Cogswell ASB

Executive Board Meeting Notes for 11-12-08

2008-11-28T22:37:00.001-08:00

Hi All,

The following are the Executive Board Meeting Notes for 11-12-08:

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Andrew Jennings, ASB President, calls the meeting to order

Attendance
Andrew Jennings, Ken Ochi, Brody Brooks, Rob Chaitin, Will Natarajan, Courtney Hughes, Rebecca Fortelka, Nathan Hillier, Phillip Jenne, Steve Young

The ASB website needs someone to take over; if you are interested, please contact Rebecca Fortelka or Phillip Jenne for more information

The Vice President position is open for next semester; if you are interested, please speak to Andrew Jennings, Rebecca Fortelka, or Rob Chaitin for more information

Rebecca Fortelka will be leading a Holiday-themed All Student Meeting for December assisted by Will Natarajan and Nathan Hillier which includes a cookie exchange and other festive events; if you are interested in helping out, please contact Rebecca Fortelka for more information

There will be an Andrew Fest this Friday [tomorrow]; please plan to attend if you have the time

PC Game Night is scheduled for Nov. 22nd from 7pm - 130am; there will be multiple PC game tournaments including Left 4 Dead 4v4, TF2 3v3, Dawn of War 2v2, and World of Warcraft 2v2; prizes include Red Alert 3 and Deadspace for PC

Improv Club meets on Monday at 7pm; they've been having these meetings for over a month now and it's been going well; if you are an animator, this is a good chance to brush up on some acting and gesture from demonstrations and participation with your fellow Cogswell students

Friday Night Live will be making a return on 12-12-08 at 8pm, featuring Daniel Codella's blockbuster band Polare and a couple of guest DJs; please plan to attend if you want to hear some rockin music; door charge will be $2

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Executive Board meetings take place every Wednesday at 1pm. If you have any further questions regarding any topics covered in this email, please contact Andrew Jennings, Rebecca Fortelka, or myself. Thanks!

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Executive Board Meeting Notes 10/22 & 10/29

2008-11-03T20:30:00.001-08:00

Andrew Jennings, ASB President, calls the meeting to order

Attendance:
Andrew Jennings, Brody Brooks, Josh Cogswell, Ken Ochi, Will Natarajan, Rob Chaitin, Rachael Reisdorf, Rachel Staley, Nathan Hillier, Steve Young

We have $189 left for the semester less club funds; events which we will have after this money is spent will push us into deficit spending

The projected amount for the Spring semester's activities are $3300

Nov. 14th is the release of the 22nd James Bond movie: Quantum of Solace; sign up at the ASB door if you are interested in attending the midnight showing for free

Possible class trips in the Spring? Some ideas are to Sonoma or Napa valley, or to Monterey; if you have any ideas please contact Andrew Jennings or Rebecca Fortelka

10-29:

Andrew Jennings, ASB President, calls the meeting to order

Attendance:
Andrew Jennings, Phillip Jenne, Rachel Staley, Barb Bloom, Rachael Reisdorf, Nathan Hillier, Will Natarajan, Shane Finley, Rebecca Fortelka, Brody Brooks, Ken Ochi, Steve Young

Barb is going on maternity leave and will miss Spring semester, although she'll be here for the Fusion awards and commencement; her maternity leave will be from Nov. 12th - May 17th; for contact info in Barb's absence look for info on Barb's door

Polare will be performing at school on Dec. 12th

The ASB website calendar needs content; if you have an event w/ pics, please send them to Rebecca Fortelka

PC game night will be on Nov. 22nd; this is an all students event, so if you feel like LANning please attend; some possible tournaments include Left 4 Dead, TF2, and Dawn of War 40k

Cogswell President Chet Haskell has invited all of us students to spend election night w/ him Nov 4th in the Dragon's Den; some snacks which will be provided by the ASB budget include "Chet Mex", "McCain Muffins", "Obama Biscuits", and "Nader Tots"; plan to attend if possible!

Nov. 6th there is an ILM visit in the Den at 6pm by a Senior Modeler and an Animator; please show up, ask questions, and get informed!

Executive Board meetings take place every Wednesday at 1pm. If you have any further questions or comments regarding any subject within this email, please feel free to contact either Andrew Jennings, Rebecca Fortelka, or myself. Thanks!

Steve Young
ASB Secretary

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Executive Board Meeting Notes [10-15-08]

2008-10-29T22:56:00.001-07:00

Andrew Jennings, ASB President, calls the meeting to order

Attendance:
Andrew Jennings, Nathan Hillier, Rob Chaitin, Ken Ochi, Barb Bloom, Will Natarajan, Shane Finley, Brody Brooks, Rachel Staley, Phillip Jenne, Steve Young

Friday Night Live is happening on October 24th at 8pm; it will be free for Cogswell students and $3 for everyone else; the band "Raelyn" dropped out but a replacement band "Airshow Disaster" is coming in to replace them

Andrew Fest is happening this Friday at 7pm; the movie for the night will be "I Heart Huckabees"

This semester's clubs which renewed are Andrew Fest Club, Game Development Club, Web Design Club, CPC Radio Club, Music Producers Club, and Studio 15

This semester's new clubs are Friday Night Magic Club and the Women of Cogswell Club

The training video project is now delegated to Rebecca Fortelka and Rachel Staley

The All Student Meeting is next Wednesday Oct. 22nd at 8pm in the Dragon's Den; please plan to attend this student-only event to discuss any questions, comments or concerns that you might have

The Cogswell Halloween Party is coming up on Thursday, October 30th at 8pm; games for the night will include skee ball, bobbing for apples, and other traditional carnival games; if anyone has more ideas for games for the party, please contact Courtney Hughes

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Executive Board meetings take place every Wednesday at 1pm. If you have any questions or comments regarding any of the topics included in these notes, please contact either Andrew Jennings, Rebecca Fortelka or myself. Thanks!

Steve Young
ASB Secretary

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All Student Meeting Notes for [10-9-08]

2008-10-29T22:54:00.001-07:00

Andrew Jennings, ASB President, calls the meeting to order

Clubs which renewed: Andrew Fest Club, Game Development Club, Web Design Club, CPC Radio Club, Music Producers Club

Clubs newly applying: Friday Night Magic Club, Women of Cogswell Club

Friday Night Live is happening on Friday, October the 24th at 8pm; it will be free for Cogswell students and $3 for everyone else; please plan to attend to watch One Punch Machine Gun, Troubadour, Raelyn, and Outshined

The ASB Budget as well as all ASB and Executive Board Meeting Notes are now available on the "Flex" drive; to access this drive, hit the Windows key + R, then type in \\flex1\ASB

The ASB Book Exchange is now open; speak to Shane Finley or Will Natarajan for more information on how to put up your books for sale on the bookshelf

The Cogswell XL class has cancelled the Halloween event they had previously planned and are planning to have a different event, possibly for the day following Halloween; for further information, please speak to Courtney Hughes

The Checkout Lab fines are dealt on a case by case basis and will be reinforced once the fine amount has been personally assigned

The Music Producers Club is actively recruiting; if you are interested in joining or finding out more information, please contact Tony Diaz

Tobiah Marks is starting an Improv Club, which will start meeting on Mondays at 7pm in the Dragon's Den; if you are interested, feel free to attend one of the meetings

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All Student meetings are held once a month in Room 197. If you have any questions or comments regarding any topics covered in the notes, please speak to either Andrew Jennings, Rebecca Fortelka or myself.

