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Minutes of DCU Networking Society Committee meeting
5th February 1998

Present

*Jonathan Lundberg
*Dermot Hanley	
*Dave Murphy
*Kachun Leung
*Daire McKenna
*Shane OhUid				

Apologies

*Kevin O Donovan
*Aoibhe McGoveran
*Patrick Grant
*Andrew Lawless
*John Barker

	

==UCD's old Sun Sparc==

*UCD Netsoc had a Sparc Station on loan to them courtesy of SUN Microsystems.  They are receiving a new machine, and the old one is being returned to SUN.

*Paddy asked BCS for sponsorship, in the form of a licence for Solaris.  The reply was good, and it looks like we're getting that at any rate. BCS apparently asked SUN for a machine for us as well, and we could end up with UCD Netsoc's old machine. This is, however, unconfirmed.

==Global Cafe==

*We should go ahead immediately with organising an overnight gaming session.  To be discussed with Finbarr Clarkson.  

*Server for Global Cafe
**using Nurse is apparently not a viable option, due to the hardware failures etc. If we were to use Nurse, she would need a new Motherboard, and quite possibly a new hard drive.  (Dave Murphy adds that the memory is, quote, "dodgy" :) ).

==Solaris licence==

As previously stated, a licence for Solaris 2.6 is a definite go ahead.

==Insurance of Hardware==

We need to insure all of our assets. Insurance in the form of sponsorship?? Talk to SU/SPC about any schemes they may offer, or know about.

==Location of "Monolith"==

*The servers need a new location, since we're being moved out of the Journalism lab this month.

*Possible areas include
**Physics building
***Talk to Joe Maxwell, room N117.(refered to by Mick Kennedy)
**EE Building
***Talk to John Whelan, room A124.

==Member accounts==
We decided that members of DCUNS may hold as many accounts as they wish on the Redbrick Server(s). Each account must be verified with a valid DCU Student Identity card.

==Tutorials==

*Weren't very successful, not many turning up.
*Posters aren't of good quality.
*It should be advertised as a "Web tutorial" to entice more people.
*The next tutorial should not take place until Mother is up and running.

==Mother==
		
*Backup's made before crash should be restored onto mother.  
*Nurse and mother should run side by side for a period of one month.
*Xlibs on mother.  No point in enabling them, since most DCU routers block X in any case.

==Next Ents Event==

*RAG WEEK 1998
** Bouncy Castle should be organised.
**ST:DCU/DCUNS Playstation tournament.

*Rest of Year -
**Mean Fiddler
**Funnel Bar

*Valentine's night, return to The Fleet.
*Kev should organise that, if not, then Jon.

==Gopher Meeting==
		
Should be held on Monday 16th of February 1998

==Admin Test==
		
Should be written up soon, by Dermot, Kachun,
		and Dave.

==Logo==
We decided on using Andy's logo design, but we may need a simpler one.

==Noticeboard==
		
They are being constructed, we should get keys for them.
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