UCC Committee Meeting Minutes 2012-05-01 Committee Present: [TPG] [SLX] [EDO] [SZM] [JAB] [ASH] [*OX] [M12] Others Present: [BOB] [SAS] Meeting opened at 16:08 President's Report ------------------ - Busy week - Moral of the story: Do assignments on time - Locked accounts today - About 90 accounts were locked - Has worked on new Heathred - We want to get a new cooler, since the top can't be sealed - Things are happening - Starting to prepare for MegaLAN Vice-President's Report ----------------------- - Busy week - Progcomp happened on Saturday, and it was very good - We got an email from Rob of ComSSA about the Camp - They are interested - Things are happening to the Coke machine - Tech talk is happening; [*OX] is doing it on XML - We have been offered another Sunblade 2000 by Mike Nye - Discussion referred to General Business Treasurer's Report ------------------ - We have money - $1864.24 in guild, - $1760.24 in westpac - No money in safe - All money owed to members has been reimbursed - Except money owed to [MSH] for ssl certificate; require a receipt Secretary's Report ------------------ - Tried to start work on VMs - Made a plan, emailed wheel@, organised everything - Did stuff to robotnik instead of implementing the plan - No one likes robotnik's newfound speech :( - Ran Programming Competition Preliminary Round 1 (2012-04-28) - The current leader is Peter N. Lewis - Congratulations also to [TPG] and [SLX] for attending - Results are at http://progcomp.ucc.asn.au/results/ - Preliminary Round 2 is Next Saturday (2012-05-5) - Finals on Monday 14th May - Quiz Night is this Thursday (2012-05-03) - We have mail. It is the receipt for the blind. - Thanks to [MRD] for obtaining the blind - Insert horrible puns Fresher Rep's Report -------------------- - Freshers are as happy as hands in a sugar bowl - Meet the Fresher - [JAB] gives report Cameron Johnson - He likes World of Tanks - He likes sandwiches - [*OX] threatens the Freshers - He is the avatar of hatred (apparently) - Freshers are happy OCM Reports -------------------- [M12]'s report - COME TO THE QUIZ NIGHT - Come to the quiz night if you come to the tech talk - Still hasn't got through to Camp Leshenaultia - Has tried three times - Uncharity vigil has been postponed; it is not on May the 4th - Discussion about how we should do stuff on May the 4th - [EDO] doesn't like Starwars [*OX]'s report - Has gained a new appreciation for the amount of work required to make a tech talk - Thanks everyone who has made one; they take a lot of work - Everyone should attend the tech talk on Thursday - The new layout of machines has improved the flow dramatically [ASH]'s report - Has nothing interesting to say - Has accomplished nothing - Feels terrible (is sick) Machine Technical Reports ------------------------- Servers - [SZM] Robotnik has an awesome new announcements system (NOTE: It has now been removed due to complaints) - [TPG] is working on setting up new Heathred (which will be called Heathred) - People seem to be in favour of this name - [TPG] Martello went down due to power blip - It is not on the UPS - [BOB] threatens Martello - [BOB] has fixed spamassassin - People are still getting spam - [SLX] considers it morale building for door members to get spam - Apparently spamassassin is sentient - [BOB] door broke, and unbroke this morning Network - We have one - [SLX] There have been some issues with DNS changer on the wireless, which should be resolved now - [BOB] wants to note that the UWA network went down the Thursday before last Thursday - [TPG] We had some issues with the SSL certificate changeover; now fixed - [TPG] is looking into our DHCP lease problem on the wireless - There are only 61 addresses on that range; leases aren't getting renewed - [SLX] Clearwing was off and has been turned on - General debate about wireless Desktops - We have them - [SLX] Red can now play Quake III - [BOB] Porcupine has been updated to the latest version of Ubuntu - [SLX] It is in the process of having its Ubuntu broken - Discussion of what number the latest Ubuntu is New equipment - [EDO] likes this new