[committee] Clubrooms in Cameron Hall

[James Cox]

The Undercroft is a pretty good place to hold a LAN, especially given
that we can get it for free. There are a few problems with using it
semi-regularly, though:
-Technically table and chairs are meant to cost us money to use
(though we haven't been charged in the past)
-People get lazy and drive up to the undercroft up the service lane,
potentially annoying the university
-Requires a lot more organisation and planning well in advance to
actually get a booking.

I don't know about the Sue Boyd Room, but being in the guild area
fixes a few of those problems. Another option is one of the tutorial
room in the arts area.

[RME]~Coxy

On Tue, Jun 30, 2009 at 10:35 PM, David Adam<zanchey at ucc.gu.uwa.edu.au> wrote:
> On Tue, 30 Jun 2009, David Adam wrote:
>> I want to pull out that cheese-filled management maxim - "there are no
>> problems, only opportunities". In the cheerful land of unicorns and
>> rainbows in my head, we use this move to acquire a clubroom more
>> appropriate to our needs (e.g. with a roof) and manage to engage the
>> Guild in some genuine dialogue about our desires.
>>
>> Off the top of my head, topics for discussion might include:
>>  - the timeframe we're looking at for the move (or as much is known at
>>    this point)
>>  - which rooms in the building are slated for clubs (did you actually mean
>>    the first floor of the Guild building?)
>>  - the current services and resources of the clubs
>>  - the various desires of the clubs for equipment, space, and facilities
>>  - possible changes to clubroom access policies
>>
>> UCC committee and interested folks; what would you like to see from a
>> clubroom move? What concerns do you have? Let the committee list know!
>
> My thoughts are below.
>
> Core requirements:
>  - network uplink: VLAN 13 trunked from the ITS core switches
>  - power
>  - a way to cool (at least part of) the room
>
> Desires, in rough order of perceived importance:
>  - enough space to store all our current active gear, including the snack
>   and coke machines
>  - a way to gain access during evenings and on weekends
>  - storage space for our inactive gear
>  - benches ($)
>  - a substantial number of power points ($)
>  - a phone line, or a way to get one in ($)
>  - secure storage area, or permission to build one ($) - arguments for a
>   machine room/locked racks may commence
>  - a fast (gigabit, more?) network uplink ($)
>  - in-room network cabling ($)
>  - an electronic lock for the clubroom, or permission to put one in
>   ourselves ($)
>  - a better key policy, or an electronic lock for the clubrooms floor
>
> Random possibilities:
>  - balcony access (e.g. for wireless antennas)
>  - thoughts on where to run events like LANs... Sue Boyd room (if
>   networked)? Undercroft?
>
> The items marked with ($) are those I think we could reasonably be
> expected to contribute at least some of the cost for. Maybe they're not
> all possible straight away; let's at least think about them!
>
> David Adam
> zanchey@
>
>