CSS Committee Meeting - Minutes

Location: Discord
Date: Friday 12th September
Time: 17:30 BST
Attendees: Matty Widdop (MW) (Chair), Marcus Gustafsson (MG) (Minuting), Jhundon Mendi (JM), Sabrina Ahmad (SA), Oli Baker (OB), Toby Landells (TL), Sumeet Brar (SB), Rohit Jose (RJ)

1 Apologies
  • Matt
  • Fearne
  • Evie
MW
2 Adoption of Previous Minutes
  • Minutes adopted
MG
3 Matters Arising All
4 Committee Handover
  • Drive Transfers
    • ACTION MNL
All
5 Past Events
  • Hackathon?
    • ACTION FT: Follow up early June to organise a meeting with MLH
      • Action delayed
    • Valyfy
      • ACTION MW: Contact Valyfy
        • MW reports nothing heard yet, will give them some more time, then chase
  • BBQ
    • ACTION SA: Put training on SGF
      • Action Carried forwards
All
6 Future Events (standing item)
  • Welcome Week/First Week:
    • ACTION MW: Write form to see which events committee are coming to
    • Board Games Night: Monday 22nd September
      • MW has queried whether we can buy drinks as the policies don’t seem to ban buying drinks
        • If we can order it, we can CostCo it
        • MW suggests we do it anyway if guild does not respond.
      • Reminder: Warn Papa Johns
    • Scavenger Hunt: Tuesday 23rd and Wednesday 24th September
    • Ming Moon: Friday 26th September
    • Mixers (Week 1):
      • Tom has sent the intro talk dates and times
        • Monday 22nd Sep
          • UG Year 1 Induction Talks, 11-1 and 3-5pm (both in Haworth 101)
        • Wednesday 24th Sep
          • MSc All – 1-3pm, Haworth 101
        • Thursday 25th Sep
          • MSc All – 2-4pm, TLB LT1
      • First Year
        • Tuesday 30th, around 14:00-16:00 in Joes
        • Maths + CS has a lecture up till 15:00
        • Vale vs Joes:
          • OB suggests that more people may show up on the Vale but non-Vale residents might not attend
          • MW suggests that Vale gives off school dining room vibes
          • MG suggests some students may not know where Vale is if they don’t live there
        • ACTION SA: Email lecturer to see if we can steal people
          • Action Carried Forwards
        • ACTION MW: Email venues to book Joes
          • Action Carried Forwards
      • PGT
        • Monday 29th, 14:00-16:00 in Joes
        • ACTION MW: Also email venues about this
          • Action carried forwards
    • Socs Night: Monday 29th September
      • RA approved
      • Invite algosoc
        • ACTION FT: Message the algosoc channel
          • Action complete
      • We need to make sure powerpoints are ready
    • AFNOM Installfest
      • AFNOM has asked if people can help, you can message them in the AFNOM external channel
    • Pub Night: Friday 3rd October
    • Freshers Stalls / Fairs
      • Who’s going to which?
      • Action someone to work it out
      • ACTION MW: Do a poll
        • Action Carried Forwards
      • The stuff for the stalls should be in the cupboard
    • Individual publicity for events
      • ACTION RJ: Delegate publicity to people
        • Action undelegated and in progress
    • T-Shirts:
      • ACTION TL: Remove TTD from T-Shirt
        • Action Complete
        • BlueDog have received the design
        • We should have it at some point next week
All
7 Sponsor/Industry Update (standing item)
  • Hastings Direct
    • ACTION HP: Redirect Hastings Direct to Amrit
      • Action Carried Forwards
AB
8 Finance Report (standing item)
  • Most recent statement balance: £3250.54
  • Actual working balance: £1,497.80
  • Pending incomings
    • Memberships
  • Pending outgoings
    • T-Shirts
    • Domains
  • TeX plushies
    • 48 sold
    • 2 remaining(?)
      • ACTION MW: Check we definitely have 2
        • MW reports there might be more than 2
        • Action carried forwards
  • Grants
    • Grants have been applied for
    • We should be receiving outcomes soon
OB
9 EDI Report (standing item)
SA
10 Committee Suggestions (standing item)
  • TTT gmod
    • MW reports it is a good game, but likely little demand
    • ACTION SA: Say no, tease Among Us
  • League of legends channel?
    • MG suggests a thread in gaming
    • SA thinks it was a joke
    • ACTION SA: Say to make a thread
  • Height Tags
    • Clearly trolling
    • No response needed
MG
11 Any Other Business (standing item)
  • League of Legends tournament
    • SA reports that EW wants to run a League of Legends tournament
    • SA suggests a losers bracket should be included if there is enough people
    • SA suggests a hygiene related top prize
    • SA reports that not too much prep time is needed
    • MW suggests mid to late first semester
All
Actual start time 17:30 BST
Actual end time 18:14 BST
Duration 1 Hours 14 Minutes