{"id":2207,"date":"2020-10-24T00:17:46","date_gmt":"2020-10-23T23:17:46","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.lancaster.ac.uk\/luges\/?p=2207"},"modified":"2021-11-29T16:01:59","modified_gmt":"2021-11-29T16:01:59","slug":"committee-meeting-discord-12-10-20","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.lancaster.ac.uk\/luges\/committee-meeting-discord-12-10-20\/","title":{"rendered":"Committee Meeting, Discord, 12\/10\/20"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\"><strong>Exec Present:<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n<ul class=\"wp-block-list\"><li>Jack Holden (Chair)<\/li><li>James Bulman (Minutes)<\/li><li>Katie Stevenson<\/li><li>Henry Potts<\/li><li>Joshua Brown<\/li><li>Noah Valpy-White<\/li><\/ul>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\"><em>Meeting Start 19:02<\/em><\/p>\n\n\n\n<h2 class=\"wp-block-heading\">Online Term 1 Events:<\/h2>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\"><strong>James&nbsp;<\/strong>stated that he wants the approval of the exec before confirming events. He states that the socials discussed at the previous meeting will be organised.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\"><strong>James&nbsp;<\/strong>listed the events: Jackbox, Skribblio, Among Us. And further goes on to recap the previous Jackbox event and GMod event.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\"><strong>James&nbsp;<\/strong>stated the Jackbox Stream went very well, stating that it would have gone better with more exec present.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\"><strong>James&nbsp;<\/strong>stated that he doesn&#8217;t always know what should be allowed to be said in these events.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\"><strong>Jack&nbsp;<\/strong>iterates that it is simply common sense.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\"><strong>James&nbsp;<\/strong>states that he still struggles with knowing. And would still appreciate the help of other exec members.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\"><strong>Jack&nbsp;<\/strong>suggests making it family-friendly.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\"><strong>Jack&nbsp;<\/strong>thinks&nbsp;<strong>James&nbsp;<\/strong>is doing a good job at filtering bad content.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\"><strong>James&nbsp;<\/strong>moves on by explaining the way that the Jackbox Stream would be streamed to Facebook for 3 hours, then after that, rules on what can be said get relaxed as it is only streamed to Discord.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\"><strong>Noah&nbsp;<\/strong>says it sounds fine as long as it doesn&#8217;t upset anyone present.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\"><strong>Katie&nbsp;<\/strong>agrees and suggests reminding the members.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\"><strong>James&nbsp;<\/strong>states that anyone joining the Discord stream should be suitable for this content anyway.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\"><strong>James&nbsp;<\/strong>states that members can ask for recorded Facebook streams to be taken down if they feel uncomfortable with what they have said.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\"><strong>Katie&nbsp;<\/strong>states that if anyone is uncomfortable, then they can say.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\"><strong>James&nbsp;<\/strong>asks about GMod TTT. As well as reminding exec members that they can host semi-official events whenever they wish.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\"><strong>Jack&nbsp;<\/strong>states it went badly. As members were having troubles with downloading the large mod pack.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\"><strong>James&nbsp;<\/strong>suggested posting a guide on how to make it work in the gmod-antics channel. Then asks if we want to try GMod TTT again.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\"><strong>Jack&nbsp;<\/strong>said yes but give it time first.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\"><strong>James&nbsp;<\/strong>asks for any other suggestions for events during Term 1<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\"><strong>Jack&nbsp;<\/strong>asks for Among Us as everyone enjoys it.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\"><strong>James&nbsp;<\/strong>asks if its best to keep it as a semi-official event or having more official events.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\"><strong>Katie&nbsp;<\/strong>states that she ran a Skribblio semi-official event in freshers week that did very well.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\"><strong>James&nbsp;<\/strong>suggests that&nbsp;<strong>Katie&nbsp;<\/strong>run more events like these and see how they go.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\"><strong>James&nbsp;<\/strong>recalls Minecraft Hunger Games, and suggests it being run every 3 weeks.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\"><strong>James&nbsp;<\/strong>asks if having just Minecraft Sandbox would be worth it.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\"><strong>Jack&nbsp;<\/strong>states its not a good idea.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\"><strong>James<\/strong>&nbsp;states it is complicated to moderate.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\"><strong>James&nbsp;<\/strong>suggests instead, having more kinds of games like Hunger Games.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\"><strong>Jack&nbsp;<\/strong>states this will be easy to do.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\"><strong>James&nbsp;<\/strong>asks to get this sorted sooner rather than later.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\"><strong>Katie&nbsp;<\/strong>suggests doing a poll asking people what they want on Minecraft.