Steve Young
ASB Secretary

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Executive Board Meeting Notes for [10-1-08]

2008-10-29T22:51:00.001-07:00

Andrew Jennings, ASB President, calls the meeting to order

Attendance: Andrew Jennings, Nathan Hillier, Brody Brooks, Rob Chaitin, Ken Ochi, Will Natarajan, Shane Finley, Rebecca Fortelka, Rachel Staley, Phillip Jenne, Steve Young

Solutions for the amount of posters and flyers which are put up around the school; how much is too much? [TABLED]

The 1st Women of Cogswell club meeting which took place Tuesday was successful; the club is planning for an all welcome event which will be moderated by Zoe Thomas; speak to Rebekah Hong or Rachel Staley regarding the details

The Andrew Fest this Thursday [tomorrow] will be in the theme of the Blues Brothers; bring your shades and funky hats if you plan to attend, and bring some money for food expenses

The ASB refrigerator is almost fully cleaned out and will be turned on again

The ASB office is still selling items for whoever needs them; if you need a specific item not carried in the store please speak to Andrew Jennings or Ken Ochi regarding the details

ILM representative Anita Stokes will be coming tonight at 6pm; make sure to take some time to attend to gain some valuable insight / information

The new ice cream vending machine is now available for use; it is not connected to the candy machine so if it ever goes down, the candy machine won't be disabled along w/ it

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Executive Board meetings take place every Wednesday during the lunch break. If you have any questions or comments regarding any items written in these notes, please speak to either Andrew Jennings or myself.

Steve Young
ASB Secretary

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ASB Executive Board Meeting 9-24-08

2008-10-29T22:49:00.001-07:00

Andrew Jennings, ASB President, calls the meeting to order

Attendance:
Andrew Jennings, Nathan Hillier, Ken Ochi, Rachael Reisdorf, Rob Chaitin, Will Natarajan, Shane Finley, Rebecca Fortelka, Phillip Jenne, Rachel Staley, Josh Cogswell, Steve Young

Rebecca spoke to a company willing to sell machines which can prepare nachos / hotdogs for $250 - $500; machine would be purchased as an investment for clubs to use for their respective fundraising events

Vending machine issues; solutions? [TABLED]
-We can sell candy out of the ASB office
-We can find a new vendor

Console Game Night update
-Prizes (including Rockband 2) are purchased and ready
-Event is this Sat. the 27th

IGDA Demo Night
-Expecting lots of industry professionals to come and show-off demos of their games
-Event is tonight, Wed. the 24th

Clubs will be required to create 11x17 posters to advertise their respective clubs along with their club renewals, which are both due on Oct. 2nd

The Book Exchange project is now delegated to Will Natarajan and Shane Finley

The Training Video project is now delegated to Rebecca Fortelka and Rachel Staley

Please take a look at the newly updated Casino Night pictures

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Executive Board meetings take place every Wednesday during lunch hours. If you have any questions or comments regarding any subject within this email, please contact either ASB President Andrew Jennings or ASB Vice President Rebecca Fortelka with your concerns. Thanks!

Steve Young
Executive Board Secretary

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ASB Meeting Notes 9-10-08

2008-10-29T22:48:00.001-07:00

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Andrew Jennings, ASB President, calls meeting to order.

Attendance: Andrew Jennings, Rachael Reisdorf, Brody Brooks, Rob Chaitin, Tobiah Marks, Josh Morello, Shane Finley, Will Natarayan, Rebecca Fortelka, Rachel Staley, Steve Young, Ken Oshi, Nathan

ASB office hours will soon be available. If you are on the Executive Board and still haven't sent your schedule to Andrew please do so.

ASB / Executive Board now has a folder on the Flex drive titled ASB.

ASB Constitution details? [TABLED]

Game Night is being co-sponsored by the Film Critics Club in the form of $100 club funds

Budget issues? [TABLED]

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ASB Meeting Notes 9-3-08

2008-10-29T22:44:00.001-07:00

ASB President Andrew Jennings calls the meeting to order.

Attendance - Andrew Jennings, Bob Graff, Rebecca Fortelka, Shane Finley, Will Narascua?, Josh Morello, Nathan Hillier, Rachael Reisdorf, Brody Brooks, Rob Chaitin, Rachel Staley, Steve Young

Quote for Casino Night equipment comes out to $1470 which includes 1 Craps table/dealer, 2 Blackjack tables/dealers, 2 Poker tables

Decorating commitee for Casino Night is Rebecca Fortelka, Rachel Staley, and Jessica Delacy; please contact one of them if you'd like to help out or get involved

The $530 budget leftover for Casino Night will go towards $100 for prizes and $430 for food/decorations

ASB Constitution details? [TABLED]

ASB Board members need to send their class schedules to Andrew Jennings so we can start scheduling open hours for the ASB office

Barb's Cogswell XL class is planning a Halloween event for Halloween night; budget will come out of Student Life and ASB members are encouraged to attend

Cogswell Radio will commence for the Fall starting tomorrow; visit www.cpcradio.net to tune in

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ASB Board meetings take place every Wednesday at lunch time approximately from 1230pm to 130pm. If you have any further questions or comments regarding any topics covered in these notes, please contact any ASB Board member for further information. Thanks!

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Executive Board Meeting Summary for 6-11-08

2008-07-30T20:08:00.001-07:00

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Andrew Jennings calls the meeting to order

Attendance:
Andrew Jennings, Rob Chaitin, Josh Cogswell, Rachel Staley, Josh Morello, Steve Young, Rachel Reisdorf, Barb Bloom, Brody Brooks, Amy Mihara

There is approximately $521.27 left in club funds after all the large purchases for the Summer have been made
Proposals for how we are to spend this amount are due by next week's meeting; if you have a suggestion, please write a brief proposal and submit to someone on the Executive Board [TABLED]

Console Game Night's budget will be submitted by next week's meeting; this will include the BBQ meat which will be purchased for the event [TABLED]

CPC Radio Club constitution will be submitted by next week's meeting [TABLED]

Barb Bloom is accepting care packages for American reservists serving in Iraq; accepted items include but are not limited to magazines, hard candy, non-perishable / non-frozen foods
Quote: "These are people that aren't soldiers who sign up through an Army recruiter but are everyday people who have been pulled out of their lives to serve there for up to a year. If there's anything we can do to make their stay there a little easier I think we should do it."
For more information, please contact Barb Bloom

Ice cream vending machine is broken (again); Barb will contact the company responsible for the machines

Rob requesting that the Executive Board Treasurer position be filled by latest July 1st in time for the new budgets to kick in
If you are interested in filling the position and need more information, please contact Rob Chaitin

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Executive Board meetings take place every Wednesday at 12:30 in the board room. If you have any questions or comments regarding the articles in this email, please don't hesitate to contact me. Thanks!

Executive Board Meeting Summary for 6-18-08

2008-07-30T20:05:00.001-07:00

ASB President Andrew Jennings calls the meeting to order

Attendance:
Andrew Jennings, Amy Mihara, Josh Cogswell, Josh Morello, Rachel Staley, Rebecca Fortelka, Brody Brooks, Marissa Sarabia, Andy Cameron, Stephen Young, Rob Chaitin, Rachel Reisdorf

Andy Cameron requested for funds in order to paint on the wall next to the Foosball table; his budget proposal will be due next week [TABLED]

Suggestions for spending the amount that is left in the budget:
Cotton Candy machine, Snow Cone machine, MAME machine, Parts for 3D printer, Spa Day, Raging Waters, Water "Fun" Day, Comicon Sketchbook grant

Game Night budget has been submitted
$380.25 has been approved in order to fund Console Game Night and the purchase of BBQ meats for the event; be sure to attend and help greet incoming Freshman and Spanish/Mexican students

$107.00 has been approved for the parts needed to get the MAME machine back in service [Arcade machine]

$250.00 has been approved to help fund the Cogswell Sketchbook team's trip to San Diego to attend the Comicon

$128.66 is left in the budget after aforementioned approvals have been deducted; will go towards a Snow Cone machine

** If the budget turns out to be larger then predicted and starting funds were $1200+ instead of $865.91, amount will be used for purchasing a HD big screen for the lounge **

Due to the vending machine company raising their prices again, we will have talks in next week's meeting regarding the feasibility of selling snacks and ice cream out of the ASB office at cheaper than what they are now [TABLED]

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ASB Minutes 4/3/08

2008-04-03T17:01:00.001-07:00

ASB Meeting 4/3/08 – Minutes

· Meeting was called to order by Rebecca Fortelka.

