The GGMIG has decided to step up and host the Open Gaming Night at ALA Annual 2010. If this works out, it will be a regular event that the MIG will be responsible for.
So, we need volunteers. This runs the Friday night before ALA Annual, and we need help both in the planning ahead of time as well as on the ground.
We have some new ideas to try - we want to have a vendors area, where those vendors who are on the ALA show floor and want to have a presence at Game Night will pay a small fee, and this fee is what will support the costs of the game name.
We also are going to have a poster session, where libraries and researchers who want to talk about what they are doing with gaming will have an area to display this work.
And, like last year, games games games!
If you have interested in being involved, please respond here. We will be using this space as the main place to coordinate the work.
Here's what we need:
- Planning committee: These folks will work with Jenny Levine and support her in the planning of the game night.
- Poster Session committee: These people will work with Scott Nicholson in doing the review of poster submissions (not this year)
- Board Game Instructor: These people will help on the night of the event with the board/card game area, teaching games
- Video Game Assistant: These people will help on the night of the event, helping with the video games
- Greeter/Mingler: These folks will welcome people as they come in, will mingle with the crowd, and work to get people playing games with other folks
So, if you are interested in one of these roles, please respond here and tell us what you'd like to do!