[game_preservation] Need for off-book meeting at GDC?

[Henry Lowood]

Ok, I'll reserve a time.  Here's the $24K question (man, that dates me): 
Which day?  Monday and Tuesday are primarily for the workshops, but a 
lot of people only show for the conference W-F.   I don't need a 
complete poll; if you a few people answer I'll go with what I have.

Henry

Frank Cifaldi wrote:

> The roundtables are never enough to come away with much of an action 

> plan, and we meet so seldom in person. Even without a specific agenda 

> I'd say additional time is a good idea, barring any prior commitments 

> I'll be at whatever you schedule Henry.

>

> On Mon, Feb 2, 2009 at 10:19 AM, Henry Lowood <lowood at stanford.edu 

> <mailto:lowood at stanford.edu>> wrote:

>

>     All,

>

>     We will have a roundtable or two at GDC this year. So my question

>     is about something else that is completely optional: is there any

>     need for an "off-book" meeting of the SIG or some sub-group of the

>     SIG at GDC?  Jason Della Rocca has a couple of rooms that can be

>     scheduled for this.   His note follows; just let me know if you

>     think we should book a room for anything.

>

>>     Hi all,

>>

>>     As usual, the IGDA is assigned a fixed pair of roundtable rooms

>>     that we can using during GDC week. And, we also have the usual

>>     IGDA booth in the lobby area.

>>

>>     You are all welcome to book additional time in those rooms based

>>     on SIG needs. Mind you, given we refactored all our roundtables

>>     to be "SIG meetings", not sure how needed this is. But, perhaps

>>     you just want your steering committee to meet, or a specific

>>     project team, etc. Up to you.

>>

>>     See the attached xls file for the current availability.

>>

>>     If you want a time slot, let me know and I'll pencil you in.

>>

>>     Regards,

>>         Jason

>>

>>     ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~

>>     Jason Della Rocca

>>     Executive Director

>>     International Game Developers Association 

>     Speaking of Jason, he will resign as head of IGDA after GDC. Here

>     is the announcement:

>

>     http://www.igda.org/newsroom/press_020209.php

>

>     and his blog post:

>

>     http://www.realitypanic.com/archives/388

>

>     Best,

>

>     Henry

>

>

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