RBOnly:Minutes 1997 04 11

MINUTES OF DCU NETWORKING SOCIETY COMMITTEE MEETING 11/4/97 QG01

AGENDA

• ROLL CALL
• ANY PROBLEMS/ISSUES ARISING FROM LAST MEETING
• PROPOSALS
• READING OF MINUTES/AGREEMENT
• FINISH

ROLL CALL

PRESENT:

• Michael Bennett
• Jonathan Lundberg
• Aoibhe McGovran
• Kevin o Donovan
• Dave o' flynn
• Sean Cullen
• Dermot Hanley
• Ka Chun Leung
• Padraig O Ceallaigh
• Andrew Lawless
• James Raftery
• John Barker

APOLOGIES:

• Dave Murphy
• Shane OhUid
• Fergus O Donohue
• Mike Mc Hugh

PROBLEMS/ISSUES ARISING FROM LAST MEETING (AGM)

• BBS Cloak was taken away as requested.
• New and old committee will run parallel for now.
• Decided long time ago to get rid of BBS, new newsgroup system, and irc.
• Constitution - alter for bigger committee.

OTHER BUSINESS

• DCUNS noticeboard needed
• Comp Services have "log" account, no need for them to take machine down.
• Sponsorship - TINET, possible 64K line? (aoibhe's brother),
• Contact other ISP's also.

CONTACT IN TINET IS DAVE HUGHES

• Maybe get letter signed by John Boland about DCUNS, and attach to sponsorship request letter?
• Contact ORCA and TCDNetsoc about their sponsorship?
• Prepare breakdown of machine usage, charts, diagrams etc.
• Long term plans include, Tutorials by helpdesk, Netware server?, Web page help for Clubs and Socs, Online Bullsheet, DCUFM in Real Audio?, have package for socs (mailing lists etc.)
• Aim to get non computer students also.
• SU collaboration - Clubs and socs book, freshers book etc.
• Organise Competitions.
• Graphics for Web pages to be made available.
• Rag Week - Quake demo/competition maybe? (STDCU)
• Redbrick Awards - members vote.
• Membership cards.
• T-shirts, and merchandising.
• Target freshers next year.
• Have regular meetings.
• Formalise a procedure for infringements.
• Users should go to sysadmins with password probs, not helpdesk.
• There should be no committee discussions posted on the BBS.
• No public squabbling. (on committee issues)

NEW MOTION:-

  any committee member who posts what they believe  to be committee and society policy on the BBS, takes the risk of being wrong, and they should consult with 
  other committee members first. If they don't consult with others, and they are in fact wrong in what they say, they will lost BBS posting priveleges for two weeks.  The same applies to any committee member who publicly (on the BBS or otherwise), puts down another committee member in  relation to society work they do, or claims that they are doing said work wrong.  Such matters should be brought to the attention of the committee, and not to the BBS.
    
  The punishment, as said above, is suspension of BBS posting priveleges for two weeks (That is, after the committee have agreed that what was said, or done, was wrong.)           

At this point a vote was taken, and the motion was passed by a unanimous vote of all those present.

• Money owed, and debts discussed.

MINUTES READ OUT.. ALL AGREED.. ALL GO HOME ON OUR MERRY WAY. (OR TO THE BAR OF COURSE  :) )