o 21 students and 7 faculty/staff were in attendance

· Rebecca announced upcoming events

o Console Game Night will be on Saturday 4/5/08 in the Dragon’s Den – it will feature Rock Band and Smash Bros. tournaments

o Andrew Fest / Board Game Night will be tonight 4/2/08 at 7:00 in the Dragon’s Den – bring games!

o Meet the Makers Career Day will be Saturday 4/19/08

o The opening reception for the senior gallery show will be 5/2/08

· We discussed the Fusion Awards

o The deadline to submit entries is tomorrow, Friday 4/4/08

o After the deadline has passed Rob will determine whether we have enough submissions to hold the awards show

o Tony suggested that in the future a small cash prize be offered in addition to the award, this was discussed

o We discussed the issue of student apathy regarding the Fusion Awards

· Rebecca opened discussion on a potential event for Summer term

o She has been in contact with a party planner from Dave & Buster’s

o The proposed event would be for 10-25 students and would entail lunch, games and teambuilding activities

o The event would cost approximately $1000, alcohol would not be included in this cost

o Andrew requested a list of games

· Rachel Staley and Rebecca Hong proposed the founding of a campus women’s organization

o They are looking for input and suggestions from Cogswell women

o The purpose of the organization would be to directly address women’s concerns at Cogswell

o They also proposed a calendar of the men of Cogswell to be used as promotional material – they are looking for graphic artists, male models and anyone else who wants to help them with the creation of the calendar

· Eric updated us on the sign ups for the Meet the Makers Career Day

o There will be resume & portfolio workshops and one on one critiques with the industry professionals

o Space for these will be limited so participants will need to sign up in advance

o To sign up, email Eric at emartin@cogswell.edu – the deadline is Wednesday 4/16/08 no exceptions

o Priority will be given based on class seniority

o There will also be a number of panels and lectures that are not sign up only, and we encourage all students to attend

· Evan updated us on the status of the Dragon’s Den lights

o The first batch of lights have arrived and been installed and another batch is on the way

o To be trained on the use of the lights contact Evan

· Andrew notified us of an upcoming proposal to upgrade the TV Room

· The meeting was adjourned

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ASB Minutes 3/27/08

2008-03-27T18:34:00.001-07:00

ASB Meeting 3/27/08 – Minutes

· Meeting was called to order by Andrew Jennings.

o 14 students and 2 faculty/staff were in attendance

· Andrew announced that 7 students have joined the ASB Executive Board

o The new Executive Board members are Nathan Hiller, Rachel Staley, Amy Mihara, Brody Brooks, Tobiah Marks, Joshua Morello and Anthony Dias

· Reid discussed the upcoming WASC visit next week

o WASC is evaluating how we know how our students are doing

o There will be a meeting for students to give feedback directly to the WASC committee next Thursday, 3/27/08 from 3:45-4:30 – location is still TBA

o Reid also stated that his official title is “Buntron”

· Upcoming events were announced

o Friday Night Live – Hip Hop Night will be next Friday 3/28/08 in the Dragon’s Den starting at 8:00 – it will feature over 20 separate hip hop artists

o Pancake Party will be next Saturday 3/29/08 in the Student Lounge and ASB Office from 7:00-1:00 – it will feature Barb making pancakes and a raffle

o Console Game Night will be on Saturday 4/5/08 in the Dragon’s Den – it will feature Rock Band and Smash Bros. tournaments

o The Film Critic’s Club will be viewing Jurassic Park on Monday 3/31/08 at 7:00 in the , and 300 on Tuesday 4/1/08 also in

o There will be a Board Game Night on Thursday 4/3/08 in the Dragon’s Den starting at 7:00

· Fusion Awards were discussed

o So far there have been very few submissions and the student consensus is that many people do not know about the upcoming 3/31/08 submission deadline

o Moving the deadline back was discussed

o Rebecca said that she felt she would have enough time to get submissions onto the website if she received them by Friday at the latest

o It was agreed to move the submission deadline back to Friday 4/4/08

o The idea of emailing recent alumni for submissions was discussed

o Students inquired whether posters could be placed in the front lobby, Rob agreed to ask Barb what the rules were

o We discussed whether copies of masters’ works could be submitted for the 2D Traditional Art category – it was agreed that they could so long as the original work was appropriately credited

o Rachael will look into having the email send an automated confirmation response when it receives a submission

o Rebecca will double check the ASB website to make sure all the forms are available and correct

o We discussed whether someone could enter multiple submissions to the same category if they were both completed by teams – it was agreed that as long as the team leader is different and that the teams were not composed of exactly the same people that teams would not be prevented from submitting if one or more of their members had submitted on a different team

· The meeting was adjourned

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ASB Meeting 3/20/08

2008-03-20T19:15:00.001-07:00

ASB Meeting 3/20/08 – Minutes

· Meeting was called to order by Rebecca Fortelka.

o 16 students and 5 faculty/staff were in attendance

· Rob provided an update from Barb regarding student storage on campus

o The Space Planning Committee met on 3/11 to discuss the proposal to create storage space for sculptures and portfolios on campus in response to Stefan’s request. Since we do not know how many students would use this space yet, we will meet again once Stefan’s petition is complete. But we did come up with 5 viable options that should meet students’ needs.

· Rob provided an update on the ASB budget

· Reid discussed the upcoming WASC visit next week

o WASC is evaluating how we know how our students are doing

o There will be a meeting for students to give feedback directly to the WASC committee next Thursday, 3/27/08 from 3:45-4:30 – location is still TBA

o Reid also stated that his official title is “Buntron”

· Rachael announced several upcoming events

o Friday Night Live – Hip Hop Night will be next Friday 3/28/08 in the Dragon’s Den starting at 8:00 – it will feature over 20 separate hip hop artists

o Pancake Party will be next Saturday 3/29/08 in the Student Lounge and ASB Office from 7:00-1:00 – it will feature Barb making pancakes and a raffle

o Console Game Night will be on Saturday 4/5/08 in the Dragon’s Den – it will feature Rock Band and Smash Bros. tournaments

o The first meeting of the Cogswell chapter of the Entertainment Consumer’s Association will be next Wednesday 3/26/08 at lunchtime in Room 193 – the ECA exists to fight censorship of video games and to improve the image of video games in mainstream culture.

· Rob reminded students of the upcoming AICCU art show

o The show is an annual event at the state capitol

o Cogswell will be sending 2-3 student works to represent us at the show

o Students interested in having their work in the show should submit it to Lucy this week

· Fusion Awards submission forms are available on the ASB website as well as from Andrew in the ASB Office or Rob in the Student Life Office

o Submissions are due by 3/31

· The ASB Presidential debate was held between Andrew Jennings and Rebecca Fortelka – Rob Chaitin moderated

o Rachael asked what the candidates had planned for summer

§ Rebecca wanted to inspire greater student involvement, hold a few awesome activities and talk to students about improving the ASB

§ Andrew wanted to go see Ironman, to work with GDC on some of their facilities requests, to convert the TV lounge into a high quality movie screening room and to work with Evan on repainting some of the audio room.

o Tobias asked if the candidates would prefer the ASB budget be spent on a large number of small scale events or a small number of large scale events

§ Rebecca felt that a smaller number of large events was better but added that she would like to see some afternoon events as well as the usual evening ones

§ Andrew agreed that larger events were better and added that he wanted to see more opportunities for clubs to fundraise. He also said that he is in the process of planning a very large event for next year and that, in general, he’d rather see some of the event budget cut back in favor of school improvements

o Rachael asked if either candidate planned to paint over the wall outside room 197

§ Andrew said no

§ Rebecca said no, that painting murals on white walls were the priority

o Tyler asked if the candidates had any plans to replace the job wall

§ Andrew felt this was more of an issue for the Career Office

§ Rebecca had no opinion

o Steve asked how the candidates planned to raise public awareness of Cogswell

§ Rebecca said she would work with the recruitment staff and try to reach out to prospective students. She added that she recently had the opportunity to return to her High School with Barb and participate in recruiting efforts there.

