From 4817095c7b804b3230a44bff8cf20eee4c2e7c31 Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001 From: Prabuddha Hans <21313482@studentmail.ul.ie> Date: Sat, 25 May 2024 22:37:50 +0100 Subject: [PATCH] Events: Finished semester 1 and parts of semester 2, is a draft --- Committee/2023-2024/Budget/12._Events.md | 96 ++++++++++++++++++++++++ 1 file changed, 96 insertions(+) diff --git a/Committee/2023-2024/Budget/12._Events.md b/Committee/2023-2024/Budget/12._Events.md index f3b794f..2133f0b 100644 --- a/Committee/2023-2024/Budget/12._Events.md +++ b/Committee/2023-2024/Budget/12._Events.md @@ -1,3 +1,99 @@ ## Events +### Overview + +## Semester 1 + +### meet_greet.exe + +- Introductory event to the society. +- Idea was to give a taste of future events and a social mixer. +- Venue: We booked KBG15 from 18:00-21:00. +- Announced via Discord and emails. + +### Skynet Introduction + +- Introductory event to Skynet. +- Idea was to help members with setting up their accounts. +- Venue: Room 3 to allow enough room for incoming members. +- Members were required to bring their laptops to set up their Skynet accounts. + +### Capture The Flag + +- Interactive Event: Members were asked to bring their laptops to participate in the event. +- Venue: Room 3 was booked to allow appropriate space for our participants +- Email and Discord announcements were written to advertise the event. + +### Movie Night + +- Because it was Halloween, we decided to organise a movie night being projected. +- Venue: Room 3 was booked to allow enough room for our participants. +- We made a post on Discord and wrote an Email to advertise to our members. +- We asked our members to vote for which movie they wanted to watch on Discord. +- We acquired the movie, and we purchased food beforehand. + +### Pycon + +- A large event that had plenty of organisational overhead, and was a trip to Dublin. +- We lodged in the membership money for newer members who joined after the announcement for Pycon. +- Bought event tickets and tote bags. +- We applied for the trip's approval through Wolves. +- Sent emails to Pycon. +- Event costs were subsidized for members as a result +- Payments were tracked through wolves and processed online. + +### Game Engines - Presentation + +- Presentation about game engines; rehearsed beforehand. +- Venue: Room 3 for participants. +- Email had been written with some humor to enhance member engagement. + +### Advent of Code + +- Long-term running series of events, throughout December and early 2nd semester. +- Useful to giving first years more coding experience. +- 2 posters were made, and sent by emails. +- Our own leaderboard was created for our members to compete, code for it was emailed separately. +- Coding challenges released with Advent of Code were analysed and members were given chance to solve them. +- Separate forum topic was created on Discord for this purpose, members received help with the programming challenges. + +## Semester 2 + +### Lightning Talks - Co-op + +- Lightning talks from students who were returning from Co-op. +- Each talk was set to a maximum of five minutes. +- Goal was to have a relaxing social event to promote networking. +- Venue: Room 3, we had plenty of members and speakers coming in. +- We had pizza at the end to cap it off. +- We announced it via emails and a Discord announcement. + +### Film Night + +- Last minute event proposed by a member. +- The movie in question was an hour-long video about Randy Pausch's last lecture on achieving your dreams. +- Venue: Room 3 to allow enough room and chairs for members. +- We purchased food beforehand. +- We advertised it via emails and Discord announcements. + +### Minecraft LAN + +- Firstly we had a brief presentation on how to install a mod for voice chat in Minecraft, then helped people to join the server. +- Members were required to have a Minecraft account and a Minecraft Launcher installed. +- Members also required a Discord account in the CompSoc server and link to Wolves. +- This event occurred right after an EGM so plenty of members + +### Quiz with Games Dev + +### Licenses Presentation + +### Minecraft Server Event + +### Domain + Hosting + +### Treasure Hunt + +### Virtual Machines + +### RetroPi