Meeting:2015/01/29

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Meeting (to be) held from 18:00-20:00 on 2015/01/29 in Zepler CLS Lecture Room

 

Amateur Radio

Licence Exams

  • Upcoming exams


How to unbreak the members page

  • daveruss has been looking into this


Outings

  • Next outing date, location and plan
    • After exams in January
    • Milford-on-Sea?
    • Make a definitive list for things we need for outings.
  • Transport
    • Probably Members' cars and possibly also ferries if not enough spaces.
  • Dover Rally - 15th March


SUSU Antenna Array

  • Progress
  • SUWS repaying members for items they have bought for the array
    • Invoices received from members (Henry, Tyler, Graeme?)
    • Invoices paid
  • What do we still need?
  • Contact with E&F and SUSU Estates
    • Murray and {Daveruss, Tyler} need to decide a meeting date. Preferably outside the SUSU building so they know what we're on about.
    • SUSU Estates email, has it gone out yet?
  • Speaking/meeting with other societies/SUSU
  • Potential Shack in SUSU may cease to be bookable again and become an office.
    • Any further update beyond this is not happening yet and the fact we may be able to use it out of office hours anyway.

CubeSat

  • Any more information / contact with CubeSat group

Newsletter

  • Wiki page | Google Doc
  • A few tweaks/finalisations required
    • Add VHF NFD, make it and end of 2014 newsletter.
    • Collate VHF NFD pictures.
  • We need a list of people to whom to send it.
    • Phil has sent to committee the list he had.

QSL Cards

  • QSL card design competition
    • Is this every going to close?
    • Have we applied for any funding for this?
  • Received QSL cards
    • Scan so can be uploaded to the website
    • Also put in a physical album

Chilbolton Atmospheric Radio Observatory

  • Mentioned by Quentin - could probably get a free visit/tour as a uni club.
    • Ping them an email to determine their attitude

WebSDR

  • Getting direct port 80 at last :) (java support, global list entry, Pieter stops hating Phil, etc)
  • Find out if repurposing have newer PCs available, USB bus is struggling on the current one.
  • Current PC: Dell Optiplex, Core 2 Duo E8500 3.2GHz

Joint Agenda

Outstanding membership fees (Darren)

  • £10 for students
  • £15 for staff/society alumni

SUSU

  • Funding round 3
    • When is the deadline for this so we can make sure we are ready

Mailing List and Wiki

  • Mailing list additions (Dave N)
  • New wiki accounts (Dave N)

Lifetime Members

  • See Callsigns/Alumni page
    • We have quite a few people now mostly from the '90s
    • Dave has subtly hinted to Nigel that we would like the G8KMI callsign back despite not having a shack

Cupboard

  • Henry now has additional key?
    • Yes
  • Do we now have a signout book for books/kit (Henry)
    • No
    • But we do have a piece of paper, temporarily
  • Additional books order (Henry/Darren)
    • Darren has approved of the concept, but expects an email with a list of books to be bought
  • Do we now have stickers for the books? (Darren)
    • No

SUSU H&S meeting

  • We apparently need to go, but have not been threatened with DISAFFILIATION.
  • Murray needs to go, as he's secretary, or Tyler as he's president
  • Murray will figure out when he's free and go

AOB

  • For SUSU to change the 25 members limit would be easier as it's a bylaw compared to if it were a rule
  • But they don't apparently destroy societies when they drop below 25, otherwise most socs would be gone, so we're totally fine.

SOWN

See SOWN Agenda