Minutes for VRPA meeting Sept.26, 2003:

 

Present:

 

Warren

Eden

Christie

Jason

Hale

Gale

Don

Dave Grant

James

Mike K. (guest)

 

Deisner and Doug could not attend because of work;

Kyle and Gord were trapped in the EA sweatshop... those games needed to be on the streets of Hong Kong by midnight!!

 

Thanks was made to Warren for once again hosting a meeting for us; always a real pleasure to play his great games!

 

Discussions:

 

VRPA Show for 2004:

 

-Don and Gale had the idea that maybe it should be done in conjunction with Able Auctions.  They have a connection with the CKNW Orphan's fund, which is an excellent charity, and they would obviously have experience with a large gaming set-up.  It would be nice if it could be done in a hotel ballroom, for example, and possibly time it for Able's Xmas Arcade auction.  Gale will talk to Able about it, toss around a few ideas about it, and report back to us, in the future, on their feelings about it.

 

-What is the purpose of our show??:

    1) PINBALL AWARENESS!

    2) To get more members...

    3) Show off our games...

    4) Let people know pinball is still alive and fun...

 

-It was suggested that maybe we should set up a small VRPA section and banner at THIS year's Xmas Able auction for a VRPA 2004 show promo.  Gale will investigate this as well.

 

Forum Chat:

 

-Jason says he'll be able to host the forum very soon, once they work out a few bugs... Thank God!!   The general consensus is that the current forum pretty much sucks.

A variety of complaints including time difference and E-Wallpaper pop-ups!!  Grrrrr!!

 

Meeting was adjourned, and the tournament commenced:  All 7 of Woz' games, played twice by each participant, keeping their highest score on each game.

 

See details and results in the Tournament section.

 

-Eden : )