RBOnly:Minutes 1998 11 05

       DCU NETWORKING SOCIETY -  EGM - 05/11/98 - QG15

1. The Chairperson verified that there was a quorom, and gave an

       introductory note.

2. Cecily gave a brief piece about Ents for the year, past, and future.

3. Elections

       Nominations for Sys Admin (2 positions vacant)
               John Bolger
               Colin Whittaker

               Both elected by a show of hands.

       Nominations for Webmaster

               Brian Scanlan
       
               Elected by a show of hands.

       Nominations for Helpdesk (1 position vacant)

               Vote was taken, these are the results

               Sheila Pollard                  79
               Barry o Neill                   139
               Dave O Connor                   63
               Matthew Hollingsworth           50

4. It was proposed that Electronic Voting take place for the next

       AGM, voting to take place 1 week prior to the AGM.

5. John Looney talked about misdemeanours, harrassment of users on

       the system by other users who think they are "anonymous".
       There should be a publically accessible list, containing usernames
       and their corresponding real names.
       Admins can disuser people on their own merit.

6. The incident involving Ka Chun was discussed briefly.

       Patrick Grant proposed that there be a new method formalised to
       deal with complaints.

7. Trying to get chat back -> Carry out a survey detailing computer

       usage on campus, and present it to computer services, to try and
       come to some arrangement on getting the chat server back online.

8. Dave Madden suggested some sort of "tribunal" system for dealing

       with complaints.

9. It was proposed that we adopt a system used by DBES, in which old

       committee members become consultants to the new committee.
       (it was pointed out that such a system already exists, however informal)

10. New Res -> "Resbrick" - talk to Computer Services and find out what

       infrastructure currently exists in new res to acomodate a computer
       network, and what plans exist for it's use.

11. The meeting was called to a close.