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Minutes - 5th March 2014

Posted on 5th March 2014

Agenda
*Present*: veltas, murtag, ruth, rayhaan, robot, marmite, crumpet, mcnutty, phil, oli, hermit

h1. Academic

h1. Gaming

h1. Tech

h1. Socials

h1. Misc

-Reimbursement requests
-Exec contact sheet

h1. Action overflow:

h2. All Exec

h2. murtag

-contact gaming cafe, ask prices, invite to exec meeting

h2. veltas

h2. rayhaan

-O'Reilly user groups

h2. marmite

h2. robot

h2. mcnutty

h2. maddy

-get new gaming keys cut

Minutes - 26th February 2014

Posted on 26th February 2014

Agenda
*Present*: veltas, murtag, ruth, rayhaan, zed0, robot, marmite, crumpet, mcnutty, phil, oli

h1. Academic

h1. Gaming

-Oculus Rift

h1. Tech

h1. Socials

h1. Misc

-Lan rota and trolley

h1. Action overflow:

h2. All Exec

-Fill out LAN rota
-Sign up for handover meal

h2. murtag

-contact gaming cafe, ask prices, invite to exec meeting

h2. veltas

h2. rayhaan

-book trolley
-O'Reilly user groups

h2. marmite

h2. robot

-update website co...

Minutes - 19th February 2014

Posted on 19th February 2014

Agenda
*Present*: veltas, murtag, maddy, hir, ruth, rayhaan, zed0, robot, marmite, crumpet

h1. Academic

h1. Gaming

-Game design testing at gaming nights

h1. Tech

-Reducing email spam

h1. Socials

h1. Misc

h1. Action overflow:

h2. All Exec

h2. murtag

-contact gaming cafe, ask prices, invite to exec meeting

h2. veltas

h2. rayhaan

-to ask (Fyorl) if anime still use mailman and remove from them if not.

h2. marmite

-email society about Sma...

Minutes - 12th February 2014

Posted on 12th February 2014

Agenda
*Present*: veltas, murtag, alice, maddy, hir, ruth, rayhaan, zed0, robot, marmite, phil

h1. Academic

-Candle talk

h1. Gaming

-Replacing Gamecube controllers
-Buying new games from survey
-Smash tournament
-Gaming officers
-New gaming events
-Gaming cafe

h1. Tech

-New exec receiving emails for positions

h1. Socials

h1. Misc

-Society record sheet
-Publicity Officer election date/time
-Pub event on website.
-Risk Assessment

h1. Action ...

Minutes - 7th February 2014

Posted on 7th February 2014

Agenda
*Present*: veltas, maddy, rayhaan, marmite, mcnutty, robot, ruth, hir, zed0, agga, murtag

h1. Academic

-Bletchley trip transport
-Clothing order and email

h1. Gaming

-Contact potential Gaming Officers.
-Check DOTA fixed.

h1. Tech

-TV purchase.
-Discuss cluster.
-Website exec status.

h1. Socials

-Handover meal at Cosmo.
-Lego film social.
-Pub event on website.

h1. Misc

-No budget to be produced for SU as nothing asked in return.
-Ro...

AGM Results

Posted on 5th February 2014

The results of the AGM which took place today are:

Academic president: Christopher Leonard (veltas)
Gaming president: Maddy Young (metalgabu)
Tech officer: Rayhaan Jaufeerally (rayhaan)
Secretary: Tom Hoare (MisterMarmite)
Treasurer: Will Seymour (mcnutty)
Social secretary: Martin Dalzell (robot527)

Congratulations to all new exec!

We also decided to create a new marketing/publicity officer role. This role would involve creating posters and generally publicising the society better, and helping get the wo...

Minutes - 31st January 2014

Posted on 31st January 2014

Agenda
*Present*: veltas, crumpet, agga, rayhaan, ruth, hir, zed0, mcnutty

h1. Academic

-Candle talk will be wednesday week 7.
*ACTION*: ruth to ask dept. about room for Candle talk
*ACTION*: veltas to cancel booked room

h1. Gaming

-murtag: needs to ask about big screen
-People who turn up for setup should go to DCS
-Zero Space competition or Samurai Gunn for DCS

h1. Tech

-agga: asked Roger about storing servers, he wants to know some details ...

Minutes - 24th January 2014

Posted on 24th January 2014

Agenda
*Present*: veltas, zed0, rayhaan, hir, ruth, oli, murtag, Gazok

h1. Academic

-Put rayhaan's talk in newsletter
-Candle's talk still being organised, ruth will poke Candle

h1. Gaming

-murtag: We're going to do samurai gun tonight
-murtag: Probably doing some minecraft events at LAN
-murtag: zero space

h1. Tech

-agga: have received an email from warwick fencing soc saying their website isn't working, had some permission issues
*ACTION*: ...

Announcing the Annual General Meeting 2014

Posted on 21st January 2014

The 2014 Annual General Meeting of the Computing Society (UWCS) shall be held on the 5th of February at 3pm, in the Student Union HQ's Central Meeting Area.

The AGM is the opportunity for members to vote on changes to the society's constitution, and also the time for members to elect the new executives of the society.

Details about the event, as well as the election process, can be found on the event page.

Minutes - 17th January 2014

Posted on 17th January 2014

Agenda
*Present*: veltas, ruth, hir, murtag, zed0, oli, agga

h1. Academic

-ruth: candle's talk to do

h1. Gaming

-murtag: need a new TV for Wii U
*ACTION*: murtag to buy TV online
-murtag: game design pub yesterday suggested competition of making 2-player games and we hold tournament
-Seems legit
-zed0 to fix bot in IRC for warcraft3

h1. Tech

-Mailman replacement should be investigated
-Unused mailman lists should be removed even if mailman isn...