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CSS Committee Meeting - Agenda
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Location: + Hybrid +
Date: + Tuesday 29th September +
Time: + 17:00 BST +
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1 + Apologies + JA +
2 + Adoption of Previous Minutes + HT +
3 + Matters Arising +
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  • T-shirts
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  • Fresher’s Week
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  • Annual RA
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  • Use of generative AI
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  • Contacting pizza companies
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  • WhatsApp chats + moderation
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+ 		All +
4 + Committee Handover + All +
5 + Past Events +
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  • Fresher’s Week
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    • Board games night
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    • Societies night
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    • Fresher’s Quiz
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    • Scavenger Hunt
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    • Other events
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+ 		All +
6 + Future Events (standing item) +
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  • Mixers
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  • Week 1 Pub
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  • CSS 5K run
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  • Park/Winterbourne
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  • Break
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  • CSS Plush Making
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  • PUB
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  • Outlines for major events
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  • Christmas Meal
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  • Teasoc collab
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+ 		All +
7 + Sponsor/Industry Update (standing item) +
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  • Pipeline and active discussions
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+ 		HW +
8 + Finance Report (standing item) +
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  • Most recent statement balance: £802.74
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  • Actual working balance: about £2,000
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  • Pending incomings
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    • Capital One sponsorship
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    • TPP sponsorship
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    • Memberships
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  • Pending outgoings
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    • T-shirts
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    • Server costs (on grant)
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    • Pizza
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      • Board games
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      • Societies night
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    • Alcohol
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    • Football booking
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    • Football football
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    • Stickers
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  • Valyfy lost funds
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  • Grants
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  • EPS Culture Fund
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+ 		IE +
9 + EDI Report (standing item) +
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  • Black History Month
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  • Pinging for EDI?
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+ 		All +
10 + Committee Suggestions (standing item) + All +
11 + Any Other Business (standing item) +
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  • Minecraft Server
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  • Tex bot changes
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  • Nav Bar Rework
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  • Future meetings
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  • WhatsApp channels
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CSS Committee Meeting - Minutes
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Location: + Hybrid +
Date: + Tuesday 29th September +
Time: + 17:00 BST +
Attendees: + Joe Adams (JA) (Chair), Henry Thomas (HT) (Minuting), Idris Evans (IE), Albert Waldron (AW), Anna Charleton (AC), George Tong (GT), Tyler King (TK), Day Jones (DJ) +
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1 + Apologies +
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  • Harry
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  • Jacob
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+ 		JA +
2 + Adoption of Previous Minutes + HT +
3 + Matters Arising +
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  • T-shirts
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    • Ordered and on the way - 10 business days
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    • Set up t-shirt publicity and do a small t-shirt collecting event to encourage memberships
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  • Fresher’s Week
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    • Fresher’s stand schedule
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      • Action GT: Make announcement to go out with the calendar
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        • Action completed
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  • Annual RA
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    • Nearly 3 weeks with no reply
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    • Action HT: Chase Annual RA
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  • Use of generative AI
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    • To be brought up in manifesto channels for EGM
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  • Contacting pizza companies
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    • Action EW: Contact pizza companies
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      • Action in progress
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4 + Committee Handover + All +
5 + Past Events +
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  • Fresher’s Week
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    • Board games night
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      • Went well
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      • Had perfect amount of pizza, all the drinks went (except a small amount of guinness)
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    • Societies night
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      • Went pretty well, had about 80 people
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      • Because we ordered pizza early, didn’t have enough, and had to order more
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      • Most people who didn’t get pizza stayed for the later batch
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      • Lots of other societies thanked us for running the event
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      • AW suggests giving pizza tokens out up to the time we order the pizza to ensure that doesn’t happen again and people aren’t coming just for the pizza.
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      • Then any left over pizza would be handed out to people without tokens.
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    • Fresher’s Quiz
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      • Very well received, about 13 teams instead of the predicted 5.
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      • Went really well, no issues.
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    • Scavenger Hunt
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      • Action HW: Print out QR code to the form and make a short announcement to go out on the Wednesday for it.
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        • Action completed
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      • Went really well, a lot of people did it, somewhere around 30 or 40.
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      • A lot more than the 3 last year.
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      • Better advertising this year.
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      • Starting the teams off at the same time with an in person event was a much better way to do it.
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    • CSS Lunch
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      • Went really well, went to Alfred Works instead of Ming Moon.
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      • Had about 20 attendees last year but about 40 this year.
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      • Was more expensive but it was nice.
