Game Writers SIG/Agenda

International Game Developers Association

[edit] Agenda for the Committee Meeting on Wednesday, October 8, 2008

[edit] 5 pm GMT / 12 noon EDT / 11 am CDT / 9 am PDT

Apologies for Absence

Please add your apologies for absence here if you cannot make this meeting and/or tell another committee member.

• Your name here (you slacker)

Agenda

Add your agenda points here - include your name!

1. Website developments.
2. Forum/Email links to tie the two together. Top Ten Forum and email list Hits. The top topics put on the Wiki.
3. We need to increase the visibility of the Wiki.
4. Assemble examples of writing samples…the sort of thing game companies ask for to go with the script samples.
5. Hiring Hall 2.0.
6. Build up the script library.
7. Improve the find a writer facility.
8. Contribute to and promote the IGDA magazine.
9. Look to see if we can publish a regular paid article in a magazine and/or have the quartley shipped with a magazine to help promote the SIG.
10. Any other business

Matters Arising

Matters arising from the previous meeting, and the primary committee member associated.

Recap of August meeting agenda:

1. Wendy is missing - Umm now what? (All)
2. Austin card game - Didn't happen (Chris Keeling)
3. Style Guide - Needs volunteers (Chris Keeling)
4. Game Journalism is Writing Too - Stalled (Corvus Elrod)
5. Open-Source Game Writing Tools - Celtx outreach (Ron Toland)
6. Whitepaper Update - Not updated (Richard Dansky)
7. Austin GDC planning overview (Richard Dansky et alia)

Status Reports

1. IGDA Magazine (Wendy Despain)
2. Script/Doc Library Update (Steve Jacobs?)
3. Books Update (Wendy Despain)
4. Style Guide (Chris Keeling)
5. Game Journalism is Writing Too (Corvus Elrod)
6. Whitepaper Update (Richard Dansky)
7. Open-Source Game Writing Tools (Ron Toland)
8. Credits committee Report (Stephen Dinehart)
9. Write Club (Kim)

Date of Next Meeting

When we decide when the next meeting will be.

AOB

The meeting will conclude with Any Other Business.