IGDA Meet June 26th

Aloha all,

Announcing the next IGDA meeting.

Date: June 26th (Friday)
Time: 8pm onwards
Place: Starbucks KL Sentral

We will be continuing the agenda from the previous meet :

1. Discuss about some notes from GDC 2009 - IGDA Chapter Workshop
2. Discuss about IGDA Malaysia Chapter plan and action for 2009

Basically, this meet is meant to set the direction of IGDA Malaysia Chapter for the rest of the 2009. So, for those who would like to contribute or have some idea/opinion on what IGDA Malaysia Chapter should put their effort on, please attend the meet or post your comments in this thread.

As usual, the meet is open for anyone and do feel free to bring up any other relevant topics of yours.

See you guys there.

*Note : I would love to have the meet at a more appropriate place, I am trying to get access to use MDeC's KL Sentral Incubator meeting room for this meet, will update if the venue changes. About's Gamfe's offer for the meeting venue, what do you guys think of it; is it accesible for you guys?

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Immediate Initiatives

- Mailing list
- Internal survey system
- Portfolio system (DeviantArt-like)
- Game industry events calendar
- Diversifying events and activities :
------• Portfolio day
------• Salary survey
------• Project post-mortem
- Compilation of shipped titles developed in Malaysia (documenting the history)
- Company “Champion”, to create awareness of IGDA and its functionality

Long Term Initiatives

- Collaboration with MDeC
- Collaboration with IHL
- Increase paid membership (must be justified with local benefits)
- Charter the chapter (formalization)
- Company resource sharing
- Company sponsorship (Studio Affiliation Program)
- MDeC Student Internship – Development Team for international competitions
- Student chapter/group/team

Added on to the list from the previous meeting suggestions :

- Active games company list
- Up to date reference for funding resources