Casual Games SIG/Conference Calls/July 2007
International Game Developers Association
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[edit] Role Call
[edit] Who's Here
Jason Akel, Robert Carrol, Charles Merrin, Brian Robbins, James C Smith, Wade Tinney, Margaret Wallace
[edit] Who's Not
James Gwertzman, Kane Minkus, Allen Partridge
[edit] Next Call
- Seattle, Tuesday, July 17 to vote on new members
--Jason to bring materials for ballots --Chairperson selection as well
- July 18 @ 9pm outside Mumbo Jumbo party to gather new committee members like last year?
- Following formal meeting by phone, August 7 @ 2pm ET / 11am PT
--Discuss new initiatives for term
ACTION ITEMS:
--Jason find time on 17 July that works for everyone
[edit] White Paper Update
- Margaret, Allen
- Update from Allen P.
- Deadline for full update will be September 1
- Two new sections: Glossary of terms, new section on Casual MMOG.
ACTION ITEMS:
[edit] Quarterly
- Wade
- Summer issue?
- Print for Casual Connect
--Deadline for sending to print is Tuesday. The final printed versions will be sent to Wade's hotel.
ACTION ITEMS:
--Wade: let everyone know how much space we have to finalize layout on Saturday. At this time, we expect 1/2 - 2 pages of space.
--Margaret: Will create a call to action / WP insert for the printed quarterly. It may be based on last year's insert, which was sent by Brian in real time.
--Wade: Check with Jessica to see if we can insert the white paper in the goody bags. Another alternative is to hand them out during the IGDA session.
[edit] Initiatives Overview
[edit] Data Royalty Reporting Standards Initiative
- James G.
-DIDN'T DISCUSS IN JAMES' ABSENSE-
--Playfirst found some issues with Adjustments, COGS, prepaid royalties. James will send out an updated schema to active partners.
--Real will be delayed in its deployment of the XLM standard due to a larger, company-wide royalty system overhaul.
ACTION ITEMS
[edit] New Business / Other Business
- Sponsorships - IGDA has received all monies
- RealArcade, Riddler.com, PopCap Games, Somatone Interactive Audio (received in this order)
- Waiting for text/image assets
ACTION ITEMS:
--JASON: Sponsors should be displayed in the order that their bids were received.
--JASON: Need assets by friday from the sponsors.
--JASON: Will invite Riddle contact to an event to thank him for his participation.
- HTML emails
- Thanks to Margaret for design/build
- Jason deployed two which resulted in additional sponsorship bids and committee nominations
--Ideas: Calls for participation in the next quarterly, announcement of new committee members
ACTION ITEMS:
--Everyone: Consider additional emails to send using this format.
- Steering Committee selection
--James suggested the concept of term limits to ensure we don't stagnate as a group. Three years was the term suggested.
--Nominations are due by 13 July.
--Including ourselves less James G., nominees so far are: Dave Rohrl (nominated himself), Rex Sikora (PopCap, nominated by James G.)
ACTION ITEMS:
--Everyone: Consider possible nominations
- Webinar/Roundtable Broadcasts
- Dave Rohrl interested in leading if gets elected to committee
- Audio - Kane
- International Opportunities for Casual Games - James G
- Technology Roundup - Brian
- Consumer Marketing Techniques and Sales - Jason
- Other developer-focused talks?
- Dave Rohrl interested in leading if gets elected to committee
- Casuality
--Margaret sent agenda to us. Review and prep please.
- New intiatives to be determined in early August once committee is selected
