Pre-Term 2 Meeting Minutes

Posted on 3rd January 2023

Agenda

(in no particular order yet)

Current port and networking settings are a bit of a mess
Lovelace will be a router because it’s got the ports already
- Treat the rest like a local network behind lovelace
- A lot of central soc stuff are now on Berrylium and Dockerised - thanks @Joey
- Need to redo accounts system to match as well
New server has been working well, game servers have been running well over holidays
@feriks or @Alex Wright to sell spare bits of server
i want my usb stick back lol
32GB sticks for dust2 ready to install for shits and giggles
New drives for localtoast ASAP, its getting full

Still working on venues
Fair bit on discussion on WhatsApp group about themes
- Formal-ish
- Space or Art Deco are ideas atm
“We need to finalise some things by some point” - @Keegan Rimmington

Have some runners lined up - not as many as we’d like
Anyone who can help let us know and get put in the helpers channel on WASD server
Runners Guide soon
Will have a tech test or two beforehand - some people for those plz

No inclusivity officers present
Was a poll on what to do on group chat
- Someone check with Preya about poll results
- “Who will be harassing Preya?" - @Keegan Rimmington
Planning something?
- Bowling maybe? Meal as well?
- Saturdays and Tuesdays are free-est options atm
Current plan
1. wed 18th jan : Have a circle before pop
  
  tues 31 jan : wildcards meal
2. wed 15th feb: Have a bar crawl before pop
3. tues 28th fed : wildcards board and video games night
4. tues 4th : end of tem meal

FNGs ofc
- Valentines Day event - force people to play dating sims after AGM election
  - AGM in Oculus probably
LAN W2
- Contact power people ASAP @Jake
  - steve@spectrumservices.uk.net apparently
- Events planned but not set times yet
  - Fix soon so can publicise

Circle W1 Wed - TBar
- Publicity mostly done
- White shirt theme - we’ll buy sharpies for it
Pancake Day at Oaks
- Weekend either side probably
Laser Tag with Anime & Tabletop
- No date or confirmation yet - later in term
Pub Crawl early-mid term (Weekend W3??)
- @Skiros check with @Matthew Knight
Bletchley Park Trip again?
National Trust Soc - they have big discount with NT
- Touching Grass event?
- Contact Aaron - @someone
Leam Picnic probably yeeted
Some Fresher events plans @Henry
- Going somewhere
- CW session? ¬Waffles? Functional?

Advanced Java Talk - not sure if 1 or 2
- On GitHub, others check plz
- Maybe one 1.5hr, pizza in middle
- W1 Wednesday 1pm OC105 - in same room as preceding SoftEng talk
CompCafe
- Snacks and work sesh
- Could embed smaller academic events
- Start W1 weekly - Thursdays 5/6ish start? wait for timetable
- Contact Lea and James @Funk Pigeon
Unreal Course?
- Game Design not particularly responsive
- Unlikely, maybe condense for DCS game jam
  - @Owen Connors follow up with Alex Dixon
- Change to Godot or Game Maker? to make more accessible
- Maybe do a review of game engines, etc. to get people started
Docker Talk
- Current plan is probably not gonna happen - Skiros is v. busy then
- W2 if others can do it
Lightning Talks W3
- @Max McIntyre to chase up
Grad Talks W4
G-Research pencilled for W5
PhysCafe
- @Alia might be able to do, reuse some ChemCafe?
- @Joey might have some bits to dig up
- 2x 90 min on Thurs 4pm
Various Revision Sessions

Docker talk @Skiros and @Joey
- Have some (minor) technical practical bit
Leo - Soft Eng talk - kinda similar to last years
Lightning Talks
- We have a few already - one dropped out from last batch
- W3 & 7 planned atm
A lot of half offers from people - quite a few grads
- Need to match people and slots
Perhaps combine into 4x 30 min talks - know a couple are too short to make a standalone thing, but too long for lightning talks
@Joey to contact G-Research if they want to do something (like their NLP challenge)
@Keegan Rimmington to contact Qube about Progcomp with them
Comp Bio Talk to contact @Keegan Rimmington @Owen Connors

Term 1 Recap?
This week
- Term 2 Overview
- Term 2 Timetable (first half) - @Ella Horne
- What is CompCafe - can be simple
- Advanced Java Talk
- Circle - @brendan
LAN graphics - next week
- Waiting on times for events
End of week 2 for elections announcement post
- Membership cut-off w4, actual event w6