Minutes for 10-10-2006

 

1. Call to Order
This was our first ACM event of the semester, held at Flint Community Building from 7:30PM to 10:00PM. Our first event was a movie, with a brief meeting afterwards.

2. Movie Details

This semester opening movie for ACM movie night was "Tron" (http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0084827/). The movie lasted from 8:00PM-9:30PM, with popcorn and drinks served.

3. Meeting Details

A brief meeting was held after the movie, which discussed the following topics:

  • ACM Forums - Now up and running: http://acm.cse.buffalo.edu/forum
  • ACM Event Calendar for upcoming and past event details
  • Community Service Details
    • Volunteer tutoring for elementary school and high school students (Monday - Friday from 3:30PM to 5:00PM).
  • Fundraiser
  • LAN
    • Sponsorship
    • Collaboration with other LAN event to bring bigger and better LAN at UB
    • Scheduling date and setting up room request
      • Approximate date: March / April
      • LAN location: SU, enough for 150-200 people
      • All day LAN from noon to midnight (12 to 12)
    • Power supply, LAN equipment
      • Switches, network wiring, servers
    • Game selection and custom LAN website with features
      • Server status
      • User account
      • Ladder/Ranking systems
    • Tutorial
      • C++
      • Linux