Music Committee - Revision history

Mike Ducharme: /* Meetings */

2006-08-11T00:21:32Z

‎Meetings

Mike Ducharme: /* Representation of the Committee (Draft) */

2006-08-11T00:21:05Z

‎Representation of the Committee (Draft)

Mike Ducharme: /* Representation of the Committee (Draft) */

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‎Representation of the Committee (Draft)

Mike Ducharme: /* Why a Music Committee? */

2006-08-11T00:20:39Z

‎Why a Music Committee?

Mike Ducharme: /* Meetings */

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‎Meetings

Mike Ducharme: /* Representation of the Committee (Draft) */

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‎Representation of the Committee (Draft)

Mike Ducharme: /* Representation of the Committee */

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‎Representation of the Committee

Mike Ducharme: /* Mission Statement of Vegastrike Music Committee (Draft) */

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‎Mission Statement of Vegastrike Music Committee (Draft)

Mike Ducharme at 18:46, 7 August 2006

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Mike Ducharme at 18:45, 7 August 2006

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 The standard agenda for a meeting is as follows:
-* "Opening" - The Chair would open up proceedings
+* '''"Opening"''' - The Chair would open up proceedings
-* "Old Business" - Each section should have a unified progress report as first post. New tasks and their priorities would be assigned to Committee members or staff members as a result of these progress reports.
+* '''"Old Business"''' - Each section should have a unified progress report as first post. New tasks and their priorities would be assigned to Committee members or staff members as a result of these progress reports.
-* "New Business" - Any new news or suggestions would then be requested, which would result in additional task assignments. These further tasks would be assigned to specific groups, Committee members or staff members.
+* '''"New Business"''' - Any new news or suggestions would then be requested, which would result in additional task assignments. These further tasks would be assigned to specific groups, Committee members or staff members.
-* "Closing" - The Chair would close proceedings once all tasks had been assigned and all agenda items had been dealt with.
+* '''"Closing"''' - The Chair would close proceedings once all tasks had been assigned and all agenda items had been dealt with.
 Special items that are large enough to warrant their own section in the agenda would be scheduled for either immediately following the Opening or just before the closing.

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	Inclusion or separation from the commitee does not relate to contribution, but rather decision-making. If you contribute a lot of high-quality music, but do not wish to take part in decision-making affairs, you would become a staff member reporting to the Committee, not a Committee member.		Inclusion or separation from the commitee does not relate to contribution, but rather decision-making. If you contribute a lot of high-quality music, but do not wish to take part in decision-making affairs, you would become a staff member reporting to the Committee, not a Committee member.
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	Inclusion or separation from the commitee does not relate to contribution, but rather decision-making. If you contribute a lot of high-quality music, but do not wish to take part in decision-making affairs, you would become a staff member reporting to the Committee, not a Committee member.		Inclusion or separation from the commitee does not relate to contribution, but rather decision-making. If you contribute a lot of high-quality music, but do not wish to take part in decision-making affairs, you would become a staff member reporting to the Committee, not a Committee member.
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	== Meetings ==		== Meetings ==

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 * A committee is generally not overly dependant on any single individual to be able to function. Due to the open source nature of the product and hours required for a musical director-type role, it is unlikely the project would be able to secure an experienced musical director willing to or having the time to take on a project of this magnitude without compensation.
 * Committees are more compatible with the open-source ideal that people working together at a common task can accomplish great things.
 == Representation of the Committee (Draft) ==

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 == Meetings ==
-The idea is to let the chairman open up proceedings, posting top-priority tasks, along with a motion for "further tasks".
+The standard agenda for a meeting is as follows:
-Each meeting would gather tasks for processing and would be quickly treated, in order of proposition. Should the task grow and require a lengthy treatment, a specific thread would start and run in parallel with the main meeting. That's an advantage of message boards, it makes easier for people to divide their attention in multiple subjects. As well, at each meeting, each section should have a unified (let's let the details of that to the specific organization of each section) progress report as first post.
+* "Opening" - The Chair would open up proceedings
-Those would be "organized meetings". There's the option for special-call "realtime meetings", carried out through the VS IRC channel preferrably, or through any other interactive messaging system at everybody's reach. Those would be necessary when a certain task needs important discussion in the sense of interactive exchange of ideas, where delays present in message board-based systems would hinder the effort.
+Special items that are large enough to warrant their own section in the agenda would be scheduled for either immediately following the Opening or just before the closing.
 == Further Information / Links ==

