*reads up on the history of the thread*…
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mmkay… a few things i picked out, to summarize…
Due to snow and a collection of other circumstances (all qualified reasons for not convening) there was no meeting… and ppl are angry with Bitey?… and we’re trying to figure out why no new recruits…
yeah, snow and other things mentioned definitely do happen, and get in the way. +1 to the Club if the meeting were to be rescheduled.
ppl are angry with Bitey about no meeting, or something of that nature? c’mon people, life happens from time to time, and mother nature gets cranky sometimes too. I think that should be a non-topic for anger
and no new recruits….
*thinks*
yeah, that one’s always one that will come back to bite you in the keester. I would actually point some fair share of the blame to the new freshman class restrictions, like living in scott dorm and all. without the ability to mingle, they truly are isolated from the rest of the student body, especially considering a majority of the freshman class is divisible into a few common source schools, which means that when isolated as much as they are already, they will deepen the rift and stay in the groups they were back in the high school days. considering those two factors, recruiting’s going to be a tough sell. to really pick up those groups, you may have to investigate how to make yourself visible to the freshman body. that’s less of a club factor and more an environmental effect.
also, just prodding, you’ll need to extend the knowledge to the new recruits that especially if they don’t see their preference of game in our current lineup, they need to lobby for their favorite(s). I speak that one from first-hand experience… coming out of high school I was a fan of things built around the quake-model engines – unreal tournament being the most obvious. when I spoke up, I actually found support, and thus a new member was forged. I REALLY wasn’t a fan of anything built around Valve software. (TBH I still despise Valve and all its new minions on steam). but, after the original draw for UT, then I dabbled a bit in cs:s and found that that community actually made the game bearable, even pleasant. and thus, some time later, a cs:s CL was forged. etc etc.
follow that logic, that we have to find some access point to the freshman body, and that we have to really show them that if they don’t see something they play that they can still get a stake in the club, and you’ll really blow the doors open on a new Club body.
btw, when y’all get that meeting rescheduled and all, post it and i’ll keep posted on when to expect a LAN… peace!