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Cascade SIGGRAPH – 6/17/2014 – Board Meeting Minutes
In Attendance:
Demetra
Paul
Wes
Christina
Meeting Agenda:
Website changes from Paul. Logo changes from Christina. Demetra wants to get into our Facebook page and get everything figured out. Demetra would like Paul to alter our website so that we have easy access to the Facebook and twitter pages. Elections, annual report. Ideas for the July event and social media discussion. Christina needs to advertise the next event on Facebook and Twitter.
Demetra and everyone is trying to figure out a time to meet in order to sign paperwork and run elections, etc. We figured out a time and place for the next week.
June 30th event – At PCC, start registration around 6:00pm. Is about GD Director about the sound mixing software using only a laptop. Setup is around 5:45pm. Talk at 6:30pm. Christina will try and to get there on time but she may not, depends on traffic.
SIGGRAPH Summer BBQ for the summer, think about partnering with ASIFA for this. Demetra is going to BAMF. Paul is going out of town in the last week of July. Saturday July 19th is a date that would work for everyone. Time will be from 12pm to 4pm. Willamette Park near downtown. If the park costs us $100 or less it won’t be worth it. Demetra is going to ask Kendall about his house as a place to go and have the event at as a plan B.
Demetra is putting in the codes to get everyone their passes for the SIGGRAPH 2014 conference.
Action Items:
Demetra: Need to go online and register a non-profit as a name with the state.
Christina: Advertise the stuff on social media
Wes: Need to bring papers for Christina to sign for registration with the state
Wes: File non-profit business name with the state
Christina: Help Demetra run the elections, send out the emails and then count and tally everything
Paul: Look into changing around the website stuff on our website! Websites!!
Everything needs to be done by the 27th of June in order to get everything ready for SIGGRAPH 2014’s Conference in Vancouver
Cascade SIGGRAPH – Board Meeting Minutes 5/6/2014
In Attendance:
Demetra
Christina
Wes
Paul
Demetra needs to contact Jenny Dana about changing the website and giving us access to certain privileges. We are redoing the membership issues with ACM to and succeeding at adding all the officers as members of the branch into ACM’s website.
Talking about finding replacements or back up people for our positions as officers. We may have another chapter pass if everything gets resolved.
Treasurer’s Report:
Wes deposited money into our account. We are making a bit more money, which is good.
Demetra makes a motion that we register our chapter with the state of Oregon. Christina seconds it. We need a business license. Vote is unanimous.
Membership Report:
Christina doesn’t have anything this month for the membership report, but will try to cobble something together for next time.
SIGGRAPH has crazy parties!
May 12th event – Hollywood Theater
Demetra needs to edit down the videos the event next Monday from 4 hours to 1.5 hours. She is going to do that tonight.
Demetra is also trying to make a documentary about Yoga that sounds neat, but her time is taxed.
At the event we will have a table to answer questions, Demetra will put out posters. People will need to give a receipt, if they don’t have it they don’t get a reimbursement for what they paid.
Wes will stop by the bank to withdraw the money we need for the event to reimburse members for what they pay at the door. He will try and get around $150 bucks.
Post Mortum – April Event:
Paul – Let’s try to get the word our earlier for what we have for the coming events.
Demetra – Let’s count how many people come to the next event if we can
Action Items:
Demetra
Send chapter guidelines to officers
Contact Zarina about issue with officer membership
Christina
Contact Cindy Ryan of ACM about the associate membership system if I have questions
Put together membership report for next month.
GV Director, the world’s first non-linear live production center
June 30, 2014, 6 – 9 pm,
PCC Cascade Moriarty Arts Building Auditorium, room MAHB
104 705 N. Killingsworth Street (and Albina) Portland OR, 97217
See parking map
Register: http://cascadesiggraph2014june30.eventbrite.com
Join us to see a new, intuitive approach to the creation of live television that utilizes the power of modern graphics processors and touch screen user interfaces. Operators can now learn to create live programming, including multi-layered graphics, complex transitions, and pre-planned event sequences in a few hours instead of many weeks. David Griggs of Grass Valley, A Belden Brand, will discuss the technology behind the new GV Director live production switcher. See how the new GV Director from Grass Valley combines the functionality of a live production switcher, video server, and graphics generator into a simple, powerful, and creative workspace.
