Hi All,

Its almost the end of term! This week we have a Christmas Social, Gaming
and a guest lecture from IBM on virtualisation.

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This week:

- Monday, 18:30, Pub Social, Phantom Coach
- Wednesday, 14:00-15:00, L4 (Science Concourse), IBM Guest Lecture
(Virtualise Everything and Save the Planet!)
- Wednesday, 16:00-17:00, DCS, Exec Meeting
- Wednesday, 19:00, A0.23 Social Studies, WUGLUG Meeting
- Friday 30th November, 18:00-21:00, Wing Wah's, Society Christm...

*Present* mullet,Brad,Monk,Azurit,Nat20,George

*Apologies* Si,Bruce

*MIA* Odd_bloke,Jc0

0. Pub Crawl

We agreed a pub crawl was a good idea, but Nat20 didn't know where was good.

ACTION: Nat20 email the discuss list for suggestions as to pubs.

1. Xmas Meal

Set for a week friday, in Wing Wahs. This is to happen before Gaming.

ACTION: Nat20 to sort out event and send out promotional email, Azurit
to move gaming back an hour.

2. Hursley

We decided not to run the Hursley trip.

3. Reuters

ACTION: Geo...

All,

Welcome to Week 8, this weekend sees the Society's first Programming
Competitions for the 07-08 academic year. Prizes are sponsored by
Bloomberg and total £1000.

To enter you must signup at the Society events page
(http://www.uwcs.co.uk/society/events). Teams must be of three people
or less, if you're not in a team then we are also running a
'matchmaker' service - signup and email academic@uwcs.co.uk.

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This week:

- Monday, 18:30, Pub Social, Phantom Coa...

*Present:* Mullet, Si, OddBloke, Fluffeei, Bruce, Lucidion (Lucy), Brad,
JcO, Azurit, George, Lamby, Faux

h5. Purchases

Si asked if all future Society purchases can go through the Exec.
Generally purchases are supposed to be discussed by the Exec prior to
the orders being placed, this helps with accountability and budget
management.

h5. WUGLUG Budget

Exec agreed this would be 70 GBP.

h5. LAN Planning

Faux said that no one has specified a setup time.

Fluffeei noted room is booked from 20:00 so the...

All,

Welcome to Week 6, there are lots of events happening this week so we
hope to see you all at some of them.

A highlight of this week (other than the LAN) will be a talk "Functional
Programming from Dummies" by Dr Steve Matthews of the Department of
Computer Science. The talk will introduce an alternative to Java
programming using a new language and design methodology.

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This week:

- Monday, 18:30, Pub Social, Phantom Coach
- Wednesday, 15:00-16:00, Depar...

*Present:* Mullet, Si, OddBloke, Fluffeei, Bruce, Brad, Lucy, Monk, George

The Exec begins by confirming the resignation of Mulletron (Richard Warburton) last week. The resignation was
received by email stating that the lack of progress in certain areas of the Exec and related issues
are making Mulletron unhappy to continue.

Bruce opens the meeting by confirming that Mulletron will remain in place whilst the Exec decide on how to
proceed.

Mulletron confirms this and also confirms that gaming will run ...

All,

Welcome to Week 5, below are the events for this week.

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This week:

- Monday, 18:30, Pub Social, Phantom Coach
- Wednesday, 19:00, A0.23 Social Studies, WUGLUG Lightning Talks (see below)
- Friday, 18:00-19:00, Tech Team Meeting
- Friday, 19:00, Social, Probably the Bar

(Please see: http://www.uwcs.co.uk/society/events/all for updated list)

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-- WUGLUG Lightning Talks

The Warwick University GNU/Lin...

All,

Welcome to Week 4, below are the events for this week.

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This week:

- Monday, 18:30, Pub Social, Phantom Coach
- Wednesday, 19:00, A0.23 Social Studies, WUGLUG Meeting
- Friday, 20:00, Department of Computer Science, Gaming

(Please see: http://www.uwcs.co.uk/society/events/all for updated list)

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- Clothing Order

CompSoc will be placing a group clothing order for Society hoodies,
t-shirts e...

*Present:* Mullet, Si, OddBloke, Fluffeei, Bruce, Brad, Lucy, Monk, Lamby, Sadiq

h4. Technical Officer

Brad resigns as Technical Officer stating the heavy workload and issues with the position. There is too much
work for one person and this creates a long lag waiting for everything to get done.

Mulletron replies that the Exec voted for the installation of two tech deputies but that these positions
were unfilled. If they were it might lighten the load.

Brad answers that the time consuming task is often ...

All,

Welcome to Week 3, below are the events for this week.

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This week:

- Monday, 18:30, Pub Social, Phantom Coach
- Wednesday, 19:00, Learning Grid Presentation B, Warwick GNU/Linux User Group Meeting
- Friday, 18:00, Department of Computer Science Tech Team Meeting
- Friday, 19:00, Pre-LAN/Gaming Social, TBC: The Bar
- Friday-Sunday, LAN, LIB1 and LIB2

(Please see: http://www.uwcs.co.uk/society/events/all for updated list)

--- Phantom Coach Pub S...