[committee] Notes from camp Debrief/Postmortem

[John Hodge]

UCC::Camp 2013 Post Mortem
2013-07-22

- [BOB] Antenna does not need to be 9m tall (can be rather low - 1m)
   - [*OX] Star picket
   - [SZM] Enclosure is [DTK]'s
- [BOB] Setup timing was good
   - [SZM] Core network was all in one car
   - [SZM] Getting early to UCC to get stuff
- [*OX] As close to terracon as possible
- [BOB] One more person and one more car for shopping
   - [VIX] Need someone else with the shopping list
- [BOB] No two course meals
   - Pea and ham soup + curry was a little too much
- [SZM] First aid was slightly absent
- [BOB] Drinking competition was had, it was good
   - Tropical juice and OJ
- [BOB] No tech talks
   - "Laura" Need a schedule of tech talks
   - [BOB] Don't force them.
- [BOB] Advertise need for computer with Ethernet (no good wifi)
- [TPG] Don't forget the IEC cables box.
- [BOB] Projector placement was good
   - "Samara" Rock band noise make it hard to sleep.
   - "Laura" Earplugs to the needed list (mention rock band)
   - [SZM] Club needs a projector screen.
- "Samara" Bring storage containers
- [SZM] Might want to check out new network arangements
   - [BOB] Two rings or rows? Issues with getting cable to people.
   - [*OX] Need new full gig switches?
- [BOB] Network went well, filesharing went well
   - [*OX] Investigate why syslog filled /var with DNS failure
- [BOB] NOTE: Username/pw are not used for identifying with 3G
- [*OX] Bring spare cable ties, duct tape
- [BOB] Brining our own knives and sharpener was good.
- [BOB] RULE: No straight spirits (premix, wine, beer ok)
   - [*OX] Not a party, it's a LAN.
- [SZM] Guild is useless at approving EMPs. Keep pestering the person 
responsable.
   - "Laura" Mail guild saying you will assume approval if no response.
   - [BOB] Get it in really early to leave them no excuse.
- [BOB] Re-book venue now.
   - [GOZ] Same time again
- [TPG] Get EMP in early so we can advertise/sell at ODay
- [BOB] Note for chefs: Gas is turned on at two places
- "Samara" Bring an axe and/or sharper blocksplitter
   - [*OX] Bringing wood stock was good, maybe a little too much
- [*OX] Ask people to bring heaters for rooms.
- [BOB] Get beanbags off UniSFA the day before
- [SZM] Maybe take injured people to hospital ourselves.
   - [GOZ] If possible, ask the operators.
   - "Samara" note: Non-emergency phone medics
- [BOB] Bring a paper copy of the EMP
   - "Laura" And emergency numbers
- [BOB] Multiple food managers?
   - "Samara" Roster for washing up / cooking
- [*OX] Do we want more people?
   - [BOB] Ten more?
- [CJS] Need multiple medics?
   - "Laura" List of room occupants
- [*OX] Single double-adapters to split three inbound feeds to six?
- [GOZ] Make sure beatentrack has proper cache of steam games
- [*OX] Update abalone's copy of ApexDC++ (forces updates)