ECEGSA Meeting Minutes – January 9, 2015
Location: MCLD 401
Time: 6:00 pm -7:00 pm
Attendance: Michelle, Shreya, Arvind, Felix (came late)
Regrets: Ahmed, Tanzil
Next week social
– email to Tara to invite new students to come at 3:30
– add note to general email as well
– stop making iced tea
– 2 boxes of 50 timbits – whoever sets up will buy them, plus leftover cheesies
– not give presentation
Sports
– volleyball: not sure about first game, Felix will contact captain
– futsal: no problem for no jerseys first week, next week should have from department, Felix to look into printing numbers, money will be collected at first game
– other sports: Felix to look into
Workshops
– Latex for sure, Arvind has someone in mind
– Linux for sure, Michelle to give Arvind contact info from previous workshop
– MATLAB and library maybe later
– Financial eventually, Michelle to put Arvind in contact with Scotiabank
– try to have one of latex, Linux, financial in next three weeks, all done by end of January
Snowshoeing and other winter activities
– Shreya to figure out details
Networking night
– volunteer email – to go out Monday
– website – get a volunteer to help manage
– registration – one more person to ask about available registration forms, otherwise use google forms
– payment methods – not sure yet
– company contact – reminder to fill in database to speed up contacting companies
– panelists – include a woman if possible: talk about next week since Ahmed has a been in charge of this
– next meeting: decide on standard for networking night materials
Other
– Ping pong in first week of February
– Chinese New Year: start on proposal
– MBE: Jan 20 1-2 pm
– lounge maintenance – in progress