§ Andrew said that it was all students’ responsibility to raise Cogswell’s profile. He went on to say that he currently worked as an ambassador. He said that students should take it upon themselves to talk to people from outside of the Cogswell community about our school and that they should also talk to Barb about websites they frequent or publications they read so that advertising can be better targeted.

o Tobias asked what would each candidate do different than their opponent

§ Rebecca said that this was a very difficult question but that she felt she would be able to expose students to different parts of campus life than they were used to or than were specific to their majors, and that she would promote activities and events.

§ Andrew felt that the biggest campus issue is student involvement and that he would improve this by getting students involved in school improvements. He cited his work on the ASB Office as a successful example of this.

o Steve asked the candidates opinion of Cogswell’s “adult themed” logo, and if they planned to do anything about it

§ Andrew said that while he doesn’t like the logo, it cannot be changed and that he would rather be proactive in designing an ASB logo that could be used for ASB clothing, etc, than to complain about the school logo over which he has no control.

§ Rebecca said she would change the logo if she could.

o Rob asked what the candidates favorite and least favorite aspects of ASB were

§ Andrew said his favorite thing about ASB was the potential it has to get students who don’t do a lot of stuff to become more involved. His least favorite aspect was not enough student involvement.

§ Rebecca said her favorite aspect of ASB was that it gave her a chance to effect positive changes on campus and the interaction between ASB and the faculty. Her least favorite aspect was lack of involvement and students complaining about problems at the school rather than being proactive and finding solutions.

o This concluded the debate.

o All students will have the opportunity to cast their vote for ASB President next week – details on how to vote will be announced tomorrow or Monday

· The meeting was adjourned

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ASB Meeting 3.6.08

2008-03-13T20:58:00.001-07:00

ASB Meeting 3/6/08 – Minutes

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· Meeting was called to order By Rebecca Fortelka.

· Andrew discussed retrofitting a MAME station

o The old Neo-Geo box currently residing in Game Club does not work due to the original owner taking several pieces of software and hardware

o Joey has volunteered to set it up as a MAME station, provided ASB pays for the parts to do so – he will not charge ASB for labor

o Cost is estimated between $150-$200

o Tobias and Brody discussed the legality of MAME games – some are legal, some are not

o Andrew stated that the machine would be free for all students to play, and could be installed in either the Student Lounge or the ASB Office

o Tobias also said that since the machine would essentially be a PC it would be able to run student developed games as well

o Brody wanted to know if Joey would be able to maintain the system in the event that it broke, Andrew said he probably would while he is still a student here

o Eric wanted the controllers to be retrofitted from four to six buttons

o Tobias proposed that ASB provide funds up to $200 for the conversion of the Neo Geo into a MAME station

o The motion passed

· Rachael would like to throw a Pancake Party

o She requested $80 in funding from ASB for food and raffle prizes

o She proposed that the event be held on Saturday, March 29th from 7pm-1am in the Student Lounge and ASB Office

o The event would consist of the cooking and consumption of pancakes, watching movies, playing games, and a raffle for gift cards – students who purchase Cogswell pajama pants at the event would receive free raffle tickets

o Marissa motioned to provide up to $80 of ASB funds for the Pancake Party

o The motion passed

· Amy announced that the next Console Game Night will be held on March 28th (Note: this will be changed due to a conflict with Friday Night Live)

o The event will feature a Rock Band tourney, a possible Smash Bros. tourney and a raffle with console games as prizes

· Stephan presented a proposal for on campus student storage that he has submitted to Barb and Andrey

o The proposal covers a number of reasons why students require additional storage space for oversized items such as sculptures

o Eric had concerns about the cost to the school to staff a storage room

o Andrew felt this was an issue better addressed by the Space Planning Committee

o Evan wanted to know how much space would be required – he suggested that if the amount needed is small there may be room within the AV Lab to add a storage area

o Stephan needs student support in order for the Space Planning Committee to review the proposal

o The proposal has been posted along with a petition outside the ASB Office – students interested in adding storage on campus should read over it and sign the petition

o Once the petition is complete it will be submitted to the Space Planning Committee

· Rebecca is going to be sending out a survey to the student body at large

o The survey will address how ASB meetings and the ASB website can be improved to encourage greater student participation

o She also mentioned that there is now space for photos, club info and other club content on the ASB site and that clubs should submit whatever they would like posted to her at rfortelka@cogswell.edu

· Fusion Awards submission forms are available on the ASB website as well as from Andrew in the ASB Office or Rob in the Student Life Office

o Submissions are due by 3/31

· Rob reviewed upcoming election dates

o Forms for all those interested in running for President or Vice President are due by 3/14

o There will be a debate at the ASB meeting on 3/20

o Elections will be held at the ASB meeting on 3/27

· Eric announced the Meet the Makers event scheduled for 4/19

o The event will feature a dozen industry representatives from several different companies including EA, Cryptic, Maxis, etc

o There will be activities throughout the day including panel discussions with Q and A, a portfolio and resume workshop and critiques for animators, modelers and game designers

o The workshops will be sign-up only, contact Eric to sign up, preference will be given to graduating seniors and the rest will be first come first serve

o Breakfast and lunch will be provided

o Eric will continue to update the student body about this event through their Cogswell emails

· Andy announced that all financial aid applications are due to him by 3/15

· Kathy announced that she will be posting quotations from Grace Hopper around the school and that students should keep an eye out for them

· The meeting was adjourned

ASB Minutes for 2/28/08

2008-02-29T09:21:00.000-08:00

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ASB Meeting 2/28/08 – Minutes

Meeting was called to order By Rebecca Fortelka.
Rebecca announced that the PJ party has officially been cancelled

Rebecca stated the party was cancelled due to lack of interest and lack of a good time to hold it
Barb asked what we planned to do with all the extra pancake mix, etc
Andrew suggested we could plan to have pancakes at lunchtime some day, maybe at an ASB meeting

Rob gave an update on Fusion Awards

Submission forms will be available next week – the submission deadline is 3/31
Rob is looking for more student volunteers to work on the Fusion Awards, specifically in helping Rebecca with the website, handling incoming submissions, contacting faculty about judging and presenting awards, planning decorations for the event and event setup and management and designing a logo for the awards
Josh and Will volunteered to help

Andrew still needs more volunteers for the ASB Office
Rob and Rachael discussed upcoming elections

Currently Rebecca Fortelka is the only candidate for ASB President
Forms for all those interested in running for President or Vice President are NOW due by 3/17
There will be a debate at the ASB meeting on 3/20
Elections will be held at the ASB meeting on 3/27

Andrew talked about the unsuccessful contest to design a mascot for the school

Andrew proposed that instead of a contest we hold a “character smash” where artists could collaborate to build a mascot character – he said that Jeff Jackson would be willing to help moderate such a process
Barb pointed out that our mascot need not be a dragon so long as the student body supports it
Andrew said he would try to organize a character smash event sometime soon, possibly at lunch time

Josh had a budget question about Friday Night Live

The budgeted $80 from the last Friday Night Live was unspent and Josh wanted authorization to use that money for the purchase of DV Tapes to record future events
A motion to that effect was made and passed
Josh announced that the next Friday Night Live will be on 3/28 and will have a hip hop theme – there will be over 15 artists on the bill and Tony will be selling food again

Rebecca wanted to know if a survey of students might be used to find out how better to run ASB meetings and how to get more students to attend them

Brody stated that he believes students that do not attend ASB meeting are not interested in them and would continue to feel that way regardless of what changes might be made

Rachael announced that the Student Life sponsored Ski Trip would be on 3/9

Any interested students need to return waivers to Rob ASAP

Barb announced that there will be a library evaluation taking place on 3/4 and 3/5

There will be a student meeting on 3/5 @ 12:30 for students to give feedback about the library to the evaluating committee

Barb presented Andy’s proposal to do a mural of the nerdy dragon somewhere on campus and asked where it should go

Brody thought it should go on a wall that doesn’t yet have a mural on it, rather than paint over an old one
Andrew suggested the back wall of the Student Lounge behind the foosball table
Several students expressed that ASB wanted the ability to approve or veto mural content
Barb pointed out that this was contrary to what they had said when last this topic was discussed
A motion was made to request that ASB be given approval authority over mural content
The motion passed

Brody reported on Steve’s behalf that PC Game Night was a big success

Over 40 people attended
The raffle made $166 total, $83 of which belongs to ASB
Andrew suggested that for future raffles we could write game companies for free swag or product to raffle off

Tony announced that the Music Producers Club will be meeting every Monday at 5:00 in room 193

The MPD will also be hosting laptop jams every Thursday in the Dragon’s Den from 7-10

Rachael proposed that we start a Silicon Valley chapter of the Entertainment Consumers Association

The group promotes free speech in video games and raises public awareness about the issues of censorship that face the video game industry
For any Cogswell Student to join the fee is $15

The meeting was adjourned

Minutes from 2/21/08

2008-02-21T13:58:00.000-08:00

meeting was called to order By Andrew Jennings.

