GWSIG Monthly Meeting Minutes/Meeting16
International Game Developers Association
Steve Jacobs: so, to review members...
Steve Jacobs: Andy and Chris said no
Steve Jacobs: Beth said she'd try
Steve Jacobs: Wendy said???
Sande: Wendy, Andy, and Chris will not be here.
Sande: Beth said yes, she will also take care of the log.
Sande: See, there is Beth.
Beth A. Dillon: HEY!
Steve Jacobs: ok
Steve Jacobs: Richard was in or out???
Beth A. Dillon: Not sure
Sande: Richard was a maybe, since he was on vacation til yesterday
Steve Jacobs: Thought it was something like that
Sande: Just need one more member, right?
Steve Jacobs: Yah
Steve Jacobs: give it a few more minutes
Sande: But if you want to know who are the ppl who don't regularly attend... it would be Jim Swallow and Ed Kuehnel
Beth A. Dillon: Ha
Steve Jacobs: just wanted to know what we needed for a quorum and who else we'd heard from in the past few days
Steve Jacobs: So far the agenda seems to be mainly me and Richard
Sande: Kim, where are you at?
Sande: location wise
Beth A. Dillon: Got'cha.
Steve Jacobs: And beth for survey
Kim: St. Catharines, Ontario.
Sande: near Beth then?
Beth A. Dillon: I'm in Sault right now.
Kim: I was hoping to get some information about Write Club and to see if I could help out in any way.
Kim: The Sault is about 16 hours from me. :)
Sande: That's an Ed thing, Write Club
Beth A. Dillon: Exactly. Ha ha ha.
Kim: If you drive without stopping. :)
Sande: you can speed in Canada, can't you?
Sande: What kind of info did you need Kim?
Kim: Yeah, most of the time.
Kim: I was hoping to run the Write Club at the FuturePlay conference in October in London, Ontario.
Beth A. Dillon: I'm on the committee.
Sande: So you just need maybe the procedures?
Beth A. Dillon: Who have you been in touch with?
Kim: I just saw that Beth will be attending, and it would be great to have more input/help considering I have no idea what to do.
Kim: I got an e-mail from Ed Kuehnel and will be calling him later on today.
Beth A. Dillon: Yeah I can help you out and run it with you if you'd like.
Sande: You'll need judges.
Kim: That would be great. Thanks.
Beth A. Dillon: Since Ed did it with ... Jim last time?
Sande: Matt Entin.
Steve Jacobs: 50/50 I'll be at future play
Beth A. Dillon: Or Coray?
Sande: Coray was a judge.
Steve Jacobs: Ok, do we care to focus on any current business or are we just gonna shut this down?
Sande: You are a conference-hopping maniac, Steve.
Beth A. Dillon: Ha.
Kim: I just need to provide information to the conference organiser and start organising myself - how many participants, how many judges, what the process is, etc...
Steve Jacobs: ITS CLOSE
Steve Jacobs: oops
Steve Jacobs: 3-4 hours from RIT
Sande: go on with current business, if it's just reporting... don't think we have any voting to do.
Steve Jacobs: not a big thing to get to
Beth A. Dillon: I can definitely help with that Kim.
Kim: Thanks, Beth.
Steve Jacobs: Beth, why don't you go first
Beth A. Dillon: About? What?
Sande: Survey
Beth A. Dillon: Yeah we seriously just need to make it, because no one's editing it right now.
Sande: I didn't want to step on any toes.
Beth A. Dillon: Well the whole point of being on the committee was to edit it, and I think everyone edited as much as they want.
Beth A. Dillon: If everyone's happy with it, it's time to turn it into a working web survey.
Steve Jacobs: guess we'd have to vote on that, but we can do an e-mail vote later
Steve Jacobs: sounds good to me
Sande: We had discussions - I still wasn't clear on the scope. I personally would want the computer to do all the calculations.
Beth A. Dillon: It'll be a mix.
Beth A. Dillon: I thought that was clear.
Steve Jacobs: Survey Monkey rules :-)
Steve Jacobs: cheap and funtional
Beth A. Dillon: So the responses can be calculated, but we still want access to see specific results.
Steve Jacobs: let ya do both
Sande: You would see the specific results.
Sande: But in a report, it would be aggregated or as a mean
Steve Jacobs: many options
Steve Jacobs: suggest the survey task force check it out
Sande: Yeah, I mean there were issues that I saw that I didn't know how it was going to pan out
Sande: in regards to scope
Beth A. Dillon: Good plan
Sande: But if you want me to edit, I probably won't have time until after my move
Beth A. Dillon: Well make any edits you feel are necessary.
Beth A. Dillon: When will that be?
Sande: August
Steve Jacobs: where and why :-)?