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      • Had issues with people not having bought tickets, and with people walking in front of cars but it was alright.
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      • AW says Ming Moon started in 2014, so it was the first time we went somewhere different.
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      • TK says we should advertise the student discount more.
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      • HT asks about getting the deposit back.
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      • JA says it was never taken but would have been if we didn’t reach the £100 spend, but we did so it shouldn’t have been taken.
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    • Other events
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      • Stands went well - lots of engagement from PGRs, PGTs, and international students that we don’t normally get.
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      • Lots of people meeting others through our events and discord/other social media platforms.
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      • HT says there was lots of interest in educational workshops and other similar events. TK and AW suggest bringing back TeX talks and workshops.
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      • Also the sponsorship events should be good for that.
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6 + Future Events (standing item) +
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  • Week 1 Pub
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    • Action EW: Put pub night announcement out today
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      • Action completed
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    • Action GT: Book pub night from 19:00-22:00 with 4 tables.
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      • Action completed
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    • JA, TK, AW, IE, GT going to the pub
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    • Running a walking train meeting 15 minutes before outside CS
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    • JS asks to double check the booking after someone called last minute to delete the booking last year.
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    • Action GT: Double check pub night booking is definitely confirmed.
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  • CSS 5K run
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    • Practice run Thursday at 17:00.
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    • Run around starting and ending at the CS building.
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    • Up to the Vale along roads and then back along the canal.
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    • Run happening on Tuesday 6th October.
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    • Announcement has gone out, will do another 1 week reminder.
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    • Action TK: One week reminder for 5K run
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  • Park/Winterbourne
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    • AW suggests having this in the next couple of weeks as it is more accessible than the run.
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    • JS suggests checking the undergrad timetable before booking the event.
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    • Wednesday is the best day for it
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    • Wednesday 14th October - The Vale 11:00
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    • Action TK: Publicity out tomorrow for this
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    • Action JS: Guild activity and RA for the park
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    • AW asks if we are going to bring anything
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    • AC says she will ask the football captain to bring the football back
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    • JS suggests bringing soft drinks.
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    • JA says we need to make clear in the publicity that all food brought needs to be in date and cooked to meet guild requirements.
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    • AW not to bring any out-of-date, raw chicken
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  • Break
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    • Starting next week.
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    • Thursday 15:00-17:00.
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    • IE can go to most, but can’t do next Thursday.
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    • TK says he can go.
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    • We also need to buy food and drink for it.
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    • JA begs us not to put empty packets of biscuits back into the cupboard.
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    • DJ says they might be able to borrow their sister’s costco membership this weekend to get some drinks and snacks.
      • + +
    • DJ asks what sort of snacks we want.
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    • AC says we have a small amount of mini cheddars and digestives.
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    • HT says we have a small amount of blackcurrant squash left over from board games.
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    • Snacks and Drinks - bulk buy big boxes of multipack snacks:
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      • Biscuits - Digestives, mini cheddars?
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      • Crisps
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      • Squash
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    • HT and AW ask if Aldi own-brand would be cheaper than costco with membership.
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    • DJ suggests that aldi might be better to save the fuel for the small cost difference.
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    • JA suggests going with aldi this week to gauge interest before buying lots.
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    • Action IE: Buy snacks and drinks from aldi
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    • DJ says they could meet IE at Aldi to pick up the snacks/drinks and drive them to campus.
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    • JA says we need a big announcement about break being started.
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    • Action TK: Announcement for break before weekly roundup
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    • Action TK: Weekly roundup announcements
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    • HT asks if we need a guild activity for break
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    • JA says he isn’t sure but will check
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    • AW says for the pub last year it was one at the start and then it repeated from their
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    • HT says the RA is in the annual RA but that hasn’t been approved yet
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    • Action HT: Make the guild activity for the fortnightly breaks
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  • CSS Plush Making
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    • Action AW: Message Fearne to start planning it if possible
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      • Action completed
        • +
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    • JA asks if we should wait for next semester to try and get a grant for it
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  • PUB
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    • IE, TK, and AW will try to be regular
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    • Someone needs to turn up and book the tables
      • + +
    • Normally the full back section is booked
      • + +
    • TK says to see how this event goes before deciding on amount to book in future.
