October 25th, 2018 Meeting Minutes
Notes taken by backbutton in vim
19 people in attendance, including: drewr, cookie, dolphin, typo, taylor, kami, skuld, tyrna, spacedog, zurek, hellbacon, cookie
6:00 PM, On a Thursday, 2225 Kohrman Hall
The Live Stream Meeting
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we are operating a live twitch stream
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we are using twitch
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we can try to explore options if we don’t want to do this with twitch
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the link for it is in the chat
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we have this mainly for alumni and former members to view club meetings
PLAN Wrapup
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plan was last saturday
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turnout was pretty low
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we did not plan plan well enough
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we did not have many people for main planning
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plan was huge back in the day
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we did not have very many volunteers
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we need more involvment
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if club does not want to do this, we should try to come up with alternatives
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we did get a connection with rocket league and smash bros
Other Options
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spacedog could have a c club hosted game jam
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it is game development hackathon-esque
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it covers a weekend
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we could do something similar in relation to ai and machine learning in gaming as well
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there is bonsai brawl in the spring
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we could promote an ai running and charge people to watch, like spectating
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these ideas are just in the idea phase right now
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we have an after meeting talk block where we talk about plan
AIAA and Argonia Cup
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logan and ariana
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aiaa is the astronautics aeronautics
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they build and fly their own rc planes and rockets
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they are part of argonia cup
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Argonia cup site here
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it is march 30 and 31
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they fly up to a certain point and delploy a package on the ground
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they need programmers
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they are using arduinos
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you get credit for the code if they publish it
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they using servos
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they meet 630 tuesday in the aerospace lab
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330 friday in the aerospace lab is another meeting, though they want to talk to programmers at the tuesday meeting
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AIAA email logan.s.hefferan@wmich.edu
Investment Opportunities
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we have enough funds to invest money in club
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we want to do a spring book buy
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we can try to find a solid copy of cs 1 and cs 2 books
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we would like to focus on course books
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pm cookie with interested books
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we could go to a new 3d printer
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possibly an ultimaker
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we could also invest in a $50 machine for vending
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we can update or buy a new gaming computer
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we can transplant king crow
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if you have any ideas with what to do with this funding, pm cookie
Yako server
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the old yako server is on the desk
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you are free to mess around with that
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just let people know first
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let people know in officers
ICPC
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icpc competition was last saturday
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western sends a team to this to do story problem programming
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one team got third place at the competition
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over half of the teams solvved zero problems
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the team is currently run by Ahmed
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if you are interested talk to spacedog
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the next one is next fall
PS4 Controllers
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we have three dualshock ps4 controllers for plan
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we will put these to club use instead of plan
Treasurer
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tank is interim treasurer, however we need a new one for next semester
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we need to take a vote
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we will do nominations at meeting after thanksgiving
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we will vote at the meeting after that
Misc.
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there is no meeting next week
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skuld has an after meeting talk on open gl the week after thanksgiving
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we have one other slot after that
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dinner is at roadhouse at 7