Committee meeting - Monday, 1st April, 1996

Present: [JEB] (James Bromberger), David Luyer, Duncan Sargeant, [NTU]
(Nick Bannon), Barnes (Barnaby Brown), Ian McKellar, [DGC] (David
Chinnery), [SAF] (Simon Fryer), Kym Yeap, David Manchester, [MTL] (Mark
Tearle), [POQ] (Shay Telfer).

Meeting opened: 1:05pm

President's ([JEB]) report: We have a new machine.

Machines:
Mackerel: Happy, but the 8MB memory board has not been ordered - David
Manchester saw an ad for faster CPU boards and larger memory boards in
the US. For $600-$700 we could end up with a 32MB SPARC - mail to the
list to see if people think this would be a good idea.

Marlin: Should be upgraded or replaced sometime. Perhaps make it into
a Pentium-100 with 40MB or more RAM? We'll wait until after the mackerel
upgrade in any case.

Starfish: Still not too happy. Craig's CD may help.

UniSFA quiz: We won't involve ourselves in the organisation.

UCC Camp: To be discussed on the list.

Discussion meeting: RSN.

Zone 3: Should have a MTD sometime - end of semester?

EMOTD: Should be updated more effectively. It gets pretty out of date.
One-line summaries should go into the "real" MOTD.

Vending machine: [SD:] (Sophie Divliaev) has found that the Guild are
thinking about getting rid of a modern food vending machine - are we
interested?

The first one needs more work on its brain, and some relays.

CCD camera: Needs software work that's been delayed for ages. Basically,
we need someone who knows Intel assembler to play with it for a bit.

Machine room foam: Arrived, but we need the glue to attach it to the
walls.

Air Conditioner: Took it out, cleaned the contacts on the thermostat,
plugged a leak, and it's working very well. On its coldest setting, a
sheet of ice forms on it...

Mailing list: Would we like a moderated discussion list? or does the UCC
list suffice?

Subnet: Hasn't occurred yet. We need to see Penguin (Paul Wagland).

Meeting closed: 1:45pm