The annual SIGGRAPH Computer Animation Festival is one of the world’s most important showcases for innovative and visually stunning digital animation. Films that win honors here are qualified to compete for an Academy Award, and several in recent memory have either been nominated for or received an Oscar for “Best Animated Short.” Films chosen for this special “best of” show include narrative shorts, time-based art, visual effects, scientific visualization, and real-time graphics. 
Added bonus: for those that attend and are members of the Chapter, we are excited to offer a raffle drawing during our April and May events for a Select SIGGRAPH 2014 Pass (the full conference, minus the reception). This is a great deal and worth $430! To be eligible, make sure your membership is current, you attend the event, and you pick up your raffle ticket during registration if you are interested in going to the conference in Vancouver BC, August 10‑14, 2014. Must be present and a member of the chapter (renew or join now) to win. Tickets: this event is free to Cascade SIGGRAPH members (goto http://wp.siggraph.org/cascade/en/join). Tickets to the NW Animation Fest are available online at . Since SIGGRAPH events are free to members of the chapter, show your receipt to the chair at the event to get reimbursed. Or tickets are available at the door of the Hollywood Theater (directions and map). Transportation: parking is available on the street around the Theater at 41st and NE Sandy. Public transit or carpooling is recommended.
NW Animation Fest celebrates the best new work from independent animators around the globe. With over 200 films, it’s now the biggest animation festival in the USA. This year’s fest includes six Guest Shows, the Oregon Animation Industry Showcase, and five International Short Film Blocks. See it all for only $60 with an All-Festival Pass | BUY HERE.
Includes admission to the Art Gallery, Art Papers, Awards Presentation, Birds of a Feather, Computer Animation Festival-Daytime Selects, Computer Animation Festival-Electronic Theater, Dailies, Emerging Technologies, Exhibitor Tech Talks, Exhibits Fast Forward, International Resources, Job Fair, Keynote Session, Posters, Production Sessions, Real-Time Live!, Studio, Technical Papers Fast Forward, and all days of the Exhibition. Does not include reception ticket.
April SIGGRAPH Cascade – Board Meeting Minutes- April 15th 2014 In attendance: Demetra Christina Wes Paul (remotely) Demetra makes a motion to remove the old officers from the bank account, which include Beverly Standish and Daniel Sabin, and add Wes Cropper. Paul is on the phone remotely. Christina seconds the motion, and every officer approves it to pass. The motion is now passed. Events: April 30th, Wednesday, Auditorium Moriarty Arts Building PCC Cascade – 3d Printing from speaker Rob Ducey Christina will put the event online tomorrow once it is approved. Demetra is adding everyone to the e-mail list that signed in during our last event. Paul is using Caligator to get the word out to a ton of people about the next event. Demetra will be updating the SIGGRAPH Cascade website. Christina will take care of using Twitter and Facebook to get the word out. Wes and Demetra will put together a treasurers report. There are normally three report, Vice Chair, Treasurers Report (money), and Secretaries Report (membership) May 12th, NW Animation Festival, Monday of the festival – Hollywood Theater We are able to use the upstairs auditorium for the SIGGRAPH Computer Animation Festival and split the proceeds with the Hollywood Theater. In order to meet the membership values we have we can provide reimbursement for members who show their receipt. Post mortem from the last event: trouble with signing up membership. Tell people to do it online beforehand. New format for future events: Pre-registration: 5:30pm Registration / Meet and Mingle: 6:00pm Event” 6:30pm Christina – “This is a great time to renew your membership, Rob Ducey from Laika is worth it!” Renew membership stuff with a message like this. We make a motion to buy a new stamp pad for the events in the future. Treasurers report: $210 deposit $100 for box cash for events. Move to close down the post office box we currently have and move it to the PO BOX that Demetra has. Wes wants to create a report for every time we have a board meeting. Action Items: Everyone: Come up with a June event! Demetra: Print out list ahead of time showing different members (current and not current) and bring to the next event this month Map on eventbrite needs to be clearer in the announcement and we need to include a map attachment to the thing itself. Find out ticket pricing for the Hollywood theater Complete the memberships with Wes for the SIGGRAPH chapter Create a Google Group for the SIGGRAPH Cascade Board Members / Officers Christina Send out the need to re-new notice to everyone before the event on the cascade Siggraph page Add a renew membership stuff on the Facebook event when I create it Buy a new stamp pad for future events, and bring receipt to get reimbursement to April event Send a formal request to Patrick to shut down the SIGGRAPH twitter account, send it with a date to Patrick, give him a week to do it. Or he could hand over the credentials to me.
