# UCC Committee Meeting Minutes 2021-05-11 - Last meeting minutes uploaded to the website. ## Attendance - [TEC] Timothy Chapman, President - [MPT] James Arcus, Vice President - [BLU] Grace Fowler, Secretary - [LMH] Liam Hammond, Treasurer - [EGG] Alex Barker, Fresher Representative - [APA] Alistair Parkinson, Ordinary Committee Member - [OKC] Benjamin Wright, Ordinary Committee Member ## Apologies - [HET] Nicholas Clements, Ordinary Committee Member ## Absent ## Start Time - 16.06 # Committee Reports ## President's Report - Emailed Chloe (Tenancy Pres) asking to chat about Machine Room options, yet to hear back - On the topic of machine room options: \*shakes fist at [HET]\* - Would be good to schedule GM for end of semester to set plans for any during-break-revamping - Would be good to see more people expressing an interest in doing tech talks - Think of it as a fun way to talk about something you like with a small audience :) - Should there be Tech talks during semester break? I don't know, share your thoughts ## Vice President's Report - Was away for a couple of weeks, so haven't done much - Forwarded on the notice of the Tenancy committee meeting to the rest of committee - Somehow both my student and club emails are getting them, but no-one else in UCC is - ACTION: [MPT] Ask Chloe to include committee@ on the Tenancy mailing list - Brought back the money box with the remaining Charity Vigil cash so it can be banked - I think [LMH] did that? - Passed on a job posting from Atif Mansoor from CSSE - Posted to ucc@ and Discord, maybe should also throw something on the FB group? - Interested in doing part 3 of my Linux tech talks (as per email) though not sure whether to do it next week or after exams ## Secretary's Report - I found the seal in the secretary's cupboard. Turns out it didn't walk away ;) - Why don't we have any post it notes? I can't remember what I needed some for, but I sure needed some then! - Attended the Tenancy meeting myself. Leave it to the poor fresher who doesn't have a clue about what's going on :( - I'm definitely not a weeb, cause I don't watch anime 24/7. Though I'm (something?) cause I don't know the difference between the Crab Rave and Neon Genesis something song. - Had an.... interesting talk in the clubroom on Monday. - Participated in coming up with terrible book blurbs with [EGG], [LHM] and [LIZ] - Was baffled when PCS came in on Monday and took over the clubroom. Is this going to happen frequently? - Got someone to talk to wheel about maybe performing a penetration test on the website. - Brought new whiteboard markers and eraser. Donating the whiteboard marker holder. Will send the details to [LHM] to be reimbursed. - Had some issues with a new registration, but it got sorted out. - Completed the quizzes on Social and got C++, Javascript and Keyboard. - Goz showed me how to connect to IRC and tmux. ## Treasurer's Report - Emptied safe again. Westpac is open Mon-Fri finally! - Got the email back about adobe licences, they are very expensive. - Sorted out various payments for club members. ## Fresher Rep's Report - Did a food run with Alice. Sacrificed some brain cells as she closed the boot on my head! - Also bought paper towels. Now we can protect ourselves from [BLU]'s spilled milk. - Got Com Sci/Data Sci/Software Eng discord to follow UCC events channel. - Added a League and Genshin emote on the discord. Need [TEC] to update the reaction role message. - Held a discord poll to find the best day for a General Meeting. It was Wednesday. - Completed multiple "Which x are you" quizzes. I am a mouse, c++ and php apparently. - Forcefully attended a PCS talk that happened in UCC spontaneously. - Caught [BLU] committing voter fraud. We should imprison her with the frog. - Started collecting kombucha bottles like infinity stones. Just you wait... ## OCM Reports ### HET - Looked at some providers for server cooling but have yet to get a quote on how much it would cost due to assignment work will attempt to do during this week when I get the assignments done. # Machine Technical Report ## Servers ## Network - The Portal security certificate was down last week. Has been fixed by [MTL] ## Desktops - Apparently since the CPU cooler replacement, you can hear a buzz/click on the Mic line on Christmas. - [DBA] may have fixed the bugged capacitor on Corvo. ## Miscellaneous - Cerberus broke, got fixed and broke again. Now it won't turn on at all. - 3D printer clogged. # Past Action Items ## [TEC] - Talk to Guild about machine room solutions. - Trying. - Help [EGG] remove old door members from the system. - Ongoing. ## [MPT] - Show people how to be door after the renewals close. - Ongoing. - Send [APA] prior work on sponsorship. - Ongoing - Bully rest of committee until they give him their darkest secrets to pass on to the ACNC. - Ongoing. - Find the secretary keys for [BLU]. - Ongoing. ## [LMH] - Look into cost of Adobe licenses. - Done. ## [BLU] - Look into extra copies of Guild keyrings for exec. - Done. Guild disallows copies. - Send an email to ucc@ for tech talk ideas. - Done. - Get more whiteboard markers. - Done. Time to draw more frogs :) ## [EGG] - Cerberus photo board. - Ongoing. Cerberus is just straight up broken now. - Make a poll on discord to find out what time suits most people for a general meeting to figure out what to do with the cash reserve money. - Done. Result is Wednesday. - Ask a Computer/Data Science & Software Eng server moderator to add UCC announcements to the server. - Done. ## [APA] - [APA] to write up what the sponsorship pamphlet would look like. - Ongoing. ## [HET] - Look into server cooling Australian company quotes. - Ongoing. ## Other - Wheel to help new committee get uccpass setup. - Ongoing. # New equipment - [BLU] donated whiteboard marker holder. - Committee accepts the donation. # Drinks and Snacks - [BLU] and [LHM] filled up the snack and drink machine. # External Entities ## Mail - [BLU] checked the mail. - No mail. It's lonely here without Westpac hassling us... ## Guild, SOC - [BLU] attended the Tenancy meeting. - Cameron Hall update - Guild is staying in consultation with clubs. Any more idea about renovations, email Chloe. - Contracts - Club insurance contracts have been signed by Guild or UWA? executive team. Should recieve them soon. - Keys - Ordering a key is now $33. Guild will cover the cost from February. You can't make copies of Guild keys like the door and cupboard ones. - Campus Management - They will pay the full cost of functionality of clubrooms and damaged items not working. Either Campus Management or the Club will pay. - Security - There was a recent break-in into a clubroom. Stuff left in your clubroom is at your own risk. Anything you lose above $2000, you could claim back. - Maintenance and Cleaning - Still on same schedule as before. New fire and first aid equipment has been ordered. - Lights in Cameron Hall should be working now. Not sure if that means the stairwell landing or loft lights. - Jackie's sign got printed. - Chloe added @committee. - Key budget has been revoked. ## Other affairs - Someone from UWA Ethical Hackers offered to do a penetration test on our website. - There was a bit of talk about it on discord about safety and privacy issues, but some wheel members and [TEC] think it would be a good idea. - The person will talk more about it next week. - Jarcus issues? 3? - Jarcus would be interested in negotiation of terms. # Events ## Redacted - Jackie sent out a new when is good on discord. - Still haven't had a meeting yet. ## Tech Talks - [BLU] sent email to tech@ asking for ideas. - [BOB] suggested a remote UCC access talk. Wiki page/other written form may be more suitable for this. - [MTL] has a canned talk on the Clifford Stoll book "The Cuckoo's Egg" that might be suitable for a tech talk. - [MPT] would like to do his part 3 Linux talk maybe next week or after exams. - [BHP] volunteer # General Business - Send a message to PCS saying for them to ask us if they're doing something, we would be happy about it. - Short Minecraft LAN proposed by Alistair. Virtual machine on a server, setup Minecraft. Need to plan a day. - Regular game jam. # End Time - 16.47