UCC Committee Meeting Minutes 2018-11-21 ======================================== Attendance: =========== Present: -------- Committee: - [FVP] -- President - [THA] -- Vice-president - [CFE] -- Treasurer - [MPT] -- OCM - [CHB] -- OCM - [LCY] -- OCM - [GIR] -- Fresher Rep Non-committee: - [NTU] Late: ----- - [042]: 19:03 Mentioned: ---------- - [TBB] - [DIE] - [ALI] - [BOB] -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Meeting opened: 18:05 ## Confirmation of minutes from 2018-10-31 Committee Reports ================= ## President's Report - William Corbett of UniSFA is in contact with the charity from Charity Vigil - Purchased [replacement heating element(s) for Anycubic 3D printer](https://www.ebay.com.au/itm/362429981306) - Should arrive 2018-11-13 - Also bought some potentially useful [USB-C peripherals](https://www.ebay.com.au/itm/142783643425) - MOTD updated by [CHB] - Checked the mail - Old habits die hard - Waiting for 3D printer parts & USB-C things - Artemis LAN was fun ## Vice President's Report - Power supply bought - Still in the machine room - Looked at monitors to buy ## Secretary's Report - Absent ## Treasurer's Report Accounts: Guild: $2808.08 Mastercard: $174.25 Cheque: $6013.66 - Guild grants aren't in - We'll get an email when they come in *Ask whether Ed team, Soc team, Secretary or OCMs want to make a report* ## Fresher Rep's Report - Freshers are almost no longer Freshers ## OCM Report -- [CHB] - Ran Artemis LAN - Was good minus the technical difficulties - Events are easy to run! ## OCM Report -- [MPT] - UWAnime Uncharity Vigil reps selected and added to group chat - Have submitted availability on whenisgood, awaiting other responses - Machines hate him ## OCM Report -- [LCY] - We need to actually send out the dumb terms that were bought -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Machine Technical Reports ========================= ## Servers - Actually work ## Network - UWA IT is planning major core network upgrades on Sunday 2018-11-18 and Sunday 2018-12-09 - IPv6 services will be impacted - Wheel is being kept updated with relevant info - External v6 is currently mostly broken - AD has been broken since Monday, fixed thanks to [CFE] et al. - Roaming profiles are probably still borked ## Desktops - Cobra has had more weird graphics card issues, apparently fixed by reseating - Clownfish also had strange graphics card issues, started working again by itself - Cichlid still needs the new power supply to be put in ## Misc. - Outgoing emails from UCC may be marked as spam by UWA mailservers - Clubroom port 14 (behind napoli/clownfish) is very dodgy but works with some cable wiggling -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- New equipment ============= - USB-C chargers - Have been placed in tool cupboard for now, should we put them out somewhere more obvious? - Reimburse $147.90 to [FVP] - Power supply for Cichlid - Reimburse $94.00 to [THA] Drinks and Snacks ================= - Halloween subcommittee still has to decide what to do with the leftover stuff in the machine room. -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- External Entities ================= ## Mail - Letter for [GOZ] - 1 membership form from [yautja] ## Guild/SOC ## Other Entities Events ====== - Any thoughts about doing something for [WACTF](https://capture.tf/)? - Saturday-Sunday 1-2 December, held in Bankwest Place (Murray St, Perth) - Registration closes 24th November - [MPT] did this last year, says it was fun ## Uncharity Vigil - [CHB], [MPT] - Whenisgood not done by some people - They know who they are ## Artemis LAN - [CHB] - Reimburse for posters - $4.20 to [CHB] - [FVP] motions to reimburse - [CFE] seconds - 6-0-1 - Good turn out - Probably should be run again ## Cameron Hall-oween - [FVP], [GIR] - Wrapup meeting Thursday 22 November, 11:00 - [FVP] should check the amount that has been gotten by Square and EventBrite ## Anniversary Dinner - Terminal sales - Actually give them out/get money for them -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Action Items from 2018-10-31 ============================ - [CFE] Continue writing camp network documentation - [CFE] Make sure Charity Vigil financial matters are resolved. - [FVP] to make Square work - In progress - Nexus 5X from [THA] looks to be the best option for hardware - Square reader from [FVP] is $59 - Peripherals: subject to testing, likely a bunch of cheap adapters from eBay - [FVP] Purchase suitable USB-C chargers. - Done, arrived, labelled & engraved. - Would be nice to put something up so people know we have them. - [FVP] Facilitate dicussion about new monitors. - **STOLEN** by [THA] - [FVP] Add [TBB] and [DIE] to door. - Done - [CHB] Facilitate discussions about machine room renovations. - [THA] Print spec cards for machines. - [THA] Figure out how to best install/fix Steam on Linux desktops. - [THA] Get tampons for the first aid box. - Done by [LCY] and [042] - [MPT] Look into clubroom stickers. - Looked up prices - 75ยข per - [042] Look into shirts. - Sort of done - We need to think about colours - [042] Look into the price of getting keys cut. -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- General Business ================ - Door Applications - [ALI] Alistair