Vanderbilt Computer Society » Minutes http://www.vandycs.org VandyCS information and updates Tue, 31 Jan 2012 17:45:46 +0000 en hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.3.1 March 21 Minutes http://www.vandycs.org/2011/03/22/march-21-minutes/ http://www.vandycs.org/2011/03/22/march-21-minutes/#comments Tue, 22 Mar 2011 05:56:03 +0000 Russ http://www.vandycs.org/?p=400 March CommonsLAN successful

  • 40 head count
  • 20 participants

Next CommonsLAN

  • April 21 – Commons Carnival? Talk to Kenny Moore
  • Freeplay only
  • Cod:BlOps, Portal 2, Halo: Reach

Video Game Lecture

  • April 5th, 7p-9
  • Tom Carbone, Technical Director, Florida Interactive Entertainment Academy

New Officers

  • President: Brandon Conway (incumbent)
  • Vice President: Russ Amos
  • Secretary: Kyle Liming
  • Treasurer: Ming Cheng

Server Donation

  • Proceeds from 7 (possibly 12) Xserve G4s donated by McCabe and Cummings Research Groups
  • Funds put toward replacement web server

Opening up Officer Meetings to general attendance
Talks
Reviving PollVU

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- next week

CommonsLAN
- Friday
- MvC3
- Jonathan Barrett bossing
- posters going out
- Gamestop sponsoring

Gaming Nights
-

ACE Cooperation
- possible service trade; website for VandyLAN (shirts/posters/banners) designs

Coding Nights
- Alternating Tuesdays 5p-7p
- Start Mar 22

VandyLAN Feedback
- Officers discussed many changes

Constitution Improvements
- Officers (+Kyle) clarified constitution

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  • Gaming Nights – Timothy will be handling Gaming Nights scheduling.
  • CommonsLAN – March 18, Brandon will be handling it.
  • Coding Nights
    • One person talks at a time
    • Overall, not too bad, but we need to work on it for next time.
    • (Misc. note: Professor Dowdy is hard.)
  • Kyle is working on the t-shirts with Matt Blumenschein
  • Mario suit from Gamestop to dance around advertising VandyLAN
    • (not Brandon specifically, but if someone wants to Brandon would appreciate it)
  • Sponsorship
    • Maggiano’s and Chik-fil-a likely out
    • Brandon to confirm pizza places Tuesday
    • We have a Sony rep coming with Gamestop to advertise Killzone 3
  • Bosses are mostly good, just need tournament rules
  • T-Shirts
    • Black shirts for volunteers
    • bright red for bosses/officers
    • forest green for tournament winners
    • distributed at registration
  • Arcade Cabinet for VandyLAN…? (maybe)
  • Officer Elections
    • If you want to run for office, email Brandon (brandon.j.conway@vanderbilt.edu)
    • Offices
      • President
      • Vice-President
      • Secretary
      • Treasurer
      • Webmaster
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    Tournament Boss Sub Boss
    Super Smash Bros. Brawl Zach McAnally Robert Cook
    League of Legends Rain Xue Pablo Dopico
    Rock Band 3 Jonathan Barrett Ming Cheng
    FIFA Ryan Burns Gregory Gauthier
    2v2 Starcraft II Aaron Setser Kyle Liming

    Coordinators

    • Advertising: Kyle Liming. Report to Tim
    • Sponsorship: Keith Jones. Report to Brandon
    • T-shirts/Art: Matt Blumenschein. Report to Scott
    • Volunteer: Russ Amos.

    Possible Prizes

    • Amazon Gift Card
    • Kindle
    • Flip
    • Hard Drive
    • Gamestop Gift Card
    • Kinect
    • Messenger Bag/Backpack
    • Thinkgeek Gift Card
    • VandyLAN shirts
    • Retro consoles (DC or PS2)
    • Sound System
    • Netflix subscriptions

    Need speakers

    CommonsLAN

    scrap the original idea, going to actual “marathon” full of Speed Runs.

    • A Link to the Past
    • Kirby Super Star
    • Galaga
    • QWOP
    • Battletoads
    • Sonic 2
    • Super Mario Kart
    • Mega Man 2

    Registration

    Even if you register online, you still have to sign in at the LAN

    Tournament registration limited to two tournaments, except LoL and SCII, which are exclusive. Also discussed a better interface for listing equipment (check off what the registrant can bring and then have them list the quantity).

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