07 Sep 2023


What We’re Going Over:

  • QR Code for Zelle Digital Deposits
  • Special Game Nights Ideas
  • Member Meeting Ideas
  • Changes in Discord
  • FBS Corp-talk Idea
  • Talk Saves Lives
  • Professor Talk Spotlight

What We Went Over:

  • Bank Account
    • $839.43
  • QR Code for Zelle
    • QR Code for Zelle account printed for digital deposits to the debit board
    • Members will need a board member present to pay digitally
  • Special Game Nights Ideas
    • Replay Games
      • Fairly flexable in prices, need to continue to talk to owner to see what is available
    • Thunder Road
      • Very expensive and closes after October, not a likely option
    • Bowling
      • Will look into further
    • Skating
      • Will look into further
  • Member Meeting Ideas
    • Meeting will be prior to the game night this September
    • Discussed bringing up other types of merch during the meeting
    • Discussed bringing up membership prices and inflation during the meeting
    • Discussed bringing up other items for the ACM room (lap desks, coasters, LED lights, etc.)
  • Changes in Discord
    • Organized the discord server more for easier use
    • Added roles for SIGs, welcome page, rules page, cars channel, channels for new SIGs, etc.
  • FBS Corp-talk Idea
    • Been communicating with FBS for the idea of holding a corp-talk with them
    • Working on the date for the corp-talk
      • Looking at Wednesday, October 11th at 5:00pm (date not set in stone)
  • Talk Saves Lives
    • Talked about holding a conference from Talk Saves Lives, a suicide prevention education program
    • Will continue to look into it
  • Professor Talk Spotlight
    • Idea of having professors talk about their professional experience and career experience
    • Will begin planning for this idea in November-December

Board TO DO:

  • Update Constitution for not allowing buying votes during elections (Ian, Brandon)
  • ACM Shirts and Stickers and etc. (Carson)
  • Contact MSUM for Byte-le and continue to talk with UND
  • Outreach Committee (Carson)
  • Companies to talk to:
    • Microsoft
    • Pedigree Technologies
    • Optum
    • John Deere
    • Doosan
    • Bobcat
    • Bushel
  • Look at list of companies that attend Career Fair
  • Continue to look into special game nights (Ceasar, Gunnar)
  • Advertise MechaMania
  • Look into asfp.org and Talk Saves Lives
  • (Nov-Dec) Look into professor talk spotlight
  • (Spring) SIG-Collab Projects (current ideas)
    • ACM Branding Style Page
    • Database for Library
    • Bison Robotics Website
  • (Spring) Github Workshop
    • Topics to look into:
      • terminal and desktop
      • branches and pull requests
      • feature based branches
      • common problems (merge conflicts, stash changes)
      • git ignore

Upcoming Events

  • FAST Corp-talk: September 21st @5:30pm at QBB104
  • September Game Night: September 29th at the ACM Room
  • Digikey Competition Info Session: October 2nd, 5:30pm at QBB104