CSS Committee Meeting - Minutes

Location:	Discord
Date:	Tuesday 8th April
Time:	17:00 BST
Attendees:	Holly Packer (charing), Leonardo Bishop (minuting), Adi Agarwal, Fearne Townsend, George Barrell, Jhundon Mendi, Mahima Gupta, Matty Widdop, Oli Baker, Sumeet Brar, Toby Landells, Marcus Gustafsson, Sabrina Ahmad, Evie Wilson, Amrit Bhogal, Matt Norton

1	Apologies Apologies received from Joe Adams, bluka	HP
2	Adoption of Previous Minutes Minutes unanimously adopted	LB
3	Matters Arising Member role colour poll HP asked how we should run this poll Action MW: Do whatever he said after Easter	All
4	Incoming Committee Welcome HP welcomed new members to the committee New cmt now realise they have made a grave mistake Action new members: Do Guild training Action new members: Write Committee bio Action EW: Do yours from last year	All
5	Past Events Annual General Meeting Action LB: Write last publicity Action completed HP reports the Guild have approved the minutes Action AA: Submit pizza expenses EW and SA were very disappointed the SCRUM MASTER motion did not pass AA thought it was way too long MW believes there’s not much that can be done, other than the Q&A being more strict General consensus was pizza was well timed CSS Ball 2025 Action LB: Write email to attendees Action completed Action MW: Buy some shit Action completed Action everyone: Help on Thursday Action completed OB pointed out that songs during dinner could not be heard over the general chatter MW mentioned Matt refused to play some songs AA: “Transitions were absolutely scuffed”, suggested looking for another DJ next year SB offered his dad as tribute AA also brought up the bar prices SB asked if there were venues which allowed ‘bring your own drinks’ MW replied this is hard to find due to licencing restrictions SB’s dad thought the entrance to the venue was boring MW reports hearing good feedback on food	All
6	Future Events (standing item) EPS Trophy (formerly Sports Day) SB reports no update BBQ MW reports the Guild have no update for us, but will go in-person at some point to try and gain approval MW adds that Todd has approved the use of CS fridges HP asked if there is anything we can do in the meantime MW: “No” MW asked if we want to do a fundraiser again SB suggested asking the School for random shit Action MW: Create poll for charity Action SA: Do fundraising form There was some discussion on whether the date should be moved, but it remains unchanged SB suggested a pub night after all exams for the people who can’t make the BBQ It was decided for the Friday after HP asked if we should do another Winterbourne trip Consensus is yes for Wednesday 7th	All
7	Sponsor/Industry Update (standing item) MG reports replying to The Trade Desk about their event idea	MG
8	Finance Report (standing item) Most recent statement balance: £8,939.27 Actual working balance: £2,227.86 Pending incomings SoCS Budget (2750) Final straggling ball tickets Ball grant money Pending outgoings Ball shit AGM pizza Grants Action MW: Email to get ball grant transferred Sem 3 Ideas: birmingHack BBQ SB: “A sporting event that we’ll totally do” TeX plushies FT reports the total material cost is £226, £4.52 per plushie FT reports nearly dying Action MW: Come up with a compensation amount	MW
9	EDI Report (standing item) SA: “Ding dong the witch is dead” SA reported they’ve extended the accessibility checklist	SA
10	Committee Suggestions (standing item) Rename RON to TeX No :( Ban any mentions of word counts in all channels No Ensure that if PDFs are being posted, it is available in an accessible format MG has volunteered to do this, and is going to figure out how	LB
11	Any Other Business (standing item) Fortnite mentioned MN requested a later meeting start time of 17:30	All

Actual start time	17:05 BST
Actual end time	18:22 BST
Duration	1 hour and 17 minutes