University Computer Club AGM 2005 Tuesday March 22nd, 13.00pm Guild Council Meeting Room, Guildhall, UWA Minutes taken by DAG (2004 Secretary) annotated by PXY (2005 Secretary) === In Brief === President: DAG Bernard Blackham Vice President: TRS James Andrewartha Treasurer: MSH Matt Johnston Secretary: PXY Davyd Madeley Fresher Rep: ABP Byron Pogson OCMs: RPS Craig Williams SJH Susie Hellings JCF James French === In Full === AGM opened Tue Mar 22 13:07:28 WST 2005 Present: DAG Bernard Blackham PXY Davyd Madeley TRS James Andrewartha MSH Matt Johnston SJH Susan Hellings RME James Cox GMB Grahame Bowland VEL Jen McCutcheon JFK Jeff Saunders INS Andrew Thorburn NVS Lionel Pryce EVN Evan Beasley LGM Alex Dawson ABP Byron Pogson TIM Tim DeHeaume INF Jason Doan TOB Toby Moore JCF James French ZOE Zoe Wadsworth NTU Nick Bannon DGB David Basden MPF Matthias Liffers MTL Mark Tearle RPS Craig Williams BGM Ben Murrihy PDA Paul Andinach AJT Adrian Tiong LAT Trent Lloyd (via IRC) ZAR Alwyn Nixon-Lloyd (via IRC) Andrew Bailey (via IRC) Michael Deegen (via IRC) TDH David Manchester (via IRC) Apologies: SAF Simon Fryers President's Report (SJH) ------------------------ - In 2004, we had a 30th dinner which was a great success. Thanks to Indulus for a really groovy presentation. - We have the final piece of the fileserver! *applause* - Camp was successful - Did half the vending machine project. It's a software problem now. - Overall a pretty successful year. VP's Report (MSH) ----------------- - Was a good year. Treasurer's Report (RME) ------------------------ - Good financial year - Bought dual Opteron, eMac. - 30th dinner. Broke even, thanks to Swan grants. - Have $4400 in bank. Bills up to date. Secretary's Report (DAG) ------------------------ - Also had a good year. - Lots of projects progressing. SJH move to suspend standing orders. TRS seconds. Motion passed. LGM and EVN nominated returning officers. Presidential Nominations ------------------------ PXY nominated DAG. Seconded by MSH. DAA nominates RME. Seconded by INF. MSH nominates SJH. Seconded by RPS. DAG: Ex-secretary. Vote for me. RME: Treasurer last year. Club is good. Vote for me. SJH: President this year. Did a good job. Vote for me. JFK: how to deal with cold war between gamers and non-gamers. DAG: Will keep in check. RME: On gamers side. Needs representation. SJH: Neutral. Will mediate between the two. NVS: How long will you guys be in the club room? DAG: 70% of daylight hours-ish? RME: lots in 1st semester. SJH: objects to TV, but will run the club from UniSFA. DAA: Whats your strategic direction for the club? DAG: Raise awareness on campus. RME: Ditto. Good money SJH: Ditto. diversification. PXY: Do you intend to get us off the official list of UDS's three enemies? DAG: Until they start a war, does it matter? RME: Will shout. SJH: Cousin is ex-VP of UDS. Will chat. ponders asking stance on using club resources for illegal activity? DAG: Is bad. RME: Officially not tolerated. Policy is always very strict. SJH: Shouldn't do anything to draw attention to club. Shouldn't bittorent. - DAG elected President - Vice Presidential Nominations ----------------------------- DAA nominates RME. Seconded by RPS. GMB nominates SJH. Seconded by BGM. PXY nominates TRS. Seconded by JCF. RME nominates RPS. Seconded by INF. MSH nominates PXY. Declined. SJH nominated DAA. Declined. SJH nominates DJB. Seconded by JCF. DAG nominates MSH. Declined. RME: ditto. SJH: has been VP already. TRS: He's old (here since 2000). Done everything. Been everywhere. RPS: Will mediate between the internal divide in UCC. DJB: Will make pi = 3. ???: What do to about gamers? RME: as before SJH: as before TRS: mmmm. RPS: will represent all equally. DJB: Half of wheel used to be mudders. Will assimilate. NVS: RPS, if your VP of two clubs, does that mean twice the amount of drinking? RPS: Yes. ZOE: RPS, can you handle being on ctte of UCC, Unisfa & UniGames? RPS: Yeah, easy to deal with. - TRS elected Vice President (and refuses to let go of SATA card) - Treasurer Nominations --------------------- SJH nominates MSH. Seconded by PXY. JFK nominates RME. Seconded by ICF. DAA nominates PXY. Declined. MTL nominates SJH. Declined. MTL nominates RPE. Seconded by MSH. MSH: Been on committee for past few years. Can count. RME: Did it last year. Knows how to conscript people into doing those various chores. RPS: Can operate a calculator. Been around. ???: Will there be money set aside to replace larts with axes, RPS? RPS: Maybe. VEL: ??? RME: ??? NTU: Report the balance every meeting? MSH: yes RPS: absolutely. RME: yeah. LAT: Will the cash box be emptied and sorted every 1-2 weeks? RME: Will do when he's around. Been working. DAA points out this is not a witch hunt and he must put hands inside people in 15 minutes. RPS: Yes. MSH: Yes, or enlist TRS or DAG. LGM: Please add together numbers from 1 to 5. MSH: 15. - MSH elected Treasurer - Secretarial Nominations ----------------------- MTL nominates DJB. Seconded by ICF. TOB nominates DAA. Declined. JCF nominates PXY. Seconded by TRS. MSH nominates SJH. Seconded by ZOE. MSH nominates ZOE. Seconded by DAA. ZAR nominates RPS. Seconded by DJB. nominates GMB. Declined. DJB: Is good. PXY: Been around. Written 2 freshers guide. Wrote a website, but now it's gone. *ANGST* Will be fantastic whatever he is. MPL points out that this means PXY will do it anyway. SJH: Can keep minutes. Has a laptop. Yeah. ZOE: Kept minutes for UniSFA, will hang around. RPS: Can type. Can keep minutes. Evidently qualified. VEL: ZOE, Will it infringe on your UniSFA committee time? ZOE: No. 3/4 load. Will be in and around. JCF: Will the minutes be posted the same day? PXY: Yes! RME: Will you go chasing after money? PXY: Seen his letter to the guild? ZOE: Been doing it lots too. SJH: Writes letters to people all day everyday, it's my job. DAA: How commas are there in the sentence - "She sat alone on a bench by the river" [Ed. this is how DAG transcribed it, notice the # of commas] PXY: At the most, 1. SJH: 2 DJB: None ZOE: Depends. RPS: Question was poorly phrased. Decline to answer. ZAR: How will you make the clubroom an appealing place for all members? ???: Not secretary's job. - PXY elected Secretary - Fresher Representative Nominations ---------------------------------- - ABP elected Fresher Rep by default - Ordinarily Committee Member Nominations ---------------------------------------- ICF nominates JCF. Seconded by PXY. MTL nominates DAA. Declined. SJH nominates ZOE, Seconded by DJB. GMB nominates RPS. Seconded by DAG. SJH nominates ZAR. Seconded by DAG. PXY nominates SJH. Seconded by ZOE. INS nominates RME. Seconded by DAG. DJB nominates GMB. Declined. - RPS, SJH, JCF elected Ordinary Committee Members - Standing Orders reinstated. Returning Officer hands over to the new chair, DAG. MTL moves to close meeting. TRS seconds. Meeting Closed. AGM closed at Tue Mar 22 14:09:47 WST 2005