really sick and can't feel like talking [ASH] - [ASH] It appears [EDO]'s shell was set to sl! (As of 5 minutes from now...) Appliances - [BOB] we have a new blind - Thanks to [MRD] - [BOB] does not want to thank [MRD], since he and [EDO] put the blind up - Thanks to [BOB] and [EDO] for putting the blind up Drinks and Snacks ----------------- - They are tasty - [TPG] drinks are selling well out of the fridge - [TPG] we are almost out of chocolate - [SLX] notes that chocolate is yummy - [M12] volunteers to do a snack run on Friday or Monday - [SZM] and [EDO] to go as well - [JAB] is available to do snack runs on Saturdays - [M12] to find whoever has the cash and carry card, and obtain it from them - [BOB]'s report (on the Coke Machine) - He has found a motor that is 95% likely to fit - [TPG] says it's 95% likely to be the right voltage - [*OX] asks [BOB] what probability he thought Heathred's cooler had of fitting - [BOB] motor should arrive in 1-2 weeks - He has to buy the blades - It should all together and just work - Unless it explodes - Discussion of likely hood of the Coke machine to explode Mail, Guild and SOC ------------------- - [M12] has it from several notable guild people that they want us to be ready to be moved by December - [M12] wants to work on the basis that we will move early next year Action Items -------------------- - [DJA] to set up snort for VMs - In progress* - [SZM] to set up VLAN and stuff for VMs - [SLX] to fix Red - Done* - [EDO] to attend some form of Treasurer training - [EDO] has received an email about this (finally) - [M12] caused the email to be sent - [SZM] to remove [*OX]'s Tech Talks action item from the list of action items - Done - [M12] and [SZM] to organise Quiz Night with UniSFA and Unigames - In progress; it is on Thursday - [EDO] to reimburse people for things - Done, except for [MSH] - [BOB] to spend up to $350 on fixing the coke machine - In progress - [BOB] has spent $90 so far - [TJB] to continue organising the MegaLAN - Presumably in progress - [TJB] and [TPG] have contacted Theatres about booking the Undercroft - [SZM] to link to the Facebook page on our main website - Done - [SLX] and/or [SZM] to upload new photos of committee members to website - Done - [ASH] to liase with colleges and UCC about gaming server - In progress General Business ---------------- [SLX] : [DJA] wants to organise a writer's night for Murphy's Lore - Committee agrees that next Wednesday is a good day - [BOB] wants to do it on a Thursday instead of a Wednesday - He says his contribution is more important than everyone else's. Whatever it is. - [M12] suggests we send it to the lists - People shout "NO!" - [EDO] wants to spend less money on Pizza (he is the fun police) - [ASH] to discuss with [DJA], and we will decide on #committee [*OX] : Would like a poster produced to hang about Peter's Law that says "How to use the Thinterms" and "How to use rdesktop" to connect to Windows - General shouting occurs - [*OX] will design the poster - Discussion about whether it is actually worth it - [*OX] may or may not do it [M12] departs ~17:00 [SLX] : Donation of Sunblade 2000 by Mike Nye - Someone needs to pick it up from West Perth - [BOB] says to say yes, it has good parts - Committee is now in favour - [SLX] to handle this; [BOB] volunteers to pick up Meeting closed at 17:05 Current Action Items -------------------- - [SZM] to set up VLAN and stuff for VMs - [DJA] to set up snort for VMs - [EDO] to attend some form of Treasurer Training - [M12] to obtain cash and carry card from whoever possesses it currently - [M12], [EDO] and [SZM] to go on snack run on Friday - [M12] and [SZM] to organise Quiz Night with UniSFA and Unigames - [BOB] to spend up to $350 on fixing the coke machine - [TJB] and [TPG] to continue organising the MegaLAN - [ASH] to talk to colleges and UCC about gaming server (subject to Heathred being setup) - [DJA] and [ASH] to organise Murphy's Lore writer's night - [*OX] to write a poster about thinterm usage, maybe - [SLX] to handle acquirement of a new Sunblade 2000 Minutes uploaded by [SZM] at 17:24 on 2012-05-01