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\"><strong>Jack&nbsp;<\/strong>suggests doing what we did with the GMod Freshers Pick, which was a reaction poll.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\"><strong>Katie&nbsp;<\/strong>recalls that the members who played the previous TTT event preferred to have fewer mods.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\"><strong>James&nbsp;<\/strong>recalls the most popular GMod game modes to be Prop Hunt, TTT, and Deathrun.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\"><strong>Jack&nbsp;<\/strong>states that Deathrun is incredibly challenging to set up, but Prop Hunt can easily be done again.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\"><strong>James&nbsp;<\/strong>suggests doing another GMod poll to see what everyone wants to play in a GMod event.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\"><strong>James&nbsp;<\/strong>also suggests preventing the members from using any reactions that are not part of the poll.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\"><strong>Katie&nbsp;<\/strong>likes this idea, as it will make it easier to statistically analyse the results.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\"><strong>James&nbsp;<\/strong>asks the others to suggest Minecraft game modes.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\"><strong>Josh&nbsp;<\/strong>states that Minecraft Pictionary is too similar to Skribblio.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\"><strong>Jack&nbsp;<\/strong>suggests Race for the Wool.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\"><strong>Jack<\/strong>&nbsp;states that we ask members for suggestions first using the game request channel.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\"><strong>James&nbsp;<\/strong>recalls the Animal Crossing social to be very impractical due to the inefficiency of eduroam.&nbsp;<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\"><strong>Jack&nbsp;<\/strong>agrees, casual players wouldn&#8217;t want to go through all the fuss of VPNs.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\"><strong>Jack&nbsp;<\/strong>suggests to schedule Among Us as well as keeping the Semi-Official Events too.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\"><strong>James&nbsp;<\/strong>asks on what frequency should Among Us be hosted.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\"><strong>James&nbsp;<\/strong>states that Jackbox Social has replaced the County Social.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\"><strong>James&nbsp;<\/strong>suggests the Among Us events behave similarly to the Smash Weeklies. For now, Among Us Weeklies would replace Smash Weeklies.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\"><strong>Jack&nbsp;<\/strong>approves.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\"><strong>Noah&nbsp;<\/strong>suggests possibly bringing back Fighting Game Weeklies. But then thinks it might be better as a Semi-Official event.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\"><strong>James&nbsp;<\/strong>suggests that&nbsp;<strong>Noah&nbsp;<\/strong>host Semi-Official events if he thinks they would work.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\"><strong>James&nbsp;<\/strong>asks if anyone can run Minecraft Hunger Games on the following Friday.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Nobody is certain.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\"><strong>James&nbsp;<\/strong>states he will sort things out closer to the time.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<h2 class=\"wp-block-heading\">Possible tweaking of punishments<\/h2>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\"><strong>Jack&nbsp;<\/strong>recalls the harassment that has gone on previously with other members, and that just a strike really isn&#8217;t suitable for this kind of behaviour.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\"><strong>Jack<\/strong>&nbsp;suggests that any extreme behaviour will result in a permanent ban (commonly referred to as a yeet)<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\"><strong>James&nbsp;<\/strong>asks about appeals.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\"><strong>Jack&nbsp;<\/strong>states that if anyone banned this way appeals, there is very little chance they will get back in if they have harassed anyone.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\"><strong>Jack&nbsp;<\/strong>states that it is difficult to word these harassment rules, as it should be more so down to common sense, making sure that members don&#8217;t get upset.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\"><strong>Katie&nbsp;<\/strong>recalls previous events, stating that some of the behaviour witnessed could have potentially hurt some other members.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\"><strong>Jack&nbsp;<\/strong>says this should not necessarily be set rules, but if questionable behaviour gets brought up and the exec deems it to be extreme, then said permanent ban should be issued.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\"><strong>James&nbsp;<\/strong>reminds that it still needs to be written in rules.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\"><strong>Josh&nbsp;<\/strong>suggests &#8220;All severe events can jump strike levels&#8221;.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\"><strong>James&nbsp;<\/strong>adds &#8220;If an exec member deems behaviour to be extreme then a permanent ban will be issued&#8221;.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\"><strong>Jack&nbsp;<\/strong>asks everyone to speak their opinions on this.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">General Consensus for agreement.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\"><strong>Katie&nbsp;<\/strong>states that if anyone is unsure, then another exec can be asked.