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

[Devin Monnens]

I'm planning to fly in on Tuesday. That would actually give me something to
do on Tuesday as opposed to just sitting around doing nothing all day (I
won't be able to afford the summit pass).

Like I said though, it's still a maybe because I have to justify the high
cost of the trip.

On Mon, Feb 2, 2009 at 4:27 PM, Andrew Armstrong <andrew at aarmstrong.org>wrote:


> I'm personally not fussed, sorry!

>

> There is the AI workshop I'm attending on Monday to Tuesday, but I doubt

> it'd clash with a session I'd "need to go to" (and might be a nice break

> from it), and W-F I don't know what's on at what times, but apart from the

> roundtable and my group gathering, I'm not tied to anything - this would be

> more worthwhile then most of the stuff I saw last year. :)

>

> Andrew

>

>

> Henry Lowood wrote:

>

>> 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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