November 2011 Chapter Meeting

Okay... here are the things I had Derek cover at the Nov. 2011

1. 34 members promoted to Corporal in Oct. Corporal is the 3 month membership rank. (Congratulate those at the meeting after reading promotion list.) Those promoted were:

Brandon Smith, Toby Chapman, Lora Lunsford, Ronald Burke, P.F. Burns, Craig Corlis, Julie Doble, Dean Dryer, Monique V. Correia, Jim Einsmann, Sean Foster, Michael Icca, Jack Faber, Jeff Jones, James Miller, Eloy Lasanta, Richard Logue, Chris Mobberley, James Roysdon, Ryk Stanton, Tery Tucker, Michelle Valentonis, Frank Frey, Kathy Lynne Wilson, Richard Lee Byers, Tammy Mangrum, Ann Morris, Damien (Mad Brew), Joe Mangrum, George Wilson, III, Jillian Burdsall, Austin VanHout, John VanHout, John Walker

2. November promotions will be announced on the Dec. blog and both Nov. & Dec. promotions will be read at the Jan. meeting.

3. The next chapter meeting will be Jan. 21st 2012

4. We had 26 new members join at or related to Necro brining the total membership to 74. The Special Necro 2011 Ogre Badge graphic will be finished and applied to wikia profiles before Dec.

5. Speaking of badges... The TB Ogre's request for a special game designer/writer badge has been approved by Hooper the founder of OGRE.

6. Speaking of Hooper... after I requested that a special Game Designer / Writer Badge be created, he said he will be adopting both the designer badge and con badges on the National level.

7. A request for special badges to be made for individual gaming groups has been made. However, the TB Ogres is not going to grant the request. The goal of the TB Ogres is to unite gamers regardless of the gaming groups they belong to. I feel that if we start creating individual gaming group badges that this will undermine the goal of TB Ogre. Badges for single game day type events will also not be created unless they are for a special educational or charity related gaming day. However badges for conventions are the exception because conventions are multi-day events that gamers pay someone else -usually a 3rd party- to attend and any anyone from anywhere throughout the country (or world) may attend the convention. For example. If Hooper makes a GenCon 2012 badge, then any Ogre who attends GenCon would be eligible to receive the badge regardless of the chapter they belong to. If anyone has any questions or would like to discuss why or what badges will be made, please contact me.

8. Hooper has also informed me that the TB Chapter looks like it will be the Chapter of the Year... yey us!

9. We have 3 additional gaming groups that will be listed on the Wikia Roster. If anyone wants to add their gaming group -any game!- to the roster, send an email to me with the gaming group name, location (Tampa, St. Pete, Online, etc.), and the names of any group members who need to be added to the Ogre roster. By belonging to an Ogre related gaming group, the gamers in the group become automatic active members of Ogre unless they request otherwise. The more local gaming groups we have listed, the easier it will be for out of town Ogres to find a game when they visit!

10. Upcoming conventions - Aside from MegaCon & Oasis, which other Cons should the Ogre's be involved in? We need feedback so feel free to leave a reply to this post or send me an email.

11. Speaking of MegaCon... I will be assisting Dominick in the RPG room again this year and I expect things to run smoothly like they did last year. I is looking for any TB Ogre who may be attending MegaCon that might have some time to volunteer and help promote OGRE outside of the gaming room. If any TB Ogre swag is sold between now and MegaCon, the money will be spent on OGRE buttons to hand out at the Con. If anyone can volunteer who is already planning to attend MegaCon, please contact me and I can tell you what all would be involved.

12. Speaking of volunteers - I will also be looking for a volunteer to post Ogre related events (hosted or participating) on the various forums and mailing lists that allow cross-posting. I would like someone who is already familiar with the various sites and mailing lists if possible. Contact me for more info if you are interested or have questions. This will be a chapter amended office position.

13. Free Gaming day - We want to host a free gaming day in Feb or March but we do not want to conflict with any other game day or con. We would like suggestions on dates and locations that may enable us to do this. We need your feedback!

14. Are there any other upcoming events planed that anyone would like Ogre help or participation with?

I look forward to your feedback and hope to see everyone at the Jan. chapter meeting!