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+First up: Introduction of this year's officers + President: Chris Woodall, '14, Electrical Engineering + VP: Allan Wirth, '15, Computer Science + Treasurer: Andrew Mohn, '14, Mathematics + Secretary: George Silvis III, '14, Mathematics and Ancient Greek + +Splash: + - We don't have a table, because of paperwork issues + - We're not sure why it was moved, but it's annoying + - We CAN be there, and we will + - We will have flyers ready for people + - We'll be telling people about the BUILDS room + - We'll have things going on in BUILDS + +CSAW Qualification Round: + - Run by NYU Poly, as part of Cyber-Security Awareness Week + - Happens Sept 19-Sept 22 + - This is a great CTF for people who don't know too much about CTFs but are curious + - On Friday, Sept 13th, Danny will be doing a very introductory Linux/Python/etc tutorial + - On Saturday Sept 14th, Allan's running a primer of sorts, for people who want to know about security + + +We have a new website! + - It's a lot nicer than the old one + - You can find upcoming events there, on the calendar + - We want more content for the website + - Cool things you've done for projects are welcome + - Events should definitely be there + +We have a new MAILING LIST + - New people should subscribe to the NEW list + - We're using GNU mailman + - This makes subscription easier + - This makes unsubscription easier too! + - This also allows people to view archives online + - For now, we'll occasionally send emails to the old list, but it is now deprecated + +Boston Key Party CTF Report + - This is the first time we've hosted on a CTF + - Collaboration with a few students at Northeastern + - They'll be here for CSAW too + - Great feedback from people who played it + - 112 teams played + - We plan to host this again this year, but we're not sure when yet + - Talk to Allan or George if you want to help out + +Meeting structure + - Still 6:30 on Wednesdays + - They will generally NOT happen every week + - Weeks without meetings will have hack/work nights, without formal announcements + - Email reminders will be sent out for when meetings happen + +Other things: + - HAMR (Hacking Audio and Music Research) + - About 30 people attended, including Kenshin + - It's happening again Sept 27-29th, in a quanit rural inn in New Hampshire + - Transportation available + - AI algorithms on music + - Yale's YHAC + - Very start-uppy + - November 8th-9th + - Reddit is visiting BU + - They can talk to us! + - We're currently talking to them about this, and hope to be involved + - Alessandro donated a PS3 to BUILDS + - It's in interesting shape (broken CD drive) + - Could be useful for computing + - Talk to Alessandro about PS3 hacking + - Please don't break the hardware any further + - Hack MIT + - October 4-6 + - It's VERY full, but if anyone has a spot, tell us how it goes +diff --git a/_posts/meeting-minutes/2013-09-11-meeting-minutes.md b/_posts/meeting-minutes/2013-09-11-meeting-minutes.md new file mode 100644 index 0000000..5bcb51d --- /dev/null +++ b/_posts/meeting-minutes/2013-09-11-meeting-minutes.md @@ -0,0 +1,59 @@ +--- +layout: post +title: "Meeting Minutes for 2013-09-11" +date: 2013-09-14 13:07:36 +author: "George Silvis" +categories: meeting-minutes +tag: +--- + +Notes recorded from BUILDS meeting +Recorded 9/11/13 + + + +
+Introduce officers again. + +Upcoming events: + - (All in BUILDS room if not stated otherwise) + - Use the double doors in the alley, by the stairwell. + - If necessary, we will prop doors open for events + - Danny's Linux/Shell/Python tutorial + - Get you up to speed on things necessary for future events + - Friday, 5 PM + - Allan's Intro to CTF tutorial + - Capture the Flag hacking competitions + - Such as NYU Poly's CSAW + - Which is the following weekend + - Excellent CTF to start with + - No preior experience in security required + - Saturday, 5 PM + - Chris's traditional soldering workshop + - Arduino/microcontroller kits, hopefully! + - This could be good for a microcontroller workshop later + - Tentatively in mid October + - Kenshin: Meeting with Machine Learning group at BU + - Artificial Intelligence, too + - Thursday, 6 PM + + +Projects that people are interested in working on + - Allan: Offline genome viewer + - Current genome sequencing serivices give you a large file with little anotation + - Danny: Color-shifting LED mural + - Chris: In a similar vein, ceiling tile with LED strips + - Both of these will involve learning some cool electronics + +The Room: + - Wall murals + - Like the room not to be sterile + - It's our room! + - One mural rescued from pre-renovation room + - Cool Ceiling Tiles + +Introduce students + +Please come by whenever! The door is open as often as we can manage it, and +people are often working and hacking here late into the night. +\ No newline at end of file diff --git a/news/index.html b/news/index.html index b43b54e..074c420 100644 --- a/news/index.html +++ b/news/index.html @@ -13,10 +13,11 @@