CSSS Meeting Minutes Tuesday November 2, 2006; 1:00pm @ CSSS Office
1. Fundraiser with Evanglos
- Each Grad copmosite is 32 dollars
- execs can direct students to buy it online through theCube.ca
- Andrew will send out an e-mail with details on how to navigate the site
2. Clothing
- In progress…still waiting for replies
- Perhaps can use the online ordering system for purchases as well
3. Career Fair
- Department is doing the initial calling for career fair
- So far, know that Safe Software and Business Object are coming
4. Industry Panel
- Industry Panel is an event where reps from different companies come in and students ask career questions related questions
- A very popular event last year
- Derrek is going to organzie this event this year
- Billy and James will help out
5. Curriculum Committee Update (Derrek):
- 3 year plan: redesign curriculum
- department moving toward talking to industry
- sub-committee on gaming, talking to EA, Radical
- stepping stone to talking with entire industry
- acquire data for industry needs, open communication channel
- proposed course for gaming, or gaming stream
6. TLS:
- labs 14, 11, 05, 08 downstairs
- any specific requirements we require?
- maybe docking stations in half of lab for laptops? laptop oriented lab?
- school subsidized laptops for students
- student survey
- posters explaining issue
- not good to require laptop to be a CS student
- operating system preference
- Unix, Linux
- monitors, move to LCD
- prevent unauthorized people from using our equipment
- disable password and move to fobs for all CS majors and people taking CS course