UCC Committee Meeting Minutes 2012-05-08 Committee Present: [TPG] [SLX] [EDO] [SZM] [M12] [*OX] [ASH] [JAB] Others Present: [SAS] [GOZ] [AMS] [BOB] Meeting Opened at 15:58 President's Report ------------------ - Doing setup of new Heathred; same address as old Heathred - Having a war with [ASH] over it - Got in contact with Theatres about the MegaLAN - Tentative booking for 6th and 7th July - We shouldn't need any staff - Just need to sort out details; setup, power, snacks etc - Heard from [BOB] that new motor for coke machine is on its way Vice-President's Report ----------------------- - We had the Quiz Night, it was very good - Thanks to everyone involved, especially [M12] and [SZM] - Mike Nye from Xpanse has donated a sunblade, switches, and other interesting things - Suggests a thankyou present - His bedroom flooded with shit - Things are progressing well - Assignments are fun - There is a wake for SNAP on Friday, being organised by [MRD] - SNAP dies on Friday at 5:00pm Treasurer's Report ------------------ - We still have money. Don't worry. - [TPG] asks if we can cover the camp and LAN - Balances are (roughly): - $1700 in Westpac - $2200 in Guild - (So yes) - We currently owe no money to members - Have got most pledges for new Heathred - Assignments are fun - Hasn't got the details for the Treasurer Training yet - We got a phone bill for April - Cannot locate the bill for March Secretary's Report ------------------ - Quiz Night happened last Thursday (2012-05-03) - Thanks to [M12], [ROW], Laura Hodge, Ashby ????, [MRD] - It went well. The UCC Presidents' Table didn't win though. - Progcomp Preliminary Round 2 happened last Saturday (2012-05-05) - The Final Round(s) are next Monday (2012-05-14) - Contacted Camp Leshenaultia; we need to send a form with $400 deposit - Reminder: The booking dates are 21st September to 24th September - Didn't do any work on VMs - Have removed the talking scripts on robotnik though - Everyone should attend [*OX]'s Tech Talk on XML, which is THIS THURSDAY - (2012-05-10) - The crontab on motsugo appears to have disappeared. I suspect [BOB]. - Have written a new crontab for all committee scripts - Wrote a script to do the formatting of the reminder emails, to simplify the crontab - Do not delete it. - Assignments are fun Fresher Rep's Report -------------------- - The Freshers are as happy as a necrophiliac in a morgue - Which is strangely appropriate for some reason - Meet The Fresher (Tim Killick) [JAB] : Fresher of the Week: Tim Killick. Fav Game = Majora's Mask. 12 hours a week here or uni games. Swaps a lot. Knows the correct method to silently kill someone with a knife and the approxiamte noise/reaction to a backstab (sharp outtake of breath) More of 'hffffff' - He is a spy [BOB] arrives 16:08 - Freshers are happy OCM Reports -------------------- - [*OX]'s Report - Tried to run a Tech Talk last Thursday. - 2 people showed up. Yeah. - It has been rescheduled for this Thursday at 6:00pm - Hopefully more than 2 people will show up. Or bad things will happen. - Assignments are fun - [M12]'s Report - Quiz Night was suitably amazing - Slightly disappointed at the lack of old guard - [BOB] says it was really good; unlike last year's - Is hungry; issues threats to people with food - Live below the line is difficult; people should donate - [ASH]'s Report - [M12] and [ASH] greet each other - There has been Drama on IRC - It has been resolved*; refer to General Business - Minecraft server (which runs in its own VM and OS) is up and running on new Heathred - Spent 5 hours setting it up - Threatens Heathred - Discussion about... something that [SZM] can't hear - Is thinking - Will discuss the rest in General Business ??? arrives 16:15. [M12] exclaims that ??? is alive. ??? exclaims that [M12] is alive. ??? leaves 16:15 Machine Technical Reports ------------------------- Servers - We have them - [TPG] New Heathred has been setup, on .66 - [ASH] says this depends on your definition of "setup" - [TPG] and [SLX] say it is good enough - Issues with network, and reboot - [ASH] blames debian - [EDO] blames [ASH] - [BOB] Motsugo's crontab got deleted by a stray grep command - Watch out for stray greps - Apparently lots of people ran the same command to delete it multiple times - [SLX] Motsugo's root password has not been changed by [333] Network - We have one - [TPG] it seems stable - [MRD] suggested recabling the clubroom - [BOB] hopes he has forgotten about it - [SLX] says [MRD] has also been working on breaking/setting up Bitcumen - [BOB] doesn't know what we will use Bitcumen for - [ASH] has an idea involving phones for Bitcumen Desktops - [TPG] Red is having slight issues - [ASH] and [SLX] say that [BOB] pulled it apart - It now doesn't boot - Well done [BOB]. 