09 Nov 2023


What We’re Going Over:

  • ACM Merch
  • Colleges Participating in Byte-le
  • November Game Night
  • Older ACM Shirts
  • CSO Budget Discussions

What We Went Over:

  • Bank Account
    • $1010.49
  • ACM Merch
    • T-shirts
      • Can do NDSU’s Design and Sign for t-shirts
      • Looking at about $10 for one side, $17 for both per shirt
      • Looking at selling around $20
    • Sweatshirts
      • Would not be able to do NDSU’s Design and Sign for sweatshirts
      • $16.79 Crew necks (cheap)
      • $23.16 Crew necks (expensive)
      • Hoodies would be around the same price
      • Looking at selling around $35
    • Will look into jackets and designs
  • College’s Participating in Byte-le
    • Concordia and MSUM will be participating in Byte-le for this year!
    • Will talk to them to see if they wish to compete remotely or in-person
  • November Game Night
    • This month’s game night will be in the ACM Room, November 17th starting at 6:30pm!
  • Older ACM Shirts
    • We found some older ACM shirts (2 small, 2 medium)
    • We will be selling them for $10 each
  • CSO Budget Discussion
    • Discussed travel for competitions
      • Will need to budget for Digikey
      • Debating with wanting to travel to Mechamania
        • Would do a BAR for funding this trip from the CSO if wanted for next year
    • Current Budget:
      • Travel to Digikey: ~$300
      • Room Upkeep: ~$500
      • Current Running Total: ~$800
    • Will continue to look into the budget as the semester progresses

Board TO DO:

  • Update Constitution (Ian, Brandon)
  • Look into professor talk spotlight (career talk)
    • Dr. Denton (DONE)
    • Lan Hu (DONE)
    • Dr. Kotala (DONE)
    • David Froslie (DONE)
    • (Nov. 30th) Planning dates
  • Start designing and seeing interest in ACM merch
  • Fundraising for Byte-le Royale
    • (Nov. 16) Reach out to two more contacts (Carson)
    • (Nov. 30) Notification for fundraising for Byte-le to alumni
    • Companies to talk to for funding for Byte-le:
      • Microsoft
      • Doosan
      • Bobcat
      • Bushel
      • FBS
      • Scheels
      • NAU Country
      • Blue Cross Blue Shield of ND
      • RDO
      • Noridian
      • Digikey
      • Eide Bailly
  • (Nov. 30th) Continue to talk with UND for Byte-le
  • Contact Bemidji for Byte-le
  • Continue to look into special game nights (Ceasar, Gunnar)
  • (Nov. 30) Plan on Caesar’s Mother to hold a career presentation (career talk)
  • (Spring) SIG-Collab Projects (current ideas)
    • ACM Branding Style Page
    • Database for Library
    • Bison Robotics Website
  • (Spring) Github Workshop
    • (Nov. 16) Contact Dr. Kotala
  • (Spring) Contact Tony from Nexus Innovations for Corp-talk
  • (~Spring) Set Up TopCoder Projects

Upcoming Events

  • (Outside Event) Elevate Conference, November 16th, 8am - 5pm at The Four & Four, Fargo
  • November Game Night - November 17th, starting at 6pm, ACM
  • December Game Night - December 1st, starting at 6pm, ACM