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Minutes 04/03/2015

Posted on 4th March 2015

Present: rayhaan, mcnutty, hermit, phillammon, rhiba, marmite, robot

Next meeting: Wed 11th March, 1pm

h1. Academic

h1. Gaming

-nothing more to add on the piazza screen event, Phillammon is keeping in contact.
-Thinking about advertising a big hearthstone tournament sometime.

h1. Tech

-cluster - over easter.. being installed. Openstack probably way to go.
-website auth system done

h1. Social

h1. Publicity

-Talked about posters and promo shots and what to do with both. Need printing...

Minutes 25/02/15

Posted on 25th February 2015

Present: rayhaan, mcnutty, hermit, phillammon, kirby, rhiba, marmite

Next meeting: Wed 4th March, 1pm

h1. Academic

-Will met with president of warwick tech, they both want us to work together. Warwick tech have a lot of non CS stuff going on but would be good to collaborate on hackathons. BCS want outreach, so they liked warwick tech, although now we’re going to “share” affiliation with warwick tech. Meet up with them once a term to work out whats going on with BCS. Can include it in our branding! Overa...

IRC Guide

Posted on 25th February 2015

We finally have a step-by-step guide on how to join us on IRC! It can be found here:

*"https://uwcs.co.uk/cms/about/services/irc/setup/":https://uwcs.co.uk/cms/about/services/irc/setup/*

We encourage all of our members to join our IRC network, as it's a fun, interesting and sometimes very useful (coursework help etc)!

Minutes 18/02/2015

Posted on 19th February 2015

Present: rayhaan, mcnutty, hermit, phillammon, kirby, rhiba, murtag

Next meeting: Wed 25th February, 1pm

h1. Academic

-contact with Michelle D'Israeli - she posted on facebook group, Will messaged her (shes past exec) she hasn’t replied
-contact with DCS - phillammon and mcnutty went to see matt leeke and roger, theyre happy with gaming, things seemed good, matt wants to have events with us and share resources, appear at open days with oculus. Want people on the new DCS website (preferably computi...

Minutes - 11th February 2015

Posted on 11th February 2015

Present: hermit, maddy, kirby, marmite, mcnutty, phillammon, rayhaan, rhiba, robot

Next meeting: Wed 18th February, 1pm

h1. Academic

-Mcnutty is planning on arranging a meeting with Matt Leeke to talk about running events like talks with DCS
-Decided to let go of the MSL stuff since the contact is not returning emails.

h1. Gaming

-Talked about advertising Occulus Rift more, bringing it out at every gaming and LAN. Mcnutty has it working on his computer.
-Xbox guy (Joe) has stuff for a Halo ...

Minutes - 4th February 2015

Posted on 4th February 2015

Present: rhiba, maddy, phillammon, veltas, robot, alice, marmite, mcnutty, rayhaan, hiren

Next meeting: Wed 11th February, 1pm

h1. Academic


-Adding XING to events page.
-Talked about changing programming workshops name as it is not really a programming workshop, more of a “laptop and tea” meeting.
-Talked about changing XINGS name, no decision so far.
-Mcnutty has talked to Mike Joy about running events with DCS. Department would possibly be happy to advertise for us, and put us in contact wit...

Minutes - 28th January 2015

Posted on 28th January 2015

Present: marmite, veltas, rayhaan, maddy, mcnutty, hermit, rhiannon, phillammon, glynn

Next meeting: Wed 4th February, 1pm

h1. Marmite's Musings

-Gaffer tape is good, our cables are gross and sticky.
-AGM took literally forever. So long.

h1. Academic

h1. Gaming

-Website needs list of games
-Clash with DOTA not an issue
-LAN music server is under control of the exec. Written and verbal rules can be enforced as per rules for LAN

h1. Tech

-Buy usb sata adapter, ethernet heads, gaffer tape, mats for LAN...

AGM Results 2015

Posted on 28th January 2015

We had our AGM today! It was very long, so thanks to everybody who turned up and voted, and congratulations to our new exec:

Academic president: William Seymour (mcnutty)
Gaming president: Alistair Crook (phillammon)
Tech officer: Rayhaan Jaufeerally (rayhaan)
Secretary: Rhiannon Michelmore (rhiba)
Treasurer: Tom Hoare (MisterMarmite)
Social secretary: Martin Dalzell (robot527)
Publicity officer: Alice Fitzgerald (hermit)

Minutes - 21st January 2015

Posted on 21st January 2015

Present: marmite, hermit, maddy, robot, rayhaan, phillammon, veltas, mcnutty, rhiannon, zed0

Next meeting: Wed 28th January, 1pm

h1. Marmite's Musings

h1. Academic

h1. Gaming

-All exec need to fill out LAN rota

h1. Tech

-Mcnutty says website pages are crap, tech team to update, all exec can change as needed

h1. Social

h1. Publicity

-Need to advertise some of our events on the SU's top 5 list

h1. Misc

-AGM single transferable vote format will be fine, no online voting, counted by veltas
-Mcnutty ...

Minutes - 14th January 2015

Posted on 14th January 2015

Present: veltas, marmite, maddy, mcnutty, rayhaan, robot, crumpet, philamon, zed0

Next meeting: Wed 21st January, 1pm

h1. Marmite's Musings

Maddy kills things that are annoying or disturbing. Robot looks worried.

h1. Academic

h1. Gaming

-Favoured games from gaming survey to be bought, publicised

h1. Tech

-Finances for the rack are all done
-Mailman got sick, but rayhaan helped him so he's a bit better now (I don't understand technology)

h1. Social

h1. Publicity

-Promo stuff from refreshers appear...