Unigames Committee Meeting #41 - 17/12/2024

tags: committee meeting 2024

Attending

• Josh
• Jack
• Gen
• Nene
• Nix
• Oscar
• Connor
• Chris
• Cooper
• Jeremy
• Jackie

  Apologies

Absent

Meeting scheduled: 4:00PM

Meeting open: 4:16PM

Reports:

President's Report (Josh):

• Oh yeah I live in the mountains now
• PHOENIXXXXXXXX
• Now to start al of the boring work I have been putting off to after Phoenix ;-;
• We stay shmoving.

Vice President's Report (Connor):

• I’m here for once 🤪
• Graduated my undergrad or something idk

Treasurer's Report (Jack):

• finally caught the golden bass we're so back
• guild shutdown this weekend aka no more 7$ box, actually top ten saddest moments Guild Acc Balance: $10,726.89 Commbank Acc Balance: $3,950.96

Secretary's Report (Chris):

• Try not to load Facebook Challenge (Complete)

Librarian's Report (Gen):

• finished building dwarves!!
• did a bunch of library repair
• Got some very pretty letter supplies for larp
• me when my units are already full :<

Fresher Rep's Report (Cooper):

• I'm making soup today.
• Nothing else interesting has happened

OCMs' Reports (Jeremy, Nene, Nix, Oscar):

• Jeremy
  • missed last weeks meeting so for last week, thank you for everyone who came along to tcg extravaganza, will run again 🙂
    • christmas parties in the last three days = 3, how many more christmas parties i want to go to = -3
    • ʕ•̫͡•ॽु✚⃞ྉ(bear giving christmas present)
• Nene:
  • no one can claim i'm biased against war gamers again, terrain is built
  • into the mausritter most attended event of the year isn't that crazy
  • listen if we counted how many times i ALMOST won fortnite this would be a different ballpark. 0 wins tho
• Nix:
  • cooking some fun wargaming events
  • bloodbowl in its death throes
  • tournament soon....
  • being in pool vs being seen in pool
• Oscar:
  • we larping again ❤
  • started some handover scribblings
  • 7 days til Christmas Eve, 15 til the new year, 69 days til Sem 1 2025 (scary)

Immediate Past President's Report (Jackie):

Attendance Count - 39/40 (97%) - corner ing the unigames graphic design and art market (objective marker time wheee) - mmmm tasks yummy - saw dan and phil also that ruled - Also worked on Phoenix

Past Action Items:

2024 Meeting 40 Action Items:

Josh:

Message Tactics about Pre-releases (not done)

work on MTG club decks (in poggers)

Work on Precon League Administration (in poggers)

Make Streets of New Capenna Draft EMP and Advertising (not done)

Get Warhammer Tournament confirmation + send EMP (done)

Talk to Tactics about Blood Bowl tournament sets (not done)

Post about swancon positions (not done)

Make gatekeeper excel about swancon (not done)

Deal with the random stuff in monolith (done)

Try get minis painted before Uncharity (done)

Connor:

(with Jackie) Make Bank Transfer Usage Guide (in poggers)

Jack:

Poke UniSFA + UWASCA about Quiz Night distribution (done)

Poke UWASCA about Dice Bag Workshop distribution (done)

Chris:

Investigate organisation of old records (not done)

Do another Newsletter (not done)

Gen:

(with Nix) Temporary Blood Bowl miniature protection (in poggers)

Get paint stripper and paints for the club (in poggers)

Go through the metal minis in the monolith (not done)

Ask wargamers about new paints (in poggers)

Look for a chess clock on Amazon (not done)

Cooper:

EMP and Advertising for Summer Boardgame Event (not done)

Nene:

Build the terrain (done)

Nix:

Talk to Cam about Painting Day (done)

(with Gen) Temporary Blood Bowl miniature protection (in poggers)

Oscar:

Email Tactics about the Duskmourn welcome set (not done)

Jackie:

Design objective markers (in poggers)

Revive Gatekeeper FAQ document (not done)

Research wargaming storage (under long coffee table) (in poggers)

(with Connor) Make Bank Transfer Usage Guide (in poggers)

Various website updates (not done)

ALL:

Read through bank transaction guide (in poggers)

Usual Suspects

Board Games

Summer Boardgame Event - Week of the 13/1

• Nupdates
• Summer/Heat themed boardgames
• Person in Charge: Cooper > Cooper: EMP and Advertising for Summer Boardgame Event

