Compsoc Exec Minnits – 14 March 2001

Present

- Richard Colfer
– Chris Smith
– Tom Cropper
– Henry Southgate
– Jake Staines
– James Ross

Agenda

- Budget
– Red Nose Day
– CS Ladder
– Server
– Inter-Uni Gaming
– Laminator
– ASP for Charity
– Next Meeting

Quotes

During the drive from Uni to the City Arms Earlsdon, this snippet was overheard and reported to your trusty Secretary.

“There’s only one care between us and Jake, and he’s a git.’’
Nutsy

It should also be pointed out that last week’s “Jingly Hat’’ quote was wrongly attributed. It was, of course, uttered by none other than Richard Colfer.

Also, to save me mentioning a certain word later in this document:

“I bet you can’t write the Laminator section without using the word “Lazy’’.’’
Nutsy

Budget

With regards to the capital budget form, we have decided to go for a thousand (£1000) pounds, as this will buy us a stonking great server. The form is due on Friday, so Alexis and Richard are to go back to Uni and do the form after the meeting.

It was discussed whether we should budget for anything other than the server. One item put forward that everyone seemed to like was another switch, preferably 8-port. We were also going to save £30 from the membership money for the leaflets to give to new members, and cold seal pouches.

Red Nose Day

The exec on the whole are so pleased with themselves that they would like it re-iterated that the Red Nose Day Counterstrike Tournament raised a whopping £100.78. Holy Chris as paied the money into his bank account, and will be writing off to Comic Relief with a cheque as soon as he finds his chequebook.

The general consensus was that it was a fun event. The nomination of a team captain was a good idea, as was the random element to the teams. The major problems were with server admin and people getting ready to play, the main causes being that PCs weren’t set up properly, or had no mouse. It was decided that, as a general rule thumb, at least two non-players should be present to admin.

Alexis to tweak the CS configuration to make it run faster than Cathy Freeman sliding down a well-oiled bobsleigh run.

Jake to write a GUI game installer over Easter.

Counterstrike Ladder

It was decided, on the back of the successful RND event, that it would be a good idea to have a CounterStrike ladder.

Players would enter the Ladder individually, and teams would be picked at random each week.

Nutsy to organise this.

“We should have equal naked women and men.’’
Chris Salmon

Server

We’re going to aim for around a grand for a server. This will adequately fullfil the society’s needs, and will last a good while also.

Tom to re-do a spec aiming for around the price mentioned above.

It was suggested that this term, we buy a hard disk for the Server and put it in a spare box, as a “server prototype’’. Here is a list of the exec members who would be willing to donate a piece (or two) of equipment:

- Jake – NIC
– Henry – 10G HD, RAM (summer term)
– Chris Smith – 128Mb
– Nutsy – Entire PC minus RAM
– Toaster – Nothing
– Alexis – Memory, HD, Processor
– James Ross – Laptop, bag, bug for laptop lid

Laminator

Being of sound mind and good health, both Chris Smith and Chris Salmon have been too indolent to do anything about the Laminator. Sir HC had a look through a catalog but was too lethargic to actually read any of it.

“I Have no excuse.’’
Chris Salmon¹

“I’m impotent.’’
Nutsy

ASPs for Charity

“Stop absorbing Sound.’’
Toaster

We’ve had an email from a charity asking if we can do them a fairly short ASP. Henry to mail the charity to see if ASPs are really what they want², and the members to see if anyone is up to the task.

Following this, it was suggested that Compsoc start up a development group. This could do services for other societies, for small renumeration.

Also, we could rent out space on the server for Warwick post-graduates, again at a minimal fee.

Next Meeting

Everyone to mail Chris Smith with their new timetables as soon as they get them.

And a final quote for the term:

“Keep your eggs to yourself.’’
CS to CS³

¹ He’s getting an awful lot of quotes in, considering he’s not an exec member…

² What they actually want is Perl, but they just don’t know it yet.

³ Work it out.

Compsoc Exec Minnits

7 March 2001

Attended

• Tom Cropper
• Alexis Birkill
• Richard Colfer
• Tom Worley
• Henry SouthCentral
• Jake Staines (belated)

Agenda

• Server
• 36-hour LAN
• Regular LAN
• Gaming
• i7
• Laminator
• Finance Card
• Web Site
• CS Tournament

Quotes

Before the meeting, several people wanted to get some quotes in.
Tom is mind-bendingly Evil -Jake
Chris S’s useless -Tom Cropper

Server

As of the meeting, Tom was officialy still waiting for a descision as to whether the proposed spec was OK. It was generally decided that we would like, budget allowing, for more of a beast of a machine. We’re also unsure as to whether purchasing from the Computer Fairs is a good idea or not. Alexis to find out whether the onion will accept recepits from the fairs. Tom to speak to Tim Clark mercilessly until he agrees to let us dump a Linux box in next to mimosa and steal all its bandwidth.
Let’s make our own distribution – Jingly-Hat Linux! -Tom Worley

36hour LAN

The AntiTom has booked LIB1 for the LAN. We’re just waiting for confirmation. James Ross to put the 36-hour LAN up on the signup list. Henry to mail to members encouraging them to come along cos it’s gonna grate. Er, be great.

General LAN

At the last LAN, a piece of equipment was left behind. If no-one claims it, it’s going to Henry. Henry to mail people asking if it’s theirs. Also, we decided on some standards for the LAN. These are:
* IP: 10.0.0.*
* Workgroup: HOME

Gaming

James McCarthy has asked the exec to change the default server filter in the CS zip. Sadly this is not possible (or the actual reply printable), since it would be a whole lot of effort for our already over-worked exec. At the next gaming, someone is to download Gamespy and see if it will install on the NT machines. If so, they’re to look at the price of a Gamespy licence, as such a thing would be cool.

i7

Henry to mail:
* Everyone currently up for i7
* All the members

By the end of the week, we need all the signups and transport arranged¹. It would be nice to have a meeting early next week, too. The clan used will be [UoW]. Someone (probably Nutsy or Aitch) to do a spiel at the gaming session this Friday. Which could be intersting considering the Big Compsoc Pissup is that night.

Laminator

No-one’s done anything. Phules.

Finance Card

As of the meeting, Ryan still handn’t handed the old one in². Alexis to mail Ryan re getting a move on (see previous footnote). Henry to sign the form.

Web Site

It was thought that James Ross could look into doing something l337 with the [exec] tag in the database. One idea was that instead of using “compsocexec/*******’’ on the maintenance site, exec members could use their own username / password combinations. This would allow tracking and a whole bunch of stuff. Also, JR was looking into adding equipment options for the LANS (e.g. ips, how many cables you’ll need etc).

CS Tourney

Tom wants another one. Jake is to do a whole bunch of posters for the Red Nose Day one. Henry to mail all members telling them about the tournament and to get there half an hour early. Also to include Nutsy’s rules of Humour.

• Shyeah, right.
• But, as of today (i.e. Friday 9th), he had.

¹ Shyeah, right.

² But, as of today (i.e. Friday 9th), he had.