CSSS Meeting Minutes Wednesday November 9, 2005; 5:00pm @ CSSS Office Roll Call: Susannah, Nakisa, Mark L., Tristan, Andrew R., Jason, Charles, Andrew T., Arash, Chris, Rachel, Jenny
Classroom Announcements:
nothing for now, but fill out those Rep profiles and email them to our webmasters!
we’ll probably figure out a campaign to advertise theCube.ca, as well as the LAN party and the wine and cheese once they’re finalized
1.0 In My Experience Post Mortem
only 3 people came
informative, but poor turn out means we won’t be doing it again
2.0 Clothing Sale
losing money -> did not reach sweatshirt quota
stick with embroidered, give our members quality goods
3.0 Career Fair
10 companies expressed interest so far
Engineering Physics and Electrical Engineering both making progress
stubborn companies can be contacted by faculty if necessary
4.0 CUTC
mid January conference held at U of Toronto, Waterloo, Montreal
lasts 4 days, stay in a hotel
rather expensive
fun events, participate in workshops, meet other students
AMS has grants
we may possibly subsidize
5.0 Wine and Cheese
Friday Nov. 25, 7-11pm @ X-wing lounge
formal event
co-hosted by grad students
supplying fruit, cheese, crackers, chocolate
currently applying for licensing (Chris)
check AMS/UBC catering, Safeway for food prices (Chris)
see if we can rent wine glasses (Chris)
6.0 Band for Wine and Cheese
local CS band
“Dave Matthews” style, mellow
7.0 LAN Party
ask James
8.0 Foosball Tournament
coordinate with James (Jenny)
9.0 theCube.ca
website works, email doesn’t
191 members on website, but no new traffic
need to advertise new address -> banner?
10.0 November Newsletter
wait for a while to sort out dates and info
11.0 Movie Licenses
fixed rates for whole year, lets you play to your heart’s content
no definite cost
12.0 Projector
we’ve got it
suggest storing it with department’s projectors, although department may use it without our permission
will stay at Rachel’s for now
13.0 Photocopier
class act?
14.0 Office Printer
think about it more later
may be too expensive and not accessible enough for students to use