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\"><strong>James&nbsp;<\/strong>asks that exec should reply quickly to these matters as we do not want this to escalate.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\"><strong>James&nbsp;<\/strong>encourages more engagement in the exec chat.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\"><strong>Jack&nbsp;<\/strong>will modify the rules to include this harassment zero-tolerance policy.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<h2 class=\"wp-block-heading\">Exec Introductions<\/h2>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\"><strong>Jack&nbsp;<\/strong>asks if everyone has an exec intro done.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\"><strong>Josh&nbsp;<\/strong>says yes.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\"><strong>Jack&nbsp;<\/strong>states he will send his exec intro after the meeting.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\"><strong>Henry&nbsp;<\/strong>asks if an introduction event will be done as suggested before.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\"><strong>James&nbsp;<\/strong>thinks its too late for that.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\"><strong>Jack&nbsp;<\/strong>agrees.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\"><strong>James&nbsp;<\/strong>states that everyone took too long to arrange their intros, so an event wouldn&#8217;t be suitable.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\"><strong>Katie&nbsp;<\/strong>agrees, most people already know us from the freshers events. Especially herself,&nbsp;<strong>James<\/strong>,&nbsp;<strong>Jack&nbsp;<\/strong>and&nbsp;<strong>Noah<\/strong>.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\"><strong>Katie&nbsp;<\/strong>still thinks the intros are still a good idea, but an event would be pointless.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\"><strong>Henry&nbsp;<\/strong>states that it is only Week 2. He thinks it would be good for people to ask questions about the committee, talking about what events members want to see potentially a Q&amp;A event. He personally prefers voice chat to text chat.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\"><strong>Henry&nbsp;<\/strong>wants people to ask questions over voice more.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\"><strong>Katie<\/strong>&nbsp;suggests this should just be a Semi-Official event if an exec member wants to gather interest about what members want to see, so they can ask questions.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\"><strong>James&nbsp;<\/strong>wants to encourage all exec members to run Semi-Official events of games that they enjoy to attract members and make exec look more friendly.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\"><strong>James&nbsp;<\/strong>suggests gauging peoples interests, asking if they like &#8220;example game&#8221; and inviting them to play if enough interest is given.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\"><strong>James&nbsp;<\/strong>asks how popular the Switch Stream was.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\"><strong>Henry&nbsp;<\/strong>explains it went well, a lot of his friends showed up.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\"><strong>Noah&nbsp;<\/strong>confirms also saying that a good amount of people also showed up.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\"><strong>James&nbsp;<\/strong>suggests doing a switch stream again if it was this good.&nbsp;<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\"><strong>Noah&nbsp;<\/strong>would want more engagement from the audience if this event was to be done again. As it gets a bit boring, just 2 people fighting on Smash.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\"><strong>Henry&nbsp;<\/strong>asks what to put in his exec introduction.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\"><strong>James&nbsp;<\/strong>suggests putting in anything that&nbsp;<strong>Henry<\/strong>&nbsp;would be happy to talk about with other members. Then points out that you don&#8217;t really need to mention games (as shown by&nbsp;<strong>Josh&#8217;s&nbsp;<\/strong>intro).<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\"><strong>James&nbsp;<\/strong>states that once the exec intros are in, you may edit them however you want if you want to improve them.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<h2 class=\"wp-block-heading\">Hoodies<\/h2>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\"><strong>Jack&nbsp;<\/strong>asks where we are on hoodies.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\"><strong>James&nbsp;<\/strong>states that no progress has been made yet.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\"><strong>James&nbsp;<\/strong>states this should have been ordered slightly differently to ask about the bank stuff first.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<h2 class=\"wp-block-heading\">Bank Stuff (early)<\/h2>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\"><strong>Katie&nbsp;<\/strong>states that we have the forms, and states that herself and James both need to sign forms and hand them in.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\"><strong>Josh&nbsp;<\/strong>gives a brief explanation of how to do it.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\"><strong>James&nbsp;<\/strong>asks if he needs to meet up with&nbsp;<strong>Katie&nbsp;<\/strong>to do this.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\"><strong>Josh&nbsp;<\/strong>states again how&nbsp;<strong>James&nbsp;<\/strong>needs to bring in a form to confirm it is him,&nbsp;<strong>Katie&nbsp;<\/strong>needs to do the same, then these forms get sent in.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">A long winding conversation of merely reiterating the same things over and over again takes place until&nbsp;<strong>James&nbsp;<\/strong>finally understands what to do (kinda).