Feedback form: https://goo.gl/forms/wvdMo83kiNB9MEjF3 Attendance: Ray, Jimmy, Anna, Robert, Emily, Ashley, Jason, Geoffrey, Kartik, Eric, Sid, Barak, Yitz, Caleb, Mish Late: Megan Later: Benji Even later: Jonathan Latest: Tushar ASUC Rep: Adnan 3/2 meeting agenda - +/Δ Paper reading, Deep learning, root day - Da Club 3/3 - Startup fair 3/8 - SalesForce - CAP 3/6/17 5-8pm - CV 3/9 - GM2 3/10 - Opentable 3/15 - Yt channel - Socials! - Server - Funds - Prosps - Paper reading, - + - More consistent turnout - Michael seems very happy! - Δ - No one read paper, but he expected that - Projector wouldn't work - Deep learning, - + - The people who were there were very interested - Eric felt it went better than ML workshop b/c didn't need to rush or get specific stuff done (lack of prep is a plus???) - Δ - Few people, 10-15 ppl - Streaming didn't work well on Eric's computer, made it freeze - Topic is too specific - In the future, Eric will make a video to post online instead of holding a workshop - Yitz thinks this workshop was fine though; purpose of workshop is to help students be introduced to the topic - root day - + - Really good! - People actually came this time, made changes yay - Awesome for people who came - Important updates have been posted on #announcements by Caleb - Great turnout! Very helpful people - Δ - Only tushar, caleb, loren came to help - If more people can help, that would be gr8 - Da Club 3/3 - Tomorrow! - Megan is currently moving into her new place. - If you want to get in for $5, you have to text something. Megan posted this in the CSUA Slack. - People will leave Berkeley at 9:30 ish? - Theme is blacklight so wear neon and stuff! - Startup fair 3/8 - In the IHouse! Ten companies officially signed up; some more will probably come. - Volunteer sign in sheet is sent. - SalesForce - CAP 3/6/17 5:30-8pm - Barak order Montagues!!!! - They're really excited to be working with us! - We're really excited to be working with them! - Eric's taking over. Send out a volunteer sign in sheet and stuff. - CV 3/9 - Tushar! He is not here. - He's getting stuff set up. - GM2 3/10 - Next Friiiday. - The event is not directly with Qualcomm -- so no advertisement directly about Qualcomm. - Angeline's!! - Opentable 3/15 - Cancellleeeeddddd. - Box and Palo Alto Networks are still going. - Engineering for Kids! - Happens once (?) a year. 4th-6th grade kids come to Berkeley and it's like a field trip for them!!! - We have to sign up in a few days. - Ideas: - Has to be things that are easy for kids to understand. - Caesar ciphers, intro to CS, legos... - Interested?? :D - It'd be cool if we could run a little workshop for 2 hours about something cool? But the event runs from 9AM to 3 PM on Saturday... - You can host an activity or do a demo table! - Activities should be about half an hour long; prepare for 7 sessions, about 20-30 students each, with differing difficulties - Sounds like a lot of commitment... - You can still volunteer as an individual!!! - Free stuff! - Yt channel - Nothing to say here. - Streaming workshops?? - Some people want a recurring ML series (?) - "Why do these methodologies work" aside from mathematical rigor - Maybe we can do a DeCal about ML/DL? - Invite ML@B to collaborate? - They're not a very friendly group.... - If ML@B doesn't create it, it's all in our power to make ML workshops. - Socials! - Socials will happen! - Server/Root - Security breach :( server was forwarding spam again. - Not exactly a breach, but our mail configuration was configured to allow all mail to go through our server. Not good. - Certain things are fixed. - Tushar will test by sending spam through the server when he has time. - Prosps to Emily for putting up the showcase!!! *clap clap clap* - Lots of new root staff members who have been contributing heavily to the website ooo: We knocked out a lot of root to-dos!!! Thanks root staff!!! - Congrats to everybody who pushed a change to the Github!!! :D :D :D :D - Sending emails through Gmail won't happen yet... - Funds - Nothing new... - EECS Town Hall - Really crowded... - Talked about elitism and arrogance. - "Why don't you know any of this stuff?" Freshman -> Barak - People get very arrogant in lower divs. - A lot of people brag about finishing projects early..... - Potential fix: More support for students in undergrads? - This is a problem EECS Dept already knows of and is trying to fix, but it's hard. - CS 10 is shoved off as a "waste of time." - Having to admit that you want to take your time with something is hard, after all these people are used to being the top in their class. - Some of these 61 series really shouldn't be taken unless you already know some of the material... - A 2011 61A test is so much easier than a 2016 61A test... - The GPA cap is causing a lot of this. - Make it less intimidating to ask questions? - Certain TAs make this even worse. Some TAs are just very condescending. - Some TAs kept bringing up their internships and successes ???? - This is just bad behavior by the TAs...And it's happened multiple times. - - There are some SUPER good TAs. - The TAs that go out of their way to meet with the kids are worth. - Live lecture questioning on Piazza!! - If you haven't already, read the meeting minutes posted on FB! - Send any more suggestions to our feedback form!!! - Cal Day - We're doing tours with UPE! - We can do tabling too. - ASUC Candidate: Adnan, adnan.h@berkeley.edu - Tech candidate for ASUC! - Running for Senate. - Legislative body for ASUC. - Draft bills, handle payments, handle administration, relations, represent students. - Platform: - Represent engineering! - Help out with the budget crisis we have in the EECS department. - Work with Academic Workers Union to renegotiate their contracts, so that TAs are fairly paid. - Re-allocating TAS budget, which controls academic budget for all the departments. - Cal-Central is shit. - "Bye-bye TELEBears! We're so happy you're gone!" - "Waaiit... please come back..." - Make a better schedule-builder, one that actually works, and has features and functionality of the old schedule-builder. - Web-casting classes, making it mandatory for any class that has more than 200 students, is before 10 AM, or after 5 PM. - University students should have access to all other classes. - Campus-wide surveys about Cal-Central improvements? - Remove the ban on time conflicts. Absolutely no reason for it if we have so many of our classes webcasted... - Create more spaces for student groups on campus. - Last year we had Late-Night Wheeler, where people could go into Wheeler after 7 PM and before 12 AM and just sit there for meetings and stuff. - Maybe extend that to Late-Night Evans?? - Prosps - Robert Quitt - Ben Li - Kartik Kapur - Pitch tips: - Don't need an account to come to our events!! - Why are y'all advertising meetings? - We're a social club! Make sure this is emphasized. - Quiz Questions: - I want to be a member! What do? - csua.berkeley.edu/newuser - Someone wants to pay through Venmo. What do? - @BerkeleyCSUA. - Look at their phone very intently; make sure that everything is approved. - Make sure that the description includes the item and your name on it!! - Why would I choose this club as opposed to IEEE/SWE? - We're all equal members in this club! Participate more actively. We're not split into commitees.