2009-2010 Constitution
From Cogswell Game Dev Club
Officers
President: Brody Brooks
Vice President: Nick Lindberg
Events Coordinator: Allyn Limson
Web Historian: Andrew Severns
Room Manager: Hector Gutierrez
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Mission Statement
We operate a game development club
For the creation of strong bonds and lasting friendships between majors
For the experimentation of new ideas in game design
For the better understanding of ourselves within the production process
We believe this experience can better prepare us for our future
Who Are We?
We are a group of artists, programmers, and designers at Cogswell Polytechnical College who share a passion for the development and production of computer and video games. As a group, we meet regularly after class to hone our skills and gain experience by experimenting with tools, engines, and techniques. Every term we test our skills by holding events like a Game In A Day, Game In A Month and a 3-Day Game Challenge in order to become more efficient at rapidly prototyping games and effectively communicating our ideas with others.
As a club, we learn how to:
- Work in and manage teams
- Import our own models, animations, and textures into game engines
- Get ideas that are floating around in our heads on paper
- Refine our ideas and practice good game design techniques
- Play test our game projects
- Get the support to begin a project independently
- Give constructive and critical feedback to others
- Deal with problems as they come
We are here to be an archive of student games Cogswell College produces and a resource to insure there are many more to come.
Who We Want
We are interested in driven students who want to break into the video or tabletop game industry. We gather regularly to put to practice what we learn in our classes.
Senior Officers
Senior officers are elected by majority vote of the Club every year at the end of the Spring semester. The officers pass power and transfer keys to the newly elected after the last day of spring classes. Senior officers run various aspects of the club and keep things running smoothly and may not, except in extreme circumstances, hold two of these positions.
Events Coordinator
The Events Coordinator sets up and/or runs game creation events, Game Nights, and workshops.
Duties
- Runs Frequent Prototype Sessions/"Game in a Day"/"Game in a Month"
- Sets up and/or runs Game Night events
- Sets up and/or runs Workshops
Web Historian
The Web Historian updates the website and takes notes during all club meetings.
Duties
- Takes notes during all Game Club meetings
- Updates news and event schedules on the Game Club Website
- Uploads new games to the site FTP server
Room Manager
The Room Manager is in charge of keeping the Game Club room orderly and maintaining the Club computers and game consoles.
Duties
- Maintain room functionality (computers, consoles, etc.)
- Define Hardware and Software rules
- Keep room clean and functional.
- Organize cleaning days.
Vice President
The Vice President is in charge of public relations, including recruitment of, and working relationships between, members.
Duties
- In the event that the President is not present, the Vice President assumes the presidential duties.
- Promotes the club outside of the school, handling relationships and connections with various companies & organizations.
- Handles public relations and recruitment.
- Monitors club advertising, making sure things such as posters are appropriate and satisfactory.
President
The President is in charge of the club as a whole and constantly reassess the overall goals of the club. They ensure duties of officers are being carried out in a respectable manner.
Duties
- Promotes the club within the school, handling relationships and connections with the faculty & staff.
- Handles paperwork (club renewals, funding requests)
- Redirects all questions to the person most qualified to help.
- Monitors club functions, making sure things are running smoothly and officers are doing a satisfactory job.
- Delegates further tasks for special events and as the situation calls for it
Junior Officers
Junior officers will be selected by the elected officers via majority vote. These positions must be reviewed every semester and should, when possible, be held by different people.
Game Night Coordinator
The Game Night Coordinator runs and manages Game Night events including Console and PC Game Nights.
Duties
- Sets a time for each Game Night event to be held
- Fills out all necessary paperwork
- Managing a fixed budget to acquire food, prizes, and any other necessities
- Making sure the event runs smoothly
- Advertising said event
