CSS Committee Meeting - Minutes

Location:	LG23 + Discord
Date:	Friday 5th Decemeber
Time:	18:30 BST
Attendees:	Joe Adams (JA) (Chair), Marcus Gustafsson (MG) (Minuting), Deji (D), Toby Landells (TL), Maddy Lardner (ML)

1	Apologies Albert Fearne Matty Sumeet Sabrina	MW
2	Adoption of Previous Minutes Minutes adopted	MG
3	Matters Arising UoB STAR ACTION M: Invite UoB STAR to a meeting Action carried forwards	All
4	Committee Handover Drive Transfers Action TL: Find drive transfer script at some point Action carried forwards	All
5	Past Events League Tournament JA suggests reminding people about prize collection next week Christmas Meal - Thursday 4th December ACTION ML: Make placecards (there is a generator on https://tools.cssbham.com/) Action completed TL reports that the meal was quite enjoyable MG reports it was a good night JA reports that lots of people commented on how good the placecards were OSM Mapathon Matt said it was rather quiet NQ64 MG reports it was good fun 15-30 attendees MG notes we got a slightly different crowd to normal MG could not find ear plugs	All
6	Future Events (standing item) Break MG, TL ACTION MW: Find Milk Powder Bar Crawl (30th January provisional) FT’s plan: 19:00-20:30: Flight Club £9pp for darts ML reports there is a limit on the number that can do darts Booking £100 refundable They have food FT reports they get very busy on a Saturday and the crowd is middle aged 20:30-21:00: Katie O’briens Unsure on booking costs We aren’t guaranteed a table They only take walk ins There is live music 21:20-22:00: The Brasshouse Booking fee info should be in the emails £20 for Brasshouse 22:00-23:00: Felsons Online only allows up to 10 for online bookings FT reports it is £10 to secure the booking, they have offered to wave the pool fees FT says they take mixer app ACTION RJ: Update t-shirt Action carried forwards ACTION MW: Ticket request Action carried forwards Bletchley Park - Saturday 28th February ACTION OB: Write an application to the EPS culture fund Action maybe carried forwards? Habiba has apologised for the interest form thing, Gemma said we were fine based on previous years Imitation Game Movie Night Friday 20th February ACTION MG: Do RA, Activity, create channel Action carried forwards ACTION EW: Find a room and book it by messaging Todd G12 is free Action carried forwards FOSDEM Reminder: Grants Cross Platform Objective C Workshop ACTION AB: Submit pre-prepared RA Action carried forwards ACTION AB: Find a date that works for him Action carried forwards Bad Film Collab (hackers) CSS Plush Making ACTION OB: Do a grant application for materials (We did one for the plushes last year which can be repurposed) Action carried forwards Breast Cancer Awareness collab ACTION SA: respond that we are happy to promote but not run (Instagram dm) Action carried forwards SloLAN Tuesday 20th January ACTION MW: Reach out to VRSoc Action carried forwards ACTION ML: Create pizza tokens Action carried forwards Board Games Night 2 Monday 9th February Hackathon ACTION OB: Do a grant (There is one from last year that can be repurposed, but bump up numbers) Action carried forwards? ACTION OB: Write an application to the EPS culture fund (Deadline is 18th January) Action carried forwards? ACTION D + AB: Reach out to potential sponsors Action in progress D has started reaching out to some alumni companies ACTION MG: Reach out to AFNOM about the mini-ctf Action carried forwards ACTION FT: Talk to the other Algosoc committee Action completed They are happy to join in D reports there is a meeting coming up with HackathonsUK Ice Skating/Christmas Markets Event cancelled JA reports that the posters worked quite well ACTION ML: Check if the ice skating is there after Christmas?	All
7	Sponsor/Industry Update (standing item) A new sponsorship doc has been put in the sponsorship channel ACTION EVERYONE: Review the new document AB reports it may need to be adjusted as it uses react	AB
8	Finance Report (standing item) Most recent statement balance: £3,842.89 Actual working balance: £3107.62 Pending incomings Memberships Christmas Meal Tickets Pending outgoings Christmas Meal Grants There is a £210 discrepancy currently	OB
9	EDI Report (standing item) ACTION SA: Do a Movember post Action in progress Movember is over unfortunately ACTION SA: Write post for disability history month (by the end of next week) Action in progress Send out ASAP ACTION ML: Write a Christmas announcement	SA
10	Committee Suggestions (standing item) New emoji competition ACTION SB: Compile list of lesser-used emojis Action carried forwards Ban Amrit from the kitchen ACTION AB: Respond Action carried forwards Minecraft Server Over Christmas JA reports it is commonly requested JA suggests it might be a bit of a rush to get it setup ML suggests keeping the current server to save time and add some Christmas trees/other festive stuff JA concurs on adding some christmas stuff Get Milk for Break; Matty has been actioned ACTION JA: Reply CSS goes to Sandbox VR ML suggests TOCA Social Might be good to get people interested in the 5-a-side team JA suggests a small mini-event like that could help spice up the year ACTION RJ: Respond	MG
11	Any Other Business (standing item) Thigh Highs ACTION RJ: Research thigh highs Action carried forwards Committee Jumpers: JA reports we are waiting on MWs mockups	All

Actual start time	18:05 BST
Actual end time	18:39 BST
Duration	0 Hours 34 Minutes