Sande: New York.
Beth A. Dillon: Okay.
Beth A. Dillon: AGC is our drop dead date for the survey launch.
Steve Jacobs: city, elsewhere? For a Gig?
Sande: OH OK. Well it'll get done before then.
Sande: Just outside NYC.
Sande: 30 mins away
Sande: got property, wanna use it.
Sande: Need furniture, btw ;)
Beth A. Dillon: Okay, so.
Beth A. Dillon: We'll finalize the survey results through an email vote on the committee list.
Steve Jacobs: Rochester's 7 hours away from nyc :-) Big State
Beth A. Dillon: Survey results for questions, that is.
Beth A. Dillon: Then launch survey. Distribute at AGC for starters.
Sande: OK. So you'll have a comp there for them to do the survey or is it just a flyer in the bag?
Kim: I can let the other writers here know about the survey.
Steve Jacobs: If it's on-line by next Saturday, can publicise it at Sandbox
Beth A. Dillon: We assume someone will have a laptop there for them to do the survey.
Beth A. Dillon: Sorry, kids are asking me for change. Ha ha.
Steve Jacobs: Will be distributing quarterly's and having a SIG book drawing in RIT booth
Steve Jacobs: This is a nice segue into Austin
Beth A. Dillon: Go for it, next item.
Steve Jacobs: I distributed the following to Richard and Wendy...
Steve Jacobs: See note panel at right...
Sande: decorations? woo!
Steve Jacobs: Can you guys scroll that as well???
Sande: y
Kim: Yes.
Steve Jacobs: Will stretch it...
Sande: looks good
Beth A. Dillon: Woah where'd that come from?
Kim: I wish I could go to Austin. :( Can't make it this year.
Steve Jacobs: Haven't heard back from either of them yet but I assume I will in the next few days
Steve Jacobs: That stuff (with my comments) is distilled from the exhibitor kit. We're supposed to get one built especially for us this week, but that's my edit
Sande: looks like everything's on track.
Steve Jacobs: As long as we follow that list, we should be fine
Beth A. Dillon: Who are we asking for the logo from?
Steve Jacobs: The official kit will likely be sent to me tomorrow or early next week and I'll pass it on and then step out of the loop
Steve Jacobs: Logo I assume is the one on the MT site unless we want to, and can, come up with something different in 2 weeks
Beth A. Dillon: Okay
Steve Jacobs: I duuno if Wendy did it at a res that'll stand up to printing, or if it will res up well or not
Steve Jacobs: Ball's kinda in her court
Sande: hi Richard
Steve Jacobs: Richard!!!!!
Beth A. Dillon: She might
Steve Jacobs: she might what Beth???
Beth A. Dillon: Oh sorry. Have the capacity to get higher res.
Beth A. Dillon: Not sure though.
Steve Jacobs: More a question if it starts to look like hell once it gets rezzed up :-)
Steve Jacobs: Richard, got anything to say re white paper???
Beth A. Dillon: Got'cha.
Steve Jacobs: Richard, are you there Richard???
Sande: he's in the room, but might be reading the transcript
Dansky: Sorry about that. I'm up to my ears in impromptu meetings.
Steve Jacobs: Casual dress Ihope
Dansky: White paper stuff - I have three volunteers, and will be starting serious discussion on schedules, needed changes, etc. this week.
Steve Jacobs: Excellent
Beth A. Dillon: The news station is here to cover the Aboriginal Science Exchange Camp, so I have to run!
Steve Jacobs: Bye Beth
Beth A. Dillon: Someone take meeting minutes and put them on the wiki please.
Kim: Bye, Beth. I'll contact you later about FuturePlay. Thanks again.
Beth A. Dillon: Definitely Kim. beth.a.dillon@gmail.com
Beth A. Dillon: Drop me a note.
Kim: I will. Thanks.
Steve Jacobs: anyone else have anything??
Sande: what's on the agenda?
Dansky: Is there anything that I need to say/do about Austin?
Steve Jacobs: There's that list up in the notes field
Steve Jacobs: It went out to you and Wendy in e-mail
Sande: you have the quarterly for sandbox, Steve?
Dansky: OK. We should divvy up stuff off-list, I suppose.
Steve Jacobs: you were gonna let us know if you needed your comp Richard, or if I was paasing it on to the student.
Dansky: I've sent an email to Susan and will hopefully have an answer ASAP.
Steve Jacobs: Ben and Coray say its waiting for the reg code from game initiative
Steve Jacobs: they should have gotten it today
Sande: Well, aren't you a speaker?
Coray Seifert: hey folks, sorry for the tardiness...long meeting
Sande: If you're a speaker, you don't need a comp.
