Cascade SIGGRAPH Feb. Board Mtg.

Minutes 2-27-2011

• Attending: Demetra Gilmore Arnett (DGA), Bev Standish (BS), Serena Reidy (SR), Patrick Coan (PC)

• Not Attending: AJ DeFlaminis (AJD); Herc Silverstein (HS); Greg Walters (GW), Jerrol Eschelman (JE), Derek Osborne (DO). AJ Deflaminis(AD) can not do Sundays, can do Mondays,

Agenda

• Events Report/ Ideas in Process
  • Jan Foreverscape — Vance, Demetra
  • Feb Autodesk — 3dv, Autodesk, Bev — Kurt Macey doesn’t know when they’re
  • March James vs. Reality — Patrick: use Living Room Theaters March 26 Sat, March 25, Fri, March 23 Wed. Check PCC else LRT
  • March Modeling experts — Stuart or Susan Sumida, Demetra, Bev, Laika
  • April Flash Gaming — Thomas, Vance, Demetra, Craig
  • May The Art of Tron — AJ, Disney, Demetra, Bev; elections, AJ did get a hold of Disney.
  • June NW Gaming — Beth Dillon, Bev,
  • July SIGGRAPH 2011 practice speakers Demetra, Bev.
  • August SIGGRAPH 2011 Conference, season program meeting
  • September Computer Animation Festival
• Financial Report –Jerol, annual report numbers
• Membership Report – DGA,PC,BS
• Other ideas?

Minutes

Schedules

• AJ can do Mondays
• Jerrol can meet on Fridays
• Demetra W/F/Sa

Venues

• Art Department
• Victory Outreach Church
• Living Room Theater: Tony is a contact and has provided pricing for events; An event on Saturday, ending before 2 is $230

Website

• (DGA) is holding the migrating due to a the mailing list switch, after the mailing list switch occurs, the site should be close to ready to go
• (PC) requested access to the template, waiting for reply

James VS Reality

• (PC) Needs to write a press release for the James V Reality, get specifics on the event, who is presenting, what is going to be presented, Bio’s on the speakers, date and venue, refreshment preference

Promotion and Event Identity

• We need a banner/sign
• New Business Cards
• Pamphlet

Event Post-Mortem

• It was proposed and voted that each event should be proceeded with an Event Post-Mortem to review the event and reflect on best practices/tragedies/etc.

Action Items

• (BS) Contact PCC for James event (done)
• (PC) Press release for the James event, draft run to Demetra, final sent to Lizzie with Liason, verify venue details and date (sent to DGA)
• (PC) Contact Beth Leeman for the NWG conference (contacted, she is no longer with NWG)
• (DGA) Website migration (e-mail list)
• (DGA) Negotiate travel details with the Sumidas(pending)
• (BS,AF) Verify Tron event prior to James event (Mar26th)
• Venue Spreadsheet: review the Venue page @ http://wp.siggraph.org/cascade/venues/