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IGDA Manila Chapter Q1 Meeting Report
Hi All,
Here are the minutes of the IGDA chapter meeting last February 11:
1. New Board Members Announcement
We now have 14 advisory board members, and more to follow. The new members are :
Noel Lim ( Secret Six )
Rainier Umali ( Vitas )
John David Uy ( Laro )
Alex Calero ( Azalea )
Chris Arquiza ( LadyLuck )
Raffy Cabredo ( De la Salle )
Also, Gaby Dizon of Flipside is appointed International Liason of IGDA Manila chapter, to represent the Manila chapter in international events like GDC. Congratulations, Gaby!
Finally, a new start up game development company, Matahari Studios has joined the IGDA Manila chapter.
2. Emerging Technologies Conference
Raffy of DLSU is coordinating with IGDA Manila chapter with regards to the conference. Each member company of IGDA manila will be given 15 minutes to discuss their respective companies on the afternoon of the second day of the event, and those who are board members would be given VIP access to the event.
3. Elections/ Appointments issue
Neil of Anino raised his concern regarding officers and by-laws of the chapter. The board has unanimously tasked David of Laro/Pixelstream to research on other IGDA chapter's setup and discuss which setup would be best. The result of his research will be discussed in the Emerging Technologies Conference.
4. Schedule of Chapter meetings and corresponding presentors:
Q2 ( around late May ):
Laro/Pixelstream
Azalea
Anino Entertainment
Q3: ( around late August ):
Flipside
Slycesoft
Matahari
Q4: ( around late November ):
DLSU
Others
We would be adjusting our chapter meetings to evenings and we would try to have a large venue for presentations.
5. Sponsorships
IGDA Manila would be looking for sponsors for the next chapter meetings throughout the year. Target companies would include software and hardware companies, and food companies.
6. Seperate legal organization
Alex of Azalea would be talking with the Animation Council of the Philippines regarding the process of setting up the legal game developer organization. This would be discussed in the Emerging Technologies Conference.
Posted by RanulfGoss on February 14, 2006 09:15 PM