)
* Fred Emmott (fred)
* Arun Prassanan (Polar)
* Bruce Tinton (Bruce)

* Tim Retout (Tim)
* Richard Warburton (mulletron)

h2. 1. Apologies

Apologies were received from Daniel Watkins.

h2. 2. AGM Moved

WUGLUG are planning to go to FOSDEM at the same time as the AGM was planned. It was hence agreed to move it to Wednesday week 7 (21st February), and to use the Learning Grid for the meeting.

h2. 3. WUGLUG Communication

Richard brought up WUGLUG'...

Console Gaming Session + LAN Signups

Posted on 17th January 2007

We have been invited along to the VGDSoc's Console Social this Friday (19th) at 7pm in B2.07/B2.08. Feel free to come along! If you can bring a TV too, that'd be great!

Also, LAN signups for week 4 open for CompSoc members this Saturday at Noon. Guest signups open the following Monday at noon.

UWCS Exec Minutes - Fri 12th January 2007

Posted on 12th January 2007

h3. Present

* Bruce Tinton (Bruce)
* Arun Prassanan (Polar)

* Tim Retout (Tim)
* Richard Warburton (mulletron)
* Daniel Watkins (Odd_Bloke)

h2. 1. Apologies

* Sean Connolly (Morlark)
* David Buckley (bucko)
* Fred Emmott (fred)
* Andrew Wheat (Candle)

h2. 2. WUGLUG

Richard asked how WUGLUG's XING event had managed to clash with console gaming sessions. No one had commented on Richard's emails; are the exec on the WUGLUG list? It was agreed that Sean should be raising these issues. Richard appreciated ...

(Console) Gaming Session this Saturday

Posted on 11th January 2007

As Warwick Estates have still yet to furnish our new gaming room, we'll be running a console gaming session this Saturday in B2.13/14 at 7pm-midnight to attempt to inject some gaming into the society!

Please, if you have a TV you can bring/lend us, let the exec know (either by email or by specifying in a signup comment)!

Sorry about the late notice!

Bowling

Posted on 11th January 2007

CompSoc will be running a bowling social on Thursday of Week 3, leaving campus from the main bus stop at 6:30pm. We'll be eating in Leamington before heading over to the TenPin in Leamington.

Enjoy!