You can view the meeting minutes on Google Slides here.
This meeting was conducted on 07/12/2021 at 12-1pm over Discord.
These minutes were published on 07/01/2022.
Introduction
π Exec Present
- Ares
- Ike
- Scarlett
- Anakin
- Finnbar
- Henry
- James
- Lap
- Lewis P
- Oli
- Alex
π₯° Non-Exec Present
- Spy
- Reylynn
- Artock
- Benji
- Lils
- Josh
- Sol
- Am
- Lawful Tim
π Exec Absent
- Jon (with apologies)
- Hannah (with apologies)
- Nathan (with apologies)
π Orders of Business
Action Point Recap
Reminders/Updates
- Website Requests (Finnbar)
- Collabs with other socs (Anakin)
- Christmas Tasks
Action Points
Next Meeting
Content
πββοΈ Action Point Recap
The action point review is given as an image below (right click -> view image to see in full), as there is quite a lot to it (you can also see them on the linked powerpoint):
π Reminders/Updates
- Room bookings happened
- Opened for both Term 2 and 3 without warning, so we booked both
- Tabletop Weekend at the end of Term 2 got royally fucked by open days so it'll be from 7pm Saturday
- πββοΈ Alex: could email the chemistry dept (their secretary) and see whether they actually need B2.04/5 ?
- Tabletop Extrav end of Term 3 is Sun Mon Tues because open days again (donβt do board games on the Wednesday?)
- πββοΈ Alex: Need to contact community safety about all the overnight stays
- πββοΈ Everyone who booked: remember to green your Term 3 confirmations as they come through
- πββοΈ Finnbar: you can put the timetables into the website
- We got grant money! Β£851 woah
- πββοΈ Ike: update the budget spreadsheet and allocate people money so they can buy equipment over the holidays
- Weβre probably not going to get a budget breakdown this year because of lack of SU staff
- Holiday schedule??
- Mondays except the week of Christmas?
- πββοΈ Needs publishing on the website, Discord, and Facebook (Hannah)
- Auction made Β£52.15 (everything except Warhammer quest got sold) - money goes to board games
- πββοΈ Alex: sell Warhammer quest over the holiday
- πββοΈ Leftover books: Oxfam bookshop in Coventry (Anakin)
- Oli is running the Mystery RPG this Saturday and is currently writing up the announcement!
- Initially opening for 8 players, up to 10.
- Board games in CS this week
- Finnbar is meeting with Lea in a short while today to sort final things out
- The room is in use between 1 and 2 so we can either get the bgs out at 1 and look after them for a while, or rush them out at 2.
π 1. Website Requests (Finnbar)
- Anna did this at the end of each term where she said βwhat do you want the website to doβ so here we go
- Small website changes and tablebot went up this term
- Plans so far:
- Tutorial pop up when youβve created an account
- Redo the front page
- About us (50 words), announcements, big navigation buttons (to main pages and social media), maybe some nice photos
- About page needs a button in the navigation menu
- πββοΈ Finnbar: make some website things happen
π 2. Collabs with other Socs (Anakin)
-
Game Design Collab
- Game jam with design talks (maybe), theme on Sat (or ignore it), make games, testing period at the end of Sun (+ dinner?)
- Term 2, week 5 weekend provisionally (Spy to check w game design)
- Anakin can do the coordination and Alex can help
- Spy can book rooms
- πββοΈ Anakin and Alex: coordinate with Spy to get this event in the works
-
UWCS Lazer Quest
- Term 2 sometime
- LANs week 2 and 7, tt weekend weeks 3 and 9, gj week 5, murder mystery week 7
- So could be week 1, 4, 6, 8 (week 1 sunday? Or week 4)
- πββοΈ Anakin: work on setting a date and getting it booked
-
Fantasy and Sci-Fi Soc
- Small soc
- Potential escape room booking?? Thereβs one in Cov
- Term 2
- Any other ideas for an event w them, let Anakin know
- πββοΈ Anakin: work on setting an event and a date
π 3. Christmas Tasks
What do we need to do to prep for next term?
- AGM stuff (πββοΈ everyone):
- Update handover document! Please everyone check and do this by the end of Christmas break
- Think about any motions you might want to put through
- Think about what roles you want to run for and/or who you want to succeed you
- RPG Intros 2 Electric Boogaloo?
- πββοΈ Oli: put out an announcement by the end of this week asking for GMs (say that they can re-run stuff from Term 1) (resurrect the GMs channel on Discord).
- LARP Murder Mystery? Week 6/7?
- πββοΈ Nathan and James: set a date for this, make sure you have rooms for it, get the planning started
- Other LARP stuff? πββοΈ Nathan and James
- Google form for feedback
- Make sure you buy stuff for the cupboard
- Spending budget - πββοΈ all reps, decide what you want to spend money on and spend it!
- RPG books in my living room
- They need to be sorted out - what'll be kept, what'll be auctioned/sold
- πββοΈ Oli and Finnbar - set a date and sort it (Week 11?)
πββοΈ Action Points
- Room Bookings related:
1. Alex: email chemistry dept. (their secretary) and see whether they need B2.04/5 for the Open Day that overlaps TT Weekend (T2 W9)
2. Alex: email community safety about the overnight stays for Weekends
3. Everyone who booked rooms: remember to green your confirmations as they come through
4. Finnbar: put timetables on website
- Ike: update the budget spreadsheet and allocate people money so they can buy stuff over the holidays
- Reps: buy stuff you need
- Hannah: publish Holiday Schedule
- Auction clean-up:
- Alex: sell Warhammer Quest over the Holiday
- Anakin: take leftover books to Cov Oxfam
- Finnbar: make some website things happen
- Term 2 Collabs:
- Game Design - Anakin and Alex: coordinate with Spy to get this event in the works
- UWCS Lazer Quest - Anakin: work on setting a date and getting it booked
- Fantasy/Sci-Fi Event - Anakin: work on setting an event and a date
- AGM stuff (EVERYONE):
- Update handover document! Please everyone check and do this by the end of Christmas break
- Think about any motions you might want to put through
- Think about what roles you want to run for and/or who you want to succeed you
- Oli: for RPG intros, put out an announcement by the end of this week asking for GMs (say that they can re-run stuff from Term 1) (resurrect the GMs channel on Discord)
- Nathan and James: set a date for LARP Murder Mystery, make sure you have rooms for it, get the planning started
- Other LARP stuff - Nathan and James:
- Google form for feedback
- Make sure you buy stuff for the cupboard
- Oli and Finnbar: set a date and sort out the RPG books in the living room
β‘ Next Meeting
When: Week 1 Next Term
- AGM - Focusing: Ares
- Website/Web Admin Role - Focusing: Finnbar
- Merch - Focusing: Ike
- Term Ahead (special events/collabs) - Focusing: Anakin