SLAIS Gamers Meeting – February 25th 2015
Meeting started: 11:35
In attendance:
Taylor Kenkel (Master of Coins/Treasurer)
Matthew Murray (Internet Overseer/Webmaster)
Maria Paraschos (Scribe/Secretary + Note Taker)
1) Money, etc.
– Taylor: receipts will be submitted to LASSA this week.
– Expenses: Gaming session: -10.65$; Card for library tour: -10$. (Total: -20.65$)
– Current Budget: approximately +30$ remaining
2) Events!
– Gaming session: could have been more successful; Matthew was hoping more people would come, but it was ok overall; increased visibility of group at least.
– SFU Tour: fun; cool; lead to interesting discussion re: preservation + archiving games, pictures are up on SLAIS Gamers blog
3) Future events and to-dos
– To do: Elect more people!
– Get people to show up at meetings!
– Host another gaming session? Possibly set up something at the End of Term Potluck.
o Taylor to recruit more members from cohort via Facebook page
o Maybe bribe people with baked goods?
o March very busy month. Maria will make a doodle to see people’s availability; put on mailing list and Facebook page; maybe also SLAIS Social page.
– Event: Board Games for Adults at Mount Pleasant library on March 24th from 6PM-9PM.
4) Other interesting things of note
– ALA conference happening end of June, there are games stuff there: Game roundtable interest group in ALA
– Gaming in libraries Facebook page: https://www.facebook.com/groups/MTGLibrarians/. Good resource for those interested in gaming + librarianship!
Next meeting: March 24th at 12 pm. Maria to book room, TBA (probably Trail Room as usual)
Meeting adjourned: 12:03 PM