<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\"><strong>James<\/strong>&nbsp;states that he will understand once he sees the forms.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<h2 class=\"wp-block-heading\">Hoodies 2: Electric Boogaloo<\/h2>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\"><strong>James&nbsp;<\/strong>states that he will send an email about hoodies to the supplier.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\"><strong>Jack&nbsp;<\/strong>states that at the moment, we will only get exec hoodies as a trial run.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\"><strong>James&nbsp;<\/strong>asks if we should place the order before or after the GM. Because we could potentially gain more exec members.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\"><strong>Josh&nbsp;<\/strong>states he will not buy a hoodie.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\"><strong>James&nbsp;<\/strong>asks who else will not be buying a hoodie.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\"><strong>Noah&nbsp;<\/strong>won&#8217;t.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<h2 class=\"wp-block-heading\">General Meeting Election Discussion (early)<\/h2>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\"><strong>Katie&nbsp;<\/strong>questions on whether to get new exec members at the next GM. Because of the way things are structured at the moment, we don&#8217;t know much about the potential candidates as we have never met them.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\"><strong>James&nbsp;<\/strong>asks&nbsp;<strong>Josh&nbsp;<\/strong>about how esports is being handled.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\"><strong>Josh&nbsp;<\/strong>doesn&#8217;t care if he gets more help or not.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\"><strong>Josh&nbsp;<\/strong>states that we might as well just fill the positions, as there is no harm in doing so.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\"><strong>Katie&nbsp;<\/strong>reiterates that it might be a bit strange having new members not knowing much about the society due to little experience.&nbsp;<strong>Katie&nbsp;<\/strong>thinks the election should be put off until Covid restrictions are lifted.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\"><strong>James&nbsp;<\/strong>disagrees, as the exec term will only last until the end of Lent term, which isn&#8217;t a long time.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\"><strong>James&nbsp;<\/strong>states we need to hold a GM anyway to sort out issues.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\"><strong>Katie&nbsp;<\/strong>states that freshers have only been at uni for a few weeks, so they would be inexperienced to take on a role.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\"><strong>James&nbsp;<\/strong>recalls past exec members (including himself) who became exec after only a few weeks experience at LUGES.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\"><strong>Katie&nbsp;<\/strong>states that those occasions were in person, and as such were easier to learn about.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\"><strong>Jack&nbsp;<\/strong>agrees, as the way exec works in person is very different to how it works now.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\"><strong>James&nbsp;<\/strong>states that if any of these freshers get an exec role, they may resign at any time if they feel uncomfortable or not suitable.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\"><strong>James&nbsp;<\/strong>believes these exec roles need to be filled as soon as possible.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\"><strong>Josh&nbsp;<\/strong>states this is not the case as the vacant exec roles are not core (President, Secretary, Treasurer).<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\"><strong>Katie&nbsp;<\/strong>wants any freshers who would want to join the exec to familiarise themselves with the society for longer before joining.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\"><strong>Katie&nbsp;<\/strong>wants to wait until 2 months in before allowing freshers to join the exec, to familiarise themselves with the society.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\"><strong>James&nbsp;<\/strong>reiterates that we need a GM soon so we can get things done.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\"><strong>Jack&nbsp;<\/strong>realises that calling a GM is the next item on the agenda.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<h2 class=\"wp-block-heading\">Calling for a GM<\/h2>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\"><strong>Jack&nbsp;<\/strong>asks when we want to do it.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\"><strong>Josh&nbsp;<\/strong>iterates that we need 2 weeks notice if there is an election, if not then only 1 weeks notice is needed.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\"><strong>Jack&nbsp;<\/strong>agrees with&nbsp;<strong>Katie&nbsp;<\/strong>that elections should be held later on.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\"><strong>Katie&nbsp;<\/strong>thinks 2 months is a good amount of time to wait.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\"><strong>Josh&nbsp;<\/strong>disagrees as that would allow them to be exec for one term, and would therefore not be useful.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\"><strong>Katie&nbsp;<\/strong>states that they can reapply if they did a good role in that short time.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\"><strong>Josh&nbsp;<\/strong>states that we usually have the AGM on week 15, so they will essentially only have 5 weeks of being exec.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\"><strong>James&nbsp;<\/strong>states that he would appreciate the extra help with socials. He mainly focuses on Social Secretary but agrees that Equipment Officer is not needed at the moment.