RBOnly:Minutes 2004 04 20: Difference between revisions

Other people present: Colm (colmmacc) and Colin (grimnar) who performed PR

==Minutes==

     1. Review of minutes from last meeting

       Not done, as usual.

     2. Agenda for this meeting

         1. Opening

             Quorom (28) was verified as being met.

         2. Chairperson's Report

             Dave briefly discussed the main highlights of this year; the

             acquisition of the server room and Dell servers, continued

             hosting of services for many clubs and socities and the many

             events during the year.

         3. Treasurer's Report

             Seamus briefly discussed how much money we had at the start and

             end of the year and the main expenses during the year.

         4. Constitutional Amendments

               1. Amendment 1 [colmmacc] Removing use of word 'graduate'.

                 Passed by show of hands. Text of amendment:

                 Article 3.4.2 currently states:

                   Graduate membership shall be open to former members of the

                   society who are no longer students of Dublin City

                   University.

                 This is to be amended as:

                   Associate membership shall be open to anyone who

                   previously qualified for membership of the society under

                   Article 3.1.

                 [ for reference: article 3.1 states that ``Membership of the

                 society shall be open to all students and staff of the

                 college.'' ]

                 Article 3.4.3 currently states:

                   It shall not be a requirement of associate membership that

                   such members should hold a degree or any other academic

                   award given by Dublin City University.

                 This shall be deleted as unneccessary and subsequent

                 subsections be re-numbered appropriately.

                 The word graduate be replaced with the word associate in the

                 subsection regarding rights general meeting attendance.

               2. Amendment 2 [singer/marvin] Community Officer. NOT passed by

                 show of hands. Text of amendment:

                 Amend article 4.5 to read:

                   The committee shall consist of

                   Chairperson Secretary Treasurer Public Relations Officer

                   Ents Officer 3 x System Administrator Webmaster 3 x

                   Education Officer Community Officer

                 Increment articles 6.8 through 6.10 (i.e 6.8 becomes 6.9

                 etc.)

                 Amend 6.8 to read:

                   The community officer shall have the responsibility for

                   co-ordinating and organising the community aspects of the

                   technical services which the society provides. This shall

                   include, but not be limited to, newsgroups and IRC.

         5. Election of Helpdesk

             Candidates: keloe, art_wolf, atlas, firefly, thedara.

             keloe, art_wolf and atlas elected by PR secret ballot.

         6. Election of System Administrators

             Candidates: prolix, phaxx, halenger, mickeyd.

             prolix, phaxx and mickeyd elected by PR secret ballot.

         7. Election of Webmaster

             biteme elected by show of hands.

         8. Election of Public Relations Officer

             Candidates: drusilla, dramaq.

             dramaq elected by PR secret ballot (38 votes to 34).

         9. Election of Events Officer

             kyper elected by show of hands.

         10. Election of Treasurer

             charlene elected by show of hands.

         11. Election of Secretary

             thor elected by show of hands.

         12. Election of Chairperson

             Candidates: drusilla, af666x.

             drusilla elected by PR secret ballot (38 votes to 19).

         13. Closing

             Proceeded to Doyles.

     3. Any other business

       No other business.