· Andrew proposed providing incentives for people to volunteer in the ASB Office

o He proposed offering a free sweatshirt each semester and a 25% discount on all office supplies sold out of the office

o Barb pointed out that ASB doesn’t pay for the sweatshirts, Student Life does, but agreed to cover the cost for one sweatshirt for each volunteer, but only once, not every semester

o Tyler recommended that volunteers have their choice between a sweatshirt or another article of clothing

o Tyler made a motion to provide ASB Office volunteers with one free article of clothing when they start and a 25% discount on office supplies sold out of the office for as long as they volunteer

o The motion passed

· Barb reviewed the campus posting policy and the new campus selling policy

o The policies will be included in the Student Handbook next year, and will also be available in the Student Life Office

o The policies are also attached to these minutes

· Tony wanted to discuss ASB funding of murals around the school

o He wasn’t happy with the mural that replaced the purple dragon and asked that students seeking ASB funding for mural projects be required to submit sketches before getting approved

o Andrew pointed out that standard procedure has been for students to submit sketches to ASB as well as the space planning committee

o Tyler did not feel that the mural that was painted matched the one that was originally proposed

o Barb clarified that ASB does not have the authority to decide which murals may or may not be painted around the school

o Andrew agreed but also noted that if ASB does not approve of a mural they should not have to fund it

o Barb asked whether the school needs a different mural approval process

o Andrew preferred that ASB withhold the right not to reimburse for murals which do not match designs submitted when funding was originally requested

· Steve gave us an update on this weekend’s PC Game Night

Thanks to everyone who attended. See you next week J

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ASB Minutes from 2/7/08

2008-02-12T07:50:00.000-08:00

PC Game Night

· February 23rd, 7 pm - ???

· Win AWESOME graphics cards!

· Play fun games! Tournaments! Whatever you want!

· Dragon’s DEN!!!

Kenya

· WE RAISED OVER $200!!!!!! WOOOOOOOOO!!!!

· Now kids in Kenya can have basic school supplies :D

· And students get a pizza party!! Yay!!! More to come later.…

BUY STUFF IN ASB!

· Art supplies, t-shirts, sweat shirts, etc.

24 Hour Access

· Approved by Chet!

· HOWEVER, you must apply with Michael Martin (hour long interview)

· Fill out ext. access form and check “24 hr. access”

· Must renew each semester

VISIT WWW.COGSWELLASB.COM

· Clickity mcClick’ems on the Google ads so we can make some money :D

Elections

· Want to be ASB president? Fill out the form in Rob’s office and start your campaign!

Marie Antonette Museum Visit

· Feb. 15th – meet at CPC at 10 am

· Your gas is paid for!

· See Rob for more details!

· No Marie Antonette look-alike contest though L

· It’s online

· April 2nd will be the start of registering for Fall

· There’s an $80 late fee so do it right now!

FRIDAY NIGHT LIVE UNPLUGGED!

· Next Friday, February 22, 7 pm

· TonyD is making TACOS!!!

· $1 Taco $5 Meal Deal

CPC’s Web Club

· Will make your webpage for FREE!!!

· Talk to Rebecca

Want a Summer Flash Class? (That’s a class about Adobe Flash…….)

· Talk to Rebecca rfortelka@cogswell.edu

CPC RADIO LAUNCH!

· Wednesday, Feb. 13th, 12 pm and 7 pm

· BBQ at 12 pm!!

· Want your own talkshow? Check your email for the application!

· Or talk to Josh Morello

WASC is coming!

· Let them know how awesome CPC is!

Registration Computer

· On the front desk in the Campus Service Center

· Send your event posters to Barb and she will put that on the computer as the screen saver!! wooo

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ASB minutes for 1/31/08

2008-02-01T12:12:00.000-08:00

Minutes:

Pajama Party!

· Feb. 9th, 7 pm – 1 am, lounge area

· Movies, popcorn, funness WEAR YOUR PJs and/or buy the CPC PJs

· RAFFLE FOR COOL PRIZES

· Raffle money will go towards the Kenya fund!

· BARB IS MAKING PANCAKES AND SHE’S AWESOME!!!!!!!!

Dragon’s Den Proposal

· Andrey makes a special proposal – ASB donates $1k, he’ll figure out the rest

· PASSED!

Click the ads on the ASB site!

· www.cogswellasb.com

PC Game Night

· Feb. 23rd, 7 pm - ???

· 2 graphics cards (freakin insane ones) in the raffle!

· Asked for $220 more

· What was approved: Game Club gives back half of what they make in the raffle

Memorable Brody Quotes:

“It’s like we raided a drug lord” ~ of the last console game night raffle

24 HOUR ACCESS APPROVED!

· Chet approved it!

· It’s not free reign though – you must apply for it.

· Talk to Rob for more info
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ASB minutes for 1/17/08

2008-01-22T19:14:00.000-08:00

Game Coop (previously known as Game in a Month)
- Next meeting is Tuesday at 7 pm

Pajama Party
- February 2nd - pajamas, movies, popcorn, etc.

Rugby
- Sign up on the ASB door

Club Renewal
- You have until THIS Thursday to renew your club, otherwise no moolah for you

Ski Trip Interest?
- Interested in doing a ski trip? email Rachael! rsass@cogswell.edu

Kenya School
- The fundraiser is on! Rebecca is making posters. Deadline for donations is Feb. 1st. Give your donations to Rob or Rachael. ASB will match students' donations up to $200. If student donations reach $200, there will be an awesome pizza party.

Heating
- Everyone agrees, the building is too cold

ASB Site
- It's up! Go visit it!!

PC Game Night
- February 23rd, D Den, 7 pm

Proposal coming
- Get event lighting in the dragons den

ASB Office Budget
- Andrew needs more for art supplies that are sold in ASB

Fusion Awards are Coming!
- Getting rid of Documentary category (documentaries can be submitted as Films)
- Adding board game category

School Wide Event?
- Andrew proposes an event that would have PC game night, console game night, tournaments, board games, movies, concert, game companies present at the event, awesome raffle, free swag, bingo, food all in an awesome overnighter

Events for Jan

2008-01-10T05:35:00.000-08:00

Jan 10 – The first All Student Meeting will be held in Room 197 @ 12:30. Among other things we will be discussing whether or not to do a ski trip this year, the progress on a 24/7 access policy and plans for ASB for the new term. As always, free lunch will be provided.

Jan 11 – A night out at the movies! Join Rachael and Rob at a showing of Sweeney Todd at the AMC Mercado Theater. Tickets are free of charge to Cogswell Students. We’re aiming for a 7pm showtime and planning to meet out front at around 6:30.

Jan 17 – Andrew Fest! Yes, that cavalcade of buffoonery returns luchador style this month. For the unannointed, this means a night of bbq, board games, poker tourneys and prizes.