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\"><strong>James&nbsp;<\/strong>wants the election to be done soon.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\"><strong>Katie&nbsp;<\/strong>and&nbsp;<strong>Jack&nbsp;<\/strong>want to wait for a few weeks.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\"><strong>Noah&nbsp;<\/strong>wants to get the Social Sec and Esports Coord done sooner rather than later.&nbsp;<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\"><strong>Henry&nbsp;<\/strong>is somewhat neutral, stating pros and cons on both sides.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\"><strong>Henry&nbsp;<\/strong>is happy to help with Social Sec work.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\"><strong>Henry&nbsp;<\/strong>finalises by saying it would be nice to give people the option to run sooner.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\"><strong>James&nbsp;<\/strong>states that we are not forcing anyone to apply for exec roles and that if nobody applies at the next GM, then we can wait longer.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\"><strong>James&nbsp;<\/strong>states that having elections would not be a waste of time as we need a GM anyway.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\"><strong>Henry&nbsp;<\/strong>asks to get a GM called.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\"><strong>Katie&nbsp;<\/strong>and&nbsp;<strong>Jack&nbsp;<\/strong>suggest giving 2 weeks notice either way.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\"><strong>Jack<\/strong>&nbsp;states that we will be opening up the nominations.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">The GM date is confirmed for 1st November @ 3PM.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\"><strong>James&nbsp;<\/strong>states that at that point, freshers could potentially have over a months experience at LUGES.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\"><strong>Jack&nbsp;<\/strong>moves onto the GM agenda.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\"><strong>James&nbsp;<\/strong>states that alongside the elections, we will need constitution changes, including clarifying the Honorary Member situation.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<h2 class=\"wp-block-heading\">Introducing Console Specific Channels<\/h2>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\"><strong>Jack&nbsp;<\/strong>doesn&#8217;t like this idea.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\"><strong>James&nbsp;<\/strong>reads out what Member A has asked for.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\"><strong>Jack&nbsp;<\/strong>states that the #igns channel should be used for that.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\"><strong>James&nbsp;<\/strong>agrees.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\"><strong>James&nbsp;<\/strong>and&nbsp;<strong>Jack&nbsp;<\/strong>don&#8217;t think enough people are going to use them.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\"><strong>Jack&nbsp;<\/strong>states that we have too many channels already and he doesn&#8217;t think many people play on console anymore.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\"><strong>Katie&nbsp;<\/strong>thinks that the games channels would be more suitable for this.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\"><strong>Henry&nbsp;<\/strong>can see where Member A is coming from. He thinks it could be a good idea, such as talking about console exclusives. He thinks we should make these channels, but if they become dead, then we delete them.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\"><strong>Josh&nbsp;<\/strong>has no opinion.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\"><strong>James&nbsp;<\/strong>recalls the Console Rep being a previous exec role, and how it became a pointless role.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\"><strong>Henry&nbsp;<\/strong>states that it was a long time ago, and maybe things have changed now.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\"><strong>Jack&nbsp;<\/strong>thinks consoles have gone downhill as most people own PCs.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\"><strong>Henry&nbsp;<\/strong>and&nbsp;<strong>Noah&nbsp;<\/strong>disagree.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\"><strong>James&nbsp;<\/strong>states that Discord is a PC platform anyway.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\"><strong>James&nbsp;<\/strong>is really uncertain about what to do here.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\"><strong>Jack&nbsp;<\/strong>says we should just make these channels and see where they go.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\"><strong>James&nbsp;<\/strong>thinks this is a good idea, as they can just be killed if they fail.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\"><strong>James&nbsp;<\/strong>suggests an Xbox, Playstation and a Nintendo chat.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">General Agreement with this.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<h2 class=\"wp-block-heading\">Casting\/Streaming for the League Team<\/h2>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\"><strong>Katie&nbsp;<\/strong>recalls on whether the League Friendlies should be streamed, and then people watching can request to commentate.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\"><strong>Katie&nbsp;<\/strong>states that members have asked about this.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\"><strong>Jack&nbsp;<\/strong>agrees about trying it out. Thinking it would be good to give esports what they want.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\"><strong>Jack&nbsp;<\/strong>assumes we just stream and let people commentate over it.