Board of Directors Meeting
5 September, 2012
Meeting called to order at 2:04pm CDT and adjourned at 2:38pm CDT.
Board Members in Attendance
Attended by Sheri, Jay, Neal, Jared, and Heather via Skype .
Absent board members: none.
Agenda
North Star
Make Chicago a game development mecca by bolstering the community: bringing people together, promoting community events, helping game developers make better games, and bringing up the nascent indie community in Chicago.
To Keep in Mind
Community outreach with local schools, press, investors, other professionals
Bringing in Money: Paid events, event sponsorships, organization sponsorships
Bringing in a speaker
Increasing our volunteer base
Old Business
1. Next Power Dinner
2. Iron Galaxy + Robomodo Event – September 26
2.1. Sponsors
2.2. Event Promotion
3. Chicago Game Jam – Nerdery (Sept 28-30)
3.1. Sponsors
3.1.1. The Nerdery
3.1.2. Iron Galaxy
3.1.3. Wideload
3.1.4. Cloakworks
3.2. Volunteers
3.2.1. social media
3.2.2. team mentors
3.2.3. checking people in
3.2.4. help with running event
3.3. Speakers
3.4. Judges
3.5. Event Promotion
Meeting Notes
Next Power Dinner
Jared is on it
Iron Galaxy + Robomodo
Further promotion
General Sponsorship
Food for an event
Sponsor the chapter directly
Software
Chicago Game Jam
Jared created a Facebook event
Will need more volunteers
Sponsorship is pretty solid for this event
Why Live in Chicago page
Find volunteers to populate this
Volunteers
Find ways to help our volunteers continue to grow our volunteer base
October Event
Get IGDA Scholarships talk
Heather
Sheri?
(more people?)
Contact Flashpoint
Year-End Events
November event
Holiday Party