DM Meeting @ 2010-03-02 18:10:00
Minutes of the DM meeting held on 2nd March 2010
6:10 pm
The Bar, Rootes Social Building
Present: Robert Gardner, Laura Burtonshaw, Fergus Cooper, Rachel Crofts (late with apologies), George Marshall, Edward McCutcheon, James McLachlan, Owen Rye (late with apologies), Natalie Tyldesley (very late - with very early apologies).
In attendance: Andrew Maddison (projectionist), Martin Mee (projectionist), Matthew Proctor (trainee DM), Nikita Shah (Treasurer & projectionist).
1. Welcome and apologies for absence
Rob welcomed those present to the eighth meeting of term.
Apologies (further to those for late attendees) were received from Matthew Gardner, Mike Joy and Pierre Schramm.
2. Rotas
The rotas were not required since all slots were already filled for both trainees and qualified DMs throughout weeks 8 and 9.
(A free slot has now opened up for a trainee at the Thursday week 8 screening of Twilight.)
3. New EPOS User Interface
This is now live and appears to be working well. There are a few minor issues that Ed has been alerted to, including the issues for Trainee DMs when trying to refund whilst a non-DM is logged on, the defunct log-out button and the ordering of some tickets - eg: Member's Ticket ahead of Crew guest.
It was agreed by all those who have used it that there is no need to have a training session specifically for the new interface.
4. The AllNighter and Crew behaviour
Following on from the issue of alcohol consumption at the AllNighter, a vote was held, calling for the banning of alcohol in the Exec Office, the corridor and L3 during any show. This would be applied to all members of audience and crew.
In favour of an outright ban: 6;
Those against an outright ban: 1.
It shall also be taken forward to Exec and Proj committees that the DM of the show has final say over all audience members, be they paying customers or otherwise. This includes exec, other dms, projectionists, members of the IT and publicity teams and normal paying members and non-members.
5. AOB
i) All full or empty bottles (other than confiscations) should be removed from the exec office (including the fridges) immediately after any social event.
ii) Andrew's adapted kettle lead is now ready for use (This as been attached to the master till).
iii) Ed advised of a simple check that DMs should perform in the event that none of the exec office PCs, servers, or EPOS are working. This advice shall hereinafter be referred to as: 'Network Storm'.
iv) It has been noted that L3 is again struggling with a high number of broken chairs. Ed will speak to Mike and ask if he can escalate this.
The meeting was adjourned at 6.43pm