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    • Action JA: Do guild activity for the pub nights
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    • HT says the RA is also in the annual RA
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    • Action TK: Announcement for pub
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  • Outlines for major events
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    • Halloween quiz
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      • 18:00 - 22:00, 29th October in CS
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      • Action HT: Make quiz
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        • Action in progress
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      • Action HT: Guild activity, RA, catering form
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      • Action TK: Publicity
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      • Action JA: Contact the school for atrium and Todd to serve alcohol
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      • Prizes from Ikea were suggested previously
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      • DJ says they can drive to get the prizes from ikea if that is decided
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      • JA suggests doing ducks for runner up
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      • IE asks how many ducks we have
        • + +
      • HT says loads
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      • Two guest rounds being planned
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      • HT will start making the quiz, and do 4 rounds, including picture round(s)
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      • Committee needed to judge costume competition and do pizza
        • + +
      • Staff team potentially coming
        • + +
      • HT suggests getting cheaper alcohol from aldi and getting own brand stuff
        • + +
      • DJ also says they could collect the drinks from aldi car park
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      • JA asks how much compared to board games night
        • + +
      • HT says a similar amount to board games as we mostly ran out but it is likely to be slightly quieter.
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      • Will need to get decorations out and put them up.
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    • Ball
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      • Action GT: Look around for some options for hosting the ball
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          + +
        • Action pending
          • +
        + +
      • HT posits booking Aston Webb as it might be cheaper for societies
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      • JA says he thinks it is probably more expensive than other places
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    • EGM
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      • 21st October, 13:00-15:00
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      • G33 should be free
        • + +
      • Action JA: Contact Todd to ask him to book the room for a couple of hours and make chair slides
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      • Action IE: Treasurer slides
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      • Will need to TeX cutout and voting stickers and banner
        • + +
      • Action JS: Contact Matty to ask how to set up the voting website
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      • Action TK: Publicity for both 1 and 2 week deadlines
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      • Action JA: Channels for advertising
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      • AW asks if we are having snacks and drinks there
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      • JA says we can decide nearer the time
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      • HT says if it’s pre-packaged we don’t need a catering form so we can decide on the day if needed
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  • Christmas Meal
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      + +
    • Action HT: Email Green man to start process and let them know provisional time
      • +
        + +
      • Action completed
        • +
      + +
    • HT hasn’t heard back so will follow up
      • + +
    • Action HT: Follow up email to Green Man
      • +
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  • Teasoc collab
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      + +
    • Week 7 or 8 potential
      • + +
    • If week 8 could replace break 15:00-17:00
      • + +
    • Usual collab with tea, scones, etc
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    + +
  • Other events
    • +
      + +
    • Action ML: Reach out to VGS to ask about an early collab
      • +
        + +
      • Action transferred to JA and completed
        • +
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    • NQ64
      • +
        + +
      • AW says he will go
        • + +
      • DJ says it sounds fun
        • + +
      • Week 9 suggested
        • + +
      • Might have started at round 19:00
        • + +
      • AW says we either advised ubering or did a walking train
        • + +
      • JA says we did a walking train there
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      • Thursday 26th November, 19:00-22:00
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    • Bot-a-thon
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        + +
      • DJ says they would like to run a mini hackathon for making discord bots
        • + +
      • Might increase interest for birminghack if done over a weekend in semester 1
        • + +
      • DJ happy to do guild paperwork but doesn’t know enough about discord bots to run it
        • + +
      • Teaching on Saturday
        • + +
      • Hackathon bit on sunday
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      • Saturday 21st, Sunday 22nd November?
        • + +
      • JS might be able to help with this, he knows more about discord bots
        • + +
      • Might do pizza but can decide nearer the time
        • + +
      • TK says we did do pizza two years ago
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      + +
    • Other hackathons
      • +
        + +
      • DJ asks if we wants other hackathons
        • + +
      • Says early semester two would be good as birminghack is probably in March
        • + +
      • Something to keep in mind for future planning
        • + +
      • HT says we had a lot of interest about hackathons so that would be a good thing to run
        • +
      + +
    • Bar Crawl
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        + +
      • AW & GT happy to look into bar crawl
        • + +
      • HT says main t-shirt ordering issue was because it was over £1000 so shouldn’t have the same problem with bar crawl t-shirt order
        • + +
      • AW incredibly happy to test the route out (definitely will be there, he heard alcohol)
        • + +
      • JA says it will be ticketed, with extra for t-shirts
        • + +
      • Inverted colours for stewards
        • + +
      • Action AW & GT: Look into bar crawl
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      + +
    • Cheese soc collab
      • +
        + +
      • GT spoke to cheese soc, no progress yet
        • + +
      • Eating cheese and crackers
        • + +
      • Could run that soon
        • + +
      • HT suggests inviting them to a break alongside the usual to make it a better event
        • + +
      • Could do week 4 or week 6, week 6 is consolidation though
        • + +
      • Week 4 would be a good week for it
        • + +
      • Action GT: Reach out to cheese soc and see if they would like to do 15:00 - 17:00 on the Thursday of week 4
        • + +
      • AW’s puns: Camamb-reak, Break-otta, Brie-k, Gouda get to break
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      + +
    • Workshop
      • +
        + +
      • Would need to find someone willing to run one for rust
        • + +
      • Could do a python workshop
        • + +
      • Week 8?
