UCC Committee Minutes 21-04-2009
Meeting opened at 16:20 Rufus Standard Time

Present: [LOL] [M12] [SJY] [RVS] [CJS] [BDL] [CHI] [ANX] [CHZ] [TPG] [CMJ]
Apologies: [DJA] [DAA] [VIX]
Absent:


President's Report
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- Turns out playing monkey island, not as productive for the club as one would think.


Vice-President's Report
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- Quiz night is coming along well, surprisingly organised.
- Tickets are printed and there are quite a few available for purchase in the snack machine. $5 for tickets now or $10 at the door on the night.
- Break was surprisingly boring.


Treasurer's Report
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- Balance was $3434.03 but paid $1040.05 of bills which included AARNET charges for Q1 and Q2.


Secretary's Report
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- Checked mail a couple of times, there were a few bills.


Fresher Rep's Report by Email
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- "Freshers are happy."
- Not enough things done about projects.


Machine Technical Reports
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Servers:
- No changes.

Network:
- Bright link is slow again because college students are back.
- There will be downtime from 11:00-12:15 tomorrow, see http://twitter.com/ucc_status for more information.

Desktops:
- apollo is being repaired under the extended warranty provided by the Applecare plan that was found, it has roughly 2 years left under warranty, thanks [MRD].
- We have previously been charged $49.50 by Winthrop, for determining the fault with apollo, this might be refundable.
- Sacrilege is still not working, at least one hdd is dead.

New Equipment:
- There is a new conspicuously large plasma TV where the old TV used to be.


Drinks and Snacks
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- We have no more coke, and we're starting to run short on M&Ms.
- [CJS] to go on coke run on Thursday.


Mail, Guild and SOC
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- [M12] to attend SOC meeting, which is next Tuesday.
- SOC have still not paid second semester grants in spite of saying they would.
- Received three bills that have been paid.


Action Items
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- [M12] to fix snacks cupboard.
 - Have emailed Henry but no response so far.
- [LOL] to investigate gibson repair under warranty.
 - "Hey look behind you a three-headed monkey!"
 - Not done.
- [DJA] to update project wiki articles.
 - Not done.
- [RVS] to fix sacrilege.
 - In progress.
- [SJY] to send draft email to [RPS] making a case to get lower rates from AARNET.
 - In progress.


General Business
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- splintax : advertise scissa lan?
 - Is on May 2nd, night after Quiz Night.
 - Vote to approve advertising the SCISSA LAN: All for.
 - Information is on the door, and can also be obtained from the SCISSA web site.
- spartanhelmet : repairing Heath's rig
 - In progress.
- [BDL] : birthday
 - Is on the 22nd
- [M12] : Quiz Night
 - Quiz night is happening, tickets are available for $5.
- prothoss : Get rid of the Wii/TV
 - Non exhaustive list of arguments IN FAVOUR of this item:
  - Prevents the use of 2 computers near the safe.
  - Prevents access to the safe/printer.
  - Adds noise to an already noisy clubroom.
  - Does not belong in a club focused on computer science.
  - Promotes an anti-social atmosphere.
  - Takes up almost all the space on the Project Bench and renders that area unsusable for projects or other work because of the atmosphere.
  - May repel members.
 - Non exhaustive list of arguments AGAINST this item:
  - The Wii is fun to play, particularly for casual gamers.
  - Provides an activity for people who do not currently want to use a computer, and during periods when there are no computers available.
  - More people can make use of the Wii/TV than can make use of a single computer.
  - May attract members.
  - Provides an easy way for members to meet eachother.
  - Is an efficient use of space in the corner of the room.
 - [CHI]'s report:
  - May be downloaded from here: http://ucc.asn.au/infobase/minutes/chi-wii_survey.pdf
  - [CHI] has surveyed UCC members who have been around Cameron Hall in the last few days, in order to confirm/deny arguments on this item from the previous meeting, and to make a case for keeping the Wii/TV.
  - Of the 34 people asked "Do you think there is a problem with the Wii in the club?", 27 said no, 4 said yes, and 3 said they were undecided.
  - [CHI] also found that 7 of 8 freshers he surveyed make some use of the Wii, 4 of which make use of no other hardware in the room.
 - [About 30 minutes of discussion on this item]
 - Vote to keep both the Wii and TV for now: 2 for, 1 against, 2 abstain.


New Action Items
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- [CJS] to go on coke run.
- [M12] to attend SOC meeting, which is next Tuesday 28th April.


Meeting closed at 17:20 Rufus Standard Time
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