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 The Music Committee shall be composed primarily of composers but with developers and story-writers also participating. The committee will have a 10 member limit to prevent bloat from overly slowing proceedings.
-Breakdown of the committee is as follows:
+The Breakdown of the Committee is as follows:
 * '''Chairman/Vice-Chairman:''' Responsible for breaking a tie vote - vice-chair acts in Chair's stead if absent.
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 * '''Development liason:''' Communicates the needs of the creative section to engine development and back, organizing changes in the API that are required or desired by the creative section.
-People on the comittee could belong to one or more section/role, with priorities attached to those functions. For example, the Chairman could also be a part of the Creative section. He could also be secondarily a part of another section, but to avoid overcommiting personnel we are avoiding "tertiary assignments". To avoid undercommitment, though, only primary assignments should be taken into account for "staff allocation". So... if a section has no primary assignee, it would be considered understaffed.
+People on the Comittee could belong to one or more section/role, with priorities attached to those functions. For example, the Chairman could also be a part of the Creative section. He could also be secondarily a part of another section, but to avoid overcommiting personnel we are avoiding "tertiary assignments". To avoid undercommitment, though, only primary assignments should be taken into account for "staff allocation". So... if a section has no primary assignee, it would be considered understaffed.
 Inclusion or separation from the commitee does not relate to contribution, but rather decision-making. If you contribute a lot of high-quality music, but do not wish to take part in decision-making affairs, you would become a staff member reporting to the Committee, not a Committee member.

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 To enhance the musical aspect of the Vega Strike experience through the establishment and maintainence of a series of requirements, guidelines and best practices in regards to its music; ensuring the music submissions meet these requirements and are of sufficient merit to be included in the game; promoting the project to prospective composers; providing training, mentoring, and support services to assist composers with completing their tasks; and, providing Vega Strike's developers with the necessary feedback they need to improve the music component of the game engine.
-The committee will have 8-10 members, composed primarily of composers but with developers and story-writers also participating
+== Why a Music Committee? ==
-Roles in the Committee include:
+The primary reasons for organizing a music committee are:
-* '''Chairman/vice-chairman:''' Responsible for breaking a tie vote - vice-chair acts in Chair's stead if absent.
+== Representation of the Committee (Draft) ==
 * '''Personnel & PR section:''' Responsible of recruiting people, and mediating with other organizations (eg: magnatune proceedings)
-* '''Creative section:''' Responsible of executing and proposing activities for the creative staff (composers). That includes organizing work on pending tasks, recognizing/proposing/planifying new tasks, organizing tutorials, etc...
+* '''Creative section:''' Responsible for executing and proposing activities for the creative staff (composers). That includes organizing work on pending tasks, recognizing/proposing/planifying new tasks, organizing tutorials, etc...
 * '''Storyboard liason:''' Communicates the needs of storytelling to the creative section and back. Important task source and consulting body.
 * '''Development liason:''' Communicates the needs of the creative section to engine development and back, organizing changes in the API that are required or desired by the creative section.
-People on the comittee would belong to one or more section, probably with priorities attached. Say, the chair wouldn't be just that, he would probably be also part of either one of the PR/C/D sections. He could also be secondarily a part of another section, but let's say there are no "tertiary assignments" - just to avoid overcommiting personnel. To avoid undercommitment, though, only primary assignments should be taken into account for "staff allocation". So... if a section has no primary assignee, it would be considered understaffed.
+People on the comittee could belong to one or more section/role, with priorities attached to those functions. For example, the Chairman could also be a part of the Creative section. He could also be secondarily a part of another section, but to avoid overcommiting personnel we are avoiding "tertiary assignments". To avoid undercommitment, though, only primary assignments should be taken into account for "staff allocation". So... if a section has no primary assignee, it would be considered understaffed.
-We also want to make it clear that inclusion or separation from the commitee does not relate to contribution, but rather decision-making. If you contribute a lot of high-quality art, but aren't at all helpful (or possibly even obstructing) in decision-making affairs, you're a staff member, not a commitee member. Nothing good or bad about that, it's just the place where you can help the most, and bother the least.
+Inclusion or separation from the commitee does not relate to contribution, but rather decision-making. If you contribute a lot of high-quality music, but do not wish to take part in decision-making affairs, you would become a staff member reporting to the Committee, not a Committee member.
 == Meetings ==

