Minutes of Meeting 7 (Dec 4th, 2006)



-called to order 18h10

-treasurer’s report put off until Karl’s arrival

-President post-mortem:

*up from last term (which isn’t hard to do)
*overall seems to be going down
*there was more participation
*we now have permission for the stuff we show
*managed to dance around WFAC
*went well-ish
*”is positive because wants to be re-elected”

-W07 advertising

*most plans made for Fall fell through
*the club was on Campus Radioàcurrent events
*Imprint adds ~ 4/160$
*get things in full colour?
*intersection poles?
*Clubs days will be before the first show this term
*Seb volunteers to look into early advertising
*Use a poster/banister in sLC for each show?
*Mo volunteers for poster layouts

-Survey results:

-Things most liked:
*Howl’s Moving Castle
*FMA
*Samurai 7

-mixed:
*Kodocha
*Full Moon
*Panda Z

-posters forgot science
-suggestions for lots of
genres/series
-not much new suggestions for breaks
-need more advertising for contests if want more interest
-comments came in a wide variety of colours
-suggest extend Pizza runs to Friday
-people feel club is improving
-debate about dubs: throw tech at it, dubtitles still under debate
-to get more volunteers: incentives (raffle for volunteers), use members
list, advertise, callout at show
-running stuff: people want stuff, but don’t want to run it
-Licensing: want to show R2 again
-Have short meetings at the show?

-Suggested anime

series: [chosen]
*[Yugo the Negotiator]
*Gun Frontier
*[FMP 2nd raid] (13) (11
votes)
*Hikaru No Go
*Fate/Stay Night
*Ergo Proxy
*Elemental Gelade
*Gungrave
*[Gantz] (26) (7 votes)
*[Chevalier D’Eon] (24) (11 votes)
*Spiral
*Maburah
*Ghost Stories (dub) (20) (5 votes)
*Galaxy Railways
*Cosmo Warrior Zero (13) (3 votes)
*Noir
*EVA (26) (7 votes)
*Nerima Daikon Brothers (12) (7 votes)
*Black Cat (23) (5 votes)

-chosen:

*Yugo the Negotiator
*FMP 2nd raid
*Gantz
*Chevalier D’Eon
-if can’t, EVA or Nerima Daikon Brothers

-Meeting Proposals:
-drop shows?
-meeting in shows?
*voted in by majority
*Friday show
*give it a slot
*1/2 hr to 45 min
*use first meeting as
springboard to know what people like

-sampler slot?
*Pros:
*encourage audience to come
*easier for scheduling
*cuts down on show count
*helps decide for next show

*Cons:
*permission is not going to be fun
*cuts down on show count

-suggestions:
*more episodes, less series
*more shows
- small and short shows during week
- time conflicts present
- more volunteers needed
- 5 members each does a showing 2-3 hrs
- can get through 2-3 series a term
*price issue?
-tabled to next meeting

-Panda Z is removed from schedule

-Cosplay:
*book room for day
*first one 40 min to 1 hr explain how things work
*2nd repeat of first
*permission to place cosplay on poster? - Granted
- more on exec. List

-Group Anime North outing
*subsidizing, pre-registration, possibly organize hotel rooms? - less possible now
*if there is sufficient interest, club will subsidize it

-Guest policy à tabled to next term

-Old Business:

-WatCon II:

*tentative for Feb 3
*names for booking
*university wants info on guests/vendors
*mailing list set up

-Equipment

*Club computer on fritz
*tabled till next term

-Karl’s report:

* BMO 900$ +
*ING 7000$ +
*income 870$
*Expenses 621.70$
*made ~100$ this term

-for series, suggests Pani Poni Dash (cross between Azumanga Daioh and GTO)

-Nick volunteers for membership card design

-Amy has friend is graphic design – poster/card

-Meeting minutes approved

-Adjourned