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| 2 | +layout: post |
| 3 | +title: "Meeting Minutes for 2013-09-04" |
| 4 | +date: 2013-09-04 13:07:36 |
| 5 | +author: "George Silvis" |
| 6 | +categories: meeting-minutes |
| 7 | +tag: |
| 8 | +--- |
| 9 | + |
| 10 | +Notes recorded from BUILDS meeting |
| 11 | +Recorded 9/04/13 |
| 12 | + |
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| 14 | + |
| 15 | +<pre> |
| 16 | +First up: Introduction of this year's officers |
| 17 | + President: Chris Woodall, '14, Electrical Engineering |
| 18 | + VP: Allan Wirth, '15, Computer Science |
| 19 | + Treasurer: Andrew Mohn, '14, Mathematics |
| 20 | + Secretary: George Silvis III, '14, Mathematics and Ancient Greek |
| 21 | + |
| 22 | +Splash: |
| 23 | + - We don't have a table, because of paperwork issues |
| 24 | + - We're not sure why it was moved, but it's annoying |
| 25 | + - We CAN be there, and we will |
| 26 | + - We will have flyers ready for people |
| 27 | + - We'll be telling people about the BUILDS room |
| 28 | + - We'll have things going on in BUILDS |
| 29 | + |
| 30 | +CSAW Qualification Round: |
| 31 | + - Run by NYU Poly, as part of Cyber-Security Awareness Week |
| 32 | + - Happens Sept 19-Sept 22 |
| 33 | + - This is a great CTF for people who don't know too much about CTFs but are curious |
| 34 | + - On Friday, Sept 13th, Danny will be doing a very introductory Linux/Python/etc tutorial |
| 35 | + - On Saturday Sept 14th, Allan's running a primer of sorts, for people who want to know about security |
| 36 | + |
| 37 | + |
| 38 | +We have a new website! |
| 39 | + - It's a lot nicer than the old one |
| 40 | + - You can find upcoming events there, on the calendar |
| 41 | + - We want more content for the website |
| 42 | + - Cool things you've done for projects are welcome |
| 43 | + - Events should definitely be there |
| 44 | + |
| 45 | +We have a new MAILING LIST |
| 46 | + - New people should subscribe to the NEW list |
| 47 | + - We're using GNU mailman |
| 48 | + - This makes subscription easier |
| 49 | + - This makes unsubscription easier too! |
| 50 | + - This also allows people to view archives online |
| 51 | + - For now, we'll occasionally send emails to the old list, but it is now deprecated |
| 52 | + |
| 53 | +Boston Key Party CTF Report |
| 54 | + - This is the first time we've hosted on a CTF |
| 55 | + - Collaboration with a few students at Northeastern |
| 56 | + - They'll be here for CSAW too |
| 57 | + - Great feedback from people who played it |
| 58 | + - 112 teams played |
| 59 | + - We plan to host this again this year, but we're not sure when yet |
| 60 | + - Talk to Allan or George if you want to help out |
| 61 | + |
| 62 | +Meeting structure |
| 63 | + - Still 6:30 on Wednesdays |
| 64 | + - They will generally NOT happen every week |
| 65 | + - Weeks without meetings will have hack/work nights, without formal announcements |
| 66 | + - Email reminders will be sent out for when meetings happen |
| 67 | + |
| 68 | +Other things: |
| 69 | + - HAMR (Hacking Audio and Music Research) |
| 70 | + - About 30 people attended, including Kenshin |
| 71 | + - It's happening again Sept 27-29th, in a quanit rural inn in New Hampshire |
| 72 | + - Transportation available |
| 73 | + - AI algorithms on music |
| 74 | + - Yale's YHAC |
| 75 | + - Very start-uppy |
| 76 | + - November 8th-9th |
| 77 | + - Reddit is visiting BU |
| 78 | + - They can talk to us! |
| 79 | + - We're currently talking to them about this, and hope to be involved |
| 80 | + - Alessandro donated a PS3 to BUILDS |
| 81 | + - It's in interesting shape (broken CD drive) |
| 82 | + - Could be useful for computing |
| 83 | + - Talk to Alessandro about PS3 hacking |
| 84 | + - Please don't break the hardware any further |
| 85 | + - Hack MIT |
| 86 | + - October 4-6 |
| 87 | + - It's VERY full, but if anyone has a spot, tell us how it goes |
| 88 | +</pre> |
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