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\"><strong>James&nbsp;<\/strong>recalls that working with LA1TV didn&#8217;t go anywhere.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\"><strong>James&nbsp;<\/strong>says that we should only do it if we find the casters and streamers to do it.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\"><strong>Jack&nbsp;<\/strong>agrees.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\"><strong>Katie&nbsp;<\/strong>states that none of the members asking have experience in commentating. Suggesting that the subs in the team provide commentating as they know about the teams and should know how they play.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\"><strong>Katie&nbsp;<\/strong>states for casual games, this would be good practice.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\"><strong>Josh&nbsp;<\/strong>states that if League players want to cast, then they can cast. They can do it themselves.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\"><strong>Katie&nbsp;<\/strong>recalls previous players wanting to cast.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\"><strong>Josh&nbsp;<\/strong>reiterates his previous point.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\"><strong>Jack&nbsp;<\/strong>supports this, providing they don&#8217;t break ToS.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\"><strong>Jack&nbsp;<\/strong>says this can be sorted.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\"><strong>Katie&nbsp;<\/strong>will have a look at how to do it.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\"><strong>Josh&nbsp;<\/strong>asks what the point is here as if players want to cast then they can. They need to know how to stream anyway if they are to cast.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\"><strong>Josh&nbsp;<\/strong>states that this knowledge is important.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\"><strong>Katie<\/strong>&nbsp;states that they need to be taught how to stream. Katie is merely relaying what members have asked.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\"><strong>Jack&nbsp;<\/strong>suggests talking to a previous esports coordinator with experience in streaming.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\"><strong>Josh&nbsp;<\/strong>states there is nothing we can do for them, all we can do is provide a token to allow them to stream on our twitch.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\"><strong>Josh&nbsp;<\/strong>instead suggests we host their individual channels on our twitch channel, which would provide them with the correct experience.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\"><strong>Josh&nbsp;<\/strong>states that esports peeps want to cast big games, not small friendly ones.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\"><strong>James&nbsp;<\/strong>asks if we would need to monitor the stream.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\"><strong>Josh&nbsp;<\/strong>replies with no, as they should be responsible enough anyway.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<h2 class=\"wp-block-heading\">AoB<\/h2>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\"><strong>Jack&nbsp;<\/strong>asks about the complaint about politics being banned in the Discord.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\"><strong>Josh&nbsp;<\/strong>says there isn&#8217;t anything wrong with the ban.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\"><strong>Jack&nbsp;<\/strong>doesn&#8217;t want to unban politics.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\"><strong>James&nbsp;<\/strong>didn&#8217;t understand what was being said.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\"><strong>Jack&nbsp;<\/strong>and&nbsp;<strong>James&nbsp;<\/strong>think that political discussion has no place on the Discord Server.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\"><strong>Henry&nbsp;<\/strong>wants to do more Switch streams, it will help grow the Switch side of the society.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\"><strong>James&nbsp;<\/strong>states that this was somewhat covered in a previous agenda item.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\"><strong>Henry&nbsp;<\/strong>states that he needs the society laptop and capture card, meaning it will need to be a scheduled official event.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\"><strong>Jack&nbsp;<\/strong>and&nbsp;<strong>James&nbsp;<\/strong>say this isn&#8217;t the case.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\"><strong>James&nbsp;<\/strong>states that because both&nbsp;<strong>Noah&nbsp;<\/strong>and&nbsp;<strong>Henry&nbsp;<\/strong>will be present at this event, then it can still be considered a Semi-Official event.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\"><strong>James&nbsp;<\/strong>encouraged this event, as long as the exec gets notified, so that attendance of the laptop and capture card is logged.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\"><strong>Josh&nbsp;<\/strong>previously sent&nbsp;<strong>Henry&nbsp;<\/strong>a Halo Esports link.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\"><strong>Josh&nbsp;<\/strong>is uncertain of what it is and thought it would be of interest to&nbsp;<strong>Henry<\/strong>.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\"><strong>Henry&nbsp;<\/strong>asks if we could do Halo Esports. He is unsure of what is meant by the link&nbsp;<strong>Josh&nbsp;<\/strong>sent him.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\"><strong>James&nbsp;<\/strong>requests&nbsp;<strong>Josh&nbsp;<\/strong>send this link to all the exec.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\"><strong>Josh<\/strong>&nbsp;states that if we do this, then we do it for PC not console.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\"><strong>James&nbsp;<\/strong>suggests asking if anyone is interested through reaction polls in future announcements.