Jan 25 – Friday Night Live! Live music featuring One Punch Machine Gun, St. Riley and Andscene in the Dragon’s Den.

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2007-11-30T10:49:00.000-08:00

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ASB Meeting for Nov 1st 07

2007-11-19T15:53:00.000-08:00

DATES TO REMEMBER

November

7th – Game in a Month, pizza and games, 7 pm, Game Club Room

8th – Modo Users Group, 7 pm, room 172

10th – Paintball in Burlingame – Sign up on ASB door

11th – Body Worlds @ the Tech excursion – sign up on ASB door

14th – Thanksgiving Potluck in the Den – sign up in the main office

15th – ASB debate

15th – Foosball Tournament

15th – IDGA Speaker Panel

16th – Beowulf, AMC Mercado in Santa Clara, 8:00 pm

16th – Pixar Tour – pick up form from Rob

16th – Friday Night Live here on campus

17th – Console Game Night, Den, 6 pm

29th – ASB elections

December

7th – PDI/Dreamworks Tour – pick up form from Rob

Paintball

· November 10th, 2007, 5:00 pm

· Sign up on the ASB door

· Free unless you have to rent, in which case $20

· Bay Area Paintball in Burlingame, meet there

Body Worlds

· November 11th

· Most likely in the afternoon, time still TBD

· At the Tech Museum in San Jose

· Free – sign up on the ASB door wall thing

Thanksgiving Potluck!

· November 14th, 12:30 pm, Den

· PLEASE sign up for a dish in the main office

· Or donate a few bucks for a ham

· 3rd annual!!! This is a HUGE hit every year!

· Open to all staff, faculty and STUDENTS

Beowulf

· November 16th, 8 pm

· AMC Mercado, Santa Clara

· Meet there, Rachael (the blonde chick that helps run the ASB meetings) will have your ticket out front

· Free!

Friday Night Live

· November 16th, 8:00 pm, Dragon’s Den

· Wild and fun party

· Hip Hop featuring CPC’s own Dirt Bag Dan

Pixar Tour

· November 17th, 1:30ish

· Sign up for tours by filling out a little form that Rob has in his office

· SIGN UP BY NEXT THURSDAY!!!

PDI/Dreamworks Tour

· December 7th, 10:30 AM

· Sign up for tours by filling out a little form that Rob has in his office

· A representative from PDI/Dreamworks will be here in late Jan/early Feb

Foosball Tournament

· November 15th, afternoonish

· Prizes, food and yummies

· Lounge

· Sign up soon!

IGDA Speaker Panel

· November 15th, Dragon’s Den

· THE MORE PEOPLE THAT COME, THE MORE OF THESE EVENTS WE CAN HAVE

· Albert Chen needs help with ads, video recording, setting up, etc. EMAIL HIM

· achen@cogswell.edu

Console Game Night!!!

· November 17th, 6:00 PM – 9:00 AM overnighter FTW!!!

· Halo 3 and Guitar Hero 3 tournaments

· Bring your consoles (LABEL THEM AND ALL THE GAMES YOU BRING)

· Playing all consoles and all games

· RAFFLE TO WIN ROCK BAND ON YOUR PREFERRED CONSOLE

Game in a Month

· November 7th, 7 pm

· Eat pizza and play the games Game Club made!!!

Modo Users Group

· November 8th, 7ish

· Room 172

· Alan Hastings, Modo guru, will be there

· Another in December

· Talk to Mike Roberts! mroberts@cogswell.edu

Michael Martin Announcements

· New classes!!! SIGN UP NOOOOOWWW

o Directing

o Cinematography

o Novels & Films – sub this class for upper English classes!

o Project X – sub for various classes depending on your role in the project

o Guerilla Media Project

o Java Programming

o Accounting

o BUSINESS MINOR IS COMING TO CPC!!!!!!!!!!!!

Project X

· Project combines all degree concentrations to make a short film to show to festivals and Siggraph

· Team picked based on portfolio, under NDA

· Send your work to Mike Huber!!! Mhuber@cogswell.edu

· Need audio, programming, art, animation, modeling, EVERYTHING

· Looking for upper division students who aren’t graduating too soon (might be a 2 semester project)

· This will give you awesome demo reel work

· Professional environment & work level

· Last project aired on the Sci-Fi Channel ooooooo

· Want about 17 people

Guerilla Media

· Class for all students – upper and lower division

· Fast paced!

· Make podcasts, YouTube videos, machinama (use game assets to animate)

· Make digital comics and graphic novels

Game Collaboration

· Very much like Project X except creating a game

· Showing the game from this semester’s class in the gallery

· Professional environment – very serious

· Need people from all degree programs

Evan Announcement

· New sound equipment in the Den

· YOU MUST BE TRAINED

· IF YOU TOUCH IT WITHOUT TRAINING, YOU WILL EXPERIENCE THE WRATH OF EVAN

· Training takes 30-60 mins

· Email Evan epeebles@cogswell.edu if you are interested and he’ll get a session going

Sandborn Proposal

· 72 Hour Straight Game Design Challenge

· Need food, cots, prizes, about $1,000

· Interested people need to complete a series of training before they can be in the challenge

· Talk to Game Club and/or Mike Sandborn

· Happen in the spring

· Tabled because there wasn’t a clear idea of how much was needed from ASB

Concern with Lighting

· In each classroom, we have 2 light switches but it doesn’t really do anything

· Should be hooked up so that each switch controls half of the lights so you can do half lighting

· Rejino will talk to Marvin

· EMAIL REJINO WITH THE CLASSROOMS YOU WANT CHANGED

ELECTIONS!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

· Campaign now (after you fill out your form) until November 29th when we will be voting at the meeting

· Debate on November 15th

· Currently don’t have any executive board members (can’t find the book of them) so we will re-do that

· Want to be ASB President or Vice President?

o Fill out the form in Rob’s office – you need to get signatures

o Be nice to Rachael because she’s one of the signatures you need J

Thanks to Rachael for compiling the minutes this week and to all the faculty and staff who attended the meeting.

Forms for ASB Executive Board positions and Pixar and PDI/Dreamworks tours can be found in the Student Life Office. For event sign ups, check the ASB door and bulletin board.

