Unigames Committee Meeting #24 - 13/08/2020

by Autumn Brough 13th Aug 2020

Unigames Committee Meeting #24 - 13/08/2020

Attending

  • Alistair
  • Taylor
  • Jackie
  • Autumn
  • Emerald
  • Alice "sponsored by red bull"
  • Ash
  • Josh
  • Gwen
  • Kyle

Exiled :(((

  • Kyle

Meeting scheduled: 6:00pm

Meeting open: 6:08pm

Reports:

President's Report (Alistair):

  • I’m three weeks behind on lectures
  • but I’m one week ahead on labwork
  • we got a new nbn router but it doesn’t have internet yet
  • WotC accidentally sent me two copies of an expensive product
  • ...
  • so it’s been a week

Vice-President's Report (Taylor):

  • very excited for next week's daily meeting roulette
  • made some progress on the camp budget
  • making progress on the action item list (but is it the unigames one?)
  • ahead on some units, behind on others. awaiting assignment submission instructions
  • had an exam on the weekend (horrible)
  • stay tuned for updates on my stage 2 complaint with the university
  • had a chat with jameson about SOC regulations and some changes being made
  • ALSO went to a bunch of profcomp meatings

Treasurer's Report (Jackie):

  • screams in spg application
  • IM SORRY I ALMOST FORGOT TO WRITE MY REPORT
  • i did a fun shopping trip in the city before this meeting (makeup for art purposes yay!!)
  • yeah i'm working on the spg application (due tomorrow) that's about it
  • i'm so sad about the spg
  • i'm going to taylor's afterwards to do things with taylor
  • DID THE POSTER
  • account balance: $2,232.74

Secretary's Report (Autumn):

  • i wrote a newsletter, which involved telling UCC their mailing list was busted
  • i love sleep
  • josh taught me this weird card game with heaps of mana or something

Librarian's Report (Emerald):

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  • translation from homestuck
    • hey teens
    • so i wrote my report myself this week
    • this week i finished my EMP
    • did the facebook event lmaooooo
    • put ajax on the shopping list
    • asked about getting leave for work, it hasn't been approved yet

Fresher Rep's Report (Alice):

  • waiting for my red bull to kick in
  • the freshers are alive
  • alistair signed me up to something without asking
    • alistair: "hey i made a good assumption"
  • fresher campaigns got poked and am waiting for the applications to roll in

Reports de la OCM (Ashleigh, Gwen, Josh, Kyle):

  • Ash:
    • 5 weeks behind in uni work, love that
    • otherwise just big "brrr" energy from me ;-;
    • URGENT UPDATE: a little vibe
  • Gwen:
    • The next board game night will be "There's no i in team" Night, I haven't made the event yet cuz I'm still not sure about EMP and loft booking things
    • Still a very low key wargamer. I really hope I get the time to play some games soon.
  • Josh:
    • didnt get a chance to do anything
    • had two weeks continuously working and also squeezed in a magic draft
  • Kyle:
    • here I am somewhere on my laptop
      • "Currently at the shops, hope you enjoy the background noise"
    • quizmittee is progresseing well everyone doing action items and we are almost ready to do advertising and fb events
    • talked to Jackie last night about wargaming details for spg thanks Jackie for cleaning up my stream of consciousness
    • played my first game of 9th the other day, almost ready to start teaching to people with 0 experience

Past action Items:

Alistair:

Update gatekeepers - done

Make the committee poster happen (along with Jackie) - done

Jackie:

Make the committee poster happen (along with Alistair) - done

Autumn:

Write a newsletter bumping fresher campaigns - done

Invite members to sponsor relay donations - done

Emerald:

Communicate about Do What You Want RPG to the members - done

Talk to work about getting a weekend free for roleplay (preferably 26-27/9) - done

Alice:

Bump the fresher campaigns player signups - done

Gwen:

Make a board games night happen, week after next - in the works!

Gatekeepers

  • Rob is now a gatekeeper

Usual Suspects

Board Games

  • "There's no I in Team" board games night [next wednesday, 19/8]:
    • so that gwen can bring in games like salem and shadows over camelot
    • there needs to be an EMP and a loft booking

Taylor: Ask Leigh about giving people EMP powers

Autumn: Complete the team board games night EMP (email hello@guild about loft)

Gwen: Set up team board games night on FB

RPGs

  • Wildcard RPG Night [Next week Friday, 14/8]

    • Event is up
    • EMP is submitted and approved
    • Emerald met our new fresher who has introduced her to a new game called Nechronica
    • josh has just quietly made a vore joke to me
      • i regret minuting this because it derailed the meeting
    • emerald is going to combo directly from fresher game into RPG night so that'll be a challenge
      • AND going directly to work afterwards
      • everyone please pray for our powerful librarian before she is stronger than the rest of committee combined
  • alistair mentions the existence of the GM data sheet, rest of committee is shocked

Ash: Create an open FB poll to enquire as to what games people are interested in GMing for oneshots

Magic

  • Casual Commander Day [this sunday 16/8]
    • josh is going but facebook wont let him click going
    • alice has convinced a total newbie fresher to join

Wargames

  • kyle played the new edition for the first time
    • feeling very restricted by not being allowed into the clubroom
    • "boneless pizza is all that i can say"

Fresher Campaigns

  • they were promoted! we have 2-digit signups! (and only 1 wasn't a student)
  • we have 5-ish GMs

Alice: Fresher campaign stuff!!