Steve Jacobs: then they'll ship me a pdf and I'll get it printerd somewhere
Dansky: I've been added to the speaker list but my session hasn't been approved, and I have this terrible habit of being cautious about such things, lest I end up panhandling outside the Austin convention center with a sign reading "will discuss game writing for food" :-)
Steve Jacobs: RIchard if you don't need the comp and want to oversee the student and back up Wendy, I'll pass the 2nd comp to the student.
Steve Jacobs: Good to be safe richard
Steve Jacobs: Still a surprising number of TBA's on the list
Sande: :) Oh, and you're definitely going since it's approved by Red Storm, right?
Steve Jacobs: on the other hand, their e-mail blast cites you as a speaker :-)
Sande: You can't be a speaker if you're outside panhandling.
Steve Jacobs: They also misspelled your name in it, but I fixed it and told them to change it :-)
Steve Jacobs: Coray, did you get the code from game initiaitve yet???
Steve Jacobs: I told them we were waiting on them
Coray Seifert: i haven't gotten anything
Dansky: I'd have to speak very loudly, Sande :-)
Sande: I was interested in the comp, but you already had it for the student :) I can't do heavy lifting anyway...
Coray Seifert: actually, ben is enroute, so if you guys have any questions about the quarterly, we can answer them then
BenServiss: Hey all, apologies for the lateness
Coray Seifert: and there he is
BenServiss: Just got back from a week in London and boy is my brain fried
Steve Jacobs: so, my question about the code remains...
Steve Jacobs: Did Ben or Coray get it from the Austin organizers???
Sande: lucky you to be in London. Hopefully, it wasn't hot.
Coray Seifert: I havent
BenServiss: We received no code
BenServiss: I thought that plan was scuttled?
Sande: I thought it was the general dicount before July 24 anyway...
Sande: disct before July 22
Steve Jacobs: Nope
Steve Jacobs: doesn't expire that early
Steve Jacobs: they've been promising it, and the text, for a couple of days
Coray Seifert: well, if anything needs to get in, it needs to be by tomorrow
BenServiss: If we are expected any text we'll need it asap
Coray Seifert: *said the producers*
Steve Jacobs: sending out another mail right now
Steve Jacobs: should go to Coray or Ben?
Coray Seifert: both!
Steve Jacobs: ok
BenServiss: We are the quarterly collective
BenServiss: Prepare to be assimilated
Sande: why don't you just call?
Steve Jacobs: Sent
Steve Jacobs: Its their responsibility. They set us a bunch of conditions to meet, if they drop the ball we're not obligated
Sande: cool
Steve Jacobs: an e-mail a day the past few days is more than enough
Steve Jacobs: :-)
Sande: you tried :)
Steve Jacobs: now, if theSIG we're getting a kcick back on every registration.....
Steve Jacobs: Then I'd be calling them :-)
Sande: That would be cool!
Sande: SIG slush fund!!!!
Coray Seifert: any other issues for the quarterly? believe it or not, got another meeting coming up!
Steve Jacobs: Ok we've covered the agenda items except new intitiatives (outside of Richard's news) and that's my bad as I need to send the e-mail
Steve Jacobs: keep forgetting
Steve Jacobs: Will catch up over the weekend
Steve Jacobs: WHo's posting this to the wikki?
Sande: And the GDC proposals agenda item is dropped bec there's no time to do any of that.
Steve Jacobs: We've created a great list of ideas, so there's plenty of stuff for folks to do I think
Steve Jacobs: Good luck to those of you who are submitting
Sande: I nominate Steve to post it to the Wiki :)
Steve Jacobs: declined
Steve Jacobs: must run out to get passport and do other analog items
Steve Jacobs: late already :-)
Sande: I'm buying a ticket to Taiwan....
Steve Jacobs: Ben?
Sande: Agghh. OK You're making me do it.
Steve Jacobs: Penalty for being last guy in??
Coray Seifert: *calls notIt*
Sande: Well, how can he do it? does he see the whole transcript?
Steve Jacobs: will send him transcript
Steve Jacobs: doing so now
Kim: I could do it, though I'd need instructions on putting it up on the Wiki... so that might not be very helpful.
Sande: Ok. Ben?
BenServiss: Did someone say my name?
Steve Jacobs: sent :-)
Coray Seifert: hey folks, great chatting for a few...gotta run though...shoot me any questions via email!
Steve Jacobs: Just sent you the transcript to post to the wiki
Steve Jacobs: gotta fly
Steve Jacobs: ...poof
Coray Seifert: ta ta!
Sande: alright, mtg adjourned.
Kim: I have to run as well.
Kim: Nice meeting you all. :)
Sande: nice to meet you too
BenServiss: Right, hopefully next time I'll be able to make more than the last 4 minutes of the meeting
BenServiss: Bye!
