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Minutes - 22 April 2003

Posted on 22nd April 2003


h3. Compsoc Exec Minutes

h4. 22 April 2003

h4. Present

* Phil Stoneman
* Christian Bates
* Sadiq Jaffer
* Christopher Boyle
* Euan MacGregor
* David Buckley

h4. Activity Day

To be held in week six of the first term of next year. A subset of the exec will meet discuss the details of this.

h4. Dr Solomon's Lecture

The room has been booked, although it was decided to try to get a larger room.

h4. Freshers fair

The board we have will be split into halves, with one half covering the academic aspect ...

CS Results

Posted on 15th March 2003

Well for those unaware the results of our CS fun last night were:

* Fade enjoyed setting evil gravity that killed you if you walked down a ramp!

* Past and future presidents engaged in furious bidding wars for the right to decide map settings.

* Draconas became the mad auctioneer at brief periods as the admin bribes escalated to ridiculous levels.

* Sadiq proved to be the master at "death from above" with a submachine gun.

* Some society members grudgingly admitted that CS is actually a good ...

Newsletter for 11 March 2003

Posted on 11th March 2003

Newsletter for 2003-11-03

h3. Newsletter for 11 March 2003

Hey everybody! It is with a heavy heart (and heavier workload) that I must bid you farewell with this, my final newsletter before handing over the reins to the new Computing Society Secretary. Let's see what we have in store for you this time...

# Comic Relief Counterstrike Tournament
# Elections results
# Perl & graphics tutorials
# Compsoc 'Shop'
# CAT5
# Guest lecture

h4. 1. Comic Relief Counterstrike Tournament

That's right; we have, as ...

Counterstrike Tournament

Posted on 11th March 2003

This Friday (Week 10), The Computing Society will be holding a Counterstrike gaming tournament in aid of Comic Relief.

Entry fee: £2.00
Time: 10:00 pm
Location: ITS0.11, under L3 (Near Getech)
Bring along: Your own headphones, and money for bribes

The server operators will be accepting reasonable bribes, so the evening promises to be full of mayhem and fun! After all, how many other societies give you the opportunity to kill people for a good cause? ;)

Minnits - 8 March 2003

Posted on 8th March 2003


h3. Compsoc Exec Minnits

h4. 8 March 2003

h4. Present

* David Buckley
* Phil Stoneman
* Henry Southgate
* Adam Bowen
* Christian Bates
* James Ross
* Richard Wilson
* Euan MacGregor
* Christopher Boyle
* David de la Motte
* Sadiq Jaffer
* Christopher Fanning

h4. Guest Lecture

"Dr Solomon" agreed to do a talk. Phil to confirm date and ask about travelling costs. The talk is likely to be about programming and personal anecdotes about starting a business. It was suggested that we use one of the libr...

Minnits - 1 March 2003

Posted on 1st March 2003


h3. Compsoc Exec Minnits

h4. 1 March 2003

h4. Present

* David Buckley
* Christian Bates*
* Adam Bowen
* James Ross
* Henry Southgate
* Phil Stoneman
* Sadiq Jaffer*
* David de la Motte
* Euan Macgregor*
* Christopher Fanning
(* new exec)

h4. Agenda

Tutorials, new exec, budget, Comic Relief, University of Portsmouth Computing Society, LANs, shop, sponsorship, VNC.

h4. Tutorials

Perl tutorial to be held in weeks three and four, possibly also in week five of term three.
Quake3 tutorial to be held in...

3D Graphics Tutorials

Posted on 25th February 2003

Ahead of the 3D graphics tutorials starting tomorrow I have put up the slides and some links on my web-site, you can find it all here.

CompSoc Exec 2003-2004

Posted on 23rd February 2003

The elections for next year's CompSoc Exec were held at the LAN. The results are as follows:

* President - Phil Stoneman (DrWatson)

* Vice-President - Sadiq Jaffer

* Secretary - Euan MacGregor (zx64)

* Treasurer - Christian Bates (Draconas)

* Technical Officer - Richard Wilson (Si1entDave)

* Webmaster - David Buckley (Bucko)

The new exec will be phased in over the next three weeks, and will officially take over their duties at the start of Term 3.

Minnits - 15 February 2003

Posted on 15th February 2003


h3. Compsoc Exec Minnits

h4. 15 February 2003

h4. Present

* Director Layme AKA Henry Southgate
* Assistant Director Whiney AKA Adam Bowen
* Agent Crunchy AKA Christopher "I'm an engineer" Fanning
* Agent Squirrel AKA Thomas Cropper
* Agent Stoned AKA Philip Stoneman
* Bucket the janitor AKA David Buckley

h4. Not Present

* Agent Hippiebitch AKA David de la Motte Sherman Fuckit
* Chief TOSA Galloway AKA James Galloway Ross

h4. A number of recruits were also in attendance

* Recruit Noisy AKA NoisyDav...

LAN signups

Posted on 9th February 2003

Oops! Sorry, we meant Sunday in the newsletter for LAN signups. Everything else stands, though - and signups are open now - just select the LAN from the list on the right on the website.