ASB Meeting for Oct 4th 07

2007-11-19T15:44:00.000-08:00

ASB Meeting Minutes – October 4, 2007

• Bruce the librarian will have the boxes in the library moved by Dec. 15! Faculty has gone through 1/3 of them. Can we move the sculptures by the window? Talk to the art department.
• Albert Chen needs some students for a paid job. Work with his friends that made the show Burn Notice (which Barb says is funny). Talk to Albert! achen@cogswell.edu
• Macs in the Shrine have problems printing – Evan Peebles is aware of this and is working on it. They need a certain driver and should be good to go in a week.
• Teachers are losing class time because the copiers keep going down. Chet will talk to the Dean because faculty should be taking care of their class work before class. Any printer issues need to be brought up with Andrey. Also, there are 4 copiers readily available on campus – this shouldn’t be happening.
• Students suggest taking down the Lair exhibit because the game isn’t a good one, though the art is. The exhibit will be down soon – Susan was waiting on high schooler visits.
• Big announcement – DMP DEGREE DISCONTINUED. This is due to the loss of Lexi Leban. Current DMP students will continue to have their classes and will graduate but no new DMP students. DMP classes that are mandatory for students of other disciplines will remain (video editing, compositing, etc.). This is not a cost cutting matter – this is about putting resources into the places that will help Cogswell excel (like hiring full-time faculty members such as Albert and Hadi). Also trying to keep new animation guy Michael on – maybe make him full time. Most schools don’t have a good, full time game design or animation faculty members – we are fortunate! Where DMP video equipment will end up is still being determined.
• Can we get advanced web classes? No, too common/competitive to put resources into. You can take the classes at most CC’s around here.
• Rebecca’s website updates – anyone with suggestions can email her rfortelka@cogswell.edu There is also the Web Design Club which most people are doing through a Google group – again, email her if interested. And she needs some help with the forums – they are simple machine forums.
• ASB OFFICE HOURS – the ASB needs people to work the office on Tuesdays and weekdays before noon. There’s a TV, DVD player and a new awesome stereo in there. You can chill out, hang out and/or do homework. It’s fun! Talk to Andrew if you are interested. ajennings@cogswell.edu
• Andrew is ordering art supplies! Going to cost roughly $200 and is coming out of the ASB budget for that sort of thing. If you have art supply suggestions, email Andrew: ajennings@cogswell.edu
• If you need to get into ASB, talk to Rob just down the hall. We’re still waiting on keys while Marvin is away on vacation.
• ASB t-shirts are ordered and will be here this week or next.
• PRESENT A BROWN BAG LUNCH!!! You can give a 20-30 minute talk on anything – something related to your degree program here or simply your passion in life. We will be picking someone in 2 weeks. The presentation will be in the Spring. Submit a proposal at one of the next 2 ASB meetings. If you have questions, contact Kathy Williams – kwilliams@cogswell.edu
• Studio 15 is doing a Hot Six board game night on Oct. 19th at 6 pm. There will be a company, Table Star Games, there looking for students for internships. Andrew bought Risk – Chet should be happy. Bring your own board games! We’ll have a few but more is always fun.
• ASB BBQ NEEDS TO BE CLEANED. Marissa, Sarah and Amy spent 4 hours cleaning the nasty thing. YOU NEED TO CLEAN THE BBQ AND/OR THE POPCORN MACHINE IF YOU USE IT. The ASB proposed a new rule: if you use the BBQ or the popcorn machine and don’t clean it, you will lose the privilege to use the BBQ & popcorn machine for a whole semester. It passes!! Rob will make a cleaning guide. Hopefully with pictures for those who are more visually inclined.
• Music Producer’s Club is making a CD of CPC student work! Send your .wav or .aiff file to Tony tdias@cogswell.edu They are also having Reason classes starting Oct. 20th and going for 6 classes. On Nov. 8-10, Tony is going to Remix Hotel with other DJs and producers – it’s like a convention and very cool. Wanna go? Talk to Tony.
• Console Game Night is Nov. 17th!!! It’s an overnighter and we will be playing Halo 3 and Guitar Hero 3 among many many others. Bring your games and consoles and let’s do some hard core gaming!!!!!!! (Rachael is very excited about this…..she’s ready to pwn sum n00bs @ halo3). :D
• Japanese Swordsmans Club meets Mondays and Wednesday at 6 pm.
• People would like a place to store their sculptures, giant drawing pads, etc. so they can bike to school. This topic was tabled for later.
• Recycle bins are coming! Paper ones are already there and glass/plastic ones are coming. Recycle bin logo contest is going on now! Make a logo to go on the recycling bins!! Winner wins the 300 DVD. Bring your ideas in to the next ASB meeting! The topic of having Stephan recycling the bottles and cans and taking 75% of the profit has been tabled.

ASB Meeting for Sept 27th 07

2007-11-19T15:41:00.000-08:00

ASB Meeting Minutes – September 27, 2007

• All Student Meeting next week
• Paintball
o Katie is looking at different places we could go
o Last time we did it we went to an indoor place (RAP4) in Santa Clara
o We are looking at early or mid November for this event
• Tours
o Katie has been researching tour possibilities
o She has been in contact with Roger Rose at Pixar
o Students also suggested Double Fine, EA, Digi Design, Google, Lucas Arts and Apple as possible tour destinations
o Students suggested talking to Microsoft about participating in their expo of new software
• T-Shirts
o We are getting 30 printed at a cost of $16.59 per shirt
o They will be ready in one to two weeks
o They will be available through the ASB Office
• Brown Bag Lunch Series
o Kathy Williams is looking for student proposals to give a presentation at this series
o The idea of ASB hosting a contest to determine which student will get to present was suggested
o Interested students should talk to Rob or Rachael
• Student Workers
o Barb needs to fill a few more student worker positions and needs more applicants
o Interested student should talk to Barb for further details
• Halloween Party
o This event will be held on October 27th between eight and twelve
o Music Producers Club has agreed to provide a live DJ
o Budget to include food and prizes for the event
o For more information or to help organize talk to Katie
• ASB Website
o Rebecca Fortelka has gained access to the site and is ready to update it
o Anyone with content for the site should submit it to Rebecca or Rob
o Students suggested possible uses for the site including hosting a Cogswell webcam, voting or polling of students, advertisements for student businesses
o Rebecca and Rachael will be working on getting the forums in working order
o The URL is http://www.cogswellasb.com/
• Storage
o Stephan raised the issue of students needing a place to store figure drawing supplies
o Possibilities for storage spaces were discussed
o Andrew is researching shelves for the glass room, Rob is looking into designating space in the figure drawing room
• ASB Office
o Andrew has priced art supplies
o Still no list of merchandise
o Still no list of ASB Office hours
• Recycling
o Stephan and Rob will be meeting on Friday to distribute recycling receptacles throughout the school
• Alumni Challenge
o Studio 15 hopes to host another Alumni Challenge
o They hope to schedule this for some time in November
• Board Game Night
o This event will be held on October 19th
o Table Star Games designers will be in attendance
o There may be possible internship opportunities for students with Table Star Games
• Library
o Students are concerned about library clean up and want to know what can be done
o This issue was tabled for the All Student Meeting

ASB Meeting from Sept 6th 07

2007-11-19T15:39:00.000-08:00

Here’s the minutes from the September 6th meeting:

n People are needed to hold office hours! Please see Andrew if you are interested in a key to the kingdom

n Anyone interested in a robotics club with Lego Mindstorms?

n Movie Critics Club meets Thursdays at 7:30ish for movie watching and lite critiquing

n Japanese Swordsmanship Club – you need at least a broom handle, you can buy swords through Scott Sundman if you’d like, email him at ssundman@cogswell.edu, no sharp swords, only blunt, non contact type swords

n Music Producers Club – Mondays at 1 pm in ASB room, Tony Dias is the man in charge!!! Learn the program Reason, voice coders, field trips to EA, etc. Good for all concentrations – collaboration FTW! And Jam nights of course J

n FUSION FEST! This Saturday starting at noon here at Cogswell. Prizes, free food, fun, games, contests, bands, awesomeness, COME!

n EVENTS!!! Ideas include

o Movies: King of Kong, Beowulf, Rocky Horror Picture Show

o Midnight trip to Alcatraz

o Mini golf

o Rent a boat in the bay

o Winchester Mystery House flashlight tour

o Ghost walk

o Monterey midnight movie

o Swank farms corn maze/haunted house

n 3 board game nights for this semester have been approved! Just need to lock down when J

n Halloween night – EMAIL IDEAS TO ROB!!!! rchaitin@cogswell.edu Also – do it on Halloween night or the weekend before?

