[Deptheads] Meeting notes

[Janice Sellers]

On 10/14/09, Eric Burgess <erburgess at gmail.com> wrote:
>
> On Tue, Oct 13, 2009 at 10:45 PM, Eric M. Aldrich I <ealdrich at apple.com>
> wrote:
> >        b. Special Guests and Events: Trying for Alan Emrich for Gateway,
> trying for Richard Borg for Gamex. AEG maybe at Orccon. Lonnie Gill at
> Orccon
>
> I think people are forgetting that we already have Matt Leacock of Pandemic
> and Roll Through The Ages fame coming for Orccon 2010. He's just up in the
> Bay Area so it's not even costly and he doesn't really do Kublacon so this
> is a nice coup for us (I happen to be sharing a room with him in Essen so it
> was easy to get). Plus, Uwe Rosenberg (Agricola, Le Havre, Bohnanza and the
> new At The Gates of Loyang) already told me he'd come out in 2010 (I'll
> confirm in Essen) so please don't fill up the dance card with - frankly -
> small draws. Borg's great but he's at Pacificon a lot and been here plenty.
> If he comes, it should be along with asking DoW to come and perhaps promote
> a big Memoir '44 event.
> Alan's a friend but I'd only seek him out if he truly have zero budget for a
> guest. Lonnie would fall into the same category. If that's the case, no
> problem - but tell me now before I ask big draws like Wolfgang Kramer,
> Vlaada Chvatl, or even Reiner to come back.

I think we need to keep in mind that focusing on guests from only one
segment of the industry, i.e., board games, can make us look like only
a board game convention from a marketing perspective.  I've never
heard of Leacock, Rosenberg, Chvati, or Borg.  I also don't think that
Emrich and AEG are quite that insignificant.  And we can have more
than one guest, especially if we focus on West Coast people.

>         f. We need an art director! Janice, see bottom of page for art
> details.
>
> Seth Halbeisen? If you are specific with what you need, my wife might be
> able to help with concepting but she's no digital artist.

I have a good list of artists I'm talking to already.  But who is Seth
Halbeisen?  Is he the one I found who goes by jstr4hire?

> Need artists for
> Revamped logo: up to $200 offered
>
> What do you want on it? Again, my wife might be able to help.

I am already talking to artists.

Janice