2005-09-29 Meeting Minutes


CSSS Meeting Minutes Thursday September 29, 2005; 4:00pm @ CSSS Office Roll Call: Nakisa, Arash, James, Rachel, Jamie, Derrick, Andrew T., Mark L., Charles, Peter, Andrew N., Jason

1.0 Career Fair

  • scheduled for Thursday January 26, 2006

  • parternship with Engineering Physics and Electrical Engineering

  • held in SUB Ballroom, Party Room, Foyer

  • create and distribute PDF with all the pertinent information (Jamie)

  • attach PDF on website along with an article

  • call companies, then send a follow up email

  • 40 companies to be contacted, job divided 2 per volunteer

  • still need to sort out division of money with partners before collecting (Andrew R.)

    2.0 Accenture Information Session

  • second info session on October 5 may not occur because of booking problems

    3.0 Website

  • add year reps to exec profiles page

  • James, Jamie, Mark S. still need to add their information

  • apply for ubc.ca subdomains, thecube.ubc.ca

  • increase advertising -> 10 great things about the website? forum contest?

    4.0 LAN Party

  • scheduled for Friday October 7, 2005

  • computer games will be Unreal Tournament 2004, CounterStrike: Source, WarCraft III

  • bring board games, need to look after them (Jamie)

  • no projector

  • ask Paul about buying a projector (James)

  • bring poker chips and cards (Derrick)

  • banner from Evangelo’s to be put in the lounge, small posters in Dempster (Jamie)

    5.0 Who’s Who Winners

  • post on website (Nakisa)

  • put on white board in window (Nakisa)

  • note on the wall outside the office (Nakisa)

    6.0 Peer Tutoring

  • web form set up, needs tracking features (Derrick)

  • need to write disclaimer (Derrick)

    7.0 Newsletter

  • dates and titles only, keep it short

  • write one for beginning of the month

  • advertise grad photos, bzzr garden, LAN party, tutoring, Who’s Who winners, In My Experience, clothing designs (Mark L.)

    8.0 Clothing Designs

  • waiting for reply regarding logo requirements (Nakisa)

  • no new entries

    9.0 Microsoft Visual Studio Launch Party

  • prizes and information provided by Microsoft

  • need someone to spearhead this event (James)

    10.0 In My Experience

  • tentatively scheduled for Thursday November 3; 12:30-1:30pm

  • one person replied, plus Jake

  • probably have a small one in November

  • have a larger one at the beginning of next term

    11.0 Photocopier in Reading Room

  • department should handle this, not us

    12.0 Informal Survey

  • ask about courses, how people feel about them, what’s good

  • possibly an online course wiki, allow comments below

  • probably produce something on the website

  • 400 level courses currently undergoing restructuring

  • CPSC 415 needs tutorials