Meeting 2008.1

It’s probably not a bad idea to split the consoles up but there needs to be a single person in charge to make sure everything runs smoothly. If each seperate console runs itself independent of everything else I imagine things will get chaotic, if nothing else than simply from a scheduling standpoint. Maybe keep the console CL but allow him to appoint individuals to run the individual tournaments.

Actually, there should be a council leader for XBox 360, one for PS3, one for the Wii, etc. etc. The reason behind this is simple. We have a council leader for every PC Game that we play, thus we should have a council leader for every console we support. I believe that is the way it is written into the constitution, thus the way it should be. It is also written into the constitution that every council leader gets to have their own cabinet.

Here is a direct Quote from the Constitution, if you have any further questions:

“Each council will be represented by one (1) game or gaming platform, which is voted on by the general membership (see Article V). The maximum number of councils shall not exceed ten (10) at any time. No game shall be placed on the server(s) without having a corresponding council. Also, no gaming platform shall be supported by the Club without having a corresponding council and leader.

Each council will have a governing representative, hereafter referred to as council leader, who will directly oversee the activities of their respective council.

It is the duty of each council leader to facilitate and run meetings for their respective council, manage the general direction of their council, organize smaller events in which their council can participate, and finally promote unity and a sense of community within their council. It is also the duty of each council leader to update and maintain their respective game and to report any problems or limitations that the game server may have, while updating or upgrading their game server files.

Each council leader will report directly to the executive council and attend all executive council meetings. It is the responsibility of each council leader to report the agenda and general minutes of their respective meeting no later than twenty-four hours after their respective meeting to the Secretary, so that the Secretary may keep an accurate account of all happenings.”

All you guys have to do is read the constitution or ask me I know what is allowed and what isn’t allowed per our governing body, the constitution. And console Council leaders do not need anyone else over them, i.e. head Console Council Leader, as other Council Leaders do not have anyone over them other than the Executive Committee. Consoles should work together to come up with an agreeable Lan Tournament situation as they have worked in the past with our other hosted Games. This really is a simple process and I understand the lack of comittment, as I know from first hand what you are talking about. This is the way it was supposed to be and it was the way it was back when we first started supporting consoles, but People got lazy and didn’t want to keep track of council leaders so they lumped them, which of couse lumps all the work as well. Just trying to provide insight if it helps.

Yeah.. There is no PS3 representation. Just the 1 Josh brings. That’s still putting a workload on whoever is in charge of the 360 though, since there are more tournaments on that than the Wii. ( There are 4 360 tournaments to the Wii’s 2. ) Furthermore, there needs to be a change in the number of staff for consoles to accommodate for growth. If you want the community to grow, you need to increase resources (which includes manpower). Granted, we could use more consoles and TVs than we normally use (which is about 4 360’s 4 TVs, 2 Wiis, and 2 projectors) which causes major time conflict issues when running tournaments. I have also discussed adding a tournament or two with a couple people to help contribute to the growth of the community. So maybe an amendment is in hand. The console community is different from the PC one with different needs and different management techniques and different interests.

So.. all in all.

Another Suggestion : Amendment to change staffing positions for console division?

And finally to contribute to overall growth

Suggestion: Promoting the club through media on campus (be it ads in the university theater, fliers, TV62 ads, etc.).

Oh Malley said:

Another Suggestion : Amendment to change staffing positions for console division?

 

And finally to contribute to overall growth

Suggestion: Promoting the club through media on campus (be it ads in the university theater, fliers, TV62 ads, etc.).

The Marketing Administrator is supposed to Promote the club and its activities to the University, to students and to other interested parties. However, we haven’t had a reliable MA since we created the position. But its already in the constitution that the MA is supposed to do that.

Explain exactly what you want to change about the Console Staffing issue, So that I can draft an amendment.

alternative lan venues

Or even have casual get togethers, such as eating dinner at Dodson or the UC and discussing club business.

Oh Malley said:

Or even have casual get togethers, such as eating dinner at Dodson or the UC and discussing club business.

Simi Casual exec/cl/admin meetings is a great idea!!

The problem we had when their was an official meeting every 2-3weeks the crowd became smaller and smaller,, got to the point it was only the exec’s admins and council leaders showing up. I say a min of 3 official meetings per lan and a bunch of smaller get togethers is best.

Plus it’s easier to drag people to dinner than to a meeting. And I mean new people too.

Shane’s cookouts were the *edited*, I want to make a fire again and roast marshmallows and make smores, yeah all you pansies that left early missed out on that . It was also the last time Brian came to a social thing, other than the LAN, it was funny watching him almost catch himself on fire.

i love fire. i lit my entire left arem on fire before. 2 of my friends held a newspaper sheet and i punched through it. it was so cool because the paper started to burn from the hole i made in the center. had to dunk my arm in the pool after about a minute though. i didn’t wanna get burns

iif i ever come i’ll show y’all how to play with fire llol

Ashley Britt said:

Back on Topic please, meeting suggestions and things to remember to bring up at the next meeting.

 

-Forum Word Filter

-Next Lan

-Sponsors

-Marketing: banners flyers, Facebook, website, mailboxes, emails, etc.

-Building Community

-Fundraisiers

-Club T-Shirts

 

 

BTW at least one executive needs to print or copy down the ideas for the next meeting from this thread. And copy my threads because the content needs to be read at the meetings especially my post about Positions and their duties.

The word filter should hopefully be repaired on Monday. I have the code, I just have to update it for IPB2.3.3

if we plan to have 2 lans this semester we need to get this meeting in and get the new exec’s trained sometime in the next 2 weeks. we got a date yet?

Yes Training the new executives is a very important task, one that we have slacked on a bit in the past. Let’s not forget that after the elections, the new executives and any old executives need to be trained and have their duties and what is expected of them explained to each of them thoroughly.

Though every executive should read the constitution that way they not only know what is expected of them, but of each and every other member of the gaming club. It should help. Just a suggestion, of course.