UCC Committee Minutes 02-04-2010 Meeting opened at 16:05 MST Present: [MRD] [BOB] [LOL] [ODF] [CJS] [TPG] [DAA] [TRS] Apologies: [DJA] Absent: [YES] President's Report ------------------ - Moving things back from Arts this Tuesday (hopefully!) - Arts have offered to keep housing a sane number of servers, issue is access - Went looking at AirCons with [LOL] - Concern about how rapidly insurance claim is rising - [MTL] looking for a data center for us Vice-President's Report ----------------------- - Apologies Treasurer's Report ------------------ - Had a nap. - SOC grants done by next week - Any outstand receipts should be handed to [BOB] - Insurance claim is currently 86 items and over $30,000 Secretary's Report ------------------ - Looked at AirCons with [MRD] Fresher Rep's Report -------------------- - Freshers are unhappy with no club room, lost and confused without a clubroom. - Lost a few more freshers, some have dropped out Machine Technical Reports ------------------------- Servers: - We have three! Madako is now back up. - General discussion of machine state, as usual damaged by rain Network: - Madako rebooted, ITS pushed routing back here, "should just work" - To be invested on Tuesday when the MR comes back up Desktops: - Now three with SNAP access - Everyone too scared to setup SNAP on linux New Equipment: - Dell PowerEdge 2650 from ITS Drinks and Snacks ----------------- - We need coke Mail, Guild and SOC ------------------- - We have them. - There is a shoe repairer ([MRD] wanted this minuted). Action Items ------------ - All Committee - repairing the club - Perspex now on windows - 2-3 weeks for new glass - Need to keep the MR roof clear until glass is replaced - [BOB] working on insurance General Business ---------------- - [FEL] UCC to buy a Ubiquiti Rocket M5 Access point to replace the agingt WRT54, This is a MiMo AP with 2 antennas, It also has quite alot of power to each outside of UCC, and runs openwrt... See Tech list. Price is $150 AUD - General discussion. Some features would be nice but not sure it's something that we need at the moment. - To be discussed once storm damage + insurance has been dealt with. - [MRD] and [LOL] AirCons - We have a 15A plug for AirCons - [MRD] and [LOL] only invesitgated 10A Models - 4.4kW $585 at Retrovision - Discussion of UCC wanting one or two AirCons - Problem with having one is lack of redundancy - All of the modern in wall units seem resonably exposed at the back though looking at the current units, this may not be an issue - Also issue of when UCC moves out of Cameron Hall - Two units seems to be the best option - Would be nice to have AirCon by tuesday when machines are turned back on - Or at the latest by the week after - If we get two, there is the worry that both would fail at the same time [DAA] departs breifly to obtain a tape measure - [BOB] approve $300 for LAN prizes plus expenses - 5x$20 JB-HiFi vouchers, 2x$25 JB-HiFi vouchers, $20 dispense credit - Additional $20 a table for 5 tables required for LAN - [LOL] seconds, unanimous - [MRD] Quiz Night - [DAA] and [JCF] as MCs and Questions - Call for help organising the quiz night - [ODF] volunteers - [MRD] to discuss with UniSFA on how to proceed - 20th of May discussed as a date - [BOB] put mermaid discs into a Core2 Due owned by Adrian - To buy the machine for a small fee - A wheel decision on how to proceed, purchase to be discussed once we have an amount [DAA] returns with a tape measure - Continued dicussion of AirCons - Window is 98.5cmx68cm - Discussion of most suitable options - Proposed to get a 5.4kW in-wall and a 2kW portable - $650-ish for the 5.4kW unit, and $300-400-ish for the portable - [MRD] proposes a budget of $1,200 for new AirCons - [LOL] unanimous - [MRD] to sort out new AirCons plus pickup on tuesday Current Action Items -------------------- - [MRD] to organise new AirCons - [MRD] to discuss Quiz Night with UniSFA Meeting closed at 17:17 MST --- Meeting minutes are also available at http://ucc.asn.au/infobase/minutes/