Rob Ducey will present the digital design and puppet fabrication process used on LAIKA’s first three films, with many images and examples from ParaNorman, the first stop-motion feature to employ a 3D color printer to create character facial animation — and the second stop-motion film (after Coraline) to be shot in 3D from the onset. The talk will focus on the use of various digital design and manufacturing tools at the studio. Some parallels will be drawn between LAIKA techniques and more conventional CG productions. Highlights: ways these digital manufacturing tools have impacted design and production — and where it’s headed. An explanation of how cutting edge technologies are used and the history of their development at the studio will also be presented. 
Production puppets will be on display.
SIGGRAPH – Cascade Chapter – March 18th 2014 In Attendance: Demetra Wes Christina Demetra is showing up at the event at 5:00pm, 5:30pm is when volunteers are showing up. So I will need to be there ASAP on Friday. Set up a table to keep track of everyone who is there with clipboards. Secretary is to do the sign in and taking information. Christina needs to member to bring in the membership sheets if she wants to to the event. Registration forms and membership forms are for Christina. Christina needs to do social media stuff every night this week to get the word out. Send information to Adi, Alison at Thetus and everyone at Convergence Training about the event Friday evening about the event and that everyone should come along. Secretary (me) needs to send out renewels to people who came to the event. Need to do data entry to the list. Talk to Demetra about how to do this. Vice chair takes care of the food for the events, etc. Christina try bugging Patrick about the Animation Festival. Christina needs to go to Facebook and create an ACM Siggraph business page on Facebook. No reciprocal links, send out Facebook stuff, hook it to the SIGGRAPH website. New event leads from Demetra: Demetra knows someone who works for Disney. Guy at Laika who is an expert on 3d printing and wants to do an event about it. Thinking about going to the SIGGRAPH get together in Vancouver Canada. Action Items: -Come to event on Friday (everyone) Christina
Demetra / Wes
Board Meeting Dates for this coming quarter: Palio Coffeehouse
Matt Arnold and David Waingarten of Second Story provide a unique insight into the methods that help artists, curators and even shopkeepers captivate their audience in a meaningful and participatory way. For years, they have been creating experiences that play out in the realm where the physical and digital worlds meet: virtual museum installations and interactive online media. It is here that the narrative of a space or collection can be brought to bear; visitors find themselves engaged in the content that surrounds them in new ways. When the digital and physical elements are balanced and incorporated into an experience effectively, the environment feels more responsive to the visitor’s journey, resulting in a more significant and longer lasting impression of their visit.
We believe in the primacy of place and the power of direct experience. The approaches used should always augment and enhance, never distract. As the digital and physical worlds converge, we are creating responsive environments — places where digital content and architecture are seamlessly interwoven and media acts as an interactive catalyst for increased knowledge and understanding of the subject. Places that are not responsive increasingly feel cut off, disconnected, not alive, and often less relevant. 
When places are ‘turned on’ they directly connect people to their world and digital lives. Activating a space requires us to integrate digital interventions that reveal meaning, make connections, and are participatory in nature in order to create new forms of collaboration across civic engagement, social innovation, cultural entrepreneurship, and education. We incorporate a lab-based approach where experimentation meets collaboration and many talents and backgrounds are brought together to ideate and “get real fast” with prototypes and physical models. Because we approach each project through the lens of a storytelling experience, we are able to create more personalized and participatory experiences that sow the seeds for advocacy and action that can have an impact the future of those who witness these environments. Tickets — this event is free to Cascade SIGGRAPH members. Tickets will be available at www.eventbrite.com, about one week before the event, with discounts for affiliated organizations and students. The price at the door for the general public will be $5.00 to defray operating costs. Transportation — parking is available on the street. The auditorium is at the north side of the Moriarty Arts building at the intersection of N. Killingsworth and Albina. Public transit or carpooling is recommended.