Langton - [THA] motions to add - [LCY] seconds - 6-0-1 - [ALI] to be added to door - [FVP] Planning, documentation & handover (mostly handover) for events next semester - Open day - Write/update fresher guide - Start of semester events - Fresher welcome - Workshops & tech talks - [ATA] is likely available - [FVP] will be running some kind of Linux sysadmin workshops - [DOM] has expressed interest in running Unity tutorials - Suggest booking in tech talks for at least first 6 weeks of semester ASAP, can go in fresher guide - Weekly events - Vive nights - [GIR] and [MPT] would like to run them - Movie nights (possibly w/ UniSFA) - [FVP] to look into them - Camp - Camp Leschenaultia booked for 3 nights, Friday-Sunday 19-21st July 2019 - Remind about installing eyelets when/if we confirm booking - Still waiting on other clubs to figure out if there's somewhere better to go - Woodman Point it a no -- we can't book it in time - UniGames is looking at something - [FVP] to look at things - Interclub events - Quiz night - [CHB] to look at handover - Charity vigil - Maybe ask [JAS] about a handover documents she's already written - [FVP] to forward handover document to Uncharity Vigil reps - Uncharity vigil - Buy some useful USB peripherals - see the wish list - [042] arrives -- 19:03 - [USB to Ethernet (100Mbps)](https://www.ebay.com.au/itm/152165605842) - $6.19 each - [USB 3.0 to Gigabit ethernet](https://www.ebay.com.au/itm/152165605842) - $12.79 each, RTL8153-based - USB-C hubs (see President's report) - Further discussion is required especially regarding hubs - [FVP] Motion to budget $30 to buy USB -> Ethernet adapters - [042] Seconds - 8-0-0 - Look into setting up committee-only password store for things that shouldn't be in uccpass - Selling the Suns: who wants to do it? - [042] will look into it - [FVP] Ping other computer clubs to make sure they still exist - COMSSA (Curtin), MITS (Murdoch), CASSA (ECU) - Can we do anything together? Any ideas for cross-club, cross-uni events in the next 18 months? - COMSSA has a server colocated in our machine room, are they actually still using it? - Room closing checklist poster for door members. - [FVP] Make eggman say things via dispense (with surcharge) - Is it a good idea? How much should it cost? - Bad idea - Maybe preset options would be alright - [FVP] Buy a decent benchtop power supply - 0-30V 5A regulated power supply - [Jaycar](https://www.jaycar.com.au/0-to-30vdc-0-to-5a-regulated-power-supply/p/MP3840) $179 or [Altronics](https://www.altronics.com.au/p/m8305-powertran-30v-5a-regulated-bench-top-power-supply/) $189 (but possibly down to $155) - [BOB] recommends one of [these](https://core-electronics.com.au/rigol-dp-712-single-channel-dc-power-supply.html) for $515 - Existing benchtop power supply probably just needs to be labelled, it can do fixed voltages fine - [0-30V/5A from Element14](https://au.element14.com/tenma/72-2690/bench-power-supply-1-ch-30v-5a/dp/256398201) for $112.84 - Will be voted on in circular - [FVP] Get a 10GbE card for Loveday - See [email to tech@](https://lists.ucc.gu.uwa.edu.au/pipermail/tech/2018-November/005032.html) - Suggestion: budget $80 to buy a [Mellanox ConnectX-2 SFP+ PCIe card](https://www.ebay.com.au/itm/192421526775) - Also [10GbE SFP+ direct connect cable](https://www.fs.com/au/products/30856.html) for $17 + $13 shipping/tax = $30 - Or 2 [10GbE SFP+ generic transceiver](https://www.fs.com/au/products/74668.html) for $22 each + $16 shipping/tax = $60 - [CFE] thinks might as well update Loveday instead -- maybe put it in Motsugo or buy two? - [FVP] motions $240 to buy two SFP+ cards and four SFP+ modules - [MPT] seconds - 8-0-0 - [333]: Finalise the winners of the glass terminal auction, and discuss the process for contacting them and arranging payment. - People can pay by bank transfer, dispense or square (if available) - If square, people will have to pay the surcharge - We need to make sure door knows about dispense payments - After payment is guaranteed, we can send the terms - [333]: Chase up the original auction sheets from [CFE] with the unique item numbers to avoid any ambiguity (eg. member X won a VT320 - which VT320?) - [FVP] motion to reimburse [DJF] $270.13 for snack run - [042] seconds - 8-0-0 - [FVP] motion to reimburse [TBB] $4.75 for paper towels - [CFE] seconds - 8-0-0 - [FVP] motions to budget $50 for two USB-C cables - [042] seconds - 8-0-0 Meeting closed at 19:45 Current Action Items ==================== - [CFE] Continue writing camp network documentation - [CFE] Make sure Charity Vigil financial matters are resolved - [CFE] Do research for oscilliscopes - [FVP] Send email to tech about AD stuff - [FVP] Look at [yautja]'s membership application - [FVP] Forward handover document to Uncharity Vigil reps - [FVP] Purchase USB -> Ethernet adapters - [FVP] Send emails to other computer clubs regarding their existence or lack thereof - [MPT] Send email about WACTF and maybe make a Facebook event - [CHB] Facilitate discussions about machine room renovations - [CHB] Make new fresher guide - [042] Look into selling the Suns - [LCY] Make door closing checklist poster -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- *Minutes uploaded by [FVP] at 22:06 on 2018-11-21*