Online Games SIG/Conference Calls/July 15, 2009

International Game Developers Association

Contents 1 Notes from Conference Call 7/15/2009 4 p.m. EST 2 Attendance 2.1 Present 2.2 Apologies 2.3 Absent 3 Next call 4 Minutes 5 Action items 6 Followups needed by next conference call

Notes from Conference Call 7/15/2009 4 p.m. EST

Call organized via http://www.freeconference.com

Attendance

Present

• Elonka Dunin, Simutronics
• Steven Davis, Secureplay
• Terri Perkins, Funcom
• Jeremy Nusser, Vindicia

Apologies

• Gordon Walton, Bioware
• Anthony Castoro, Heatwave Interactive
• Erin Hoffman, HumanNature (EA spouse)

Absent

• Chris Hood, Boohag

Next call

Third Wednesday of the month, August 19, 2009, 4 p.m. EST

Minutes

• Status of new IGDA test website
• Blogger project, http://igdaonline.wordpress.com, how to incorporate with new IGDA site
• Progress report on incorporation conference calendar into new website
• Discussion of questions to put into poll to gather opinions from IGDA members about what they want from the SIG
• Discussion of how to handle issues of dispute within the committee: Consensus, vote, or chair decision. If future disputes arise, we can spend 1 or 2 conference calls trying to reach a meeting of the minds, otherwise simply put it to a vote and move on.

Action items

• Prepare preliminary poll questions (Terri)
• Jeremy will coordinate with Erin or Wendy Despain about incorporating calendar of conferences into new website
• Steve will coordinate with Erin about whether his server will be useful for SIG purposes

Followups needed by next conference call

• Presence at upcoming Austin game conference (Anthony)
• Status of concept art for Online Games SIG icon (Anthony)