Second Story, a part of SapientNitro, is an innovation center pioneering new interactive experiences. We push the boundaries of storytelling for brands and institutions across digital channels—web, mobile, and installations—empowering audiences to connect and share. For more information, visit http://secondstory.com. Matt Arnold, Lead Engineer — Matt provides the studio with engineering leadership specific to interactive hardware, sensors, and media electronics. With a strong engineering background in robotics design and sensor integration, he offers mechanical design and software solutions to projects, enabling the studio to create unique displays and innovative interactive environments. His programming skills and expertise in 3D modeling also allow him to play a leading role in development of real time graphics displays and large data visualizations. Matt received a BS in Mechanical Engineering from Carnegie Mellon University. David Waingarten, Creative Director — David’s extensive storytelling background draws on his experiences as a feature filmmaker, musician, editor, and writer. As Creative Director, David works with clients to develop high-level narrative and storytelling strategies that capture the heart and DNA of studio projects, laying the foundations for engaging, intuitive, and inspirational visitor experiences. David ensures that the core creative and narrative goals of a project are met, from early concepts through installation. He leads team members across disciplines, guiding the creative force within the studio and inspiring excellence and laughter.
SIGGRAPH Cascade Board Meeting – February 2014 Minutes 2/18/2014 In attendance: -Demetra -Christina -Paul -Wes Topics for discussion: – Social Media Policy / – Website updates / – Upcoming Events / – Treasury Paul will be handling the issues we have with the website, he needs the information to access it however. Demetra will issue that to him. We need to change / move the background image so that it is more aesthetically appealing. Paul is happy to handle the aesthetic issues we have with it. Social media policy needs to be discussed and then rolled out for twitter, facebook, etc to up our presence online. What is needed on a social media policy?
Facebook / Twitter feed to the side of the Chapter’s website + icons to link to the social media platforms themselves. Maybe sign up for an Instagram account? LinkedIn is important for professional development and so we need a presence on LinkedIn to make that happen. Paul will create a photoshop mockup of the new website. Use Demetera’s logo for the chapter and integrate it into branding for social media platforms. Logo under the JOIN page on the website has the scheme we are going now. Demetra is going to fix the logo herself. Christina will handle redoing the logo for the chapter to make it more appealing and bring drafts next month for the chapter’s officers to review and comment on. Approvals for posts / tweets: How? When? Twitter is used for what? Facebook is used for what? Comment policy on Facebook. Policy for connecting on Facebook and creating offshoot groups from the page itself. We need to create a policy before we start implementing. Christina with draft a policy and have officers review it next month as well. Eventbrite is good. Perhaps hook that up through facebook as well to streamline everything and make it more efficient. Multiple admins might be good for the social media. Christina needs to delete the stupid posts about dating on the Facebook that someone else left there on accident. – March 21st in a Friday – Auditorium at PCC Cascade – 6:00pm (officers need to be there at 5:30) Second Story event on Interactive Design. Or an event about Portlandia and motion graphics. Grimm production / cg transition lecture. Second Story is probably most likely to be the ones to present from what we know so far. 6:00 – 8:30pm ← event time – May 15th – Northwest Animation Festival – Hollywood Theater Sven has reserved an auditorium for the Computer Animation Festival from ACM. We can market / advertise there a bit. Secretary will take care of membership for the chapter. Demetra and Christina will set a time to get together and go over membership management for Christina to handle since she isn’t familiar with it. Events for April and June are still needed. The chapter has a PO Box that needs to be switched to Wilsonville area to receive money from new members. Calls to Action for the next month from everyone——- All
Demetra
Christina
Paul
Wes