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\"><strong>Henry&nbsp;<\/strong>asks about making Jackbox streams purely on Discord.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\"><strong>James&nbsp;<\/strong>clarifies that we do it to both.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\"><strong>James&nbsp;<\/strong>says that we stream it to Facebook to increase our reach, letting more people know about it, and encouraging more people to join.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\"><strong>Henry&nbsp;<\/strong>suggests deleting Facebook streams after they are finished. As that would make it more relaxed and casual.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\"><strong>James&nbsp;<\/strong>agrees that this could be an issue.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\"><strong>James&nbsp;<\/strong>stated that if anyone requests for a stream to be taken down, then we will take it down.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\"><strong>Katie&nbsp;<\/strong>states that during the Jackbox Streams,&nbsp;<strong>James&nbsp;<\/strong>continually repeated that the event would be streamed to Facebook and to say if that bothered anyone.&nbsp;<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\"><strong>Katie&nbsp;<\/strong>further explained that some people might not be able to attend but might still want to watch it. And it is only partially streamed on Facebook as it is limited to only Discord after a certain amount of time.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\"><strong>James&nbsp;<\/strong>asks if&nbsp;<strong>Katie&nbsp;<\/strong>thinks streams should be deleted after finishing.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\"><strong>Henry&nbsp;<\/strong>asked what if people want to join early, but don&#8217;t wanna be streamed to Facebook.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\"><strong>Henry&nbsp;<\/strong>asked if the streams should be kept up for a few days and then deleted.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\"><strong>Jack&nbsp;<\/strong>thinks that this isn&#8217;t really an issue and doesn&#8217;t need to be addressed.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\"><strong>Henry&nbsp;<\/strong>recalls that he personally doesn&#8217;t like there being a permanent record of himself on streams.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\"><strong>James&nbsp;<\/strong>reiterates that anyone can request a stream to be taken down if they were in it, and we can delete it straight away.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\"><strong>Henry&nbsp;<\/strong>states this makes it harder for shy people to do this.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\"><strong>James&nbsp;<\/strong>states that if they are that shy, then they likely won&#8217;t be talking in the Discord. And that they could simply say that they don&#8217;t have a microphone if asked about it.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\"><strong>Katie&nbsp;<\/strong>states that the majority of stuff we do doesn&#8217;t get streamed. So this event caters to those who want to see events but for whatever reason can&#8217;t take part. But still, the majority of our events don&#8217;t get streamed.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\"><strong>Henry&nbsp;<\/strong>disagrees, but suggests we can bring it up another time.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\"><em>Meeting End 20:27<\/em><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Exec Present: Jack Holden (Chair) James Bulman (Minutes) Katie Stevenson Henry Potts Joshua Brown Noah Valpy-White Meeting Start 19:02 Online Term 1 Events: James&nbsp;stated that he wants the approval of the exec before confirming events. He states that the socials discussed at the previous meeting will be organised. James&nbsp;listed the events: Jackbox, Skribblio, Among Us.&hellip;&nbsp;<a href=\"https:\/\/www.lancaster.ac.uk\/luges\/committee-meeting-discord-12-10-20\/\" rel=\"bookmark\">Read More &raquo;<span class=\"screen-reader-text\">Committee Meeting, Discord, 12\/10\/20<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"neve_meta_sidebar":"","neve_meta_container":"","neve_meta_enable_content_width":"off","neve_meta_content_width":0,"neve_meta_title_alignment":"","neve_meta_author_avatar":"","neve_post_elements_order":"","neve_meta_disable_header":"","neve_meta_disable_footer":"","neve_meta_disable_title":"","footnotes":""},"categories":[10],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-2207","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-meetings"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.lancaster.ac.uk\/luges\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2207","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.lancaster.ac.uk\/luges\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.lancaster.ac.uk\/luges\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.lancaster.ac.uk\/luges\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.lancaster.ac.uk\/luges\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=2207"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/www.lancaster.ac.uk\/luges\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2207\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":2355,"href":"https:\/\/www.lancaster.ac.uk\/luges\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2207\/revisions\/2355"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.lancaster.ac.uk\/luges\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=2207"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.lancaster.ac.uk\/luges\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=2207"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.lancaster.ac.uk\/luges\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=2207"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}