Online Games SIG/Conference Calls/December 19, 2007

International Game Developers Association

Table of contents 1 Notes from Conference Call 12/19/2007 4 p.m. EST 2 Attendance 2.1 Present 2.2 Apologies 2.3 Absent 3 Next call 4 Minutes 5 Action items

[edit] Notes from Conference Call 12/19/2007 4 p.m. EST

Call organized via http://www.freeconference.com

[edit] Attendance

[edit] Present

• Elonka Dunin
• Jeff Kesselman
• Gordon Walton
• Damion Schubert

[edit] Apologies

• Peter Freese

[edit] Absent

• James Hursthouse
• Jonathan Greechan

[edit] Next call

Changed to second Wednesday: January 9, 2007, 4 p.m. Eastern

Third Wednesday of the month

[edit] Minutes

• GDC 2008 plans
• Discussion of potential new SIG for online communities, and whether it should be separate or part of the Online Games group. One possibility is that we invited interested parties to be committee members
  • No one has been able to get in touch with James H. Elonka will try to find space at GDC, perhaps in IGDA booth
• Discussion of new initiative to collate industry data
  • Tentative title: R.O.P.E.
    • Reliable
    • Online
    • Player
    • Evaluation
• Jeff Kesselman will create draft document for initiative by next meeting
• Discussion of committee members for 2008/2009
• Discussion of other ways that the SIG can be of use to the community
  • A possible news aggregation point for industry-related news

[edit] Action items

• Write up minutes (Elonka)
• Jeff Kesselman will seek possible funding for a GDC party
• Jeff Kesselman will put together draft document for ROPE initiative
• Elonka will contact Jason about meeting space at GDC 2008
• Damion will contact Scott Jennings and Shaun Bahlberg about news aggregation