Meeting Minutes 3/13/08

WCU Gaming Club

March 13, 2008

Meeting #20 @ 9:00 to 9:55

 

Present:

Jason Smith AKA Bitey, President

Justin Kearse AKA Falcon

Becca White AKA VBloodlustV, Historian

Chris Mouchet AKA DeviantSyntax, Secretary

Mike Russell AKA Nickname

Alec Lorsen AKA Potion #9

Ephraim Freed

Dustin Baker AKA ChaosWolf

Brenton Barber AKA Shingi

Joseph DeLong AKA Thor, Marketing Administrator

Shawna Hipps

Shae Cantrell AKA TrebuShae, Console President

Richard Cooke AKA Cacophany

Marshall Hartness AKA Metal Face

Jeremy Firebaugh AKA Chupathingy

Karen Stone AKA Princess/Kalia

Mitchell Pate AKA MasterP

Luke Harris AKA Silverfox

David Griffith AKA NoDice

Shane Baker AKA Kuros/Amalad

 

Via Telephone:

Robert Butler AKA Liam, Webmaster

Adam Faulkner AKA Adambomb, Alumni Advisor

Ashley Britt AKA Goddess or Abritt

 

Election for Vice President

 

Chris Mouchet aka DeviantSyntax received 11 votes; Mike Russell aka Nickname received 5 votes; Joseph DeLong aka Thor received 3 votes.

Chris Mouchet aka DeviantSyntax is now Vice President.

 

Election for Console Vice President

 

Joseph DeLongThor received 9 votes; Richard Cooke received 9 votes.

Jason Smith, President aka Bitey tie breaking vote for Richard Cooke. Richard Cooke as the new Console Vice President.

 

Election for Treasurer

 

Shawna Hipps received 15 votes; Ephraim Freed received 4 votes; Mitchell Pate aka Kip declined his nomination.

Shawna Hipps is now Treasurer.

 

Proposal to remove Kappamerc as Team Fortress 2 Council Leader

 

For: 13; all others abstain.

The motion is carried.

 

Election for Team Fortress 2 Council Leader

 

Shane Baker aka Kuros declined his nomination; Mike Russell aka Nickname wins by default.

Mike Russell aka Nickname is now the Team Fortress 2 Council Leader.

 

Election for Secretary

 

Chris Mouchet aka DeviantSyntax resigns as Secretary.

Ephraim Freed is nominated for Secretary; wins by default.

Ephraim Freed is now Secretary.

 

Announcement: The next LAN will take place in the UC Grand Room on Saturday, April 12. Set-up will be from 12 pm until 1 pm.

 

Nominations for Games to be played at the next LAN

PC:

Counter Strike 1.6: 7 votes

Team Fortress 2: 12 votes

Counter Strike Source: 16 votes

Quake 3 Arena: 8 votes

Unreal Tournament: 3

Call of Duty 4: 18

 

COD4, CSS, TF2, and Q3A will be hosted at the next LAN. 1.6 will be used for free play.

 

Console:

Call of Duty 4: 12

Super Smash Bros Brawl: 15

Guitar Hero 3: 5

Goldeneye 007: 9

Mario Kart 64: 10

Halo 3: 17

Duck Hunt: 1

Need for Speed: Prostreet: 2

Ultimate Mortal Kombat 3: 5

Fight Night 3: 2

Soul Calibur 2: 8

Gears of War: 1

Wii Bowling: 10

 

COD4, Brawl, MK64, Halo 3, and Wii Bowling will be hosted at the next LAN.

 

Food Proposal

The WCU Gaming Club votes unanimously to have food at the next LAN.

 

Announcement: A new list of IRC etiquette-related rules will be written up soon.

 

Justin Kearse aka Falcon took the floor:

*A new list of CSS-related rules is now in effect and is available on the forums.

*CSS will continue to use a rotation system.

*Applications for CSS Administrators are now being accepted.

 

Announcement: Jason Smith aka Bitey will look into making wristbands available at the next LAN.

 

Proposal: Moving all console tournaments to the Illusions room for the first LAN of the next semester.

The proposal will be discussed after the next LAN.

 

Proposal: An all-day RTS tournament being held at the next LAN.

The proposal will be discussed on the forums.

 

Announcement: Prizes will be restructured. Several console tournaments will have no prizes.

A vote was held to determine how prizes will be given out at the next LAN:

Tournament winners receive a door prize: 4 votes

Tournament winners receive a raffle prize: 0 votes

Tournament winners get to choose between a door or raffle prize: 13 votes.

 

Elections for Arcade free play at the next LAN:

Kitten Canon: 7 votes

Yeti Sports: 5

Yeti Sports 2: 1

Tower Defense 2007: 8

Psyco Mini Putt: 3

Electricman 2: 3

 

Tower Defense 2007 will be used for free play at the next LAN.

 

Shae Cantrell aka TrebuShae took the floor:

She reminded everyone that a Mini-LAN will be held in Central building this Saturday between 5 and 10 pm.

 

Announcement: Once tournaments begin at the next LAN, no singing or drumming will be permitted in Rock Band free play.

 

A vote was held to determine whether the “Mitchell Pate Clause” should be removed from the WCU Gaming Club Constitution.

There were five votes in favor of removing the clause; everyone else voted against. Vote Failed.

 

Proposal: The use of a recycling bin at the next LAN.

A recycling bin will be introduced at the next LAN. All money from recycling will go to support the club.

 

The meeting was adjourned at 9:55 pm.