Board of Directors Meeting
11 July, 2012
Meeting called to order at 2:02pm CDT and adjourned at 2:23pm CDT.
Board Members in Attendance
Attended by: Sheri, Jay, Neal, and Heather via Skype
Absent board members: Jared
Agenda
To Keep in Mind
Community outreach with local schools, press, investors, other professionals
Paid events
Paid sponsored “recommended professionals” page
Bringing in a speaker
Old Business
Techweek
Post-mortem
Volunteers
Newsletter
Studios list
New Business
July Power Dinner
July Event (Meet The Press)
Chitag?
Apprenticeships
Investors Page?
Updates
Jay
Sheri
Heather
Jared
Neal
Meeting Notes
Volunteers: we’re tracking them in a list of people who have volunteered and what for, and another list to track projects they are assigned to.
July Power Dinner
Start getting involvement with planning events
Engaging outside the core game dev community
Techweek postmortem
Talk about getting active in ChiTAG
Jay is going to the Nerdery next week, all welcome to attend, too.
Neal is partnering with Citybuild, which organizes benefit concerts, coming to Chicago in August or Sept.
Interested in partnering with IGDA
High profile performers, events and activities
Want the tech community in Chicago more involved, get more awareness of the tech community in Chicago
Goal to get your ppl more involved in technology, entrepreneurship, etc.
August Event
Next Monthly Meeting
Wednesday, August 1st, 2012 at 2pm CDT via Skype.