DM Meeting @ 2010-02-23 18:10:00
Minutes of the DM meeting held on 23rd February 2010
6:10 pm
The Bar, Rootes Social Building
Present: Robert Gardner, Fergus Cooper, George Marshall, James McLachlan, Owen Rye (late with apologies), Pierre Schramm, Natalie Tyldesley
In attendance: Andrew Maddison (projectionist), Matthew Proctor (trainee DM)
1. Welcome and apologies for absence
Rob welcomed those present to the seventh meeting of term and his first since co-option. Drinks were bought (lest offered) for (to) all those present.
Apologies were received from Gaby Aptula, Laura Burtonshaw, Rachel Crofts, Matthew Gardner and Edward McCutcheon.
2. Rotas
i) The late showing of The Men Who Stare at Goats (Sunday Week 8) remained available for qualified DMs.
ii) City of God/City of Men - It was confirmed to all those present that there was to be a double screening after the DM meeting, owing to a distribution error and the opportunity to screen a double bill. It was agreed by all present to take out another till prior to City of Men, in case anyone wished to solely attend that screening. Owen would DM with Rob and James stewarding the additional show.
3. The AllNighter
i) Manning the stall - Rob encouraged all those present to sign-up for the stall, which will be held in 'The Atrium', Students' Union South, from 10-4 on Thursday and Friday this week. Rob will mail the DM mailing list with the link (http://www.filmsoc.warwick.ac.uk/index.php?page=stall).
ii) On the Balcony - At least two DMs were available be on the balcony for each film during the AllNighter.
iii) Ticket sales - Tickets for the AllNighter have been activated and should be made-available to be sold at all screenings this week.
4. New EPOS User Interface
i) Rob announced that the new interface was to be up and running for the sale of AllNighter tickets. (This didn't happen in time for Tuesday's screening)
ii) Exec AllNighter Tickets - Ed has inserted a feature into the new user interface that will allow for the sale of free Exec tickets to the AllNighter without the need to use DM override.
iii) Training Session - There is expected to be a training session to aid understanding of use of the new user interface, to take place at 3pm on Sunday Week 9 (prior to the Avatar screenings). Rob will liaise with Ed and confirm details next week.
5. Fire procedure
Rob informed all present that there had been a fire alarm at the Sunday early showing and checked whether everyone was happy in their understanding of what to do in such circumstances. It was agreed that all DMs present and willing at a fire alarm should aid the evacuation of L3 (where possible). Matt raised the point that stewards aren't informed of what to do in case of a fire alarm. It was agreed that this is a good thing, since they're under no obligation to aid the audience's evacuation
6. AOB
i) Pierre asked about the progress being made in potentially bringing in card tickets. Rob informed the committee that this was something that may be looked into for the new version of EPOS on the new website and that as such it will probably lie-low for now.
ii) Pierre also asked about the latest progress of 'the T'. James explained 'the T' for all those who have been at Warwick for less than five years. Due to the proposals to get a plasma screen outside of L3, Rob suggested that we wait for development on that front before taking 'the T' any further for now.
iii) Pierre was curious as to whether or not there were any receipts available for people advertising in our slide show as part of the SU elections. Andrew confirmed that advertising@filmsoc has received no requests for elections slides this year and that as such, this was not an issue.T
iv) Fergus asked if it would be possible to purchase new door stops since the current ones are coming apart. Rob will look into this. Pierre 'did a Pierre', throwing his pen and then threatening to resign.
v) Andy proposed the incorporation of an adaptor to the kettle lead on the master til, so that it will be easier to plug in to the ground level socket on the concourse. This was met with the agreement of all. Andy will deal with it.
The meeting was adjourned at 6.48pm