Events:

Halloween 2019:

  • alistair: (makes eye contact with jackie)
  • jackie: OH my fucking GOD (clutches face)

  • also jackie has just emailed jarcus again

Roleplay 4 Life [Sat 26/9 - Sun 27-9]:

  • emerald has requested leave, no word back

Emerald, Alice, Taylor: Work on a roleplay 4 life EMP

  • taylor brainstorms some concepts for how we could structure the event to address the fact that everyone gets tired
    • a) it's a shorter event, b) we enforce different shifts for GMs, c) we split across multiple days
    • figuring out a relay/shift system would require new logistics

Taylor: Poll facebook about roleplay structure

Relay [Saturday 10/10]:

  • No new signups

Autumn: Make a post asking for interest in sponsoring relay signups

UWASCA Collab

  • no updates

Quiz Night:

  • a meeting happened, only kyle attended
  • everything is happening
  • we have a quote from the tav about how much it's gonna cost
  • we know our break-even ticket sales
  • yee ha
  • someone's making posters, someone's making tickets
  • darkmittee has not started writing yet
  • current word from the tav is that security will not be necessary
  • as tav prices have increased, our profit margins have decreased, so we will need to be smart about food

Kyle, Emerald: Continue doing quiz magic, get us a budget to look at, figure out food

Joint REDACTED [20/11-23/11]:

  • Didnt have a meeting this week
  • Waiting on Leigh for a guild camp meeting
  • the camp menu breakdown IS progressing

Room Update:

  • Committee Poster

    • it is UP
    • secret committee poster is ALSO UP
  • We have a broken flickering light

Taylor: Contact guild and get them to replace the light

Taylor: Follow up on the health promotion person who was offering health related pamphlets

Reimbursements:

  • Pending:
    • Autumn: -$34.79
    • Jackie: $366.40 for food run this week

Guild:

  • Reopening of Cameron Hall

    • Tenancy has finally put a sign about tagging in on the door, only on the tav side
  • Tenancy Reallocations

    • There is a tenancy meeting on Monday
    • Allegedly, things will be discussed at that meeting
    • Taylor will be attending for us
    • There is a busy bee this week - gatekeepers will be cleaning 12pm saturday ahead of inspections at 1pm monday
  • Branding and Activation Workshop

    • That was yesterday
    • We have Merlin's notes to copy
  • Grants

    • SPGs are due TOMORROW
    • We were told YESTERDAY
    • Jackie has written up a proposal and just needs to edit it

Jackie, Taylor: Tidy up the SPG proposal

  • SOC Meeting
    • There will be a SOC meeting next tuesday

General Business:

Webkeeping

  • Alistair and Taylor have met with the two profcomp groups

    • One of them is progressing significantly faster than the other
  • Donald has been in touch about the website

Autumn: Let Donald into our github

Unigames Dice

  • Chase has reported that their two dice are absent
  • Alistair has reported that unigames' bag was one short
  • Kyle apparently has three spares

Kyle: Make the lost dice get into Chase and Unigames' hands

Constitutional Changes

Taylor: DOOOO constitutional changes

First Aid Course

  • No updates

Large Scale Borrowing

  • Taylor received multiple comments of interest from people at club carnival about wanting to borrow heaps of stuff

Alistair: Advertise large scale borrowing to club presidents group slash colleges

Meeting closed: 7:13pm

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-- This Week's Action Items: Alistair:

Advertise large scale borrowing to club presidents group slash colleges

Taylor:

Ask Leigh about giving people EMP powers

Work on a roleplay 4 life EMP (along with Emerald, Alice)

Poll facebook about roleplay structure

Contact guild and get them to replace the light

Follow up on the health promotion person who was offering health related pamphlets

Tidy up the SPG proposal (along with Jackie)

DOOOO constitutional changes

Jackie:

Tidy up the SPG proposal (along with Taylor)

Autumn:

Complete the team board games night EMP (email hello@guild about loft)

Make a post asking for interest in sponsoring relay signups

Let Donald into our github

Emerald:

Work on a roleplay 4 life EMP (along with Taylor, Alice)

Continue doing quiz magic, get us a budget to look at, figure out food (along with Kyle)

Alice:

Fresher campaign stuff!!

Work on a roleplay 4 life EMP (along with Taylor, Emerald)

Kyle:

Continue doing quiz magic, get us a budget to look at, figure out food (along with Emerald)

Make the lost dice get into Chase and Unigames' hands

Gwen:

Set up team board games night on FB

Ash:

Create an open FB poll to enquire as to what games people are interested in GMing for oneshots

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