CSS Committee Meeting - Minutes

Location:	Online (Discord)
Date:	Friday 3rd April
Time:	17:00 GMT
Attendees:	Matty Widdop (MW) (Chair), Marcus Gustafsson (MG) (Minuting), Misha (MiG), Rohit Jose (RJ), Sumeet Brar (SB), Lee Alabaster (LA), Mahima (M), Evie Wilson (EW)

1	Apologies Joe Albert Toby Albert Oli Maddy	MW
2	Adoption of Previous Minutes Unanimous adoption of previous minutes	MG
3	Matters Arising Hoodies ACTION AW: Complete merch request Action pending Design Competition: Lots of AI slop LA says retro throwback could be good MW likes the TeX on the sleeve MG suggests green wireframe old Joe with our logo Option 1: Chrome TeX (EW suggests having TeX jumping over Old Joe) Option 2: Retro logo (Maybe put TeX on the back like the t-shirt) Option 3: Wireframe Old Joe Make it have the correct CSS logo Use the same design as retro on the back ACTION RJ: Prepare templates of designs RJ says to post ideas in the merch channel Zipped vs Unzipped: MW suggests both MG agrees with both MiG says it makes sense to do both unless there is a significant financial difference RJ agrees	All
4	Committee Handover Drive Transfers Action TL: Find drive transfer script at some point Action carried forwards	All
5	Past Events EGM Minutes now approved MW reports that LA and MiG have guild access MiG and LA have not recovered their E-Mail yet ACTION LA: E-Mail Habiba and Gemma to do the E-Mail transfers Bad Film Collab MG reported that he had a very good time and we won Bad Film were forced to do a video on their instagram MG reports that they would like to do it again next year Ball Opinions MG was annoyed by Matt taking over DJing SB reports that his dad thought that Matt had permission RJ reports that SB’s dad’s DJing was good MG agrees SB reports that his dad may be able to do it again next year MW reports that the food was ok The sauce for the brownie was too solid SB reports there was some spare food which SB’s dad had MW reports photobooth was good MiG reports the auction was a huge success MW reports we spent about the right amount of time MG agrees £477 raised for CSS MW reports the money has been deposited The money is officially a donation MG reports there is plenty of stuff left for future auctions MW reports awards were well received Prizes worked out ok, but organising it earlier would have been good SB is very happy with how many awards they got Photography MW thought some photos were disappointing quality The photographer suggested we move the arch inside next time as people wanted photos in front of it MW says we don’t have some of the photos RJ says that they have some photos to upload MW asks if we can check if the person with the Navy Dress and Fur appears in any of the photos JA and RJ still have stuff at home RJ will try and return it over Easter Winterbourne (Jacqui Collab) Noone in call went	All
6	Future Events (standing item) Break; 2pm - 4pm - Starting w/c 19th January fortnightly Next is 2nd week after Easter CSS Plush Making ACTION OB: Do a grant application for materials (in round 3) Action PUB Starting 3rd week after Easter Trial for one week to see attendance Winterbourne (non-collab) Run after Easter 13:00 on Wednesday 6th May ACTION MiG: Create Activity, submit pre-prepared socials RA AGM Wednesday 29th April, 13:00 ACTION JA: Check for and book room Action completed Voting Methods: Website MG is tempted to just use the website MW reports we have a meeting with James next Thursday Bot MW suggests we could make the argument that we are allowed to use the bot by omission MG is concerned the guild would not understand the distinction RJ thinks we could reasonably get the bot past the guild Paper MG suggests paper is funny but shit Google/Microsoft Forms MiG says that it should be possible to use forms Could export to excel/sheets Less anonymous than Bot/Website ACTION MiG: Check if we can make instant runoff work with forms Final decision after meeting BBQ MW says that BBQ money is tight ACTION MW: Email Phil Backup plans: Picnic Trip to spoons	All
7	Sponsor/Industry Update (standing item) UK CBT MW and MG spoke to UK CBT, they do blockchain MW reports they will pass the sponsorship proposal up to management MiG asks if they are dodgy MW says they seem relatively legitimate MW reports they basically collaborate on blockchain stuff	AB
8	Finance Report (standing item) Most recent statement balance: £ Actual working balance: £ Pending incomings Memberships Ball tickets SoCS Bletchley Christmas Meal SoCS Alcohol SoCS Pending outgoings Pizza PowerBank Greggs Photographer hire Photobooth hire Blue-Tac Birminghack food Stickers Ikea Plushies No update on EPS culture fund ACTION OB: Chase this up Action completed	OB
9	EDI Report (standing item) Eid 19th-20th ACTION LA: Do post Action completed Trans Day of Visibility ACTION LA: Write post Action completed Pride Month ACTION LA: Think of event Action carried forwards Easter ACTION LA: Make post Action carried forwards	LA
10	Committee Suggestions (standing item) Birminghack Event Archive LA is working on it It looks good	MG
11	Any Other Business (standing item) Thigh Highs ACTION RJ: Research thigh highs Action carried forwards TeX Earrings Merch ACTION SB: Investigate Action carried forwards Committee Jumpers: Move forward once we have hoodie design New emoji competition ACTION SB: Compile list of lesser-used emojis Action carried forwards TypeSig Conference ACTION LA: Get some text to put in plugs Action in progress	All

Actual start time	17:05 GMT
Actual end time	18:00 GMT
Duration	0 Hours 55 Minutes