CSS Committee Meeting - Minutes

Location: Discord
Date: Tuesday 1st April
Time: 17:00 BST
Attendees: Holly Packer (HP), Leonardo Bishop (LB), Adi Agarwal (AA), George Barrel (GB), Matty Widdop (MW), Sumeet Brar (SB), Sai, Nial DIxon (ND), Joe Adams (JA), Rohit Jose (RJ), Evie Wilson (EW)

1 Apologies
  • Apologies received from Marcus Gustaffson, Evie Wilson, Sabrina Ahmad
HP
2 Adoption of Previous Minutes
  • Minutes unanimously adopted
LB
3 Matters Arising
  • Restrict staff from seeing year chats
    • Action MW: Ask the Guild if this is something we can actually do
      • MW reports the Guild has still not responded
      • Action carried forwards
  • Epic Prank for April 1st
    • Get pranked!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
All
4 Past Events
  • Movie night where we watch Shrek 2
    • GB: “It was alright”
    • GB reports it was fairly quiet
  • STEM karaoke
    • SA reports online very few people
  • CSS x DocSoc
    • SA reports online 8-9 people
5 Future Events (standing item)
  • break;
    • The last break; was last week
  • Annual General Meeting (2nd April)
    • Action everyone (who hasn’t yet done it): Write committee role description
      • Action completed
    • Action LB: Write last publicity
  • CSS Ball 2025 (4th April)
    • Action EW: Order paper tickets and wristbands
      • Action completed
      • HP reports she STOLE the wristbands
    • Action AA: Write ticket sales extended publicity
      • Action cancelled
    • Action RJ: Check Ball inventory
      • Action completed
    • Action SB: Chase Matt for DJ expenses
      • Action carried forwards
    • Action LB: Write email to attendees
    • Action MW: Buy some shit
    • Action everyone: Help on Thursday
  • EPS Trophy (formerly Sports Day)
    • SB reports we’re waiting on Engineering
  • BBQ
    • Action MW: Tentatively book another date
      • Action completed
    • Date
      • HP suggests pushing back a week because of exams
      • MW didn’t want to push it too far back
      • It was decided to keep it on the 30th of May for now
    • MW reports the Guild want to charge us approx. £500 for BBQ and fridge hire
    • MW also added they are also against ‘bring your own food’
All
6 Sponsor/Industry Update (standing item)
  • No update
MG
7 Finance Report (standing item)
  • Most recent statement balance: £8,910.10
  • Actual working balance: ~£1,400
  • Approximate remaining SoCS budget: £2750
  • Pending incomings
    • Ball Tickets
    • SoCS Ball Subsidy
    • Possible BirmingHack SoCS cover
  • Pending outgoings
    • BirmingHack expenses
    • Ball expenses
  • Thigh Highs
    • Action SA: Find the sacred Thigh High people
      • Action cancelled (delayed indefinitely (not indefinitely until the money comes back))
  • TeX plushies
    • Fearne will be in the next meeting, perchance
MW
8 EDI Report (standing item)
  • No update
SA
9 Committee Suggestions (standing item)
  • Create a ‘free things’ channel
    • #plugs-and-oppurtunities exists
  • CSS does a Ceilidh (“slid”)
    • “Future problem”
LB
10 Any Other Business (standing item)
  • Hackathon Debrief
    • Mo/Tom wants to move the time
    • Time moved 👍
All
Actual start time 17:06 BST
Actual end time 17:51 BST
Duration 45 minutes