2006-11-16 Meeting Minutes

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CSSS Meeting Minutes Thursday November 16, 2006; 1:00pm @ CSSS Office

1.CUTC

  • The department is going to support $2000 for CUTC and will help us figure out who is going to be subsidized

  • CSSS can match the department’s fund

  • Undergraduate committee will process the application

  • Good to support $400 for a maximum of 10 people (cover about half the cost)

  • Although seems like a good idea, it benefits few people. Decided to keep going with the decision because it is a good cause for spending the money we have

    2.TV

  • Going to put down the offer today

  • $ 429.99

  • Albert is putting down the offer for now

    3.XBOX

  • Andrew will look into the cost of XBOX 360 and look into asking Microsoft to sponsor us

  • Nintando wii can be a possible alternative

    4.Wine and Cheese

  • Instead of wine and cheese, an alternative would be end of year celebration

  • Possible idea: People can talk about courses etc. and have popularity contest of courses and professors

  • Good idea to Getting faculty involved

  • Don’t have time for this term but can do it for next term

    5.LAN Party

  • Next LAN party is on Dec 1, 2006

  • See if Business Object or Accenture is interested in sponsoring

    6.Movie Night

  • Looking to partner with FOCWS in doing a movie night in January

  • FOCWS can allocate some funds

  • Will need to pay licensing fee for putting on a movie night

    7.Career Fair

  • 9 CS companies are coming

  • Nokia also coming

    8.Survey

  • Anonymous employee awareness survey

  • To learn about what employee goals are most important

  • Give people $20 gift certificate for Amazon after completing the survey

  • Will stop with advertisement on the website

  • Deadline is Nov 29, 2006

    9.New Labs

  • Good to have LCD monitors and see if we can get web servers

    10.Class Act

  • Should start the planning in February

  • Can start discussing ideas earlier

    11.Space

  • Proposal to a more tightly controlled first floor area

  • The project room is book-able

  • Thinking about making a fob access building

  • Things students want: more project rooms

  • Would like to have a storage room for CSSS

    12.Advertise CSSS Website

  • Traffic hasn’t increased since last year

  • E-mail advertising

  • Can put up poster

  • Can use banner to advertise website (put up at various events)

  • Can tell professors about easy access to newsgroup through the cube website and ask the profs to tell the students at the beginning of the new term

  • Send out in newsletter clear step by step instruction on accessing newsgroup through the cube website

  • Table tents can be used for advertising