Attendees: Amanda, Travis, Joel, Socks, Nate, Lauren, Dave, Jake
Notes:
- See updates in table below, any extended conversations in minutes
- Merch checklist form:
- can we repurpose the rock island one with no/minimal changes?
- or google form again - would have to review and update from what we learned last year
- beautification
- more lollipops are scalable, dave can make better instructions this year
- would need someone with power tools to cut metal this year
- can we hang string lights on or near the airwalls without angering the hotel?
- projection mapping the back wall? open to exploring it
- school groups
- meeting tomorrow to discuss if we can accommodate 5 groups
- what do we need to ask or tell them before accepting?
- expectations, game lists, are we “judging” their games?
- MIVS curation
- done, waiting on capacity
- 64 fit below the line, working on that for now, 15 alum slots
- alumni - penalized for repeat alum showings in the last 3 years
- future discussion - penalty for game releasing too long ago?
- pin city is bringing Dom Palombi to talk about music (worked on it) - open to doing other guest things if we want to talk to guests
- IA curation
- duck roulette game is an example of IA submissions that would need a fully manned booth
- we need to determine our rules as we’re making a lot of IA exceptions to the 24/7 independent game rule
- Action items:
- Socks - make new layout sheet for 2027
- Socks - update IA dev handbook for 2027
- Amanda / Nate and or Socks - meet with MegCat - touchbase to see how retro curation is going, discuss their MIVS submissions and if it makes sense to just show in a portion of the retro area
- Lauren - meet with Matt and start marking acceptances
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