Online Games SIG/Conference Calls/May 20, 2009

International Game Developers Association

Contents 1 Notes from Conference Call 5/20/2009 4 p.m. EST 2 Attendance 2.1 Present 2.2 Apologies 2.3 Absent 3 Next call 4 Minutes 5 Action items

Notes from Conference Call 5/20/2009 4 p.m. EST

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

Attendance

Present

• Elonka Dunin, Simutronics
• Jeremy Nusser, Vindicia
• Erin Hoffman, HumanNature (EA spouse)

Apologies

• Gordon Walton, Bioware
• Anthony Castoro, Heatwave Interactive
• Steven Davis, Secureplay

Absent

• Terri Perkins, Funcom
• Chris Hood, Boohag

Next call

Third Wednesday of the month, June 17, 2009, 4 p.m. EST

Minutes

• Mailing list followup, checking that everyone has proper access
• Blog preliminary version up: http://igdaonline.wordpress.com/ Discussion of whether we can get it hosted off the IGDA site.
• Call for topics being discussed. Probably a good idea to have an "adopt-a-topic" for certain people, to encourage them to write blogs for it
• Discussion about who should be Chairperson for 2009/2010: Elonka Dunin chosen by Steering Committee to continue in role
• Discussion of upcoming conferences, and creating a publicly available calendar, or perhaps event feed for "one-stop shopping" to see all shows that are of interest to online game developers
• Discussion about creating a new LinkedIn group: "IGDA Online Game SIG Group"

Action items

• Write up minutes (Elonka)
• Check if blog can be hosted on new IGDA site (Erin)
• Create calendar of upcoming conferences on the wiki, and maybe blog feed (Jeremy)
• Create LinkedIn group (Erin)