56 hours to fix. 10 minutes to destroy. - [SLX] Red has a new twin; it is called Crimson - People all shout stuff about Characid at the same time - [SZM] doesn't hear what it is, because other people are shouting about other stuff - [ASH] Pinball's network is screwed, because someone did something horrible - [TPG] likes Napoli for playing Psychonauts - [*OX] has had general complaints from members that our desktops are shit and broken - Committee threatens people - [BOB] proposes we get rid of WinAdmin, and give a bunch of people the clubroom password - Discussion occurs - Kerberos kerberos kerberos - Permissions permissions permissions - Discussion deferred to General Business Peter Chan arrives 16:23 and puts a LCD on the fridge, then departs New equipment - We have a server, 6 switches, and a new sunblade 2000 called Crimson, all donated by Mike Nye - No one has tried them out - [TPG] says he could almost run Acess on the server - [EDO] says we need to give [JAB] a tour of the machine room - [JAB] is terrified [GOZ] leaves 16:26 - General wasting of time occurs Drinks and Snacks ----------------- - [TPG] Coke/Snack run was not done - [EDO], [SZM] and [M12] are suitably ashamed - [SZM] had assignments - [EDO] and [M12] were both in the clubroom waiting for each other, at the same time -_- - [M12] and [EDO] to do a snack run tomorrow morning. - The coke/snack run will depart at 10:30am sharp - Argument about who will go on the snack run - [TPG] we need chocolate, and drinks Mail, Guild and SOC ------------------- - [TPG] checked mail yesterday; there was a letter from altronics for [BOB] - [SZM] checked mail today; nothing - [M12] says next SOC meeting is next week Action Items ------------ - [SZM] to set up VLAN and stuff for VMs - Not done. Blames CQM - [DJA] to set up snort for VMs - Probably not done. [DJA] has been sick. - [M12] and [SZM] to organise Quiz Night with UniSFA and Unigames - Done, success - [EDO] to attend some form of Treasurer Training - Not done; it is probably in the process of possibly being organised to maybe happen at some point this year - [SZM] refuses to remove this from the list of Action Items. It is important. - [M12] to obtain cash and carry card from whoever possesses it currently - Not done - [M12] Who has it? - It is not in the pidgeon holes - [BOB] had it. No one is surprised. He has all our cards. - Done - [M12], [EDO] and [SZM] to go on snack run on Friday - Not done; will be done tomorrow (but [SZM] can't help) - [BOB] to spend up to $350 on fixing the coke machine - In progress (motor should be on its way) - [TJB] and [TPG] to continue organising the MegaLAN - In progress - [ASH] to talk to colleges and UCC about gaming server (subject to Heathred being setup) - In progress (General Business) - [DJA] and [ASH] to organise Murphy's Lore writer's night - In progress; they are arguing about who should actually create the event - It is set for the same time as the Tech Talk - [*OX], [ASH], and [DJA] to organise Murphy's Lore writer's thing around the Tech Talk - [*OX] to write a poster about thinterm usage, maybe - Maybe == No - Assignments are fun - [SLX] to handle acquirement of a new Sunblade 2000 - Done by [SLX] and [BOB] - Thanks to Mike Nye, who is awesome General Business ---------------- [ATA] and [NTU] : Can PLUG hold a workshop in the Loft for Tuesday 20120508-1830 and Tuesday 20120522-1830 ? (if those don't work out, Tuesday 20120724-1830 as a fallback ? ) - The first date listed is tonight - [BOB] lectures committee about responding to emails - As secretary, [SZM] is responsible for correspondance - [SZM] will take responsibility - [SZM] will email PLUG - [M12] will deal with booking the dates [EDO] : [333] has created a number of QR codes for the UCC domain, we can use these on posters and other advertising material - [SZM] What posters? - Someone who cares (cough, Ministers for Advertising) to make posters and use these [SZM] : Payment of $400 to Camp Leshenaultia for the deposit - [ASH] moves to pay Camp Leshenaultia the $400 required for a deposit - [SZM] seconds - Motion passes unanimously - [BOB]'s vote does not count [ASH] and [TPG] : Discussions about Heathred and Access to Non-members - Lengthy discussion occurs; emailed to committee-only@ and wheel@ - [M12] motions that discussion is referred to the college representatives, and wheel group - [TPG] seconds - 7 for, 1 against, motion passes [GOZ] returns 17:06 [SZM] : General stuff that needs to be done for Camp - [BOB] Once we have a definate booking, we need to do event management plan, budget, advertise, etc - [SLX] volunteers to be in charge of organising the Camp [BOB] : Replace WinAdmin with access to clubroom password - [BOB] Speaks of the benefits - Committee is in favour, provided we can make /home secure on clubroom machines - [BOB] discusses the benefits of Kerberos for doing this - [ASH] moves that subject to wheel's approval, WinAdmin is phased out, and replaced with a "sprocket" or "axle" group - [SZM] seconds - [SLX] asks whether we will be moving WinAdmin people to the new group automatically, or not - This will be decided later - Motion passes unanimously Meeting closed at 17:14 Current Action Items -------------------- - [SZM] to set up VLAN and stuff for VMs - [DJA] to set up snort for VMs - [EDO] to attend some form of Treasurer Training - [M12], [EDO] and anyone else who is around to go on snack run on Wednesday (or before next meeting!) - [BOB] to spend up to $350 on fixing the coke machine - [TJB] and [TPG] to continue organising the MegaLAN - [ASH], [BOB], other wheel members to discuss Heathred with college representatives - [*OX], [ASH], and [DJA] to organise Murphy's Lore writer's thing around the Tech Talk - [SZM] and [M12] to talk to PLUG about events in the loft - Someone who cares (cough, Ministers for Advertising) to make posters - [EDO] and [SZM] to handle payment of $400 deposit to Camp Leshenaultia - [SLX] to be in charge of organising the Camp (DELEGATION) - Wheel (ie: [ASH]) to setup Kerberos, and implement phasing out of WinAdmin Minutes uploaded by [SZM] at 17:57 on 2012-05-08