[URC] Getting URC moving...

[David Basden]

Hi everyone,

Okay, so we had an AGM, exams are now over for those of us that had
them, and with the shutdown coming up there is both more and less time
to do things.

The O-Day forms are released, and due soon. If we want a decent spot
with the sort of exposure we want, we're going to have to get in pretty
quick; If we wait till the due date we'll be crammed out of the way
again, which isn't going to help even if we are blasting 'leet tun3z.

The aim is to get stuff narrowcasting in *some* way, preferrably over
radio, by O-Day. If we can make a big spash at O-Day, we can get dozens,
or even hundreds of members, which means we will have funding to do more
stuff.

Stuff that needs to be followed up on from the AGM:

o Office Bears form for the guild
	Frenchie, we just need you to fill out as the last exec member,
	and then drop this in to the guild office (or tell me to).
	It's sitting in my UCC pidgeon hole.

o Web page
	Alwynn, were you still going to hook us up with a designated
	contact person? If not, we'll pass it off to someone else (or
	me) to talk to the guild one...

o Podcasting
	Anyone got any ideas for content on this? ANYTHING we can put
	together without worrying about copyright would be good

o APRA
	Anyone want to look on APRAs site or call them and ask about
	fees for a narrow-cast station? The thing to keep in mind when
	calling is that we'll be a NARROWCAST service with a strictly
	limited audience, and that the vast majority of our content will
	not be copyrighted.

o Narrowcast radio licence
	Just looking briefly, we don't actually have to apply through
	any process to be a narrowcast provider, but if we're going to
	use radio as a medium, we're going to have to get an apparatus
	licence.

	Apparatus licencing is an absolute piece of piss to get; If you
	fit the requirements, you basically pay a fee per year, and you
	get a bit of paper saying  it's legal. I'll look again at the
	specifics (I last did it a year ago) on the ACMA web site, but
	it would be good if someone could do the same (including going
	through the Radiocommunications Act, the Narrowcast Class
	Licencing Determination, The Apparatus Licencing Determination
	and anything else on the site) if they have too much spare time,
	if only to make sure they're getting the same read on it as me.

	The upshot is that this should be easier than we thought, and
	probably won't cost that much. We don't want to depend on it
	being in place for O-Day, but it would be something to work
	towards

o Clubroom / Studio
	We need space. Have asked Mark about possibilities, but it's not
	that easy, and everyone's getting ready for the shutdown over
	Xmas etc. At absolute worst we could stream the feed from
	people's houses all the time, and beg transmitter space in UCC's
	machine room, but this is going to be harder than having
	permanent space where stuff will JustWork<tm> after it's up and
	running. The RF coming out of the UCC is also just hellish.

	Is there anyone with time, and moderate idea about Uni internal
	politics to be able to havec a look into this further? I'd ask
	the guild, but there are established clubs looking for even
	cupboard space that have been waiting for years...

o Sponsership
	If someone can spell it, and has any ideas, go for it

o Membership
	O-Day will probably be our biggest chance for this, and getting
	our name out there. For the next month or so, we probably can do
	with interested people that want to do stuff though. Anyone you
	know with interest, especially with enthusiasm to do stuff, get
	them joined up.

o Treasurer books, documents and stuff
	I have a pile of stuff, includng the membership forms, cards etc
	(I think) here. Susie, do you still have the books to hand over
	to Alwyn?


Anything i've forgotten, let me know.

Cheers,

David