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