CSS Committee Meeting - Minutes

Location: Online (Discord)
Date: Thursday 19th February
Time: 18:00 GMT
Attendees: Matty Widdop (MW) (Chair), Marcus Gustafsson (MG) (Minuting), Albert Waldron (AW), Joe Adams (JA), Misha (MiG), Deji (D), Lee Alabaster (LA), Oli Baker (OB), Mahima Gupta (M)

1 Apologies
  • Sumeet
  • Maddy
  • Toby
MW
2 Adoption of Previous Minutes
  • Minutes adopted
MG
3 Matters Arising
  • Earplugs
    • ACTION SB: Hunt them down
      • Action completed
      • They are not in the cupboard
      • ACTION MW: Look in CostCo
  • Hoodies:
    • ACTION ML: Complete merch request
      • Action reassigned to AW
All
4 Committee Handover
  • Drive Transfers
    • Action TL: Find drive transfer script at some point
      • Action carried forwards
All
5 Past Events
  • League Tournament
    • No updates
  • Christmas Meal - Thursday 4th December
    • MW reports it has now been paid
    • OB reports that it is on the statement
  • Bar Crawl
    • MW reports it went well
    • The T-Shirts are still in MW’s car
    • Noone paid on the door
    • MW thought that last venue was a bit quiet and we had to go through another place
    • MG enjoyed the last venue because pool
      • LA and MiG enjoyed the shuffleboard
    • LA reports that Katie O’Briens was not very good
      • MiG thought it was very loud
      • MG also disliked Katie O’Briens
    • MW reports it was a little walk between O’Briens and the next venue
  • Board Games Night 2
    • MW reports there were around 100 people
    • MW reports there was a good amount of pizza
    • MW reports people enjoyed the games a lot and were very engrossed
  • EGM
    • Congrats Misha and Lee!
    • ACTION MG: Submit minutes
    • MW reports MiG and LA both have drive access and have completed canvas training
    • MiG asks when the transfer from elect to committee happens
      • MW says that it can basically happen whenever
All
6 Future Events (standing item)
  • Break
    • 2pm - 4pm - Starting w/c 19th January
    • ACTION ML: Find Milk Powder
      • Action completed
    • LA suggests we go to fortnightly break
    • ACTION RJ: Announce that break will be fortnightly in roundup
  • Bletchley Park - Saturday 28th February
    • ACTION MG: Make a slide
      • Action in progress
    • MW reports 32 tickets sold
    • ACTION LA: Reminder for movie night + Bletchley
  • Imitation Game Movie Night
    • Friday 20th February
    • ACTION MW: Chase up OOH form
      • Action completed
      • MW reports they have received it
    • MG reports that popcorn and bags have been acquired
    • MG requests assistance popping the corn
      • MG says to meet him around 18:00 in Sloman
  • FOSDEM
    • ACTION OB: Complete expense forms for £25 per person
      • Action carried forwards
  • Cross Platform Objective C Workshop
    • ACTION AB: Submit pre-prepared RA
      • Action carried forwards
    • ACTION AB: Find a date that works for him (with time for 2 weeks publicity)
      • Action carried forwards
  • Bad Film Collab (hackers)
    • ACTION MG: Get an update
      • Action completed
      • Week commencing 16th March
      • Thursday: Hackers
      • Friday: Mario
  • CSS Plush Making
    • ACTION OB: Do a grant application for materials (in round 3)
      • Action carried forwards
  • Hackathon
    • ACTION D + AB: Reach out to potential sponsors
      • Action in progress
      • D reports that around 50 people have been reached out to, but there have been no replies yet
      • MW reports that Hastings Direct pulled out
    • D reports the budget has been submitted
    • D wants to alter the lanyard to make space for some stamps
    • MW reports that the EPS culture fund will give us some money if we can clarify how the hackathon meets our aims
      • ACTION OB + D: Write-up how we are meeting our goals and reply
    • MW reports there are 2 tickets left
    • ACTION D: Buy lanyard straps
  • Ball
    • ACTION MG: Make slide
    • ACTION ML: Update wristbands and tickets
      • Action carried forwards
    • ACTION RJ: Write a ball announcement (asap)
      • Action completed
    • MW reports we have sold 49 tickets of 280
    • MG asks when they go off sale
      • MW reports 16th March
    • MW reports contract and budget have been approved
    • MW reports there was no song request box on the tickets
      • MG suggests we can take song recommendations on the night if we need
    • ACTION MW: Print posters
  • PUB
    • ACTION AW: Book for 27th Feb
      • Action completed
All
7 Sponsor/Industry Update (standing item)
  • A new sponsorship doc has been put in the sponsorship channel
    • ACTION AB: Do PR for website updates
      • Action carried forwards
AB
8 Finance Report (standing item)
  • Most recent statement balance: £1214.07
  • Actual working balance: £2047.06
  • Pending incomings
    • Memberships
    • Bletchley Tickets
    • Ball tickets
    • Culture fund grant (bletchley)
  • Pending outgoings
    • T-Shirts
    • Pizza
    • Drinks
OB
9 EDI Report (standing item)
  • Action RJ: Write a Ramadan announcement for 17th Feb
    • Action completed
LA
10 Committee Suggestions (standing item)
MG
11 Any Other Business (standing item)
  • Thigh Highs
    • ACTION RJ: Research thigh highs
      • Action carried forwards
  • TeX Earrings Merch
    • ACTION SB: Investigate
      • Action carried forwards
  • Committee Jumpers:
    • Topic carried forwards
  • New emoji competition
    • ACTION SB: Compile list of lesser-used emojis
      • Action carried forwards
  • Minutes
    • ACTION MG: Upload
All
Actual start time 18:05 GMT
Actual end time 19:00 GMT
Duration 0 Hours 55 Minutes