Annual General Meeting

Being part of the Student's Union, we're required to be somewhat democratic when it comes to committee elections. So as it's coming up to the end of the year, and we need to be prepared for next year, we'll be holding elections. These come in the form of an Annual General Meeting, a big important meeting open to the members of the society to vote in.

There are three major positions that will be voted for:

Chair

• First point of contact for the society
• Manages meetings and votes
• Representative of the society
• One of two signatories for the bank account

Secretary

• Manage minutes of meetings
• Administer tasks and distribution of jobs
• Contact when chair is unavailable

Treasurer

• Ensures all purchases are recorded and claimed for
• One of two signatories for the bank account

Anyone who fulfils the following restrictions may run for these positions:

• Must have been to at least one committee meeting
• Must have attended events regularly
• Must be a student at the University of Manchester

If you want to run for one of these positions, please email commitee@gamingsociety.co.uk with which position you would like to run for and a brief paragraph with why you think you qualify.

There are a bunch more positions open, with slightly less restrictions on them. These are more flexible, open to rearranging and are as follows:

• Marketing and Communications
• Ambassador
• Server Management
• Website Management
• Recruitment
• Photographer
• Vice-Chairman
• Vice-Secretary
• Vice-Treasurer

The restrictions to these are:

• Must have attended some events
• Must be a member of the society

Again, just let us know if you would like to run for one of these positions. The deadline for submission is to be confirmed, as is the date of the AGM. We will try, however, to make a list of the candidates running for positions public at least a week in advance. Comment below if you have any queries.

Hello again,

Following yesterday’s fantastic Black Ops tournament, we’re bringing you another Nintendo event, bigger and better than last time. Held next Thursday, the 17th, at 8:30pm, in Meeting Room 1 of the Student Union, there’ll be a Wii, two Gamecubes, and an appearance from the legend that is the N64. Whether you’re a fan of the old favourites Mario Kart and Super Smash Bros., or the classic Time Splitters and Goldeneye, we guarantee you won’t want to miss this event: http://on.fb.me/edllOQ.

The following Tuesday we’re going for a Chinese, but we’ll let you know details closer to the time. Also, keep an eye out for our St. Patrick’s Day Guitar Hero tournament!

We’ve got our usual Team Fortress 2 this Saturday at 7pm in our shiny new server: servers.gamingsociety.co.uk. One lucky person from our Steam group to turn up will receive a free copy of World of Goo! Come along on Saturday and join our Steam group, http://bit.ly/2J9iaQ, for a chance to win.

Dave Buckley
Secretary, Gaming Societyiety

News. By Dave, with love, for you.

Hey all,

Hope you enjoyed the break and your exams went well. While most of us are back to the old routine and the grim nine o'clock starts, we've lined up an awesome semester of events for you. First up, we're hosting a free Black Ops tournament at Kyoto Lounge! It'll be a pretty casual match, with everyone getting a similar number of games, and anyone of any skill is welcome. It'll be next Wednesday, the 9th, at 1:30pm. Kyoto will also be offering a discount for PC time, so for that day only you can get 6 hours for £10. The Facebook event's here: http://on.fb.me/gqaPBA.

The week after, we're bringing back our well-loved Nintendo event, this time with even more consoles. It's in the student union again, Meeting Room 1, on the following Thursday, the 17th. Bring your friends, and we'll make sure to make it even better than last semester. Other events you should look out for are the Chinese buffet, Guitar Hero, a Film Night and a Pub Quiz.

Some of you may already know we've started to host some of our own gaming servers. We're starting a regular Team Fortress 2 night every Saturday at 7pm, in our server: servers.gamingsociety.co.uk:27015. You can find the full list at http://servers.gamingsociety.co.uk.

Last year, we held a prize draw for the people who filled in our survey. Congratulations to Elliott Lynch for winning the free ticket to our Bowling and Laser Quest, and to James Stevens and Adam Stuart for second prize; a free copy of Osmos each! If you want more chances of winning a free game, join our Steam group: http://bit.ly/umgssteam, and like our Facebook group: http://facebook.com/gamingsociety.

Dave Buckley
Secretary, Gaming Society

Directions to Kyoto Lounge: http://bit.ly/ckdVc6

Duke Nukem Forever.

2011 is the year that will finally see Duke Nukem Forever be released. So is anyone still / ever has been interested in it? Good news is the trailer isn't taking itself too seriously. Looks like Gearbox has actually decide to, you know, make a game. May 3rd.

UMGS holiday online event.

Happy new year to all! We hope you had a great Christmas and are enjoying 2011. So to start another year of gaming, we are hosting an online Left 4 Dead2 event. That's right an event before the semester even begins! Aren't we eager! The event will be on Saturday the 8th of January, and we want to get things started at 7PM, so try and show up in our Steam group chat before then! We are going to be utilising our own L4D2 sever! And if you act quickly L4D2 is in the Steam sale for the next few hours!

All the details of where to find our steam group and sever addresses can be found here:

Group info page.

Gaming Society's Servers

This post may be out of date, check: http://www.gamingsociety.co.uk/p/servers.html


Currently we have a different gaming servers set up, as we expand we'll host more. Do you have a particular game you would like to see a server for? Send us a message!

== Servers ==

-- TF2 --

[UMGS] University of Manchester Gaming Society

130.88.149.86:27025

Manchester, UK, 24 Slots, Ranked

-- L4D2 --

[UMGS] University of Manchester Gaming Society

130.88.149.86:27015

Manchester, UK, 8 Slots

-- Minecraft Original (Creative) --

UMGS Minecraft Server

Please join Facebook/Steam group for address

Manchester, UK 16 Slots

-- Minecraft Beta Survival --

UMGS Minecraft Server

Please join Facebook/Steam group for address

Manchester, UK 20 Slots

-- Minecraft Beta Creative --

UMGS Minecraft Server

130.88.148.86:26570

Manchester, UK 20 Slots

-- Vent --

UMGS Vent Server

Please join Facebook/Steam group for address & password

Gaming Society Christmas Social: Bowling and Laser Quest

It's that time of year again, and we're coming up to our last event of the semester - Bowling and Laser Quest at Parrswood.

You get a game of Laser Quest, and then two games of Bowling, and we've managed to haggle the price down to only £9! Just be aware that you'll have to bring your student card.

The quickest way to get to the Parrs Wood Tenpin is using either of number 142 or 50 bus, it is the final stop for both (which run on Oxford Road and Upper Brook Street alongside North Campus respectively).

Afterwards we'll be heading to Nando's for some food, so don't eat too much beforehand. Let us know if you intend to join us for this as we will make a reservation. Meal price is NOT included with the ticket.

For tickets, you can either pay online: http://bit.ly/hNcYmL, or write on the event wall to arrange something. We'll also be selling them at this week's Street Fighter event.

See you there!