        • + +
      • On hold for a week
        • +
      + +
    • Action JA: Contact Matt about OSM Mapathon
      • +
    +
+ 		All +
7 + Sponsor/Industry Update (standing item) +
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  • Pipeline and active discussions
    • +
+ 		HT +
8 + Finance Report (standing item) +
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  • Most recent statement balance: £802.74
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  • Actual working balance: about £2,000
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  • Pending incomings
    • +
      + +
    • Capital One sponsorship
      • + +
    • TPP sponsorship
      • + +
    • Memberships
      • +
    + +
  • Pending outgoings
    • +
      + +
    • T-shirts
      • + +
    • Server costs (on grant)
      • +
        + +
      • Habiba has been emailed to put expenses from before the grant onto it retroactively, but no reply
        • +
      + +
    • Pizza
      • +
        + +
      • Board games
        • +
          + +
        • Awaiting the receipt
          • +
        + +
      • Societies night
        • +
          + +
        • JA needs to submit expense request
          • +
        +
      + +
    • Alcohol
      • +
        + +
      • Action JA: Speak to Zoe to confirm how the alcohol is being paid for
        • +
      + +
    • Football booking
      • + +
    • Football football
      • + +
    • Stickers
      • +
    + +
  • Valyfy lost funds
    • +
      + +
    • No reply from Habiba
      • +
    + +
  • Grants
    • +
      + +
    • Got part of server costs grants requested, and nothing else
      • +
    + +
  • EPS Culture Fund
    • +
      + +
    • Was used for Bletchley park last year, IE will look into
      • +
    +
+ 		IE +
9 + EDI Report (standing item) +
    + +
  • Black History Month
    • +
      + +
    • Action EW: Prepare an announcement ready for October
      • +
        + +
      • Action completed
        • +
      +
    + +
  • Pinging for EDI?
    • +
      + +
    • Poll in committee chat to decide on whether to ping or not
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    • Also should do the announcements on instagram and whatsapp
      • +
    +
+ 		All +
10 + Committee Suggestions (standing item) + All +
11 + Any Other Business (standing item) +
    + +
  • Minecraft Server
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      + +
    • TK says server is going well
      • + +
    • DJ says they have updated the modpack to include some new suggested mods (including some for moderation)
      • +
    + +
  • Tex bot changes
    • +
      + +
    • Action JS: Organise discussion outside meeting and plan the potential changes
      • +
        + +
      • Action in progress
        • +
      +
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  • Nav Bar Rework
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      + +
    • Fresher’s logo has been updated by AW
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    • JA asks for feedback to the changes
      • + +
    • AW asks when to take the fresher’s week page off the website
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    • This weekend is suggested as the calendar then becomes useless
      • +
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  • Newsletter
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      + +
    • Action JA: Write a newsletter
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    • HT says this is needed as we have sponsors to whom we promised newsletter space
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  • Future meetings
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      + +
    • Monday 14:00-15:00 currently
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  • WhatsApp channels
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      + +
    • JA has made multiple different channels to allow users to talk to other people in their own group of the uni.
      • + +
    • GT says he was worried as the whatsapp was until then just an announcement place.
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    • Moderation - GT has set some channels to request to join, and there will be issues and it will be a learning curve.
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    • We can make decisions as we go if there are multiple issues
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  • Membership adverts
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      + +
    • TK suggests advertising needing memberships for the new events rather than saying we don’t need them
      • + +
    • JA says it was a good thing to bring up, as it is important to get more memberships.
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    • TK suggests checking memberships for pizza
      • + +
    • JA says that would discourage people from coming to events as it might be too expensive
      • + +
    • JA says we try and keep the events as open as possible
      • + +
    • HT needs to check names and memberships at the EGM
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Actual start time + 17:09 BST +
Actual end time + 18:51 BST +
Duration + 1 Hours 42 Minutes +
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