RBOnly:Minutes 2001 04 07

Minutes of meeting, Sat 7th April 2000

Present: kpodesta, moridin, cokane, noelfitz, macbain, redgiant, p, tibor, bubble

AGM

• Set for tuesday 17th March @ 18:30

• Thinking of providing sweets etc (Brian can probably get some off his dad)

• Tests will we as follows:
  • Admin / Helpdesk: Wednesday @ 7pm
  • Webmaster: Thursday @ 7pm

• AGM order is as follows:
  • Treasurers Speech
  • Chair's speech
  • Amendments
  • Elections:
    • Helpdesk
    • Webmaster
    • Admins
    • PRO
    • Ents
    • Treasurer
    • Secretary
    • Chair

• Will be using PR voting - Noel will get details on exactly how to work this from cain or cma.

• There will be no logins during the AGM and current users will be bumped

• We need to post our proposed constitutional amendments before the AGM

• Brian will do up voting slips stc

AFTER AGM BASH

• WIll be in Conways on Parnell st.

• It's free to book and they do food for free too

• Capacity is about 200ish

• We'll make our own CD's of mosic for it

• We're going to try and get a birthday cake done up

WEBCOMP

• Will be a web programming competition to design an online events calendar

• Individuals or Teams of 2 may enter

• Prize will be about £200

• Closing date of June 17th

ADMIN/SPONSORSHIP

• Need to get a date for collecting the e450 from Sun

• Barry is going to meet someone about picking up our secure cert

• Need SCSI Cable for RAID array

• Microsoft may sponsor us, which would be nice

• Sarvesh will value our machines so we can apply for insurance from the SPC

• Bringing in a new root password policy. The password will be changed every 6 months and the current admins will decide if someone gets root, based on how active / useful they are. The stipulation is that they have to have previously held root in an elected position on the committee.

• With the amount of space that will be coming online soon we need to decide on a backup policy and create a disclaimer that we cannot ensure the security of someone's data, particularly with the 4th year projects starting soon. This will be mass mailed and available on request.

• In the light of our recent sponsorship bonanza we will approach HP about getting a nice DLT Autoloader off them.

• Quotas will be upped to 100Mb, with a 300Mb limit.