1st ASB Meeting of Fall 07

2007-11-19T15:37:00.000-08:00

Here’s what we covered at the All Student Meeting today (in no particular order):

n Brown paper bag lunches are coming! They’re really awesome talks every 3rd Wednesday of the month at 12:30 pm. Bring your lunch and be inspired! Along with Kathy Williams, ASB wants YOU to be a speaker!! Whatever you are into, be it music, games, cars, collecting foreign stamps, we want to hear about it! Interested?? Email a short description of what you want to give a (roughly 20 min + Q&A) talk on and why you think your talk would be the best to either me or to Rob Chaitin (rchaitin@cogswell.edu). So cool!

n CLUBS MUST RENEW!!! You have 2 weeks from today to get your form in. Forms are available in Rob’s office (aka Student Life office).

n Interested in starting a new club? Talk to Rob! The amazing student life guy!!

n Casino Night is coming! W00t! Friday, September 7th starting at either 7 or 8 pm (we still have to get that detail worked out). DRESS FANCY!!! Craps, poker, roulette, blackjack, snacks, drinks, and maybe even some dancing. Prizes and costume contest! This is always a fun night so please join us!!! The event is free and played with vouchers, not your grocery money J

n Who wants to do ASB hours?!?!?!?! You get to chill out in an awesome, freshly redecorated office, listen to music, do your homework, talk to your friends, sell ASB stuff and get a special key. Oooooo. Let Rob know if you are interested.

n We were going to cancel the payphone but instead we learned that facilities is going to move it in their budget. That’s $240/year more for ASB!!! Yay!!!

n Events for the Fall! We have about $1200 to spend on events for this semester. Here are some suggestions:

o Movie nights - $7/person

o Improv comedy club - $10/person

o Board game night - $250 total

o Mini golf with pizza and arcade - $13/person

o Arcade - $6/person

o Great America (theme park) - $30/person

o Outdoor BBQ in the park - $250 total

o Go kart racing - $60/person

o Malibu amusement park - $35/person

o Icecream social - $4/person

o Indoor Skydiving - $50/person

o Dodgeball on trampolines - $7/person

o Drive-in - $11/person

o Spleelunking - ??

o IF YOU HAVE IDEAS FOR EVENTS, LET EITHER ROB OR I KNOW!!!

n Next week we will lock down events

n Music Producer’s Club meets Mondays at 1 pm in the Midi Lab (red room down by the dragon’s den)

n Game Club meets Mondays at 12:30 and Thursdays at 6:30 pm

n Foosball Club meets at 7 pm on Thursdays

n Fencing club is to be announced

n Japanese Sword fighting club is coming!

Important Dates

2007-11-19T08:10:00.000-08:00

THANKSGIVING - There will be no classes on Weds., 11/21 - Sat/ 11/24 (Classes will resume on Monday, 11/26) - THE BUILDING IS CLOSED DURING THE BREAK!

LAST DAY OF CLASSES - Saturday, 12/15

GRADES DUE - All grades are due by no later than Wednesday, 12/19

WINTER BREAK - The Building is closed from Saturday, 12/22 through Wednesday, 1/2/2008 - THE BUILDING IS TOTALLY CLOSED DURING THIS TIME!

SPRING 2008 - Classes for the Spring semester will begin on Monday, 1/7/2008.

Thanks for your attention to these important dates :-)

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ASB Meeting for Oct 18th 07

2007-11-19T07:51:00.000-08:00

ASB Meeting Notes 10/18/07

- Recycling: tabled because Stephen isn’t here
- 24 hour access petition has been created and is being signed as we speak
o We are looking to get around 100 signatures
o Andrew will then present the proposal to Chet
o If administration does not respond to the petition, there is talk of doing a sit-in
o Will cost school extra money in terms of electricity, but not personnel
 Some rooms have motion-sensor lights, but not all, and we’re not sure if there are plans to get more
 There is currently no auto shutdown for computers either
o Some people are interested in dropping the signature runaround
o Freshmen don’t have extended access
 Some classes like video editing are generally taken by freshmen but require a lot of outside homework that must be done specifically on a Mac in FinalCut which most people don’t have
o Ask hours to be posted on the door
- Halloween Party
o Dan is using the Dragon’s Den until 5 pm
o Write a set-up task list and figure out how many people we need to do it in 3 hours
o In the future… if anyone ever wants to schedule an event in the Dragon’s Den, ask Lucy for a reservation
- Paintball
o It’s happening on Saturday, November 10th
o At Bay Area Paintball in Burlingame
o Still getting exact pricing
- Presidential Elections
o At the ASB All Student Meeting people were interested in electing new officers before the next official election
o Most people at this meeting are interested in this as well
o Some people would prefer to wait because of the timing, and also because Rob and Rachael are more accountable than students
 If the people who run for president aren’t reliable and not many people vote, we can move to refrain from electing officers
- Eric has a proposal…
o Funds request in the amount of $500 for an Xbox 360 and TorqueX
o Allow for small groups to create games for Xbox led by Albert Chen
o Students working on these games would be under direct supervision of Albert Chen
o Goal to make games by 2008
o ASB can be updated on a month-to-month basis on the team’s progress
o This request has been made to administration, but administration does not have the funds to support it
o This a necessary step for students so we can create proof of concepts, funnel our games online, and get Cogswell more recognized in the industry
o Can be helpful to all students – as all disciplines of Cogswell are required in order to make a game (engineering, audio, modeling, animation…)
o Revenue from the games may be an issue because ASB money is created by fees taken from all students, and if only a select few students are making revenue from projects created using software purchased using ASB funds
o Xbox will be kept either in Albert’s office or possibly in the ASB Office
o Eric will talk to Rejino or Chet about the details of Non-Profit
o There will be a vote on this proposal next week and those who feel strongly about it should attend the meeting next week
o UPDATE: Eric has informed me that they have obtained funds for this project from other sources. Therefore ASB will not need to contribute funds for this project to move forward. We can still discuss the project at the next meeting should ASB so desire. ---Rob
- At the top of the agenda for next week’s meeting will be a fund request from the Web Design Club – see Rebecca Fortelka for details.

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ASB Meeting for Oct 11th 07

2007-11-19T07:49:00.000-08:00

ASB Meeting 10/11/2007

Website Update

· Email Rebecca (rfortelka@cogswell.edu) with any club info you have (times, meeting place, events, etc.) so she can put it on the website

HALLOWEEN PARTY

· It’s going to be AWESOME!!!!

· Oct. 27th, Saturday, 8 pm – 12 am

· Tons of contests, tons of prizes (good prizes….like $50 for winning the costume contest), food, movies, music

· DRESS UP!!!!!!!! COSTUME CONTEST!!!!!!!

Beowulf!!!!

· FREE event – going to AMC Theaters in Santa Clara at the Mercado

· November 16th, 2007 approximately 8 pm or a few minutes after 8 pm (n0t sure what the showing times are)

Starbucks on Campus?!

· Katie applied – will keep us updated on what happens with that

PAINTBALLING

· Nov. 10th!

· Will either be free or extremely cheap

· Katie is looking into places and will have options for us soon

GAME CAREER WORKSHOPS!!!!

· Mock interviews, phone interviews, etc. with big companies!!!

· Volition, EA, Monolith and more to come!

· THIS IS AN RSVP EVENT – RSVP TO ZOE THOMAS at zthomas@cogswell.edu

· Date is not entirely locked down yet – depends on interest….SO RSVP NOW IF YOU ARE INTERESTED!!!

Pool Table

· Needs work – leveling and refelting

· Stephan has a company in mind that could do it cheap and put our logo on it – he’ll get the info

Pixar tour is coming!!!!

· Email Katie (kwelka@cogswell.edu) if you are interested

· Not sure how many people can go so email her quick!

CPC Email System

· Not getting outside messages? Check ice.cogswell.edu and enter the same login and password you do to check your cpc mail.

· Attachment and mailbox size is way too small, even though it was recently increased – Andrew is looking into it

· Class cancelation emails get there after the class is long over – due to email system not the people sending out the emails

New Game Design Books in the Library!

· Albert Chen bought a bunch of new Game Design books and they’re in the library

· Game Club has a list of them

· Library also has gnomen videos ooooo

· Library also has it’s own webpage connected to the main CPC site

Albert Chen is doing an awesome game workshop!!

· How to pitch games and what proof of concept is

· Times are still being determined, but is looking like either Tuesday or Thursday, sometime between either 10:30 – 4 or 6:30-7:30 pm if people are interested in that later time – email him!

New projector for the lounge TV room?

· Andrew found an HD projector for $1099

· Most people are interested in having one

· Rachael wants to have a contest for the new home of the giant tv currently in the lounge

· Andrew will bring a proposal to the next meeting

Game Cabinet is broken

· Game Club knows and has thought about it but hasn’t had time to fix it yet

Game in a Month!

· Join Game Club on Wednesday nights at 6:30 pm to learn Game Maker and MAKE A GAME!!!!!!

24 Hour Access

· Admin is looking at next fall

· Everyone wants it sooner – petition time

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