SLAIS Gamers Meeting_Jan19_corrected

SLAIS Gamers Meeting – January 19, 2015

In attendance:
– Sadie Tucker
– Taylor Kenkel
– Matthew Murray
– Maria Paraschos

1. Elections
– Treasurer/Banker
– Duties: give receipts to LASSA treasurer
– Taylor volunteers to be Banker – motion passes
-To do: pass name onto Michael Wynne on LASSA

2. Money
– 50$ from LASSA, in bank account, accessible now

3. Events
– Sadie: would like more educational events in future, something to think about
– Regular meeting days!
– Possible meet-up at Storm Crow Tavern?
– Vote to hold an event from noon-2 in the Lounge, offer snacks like chips, etc. – Motion passes
o Wednesday February 4th elected as date
o Invite people to bring their own games; Put all our games out so people can choose what to play
o Budget: 10-15$ for chips, etc. – Sadie volunteers to get snacks from SuperStore
o Sadie also volunteered to submit ad for the SLAIS TV/posters

– Maybe organize a panel in the future for gaming librarians, something to look into
– Running RPG systems, learning how to run games – Sadie will look into who will be interested, Taylor can get players.

4. Tour
– SFU Burnaby Campus gaming library, video game room, board game collection
– Matthew can contact librarian(s) there to set up tour
– Possible day could be a Friday or a Wednesday.

5. Other
– Vote to buy games, Dixit won; we could post another poll, or someone could research into what games are in our collection currently, and what we could need/use in future to add to the collection.
– Currently have over 10 games in collection
– Sadie proposed saving the 50$ to use towards events/tour instead of buying new games for now
– Thrift store: Scrabble?
o Need more games that can accommodate lots of people, entry-level to attract more people who would want to play games

– Resource guide: what libraries have games
– Buying dice could also be something to consider in future.

Meeting adjourned: 12:45 PM

Tentative date for next meeting: February 25th, 11:30AM – 12:30