April 8th 2024
Membership Committee Meeting 2024.04.08
Virtual attendance: Kristine Hassell (KH), Nicole Jekich (NJ), Nicole Lindroos (NL), and Connor Alexander (CA)
Meeting Start: 15:08
Meeting End: 15:58
Agenda for 4/8 Membership Meeting:
- Follow up on the Essen recommendations
- Recruiting for this membership committee.
- Program development! An ask for membership based on Events and Trade Committee (EAT) events.
- 30/60/90 Membership plan
- 30 days: interviews and list of programs
- 60 days: recruitment and loop
- 90 days: ?
Let me know if anyone has anything to add for the agenda today. Thanks!
CA: Grievance committee add? One more person
NJ: bring up at that time
NJ: Essen recs, update: sorting/nominations - got the full list sent to Sec of State office
CA: when will the people be notified
NJ: signs up to poke Stephanie
CA: Is Essen conditional on JPN success?
NJ: it is not
Recruitment: for the grievance committee
CA: Laura S. of Meeples
KH: suggested Gabby and CA said he would reach out
KH: reach out to Lyla (Mox)
NJ: closing this topic and moving on
CA: seeing Laura on Thursday for his new game, will also see if she is interested in joining overall - will also speak to Gabi
NJ: Atomic Mass/Asmodee
Do ppl who live outside of WA but work for a company located in WA get benefits
Action item: NJ “appeal to join” - NL work up case of rules (sticky cases)
KH: framework for upcoming events
CA: add that when we are talking about recruiting folks, discounts for joining early
KH: Hit up Cafe Mox for maybe a
KH: film little snippets for why to join TGA
NL: highlight what we are trying to do with regulating AI for instance, lobbying, etc
Meeting update of eastside from NL: Nintendo side of things, other ppl part of lobbying group for digital gaming, all of the legislative - vulnerability of people in these spaces (PA warehouse, etc), tax and revenue nerding out - interesting, round table and successful in NL’s viewpoint
NJ: AI task force that the legislature is building
NJ: 30 days, placing 60/90 on back burner
NJ: commit to getting the videos started with
Next - outreach for various ppl that we are talking to, do or will do.
NL and CA: write about experience going to event in Bellevue, day on the Hill
NL: testimonials “why am I part of org?”
NL: one of the most persuasive things that was said, Mike S said that powerhouse of gaming epicenter here - but doesn’t have to stay here - reason why we congregated here
NJ: directory - start google sheet