RPGs

Into the Mausritter One-shot Night - Wednesday 11/12 @ 2PM

• Attendance: 2
• Maybe need some new dry-erase markers for the Mausritter cards

Warhammer RPG Oneshot Night - Early January (TBC)

• Maybe GMs: Jack, Cam, Lloyd (tentative), Lewis
• Thinking Feb, no concrete date > Nix: Contact Warhammer RPG GMs

TCGs

Booster Box Buying Bhenanigans

• Gibbi has brought in a box
  • yippee

Magic: The Gathering

Good Games Morley Pre-releases

• nupdates > Josh: Message Tactics about Pre-releases

Aetherdrift Pre-release - February

• next year

Foundations Jumpstart - January

• Pushed back, but we do now have the resources
  • the jumpstart boxes
• Advertising will be going out tomorrow morning
• $26 entry price
  • Gets you four Jumpstart packs, of which you choose two to make a deck with > Josh: EMP and Advertisement for MTG: Foundations Jumpstart

MTG Club Deck Updates

• Josh is going through final drafts
  • progress is being made > Josh: work on MTG club decks

MTG Precon League - End of January-ish

• Discord infrastructure and documentation has been ported
• Making slow progress > Josh: Work on Precon League Administration

Streets of New Capenna Draft - Week of the 20th of January

• Nupdates
• We have a box of New Capenna in the monolith, will do a draft > Josh: Make Streets of New Capenna Draft EMP and Advertising

Wargaming

Introductory Painting day - Between Christmas and New Year

• Nupdates
• Painting day + potential workshop with Cam
• Currently between Christmas and New Year - very busy period
  • May be moved back: will contact Cam and discuss > Nix: Talk to Cam about Painting Day

Next Warhammer Tournament - January 18th

• EMP Approved
• Waiting for a response from the booking people
  • EMP was approved so probably good, will call EZone to confirm
• Solo 2k points
• Ticket price will likely be the same
• More details will follow once we iron out the event > Josh: Call Venues + post Advertising

Blood Bowl

• Finals round 2!!!
• Cam has taken the minis home to paint
• Games Workshop has been distributing tournament sets to Local Game Stores
  • We don't know much about the details, so it may be worth contacting Tactics or GW to see if there is a way we can get access to this
  • Still waiting on tactics o_o > Gen, Nix: Temporary Blood Bowl miniature protection > Josh: Talk to Tactics about Blood Bowl tournament sets

Wargaming Budget

• Jackie is currently working on Objective Markers > Jackie: Design objective markers

Kitbashing Day - End of January-ish

• People seem interested
• Wargamers have some bits other than the minis they have painted > Nix: Talk with wargamers about Kitbashing Day

Fresher Campaigns

• "Some are still going, they seem to still be having fun. Some abandoned." - Cooper

Cameron Hall Minecraft SMP

• Nupdates
• reps: Connor, Nene

Cameron Hall Quiz Night - 12/9 @ 7pm @ The Tav

• nupdates
• waiting to be distributed to us
  • Unisfa haven't transferred yet
  • UWASCA is doing in cash, Jack issue

Joint Camp

• Subcommittee Reps are Jack, Cooper, Connor
• Feedback form released last week!
  • Go give us your feedback please!
• Distribution Plan has been sent to subcom for approval
• Budget is being finalised

Dice Bag Workshop - 15/9 at 1-5PM @ Ezone Central 207

• Waiting on receiving money from UWASCA
• Nupdates!

Uncharity Vigil - Early Feb

• We have a meeting. The meeting is tomorrow @ 4:30pm
• Meeting 1 has happened
  • ICONS has suggested we do it 1-2 Feb or 8-9 Feb
    • There shouldn't be any scheduling problems about this
  • Looking to help E-Sports with activity ideas
    • e.g. Tournaments
    • Taskmaster
    • CTF
    • Megagame
      • Too big for uncharity but worth looking into for future events
• Profit Split agreement is same as before
  • Raffle and Door entry split between clubs
  • Individual events and auction items go to individual clubs
• Budget
  • Raffle is $50 per club
• Advertising
  • Theme
    • We don't really need one but still considering using one for advertising
• Ideas for goals:
  • Chair Cushions
• Reps: Josh, Jeremy