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−	== Mission Statement of ~~Vegastrike~~ Music Committee (Draft) ==	+	== Mission Statement of Vega Strike Music Committee (Draft) ==
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−	To enhance the musical aspect of the Vega Strike experience through the establishment and maintainence of a series of requirements, guidelines and best practices in regards to its music; ensuring the music submissions meet these requirements and are of sufficient merit to be included in the game; promoting the project to prospective composers; providing training, mentoring, and support services to assist composers with completing their tasks; and, providing Vega Strike's developers with the necessary feedback they need to improve the music component of the game engine.

		+	To enhance the musical aspect of the Vega Strike experience through the establishment and maintainence of a series of requirements, guidelines and best practices in regards to its music; ensuring the music submissions meet these requirements and are of sufficient merit to be included in the game; promoting the project to prospective composers; providing training, mentoring, and support services to assist composers with completing their tasks; and, providing Vega Strike's developers with the necessary feedback they need to improve the music component of the game engine.

	== Representation of the Committee ==		== Representation of the Committee ==

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 == Further Information / Links ==
-[http://vegastrike.sourceforge.net/forums/viewtopic.php?t=7215 Music Committee Planning Forum Thread]
+* [http://vegastrike.sourceforge.net/forums/viewtopic.php?t=7215 Music Committee Planning Forum Thread]
-[http://vegastrike.sourceforge.net/forums/viewtopic.php?t=7196 Music Standardization Forum Thread]
+* [http://vegastrike.sourceforge.net/forums/viewtopic.php?t=7196 Music Standardization Forum Thread]
-[http://vegastrike.sourceforge.net/forums/viewtopic.php?t=4086 Speech and Sound Forum Thread - Old, for reference]
+* [http://vegastrike.sourceforge.net/forums/viewtopic.php?t=4086 Speech and Sound Forum Thread - Old, for reference]
-[http://vegastrike.sourceforge.net/forums/viewtopic.php?t=5483 Music Requests Forum Thread - Old, for reference]
+* [http://vegastrike.sourceforge.net/forums/viewtopic.php?t=5483 Music Requests Forum Thread - Old, for reference]

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	== Mission Statement of Vegastrike Music Committee (Draft) ==		== Mission Statement of Vegastrike Music Committee (Draft) ==

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	Those would be "organized meetings". There's the option for special-call "realtime meetings", carried out through the VS IRC channel preferrably, or through any other interactive messaging system at everybody's reach. Those would be necessary when a certain task needs important discussion in the sense of interactive exchange of ideas, where delays present in message board-based systems would hinder the effort.		Those would be "organized meetings". There's the option for special-call "realtime meetings", carried out through the VS IRC channel preferrably, or through any other interactive messaging system at everybody's reach. Those would be necessary when a certain task needs important discussion in the sense of interactive exchange of ideas, where delays present in message board-based systems would hinder the effort.
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		+	== Further Information / Links ==
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		+	[http://vegastrike.sourceforge.net/forums/viewtopic.php?t=7215 Music Committee Planning Forum Thread]
		+	[http://vegastrike.sourceforge.net/forums/viewtopic.php?t=7196 Music Standardization Forum Thread]
		+	[http://vegastrike.sourceforge.net/forums/viewtopic.php?t=4086 Speech and Sound Forum Thread - Old, for reference]
		+	[http://vegastrike.sourceforge.net/forums/viewtopic.php?t=5483 Music Requests Forum Thread - Old, for reference]