2024-10-29 Agenda

  • Start Date: 2024-10-29
  • Present: Treasurer, Vice-Chair, GDO, SysAdmin, Events, SysAdmin, Chair, PRO, Ordinary Member, Secretary, SysAdmin, Ordinary Member, Webmaster, HelpDesk, HelpDesk, First Year Rep, Events
  • Absent: Ordinary Member
  • Excused: First Year Rep, GDO
  • Late:

Agenda:

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  • [x] Check previous minutes - Secretary

Chair:

  • Timetable updated, if everything is followed stuff will run smoothly - Chair
  • 2 different open day opportunities, who wants to do what and do we open E&C one to regular members? - Chair
    • I am likely to be your boss if you do it with the faculty - Events

Vice-Chair:

SysAdmins:

  • hardcase died - SysAdmin
  • hardcase revived - SysAdmin
  • SysAdmin is a gombeen.
  • blockbot db wen?

Events:

  • How was this week’s event - Chair
  • Wikipedia speedrun next week - Events
    • potentially use redbrick wiki for a round
    • First Year Rep suggested the event if they would like to assist in running?
  • FOSDEM FOSDEM FOSDEM - Events
    • we are presuming that we will fill the 25 person limit
      • everything will become significantly more complex if this is not the case
    • form submissions dates
    • flight prices subject to change
      • SysAdmin sending qoute request
    • the extremely prelimnary price is about 150pp
    • hostel pricing is being handled by SysAdmin
    • travel form is mostly filled out
      • I’ll send it in for eyes once we have the remaining info
      • need meeting with siobhán
      • need finalised hostel prices
    • meeting at airport for 4pm for 6:10pm flight
    • travel cards from last trip will be used
    • Groupings
      • group leaders
        • Events
        • Chair
        • SysAdmin
        • SysAdmin
        • SysAdmin
    • Additional funding request needs to be done by the 4th, we only need hostel prices to complete
    • I’m stuck on the risk assesment, does anyone have any ideas of risks?
  • Open day form done - Very need raspi Events
    • First Year Rep is going 100% so i put him in as the point of contact for the 2 days

Treasurer:

HelpDesk:

  • How was this week’s hackerclub - Chair
    • wut HelpDesk
  • Plan for next week’s hackerclub - Chair
  • Spooky code on Thursday

Webmaster:

  • I am alive again - Webmaster
  • SysAdmin made a bunch of PRs to blockbot - Webmaster
  • blockbot & webgroup documentation to be merged - Webmaster
  • will get webgroup to start working on blockbot issues over the next week - Webmaster
  • Hikari is stoopid - SysAdmin

Secretary:

  • Anything extra needed for the newsletter? - Chair
  • Newsletter generator can burn in the fires of hell, but we are finally on top of business - Secretary

PRO:

  • nothing necessarily new on my end - PRO
  • I’ve decided on lumping last week’s recap post into this weeks - PRO

GDO:

  • Required graphics for next week - Chair

First Year Rep:

  • I am ghost, wOoOoOoOo First Year Rep

Ordinary Members:

  • Me and Sysadmin get some confirmations for hoodies then deploy the forms - Ordinary Member

Common Room Committee:

  • all is good in the room of commons - Events

Points of Discussion:

  • Christmas party? - SysAdmin

AOB:

  • Happy Tuesday! - Secretary

Minutes:

Points of Info:

Started at: 17:10
Does Committee agree on last weeks minutes: yes
Ended meetings discussions at: HH:MM

Chair Update:

  • Stricter timeline of event-planning going forward to eliminate last-minute panic - Chair
  • Treasurer, Events Officer and First Year Rep are working E&C for Open Day - Chair

Vice-Chair Update:

SysAdmin Update:

  • Hardcase is alive after temporary panic - SysAdmin

Events Update:

  • Ìmitation game went down well - Events
  • Wikipedia speedrun all set for next week. Could potentially use Redbrick wiki for a round, but could cause complications - Events
  • Fosdem should hit the 25 person limit - Events
  • Budget form for Fosdem doesn’t need to be completed until 28 days before, but still needs to be confirmed for C&S moneys. Flight prices are unfortunately subject to change. Have a few options for accommodation. Travel form is mostly complete. Additional funding can be gotten after hostel prices are finalised. Risk assessment form needs to be looked into - Events

Treasurer Update:

  • Bank has not raised any issues so signatories are presumably smoothly transitioned - Treasurer

Helpdesk Update:

  • Spooky Code slides from last year can be repurposed - HelpDesk
  • Need to begin planning next year

Webmaster Update:

  • Webmaster is alive again - Webmaster
  • Admins to review Blockbot documentation - Webmaster
  • Once documentation merged, webgroup can get to work - Webmaster

Secretary Update:

PRO Update:

  • Nothing new to report - Secretary

GDO Update:

  • Slides needed for next week’s Hackerclub - HelpDesk
  • Wikipedia speedrun slides also needed - Events

First Year Rep Update:

Ordinary Member Update:

  • Confirmation of hoodie details needed and then forms can be deployed - Ordinary Member
  • Hoodie redesign has been scrapped due to complications - SysAdmin

Common Room Committee Update:

  • New rules form has been finalised - Events & Secretary

Points of Discusion:

  • Resign - All

AOB:

Hackerclub TLDR

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Event TLDR

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Action Items:

  • [ ] all - Read the minutes!
  • [ ] events - submit event plan for next week
  • [ ] helpdesk - prepare hackerclub for this week
  • [ ] GDO - make posters for hackerclub and main event

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