Far Future Events

Swancon

• nupdates

Josh: Post about swancon positions Josh: Make gatekeeper excel about swancon

Reimbursements

• Approved
  • $784.00 to Josh for New Chairs
  • $600 to Gibbi for Foundations Booster Boxes
  • $63.75 to Gen for Card Sleeves
  • $485.30 to Gibbi for Foundations Booster and Jumpstart Boxes
  • $550.75 to Jackie Shan for Food Run

• Pending

• Unsubmitted

  • $43.44 to UWASCA for Dicebag Workshop
  • $41.89 to Gen for Sevens Pitch Splat Buy
  • $84.00 to Donald for Chocolate Blocks

Guild

Tenancy

• Cameras
  • Nupdates

General Business

Gatekeepers

• No new Gatekeepers
• Jackie is going to revive the Gatekeeper FAQ document > Jackie: Revive Gatekeeper FAQ document

Webkeepers

• No new Webkeepers

Room Updates

• Josh has the Nene Removal List
  • has done some of the removaling
  • Other items are things we can maybe auction
    • will contact original donators first
• Reorganisation of Mini Shelf (nupdates)
  • Current mini shelf flap will be removed soon
  • We have Kill Team now, so we have all the measurement details
• Box of metal minis in the monolith (Nupdates)
  • Will be getting paint stripper + stripping these minis
• New club paints
  • Just sent a google form out to wargamers about paints
    • what paint colours
    • types of paint
  • Waiting for responses before purchasing
• Warhammer terrain storage (Nupdates)
  • Will be put underneath the long coffee table > Gen: Get paint stripper and paints for the club > Gen: Go through the metal minis in the monolith > Jackie: Research wargaming storage (under long coffee table)

Busy Bee - Sunday 15/12 @ 11am

• Has happened

Library

Sem 2 Book Buy - Wednesday 13/11 @ 3.30pm

• Newly Entered Games:
• Games yet to be entered:
  • Kill Team starter set
    • Needs built first
• Games waiting for Tactics:
  • For the Queen

Painting the Blood Bowl Minis

• Current team colours:
  • Black Orcs: Black and Purple with Gold Metallic Highlights
    • Cam has these and they are being painted
  • Imperial Nobility: To be decided
    • potentially for this upcoming Uncharity Vigil
• Bloodbowl team base painting
  • Want this to be done before next Uncharity Vigil

New MTG Welcome Set Starter Decks

• nupdates (waiting for other stuff to settle down) > Oscar: Email Tactics about the Duskmourn welcome set

Upkeep Items

• Chess Clock: Nupdates
• MTG Sleeves
  • Donald may have a spare sleeve > Gen: Look for a chess clock on Amazon

SPLAT Buy: Bloodbowls Sevens Pitch ($81.89)

• Three members have expressed interest (Lloyd, Jasper, Finn)
  • Offering $40 between them
• Different format to regular bloodbowl
  • Smaller pitch (Half size)
  • Only seven guys on the field
  • Games are shorter
• Can fit in the box with the rest of our bloodbowl stuff
• Is currently on sale (would usually be $100+)
• Motion to Accept SPLAT Buy of a Bloodbowl Sevens Pitch:
  • Passes Unanimously

Food Runs

• Food Run was done
• Also had a chocolate delivery courtesy of Donald

Phoenix Revival

• WE'RE SO BACK!!!
  • Josh griddies in the clubroom
• Was released
• Have received good feedback
• Thanks to everyone who contributed to Phoenix!!!
• You'll never believe page 10!!! > Josh: Create a Phoenix Feedback Form

Uploading Old Minutes

• No updates (Last discussed: meeting #26)

Organising Old Records

• No updates > Chris: Investigate organisation of old records

Newsletter

• Nupdates > Chris: Do another Newsletter

Committee Business

Implementing Bank Transactions

• Implementation currently waiting on completion of usage guide and transaction log on website > Jackie, Connor: Make Bank Transfer Usage Guide > Everyone: Read through bank transaction guide

Website Updates

• 'About Us' page
  • We should update this with new Fresher Guide information
• We should add information about how to suggest SPLAT buys/give donations to the club
  • Currently in the Fresher Guide; just need to move it to the website > Jackie: Various website updates

New Meeting Time

• Still on Tuesdays

Meeting closed: 5:17PM