Minutes: December 18th, 2006

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Cascade SIGGRAPH Board Meeting
December 18, 2006
Minutes by Fran Zandonella
Please send all corrections to Fran Z.
Location
Acapulco’s Gold, 2610 NW Vaughn St., in Portland
Time: 1:10pm – 2:00 pm
Attendees
Jeff Borg, Andrew Dennis, Fran Zandonella.
Minutes
Minutes from August (8/17/06), September (9/7/06), October (10/20/06),
and November (11/10/06) have not been approved.
Old Business
Health Insurance
Andrew looked health insurance.  He called Fullerton Insurance
Broker and left a message.  He’s waiting to hear back from them.
* Andrew will continue to look into the Health Insurance issue.
Banners
We’d like to have a banner that fits under a table.
* Jeff B. will follow up with Demetra about the status on this.
Volunteers
We need volunteers!!  We need a volunteer coordinator!
Andy noted that the original Cascade SIGGRAPH website author
is back in town.  Maybe he would like to volunteer again?
* Fran will write up descriptions for webmaster and membership
positions and send it to Jeff & the Board.
* Everyone needs to send their volunteer list to Jeff.
* Jeff will send out his volunteer list to the group.
New SIGGRAPH Chapter in Corvallis?
At the November event, Jeff met some students from Corvallis
who became members and are interested in having some events at
OSU.  Jeff contacted those people (students) to discuss working
with them on future meetings.
New Business
Database
Andy has a prototype database up and running.
* Fran will test Andy’s new database and give him feedback.
Committee Reports
Events
General Event Info
Since Demetra was absent, Fran Z gave a recap from the Programming Committee.
The Board noted that we need the season’s schedule for use in budgeting and
other planning.
* Demetra needs to send this year’s schedule to the Board for
planning purposes.
* Demetra will send a report from the last Programming Committee Meeting
to the Board.
Announcements
We’ve been sending too many announcements.  We need to be a bit
more organized / strategic about sending announcements.
We need to develop a second level of communication and get word out to
people at their companies.  Maybe 3DV could help us with this?  What
about Steve at Wacom?  And Liaison?
* Jeff will ask the 3DV folks, the Wacom folks, and the Liaison folks
if they can help us identify companies that have employees working in
the CG field.
* Jeff is will also work on getting together a list of school contacts.
CG Pioneer Meeting
Jeff found out the name of the CG Pioneer in our midst.
He is Russell Kirsch.  (His contact info is noted in our files,
but not in these minutes in consideration of Mr. Kirsch’s privacy.)
* Jeff will contact Russell Kirsch to see if he would be interested in giving
a talk.
Past Events
November Meeting, Social with IXDA / CHIFOO / SIGGRAPH / ASIFA,
November 20, 2006 5:30pm
Lucky Lab in NW Portland
Producer: Will Palumbo
We had 14 people at this meeting.  It was enjoyable for all.
December Meeting – No meeting planned (due to Holidays)
Upcoming Events
January Meeting, CG Social w/Showing the
Space-Time Animation Competition
January 18, 2007
Producer: Kristen
We need still need a location for the CG Social meeting.
This CG Social requires a screen for showing the animation.
February Meeting, Professor Mike Bailey from OSU
February 8, 2007
Producer: Demetra Gilmore Arnett
Professor Mike Bailey from Oregon State University has
offered to speak on a cg/scientific visualization topic.
February Meeting, Sony Presents
February 27, 2007
Producer: Patrick Coan
Status unknown at this time.
Traveling Art Show (TAS)
Producer: Ann M. & Genny Orr
Genny said that she will be speaking with the Willamette U. about
the Travelling Art Show in January.
The TAS will be showing in Los Angeles, CA, in the Fall 2007.
Future Meeting Suggestions
PHP group – regular meeting time and place
Military – CG work?
Membership
No change from last month.
Financial Report
We have $2278.81 in the bank.  That is $1000 more than last year.
Andy is working on a rough draft of a yearly budget.
* Andy will make a budget for the year.
Website
Andy noted that the original Cascade SIGGRAPH website author
is back in town.  Maybe he would like to volunteer again?
Next Meeting
Our next Board meeting is TBD in January 2007 in Portland.
Next Programming Committee Meeting
Our next Programming Committee Meeting is January 11, 2007,
location TBD.
The meeting adjourned at 2:00pm.
Action Items
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Health Insurance
* Andrew will continue to look into the Health Insurance issue.
Banners
* Jeff B. will follow up with Demetra about the status on this.
Volunteers
* Fran will write up descriptions for webmaster and membership
positions and send it to Jeff & the Board.
* Everyone needs to send their volunteer list to Jeff.
* Jeff will send out his volunteer list to the group.
Database
* Fran will test Andy’s new database and give him feedback.
Events
Upcoming Events
General Event Info
* Demetra needs to send this year’s schedule to the Board for
planning purposes.
* Demetra will send a report from the last Programming
Committee Meeting to the Board.
Announcements
* Jeff will ask the 3DV folks, the Wacom folks, and the Liaison folks
if they can help us identify companies that have employees working in
the CG field.
* Jeff is will also work on getting together a list of school contacts.
CG Pioneer Meeting
* Jeff will contact Russell Kirsch to see if he would be
interested in giving a talk.
Website
* Fran will write up a description and send it to the Board.
* Everyone still needs to put their web requirements on the wiki.
Financial Report
* Andy will make a budget for the year.

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