Minutes 2004-10-12

Present: JFK SJH RME TRS JCF DAA MSH BMW RPS ZOE SSJ FEL CSB
Apologies: DAG

Meeting Opened: Tue Oct 12 13:24:44 WST 2004

Presidents Report:
 - Big cluster is coming at some stage, maybe
 - Exams are way too close

Vice Presidents Report:
 - Not too much
 - Less tired now
 - Goes to bed at 5, or maybe 6?

Treasurer:
 - Put some money in the bank
 - We have a lot of it, assuming it's donations
 - Whoever put $large-sum in the cash box, wish they'd said something
 - $4700 in the bank

Secretary:
 * AWOL

Drinks 'n Snacks:
 - There are NO snacks at all
 - We should get some, even though there is no way to dispense them
 - Need small bags, since noone wants to eat 200g bags of chips
 - Need to throw out the DECserver

Machines:
 - We have them
 - Novorossiisk is alive again thanks to drive from PXY, now running System 8.5,
   so there are 3 colour webcams again

General Business:
 - secure.ucc Certificate
    - Yes we're going to get one, MSH to find cheapest/least crap
 - Mitch has put a new machine in UCC
 - Charging interest on negative coke balances
    - Can't do it
 - People have approached RPS saying they have not been feeling comfortable
   in the clubroom
    - TRS suggests zero-tolerance account-locking
    - This comes up quite often
    - People can mail committee-only@ucc.asn.au for sensitive matters for
      committee to handle
 - Hooks for bags along the cupboard doors in the hallway outside
    - Good move to keep the area tidy
    - Ask Guild for permission
 - UCC Camp
    - RME to do posters
    - PXY to update webpage and make evil script'o'doom
 - Cluster
    - "It's a big rack"
    - 16 node IBM Power3
    - Uses lots of power, quite heavy
    - It's discrete components, so it could be split up to decrease the
      pressure

Meeting Closed Tue Oct 12 13:56:00 WST 2004