Board of Directors Meeting
5 December, 2012
Meeting called to order at 2:00pm CDT and adjourned at 2:32pm CDT.
Board Members in Attendance
Attended by Jay, Sheri, Neal, and Heather via Skype.
Absent board members: Jared
Agenda
North Star
Thought: Moving Chicago toward a community of studios who aren’t dependent on
outside money to sustain themselves, thus ensuring that we won’t have another EA/
Midway implosion.
To Keep in Mind
Community outreach with local schools, press, investors, other professionals
Bringing in a speaker
Increasing our volunteer base
Old Business
Power Dinner
Chicago Toy and Game Fair Review
MK Game Night
New Business
December or January Event – How to Survive a Game Jam
January – DePaul Global Game Jam
February Event – Play Party
Budget Overview
Volunteer Progress
Updates
Jay
Sheri
Heather
Jared
Neal
Meeting Notes
Agenda update: focusing on helping studios become more self-sustaining.
Power Dinner
We can also use it as an opportunity to reconfirm GGJ volunteers.
Maximum 14 people. RSVP, first come first serve.
ChiTAG
Everyone thought it was very successful! It looks like we’ll be able to have a presence next year, as well.
MK Game night
Rescheduling this… try to avoid other events.
How to Survive a Game Jam
Late December event, or perhaps in January. This will be at DePaul.
January
DePaul GGJ runs the 25-27th – support the event (ensure they have mentors, sponsors, getting the word out.)
February
GGJ Play Party
Teams demo their games, then everyone can play them.
Budget
Some slight revisions to accommodate event changes, but otherwise looks solid.
Volunteers
All board members are working on securing two volunteers to assist with chapter tasks.