Meeting:2015/01/08

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Meeting (to be) held from 18:00-20:00 on 2015/01/08 in Zepler CLS Lecture Room

 

Amateur Radio

Licence Exams

• How did the last exam session go?
  • Very well
  • Everyone passed
  • People have licences, callsigns and equipment
• Upcoming exams
  • Don't know yet
  • Henry to follow up from David Henley
• Scheduled (non-Thursday) sessions for practical stuff

How to unbreak the members page

• Delete the "has left" line from the member page
  • The form needs updating to set this to false rather than No, or something, maybe.

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
  • Minibus from SUSU last time
    • Now horrendously expensive
  • Ferries feasible
    • Shuttle car from station/car bringing kit?
  • Members' cars
    • Very feasible depending on availability

• Need to decide on setup
  • MAKE SURE WE HAVE EVERYTHING WITH US!!!11!!!11!!!11!1111!!!1!!11!!!!1

SUSU Antenna Array

• Progress
• SUWS repaying members for items they have bought for the array
  • Henry needs money for Reel of RG213m, rotator controller cable and Triplexer
  • Does Graeme still need paying for the rotator itself?
    • Yes
  • They both need to provide an invoice
  • It can be a self-made invoice
• What do we still need?
• Contact with E&F and SUSU Estates
  • Have had a response. Need to contact E&F to arrange meeting (Murray)
    • We need to use an approved contractor or find someone to become an approved contractor.
    • 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 still hasn't gone out, sorry!
• Speaking/meeting with other societies/SUSU
  • Not really happened yet
• Potential Shack in SUSU may cease to be bookable again and become an office.
  • According to Darren this is not yet a thing, in that people still think it's being a clubs/socs room.
  • We would still have access out of hours if it did happen :)

CubeSat

• Any more information / contact with CubeSat group
  • No
  • Design is progressing, not much else.

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.

• Tyler absent, deferred to next meeting.

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

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