not formatted with too much care since we're going out for drinks :-D
Minutes of the Commitee Meeting 2005 January 9
...inasmuch as a meeting attended by mostly ex-committee members could be called one - more accurately an OldiesMeeting?? :)
- Present
- Mike D, Sean F, Michelle H, John M, d@vid s, d@vid's phone, Garrick vO
:Apologies: Everyone else
- In Durban (no need to apologise)
- Graham P
:In UK: Ian K
- In Thailand?
- Hendri C
** NB Ian and Tai, we gave you stuff to do ;) **
Committee business
It was noted, motioned, passed, confirmed and will in due course be defenestrated that John M will be Scrivener in 2005, since d@vid will be in Tokai, which is not the middle of nowhere, for most of the year.
See the end of the minutes for a painful demonstration of how to spell CLAWs?, Dragonfire and other fun words.
CLAWmarks 32
No more nagging, deadlines have passed
We need art, nag for art!!!
- d@vid s:
- editing & stuff, making submitters cry
- Sean F:
- hassle GMs? for campaign classifieds (e.g. Conrad, Tim)
- Adrianna P:
- have birthday
- Scribusize, ready-to-print
- actual printing:
- guess we have to do that too
Orientation schedule
PREVIOUSLY
Res + Faculty Orientation
MON FEB 14
Stand goes up, Gazebo lies in wait
CLAWmarks 32 available
Roleplaying demos
LARP sign-ups open
TUE FEB 15
Roleplaying demos
LARP: By Invitation Only - Briefing: 16h00, Run: 17h00 - 20h00
WED FEB 16
Roleplaying demos
LARP: High Seas - Briefing: 16h00, Run: 17h00 - 20h00
THU FEB 17
Sax Appeal Interruption
FRI FEB 18
RAG party?
SAT FEB 19
Adamastor (SCA) Valentine's Tournament (d@vid to confirm CLAWs interaction/promotion)
CLAWs party @ The One Ring - 19h00
(19, 19h00, nubile, other words beginning with n)
SUN FEB 20
No rest for the wicked
MON FEB 21
Freshers mistakenly attend first lectures
Notes
CLAWmarks 32:
Free with a coke on sign-up
R5 otherwise
Roleplaying demos:
In the shade of the gazebo
Preference to newbies
GMs? required (speak to Sean)
LARP Sign up:
LARP scheduling currently tentative
Character sheet on sign-up, require cellphone #
Newbies oriented: Preference, low costume requirements
Backups required (speak to Sean)
Orientation Tasks
(Note new task-oriented structure! Also available in mint and peach.)
- All of committee (including Mike, Michelle and various hangers-on):
- in costume at gazebo
- sean to help with costumes (e.g. John M)
- lassoing (see recent fwd to mailing list)
- promote Midweek Mayhem during Orientation
- Ian K:
- print, enlarge, distribute flyers + posters
- pending Garrick vO (posters), Michelle/John/d@vid (flyers)
- NB SDSD can send posters to other campii for distribution
- printing of CLAWmarks 32?
- Tai S:
- organise wargaming demos (presumably in tandem with roleplaying demos, speak to Sean)
- Mike D:
- book stall for Orientation (done)
- location of stall? (for Garrick: posters)
- confirm Orientation dates (done)
- confirm dates/times of major events (e.g. RAG party)
- confirm day of By Invitation Only (left voicemail w/ Shelaaargh)
- send Michelle last flyer
- confirm the One Ring (pending? done?)
- Sean F:
- Confirm status of banner
- (Backup plan: Mike/d@vid: Harry Brendan)
- Bandanas for High Seas
- bananas, and other things beginning with "ban"
- organising LARPs
- GMs? for both
- preparing sign-up sheets, character sheets (x 2)
- confirming availability on the day
- organising GMS for demo modules
- emphasise shade offered by spanky gazebo
- settle the issue of the year-old t-shirts
- Michelle H:
- new flyer
- A5, single-sided, black & white
- not just the Choose Your Own Adventure metaphor (to get last flyer from Mike)
- required: CLAWs, http://claws.uct.ac.za, "Roleplaying & wargaming society"
- optional: where the stand is (do we know?)
- d@vid to edit (the knife! it culls!)
- John M:
- can't sing, can't dance, generally available to help out
- helping Mike D with booking/dates (also seeing where SDSD is)
- helping Michelle H with flyer (the newbie's perspective)
- d@vid s:
- ask Patrick S re lassoing (done)
- to explain CLAWs grammar (done, see Memo)
- edit new flyer (pending Michelle/John)
- add sean to cthudmasters (for once & future Guildmistressing)
- find & send Garrick CLAWs logo (as found on t-shirt)
- confirm interest in Adamastor Valentine's Tourny (new item)
- web stuff
- organise a logon for John M with Simon C
- prominent how to use tiki link (well, I made some bits bold, I'll add a big fat freshers' link too, I think)
- fresher oriented front page (resurrect that old one)
- Garrick vO:
- declared High Don of Posters
- A3, black & white
- required: CLAWs, http://claws.uct.ac.za, "Roleplaying & wargaming society"
- optional: where the stand is (do we know?)
- pending: logo as on t-shirts (pending d@vid)
Other stuff (post-Orientation)
- d@vid s:
- hassle Sean to implement Guildmistress ideas
- Sean F:
- organise Midweek Mayhem GMing? from cthudmasters, in advance (pending d@vid invite)
- organise GM/player feedback in MWM
! A Memo That Is Not About How Cool My Phone Is
Please note the following spellings, including capitalisation (or not) and spaces (or not)...
* CLAWs (small s, it's not an acronym)
* Dragonfire (no space)
* CLAWthing, CLAWmember, CLAWmarks, CLAWroom... (no space, capital CLAW)
* CLAWs Noticeboard, CLAWs party... (if not a prefix, it has an s)
CLAWs' or CLAWs's dependent on whether you write Achilles' or Achilles's (as opposed to Jones's, which is always Jones's), should it ever come to that.
The exception: ClawWiki? (coz that's a traditional WikiWord?)
SPON is always written in all caps, particular in the word SPONsor?.
Someone, and I mention no Guildmistresses, wrote HAM SANDWHICHS at the bottom of the minutes. Simply too many capitals for my liking, and it's spelt PIG.
! A Memo That Is About How Cool My Phone Is
I downloaded the programming software the other day - apparently if you flip a bit it has dictaphone capabilities too
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