Super MAGScouts 2023 Scope of Project Meeting

2023-03-09

Present: nate, Nate, Lauren, Sarah, Casey, Bluehat Dave, Rob, Cralls

• Review our Scope brainstorming homework - things called out in this doc are discussion beyond what we all agreed on in the scope sheet
  • Justification - how to coalesce this into a mission statement/elevator pitch
    • All on a similar page here, yay
      • Inclusive term for parents - “kids and their adults”
  • Scope -
    • What are our responsibilities - liaison between depts/outreach to depts, and building comms for attendees. Also RESOURCES for content creators
    • What should we be very clear and firm on not taking on? - we are responsible for providing the opportunity for fun, we are not responsible for your fun
  • Objective -
    • What are our goals? - How do we reconcile MAGScouts with “PG-15”
      • Why did we choose 15 specifically (not historically, why do we remain married to it now). What does it mean re: enforceability, content guidelines?
      • Inclusive vs. exclusive boundary? Can we ask the org to better define this as an exclusive constraint (nothing worse than 15, vs everything should be for 15+ ages)
    • What do we want to provide to the community?
      • STEAM education that may not otherwise be accessible to youth
      • Nintendo contact?
  • Deliverables -
    • What tangible (or digital) deliverables can we realistically provide to Staff?
      • Easy to use tangible assets and easier accessible answers to question attendees may be answering about MAGScout content
    • What tangible (or digital) deliverables can we realistically provide to attendees?
      • “Making community and then pointing people towards it” - have a space at MAG (i.e. tabletop area) and a nudge to join the community (flyer/card to direct to website). Teach the creators/presenters to answer this question.
    • What tangible (or digital) deliverables can we realistically provide to the greater community?
      • Clarity to attendees
        • Easily identified and tagged content in Guidebook
      • Access to educational content
        • Should we liaise with other departments? Seek our own?
        • Bring educational opportunities outside Super will naturally flow from Super content (A MAGPowered event specifically for fulfilling an educational purpose) - part of greater 5+ year plan?
          • Can also be part of providing greater accessibility to community who cannot attend Super
  • Constraints -
    • What is currently holding us back or blocking us from achieving the above?
      • Leadership structure
      • PG-15
    • What do we anticipate to be a blocker as we move forward?
      • Internal and external community buy-in
  • Assumptions -
    • What assumptions or personal expectations do we have right now?
    • What are our expectations of ourselves? Of each other? MAGFest as an org? Of our attendees / consumers / community?
    • What are our expectations of ourselves? Of each other? MAGFest as an org? Of our attendees / consumers / community?
      • HONEST AND FREQUENT COMMUNICATION
• Other random MAGScouts thoughts
• “Young and young at heart”
• Should we be vetting the content more aggressively this year? We’re going to be blamed even if we explicitly state we’re not responsible for the content
• Action items:

ACTION ITEM: Distill brainstorm into Mission Statement (BlueHat Dave by April 1)

ACTION ITEM: Signing up for MAGCon Presentation and Breakout and Tour of the Kingdom Meeting (Nate M)