Here’s a round up of some of the information about GDC 2012:
1) The main source of information on the conference is www.gdconf.com
2) You can apply for the highly sought after Conference Associate position where helping out at the conference will get you a free all-access pass: http://gdconf.com/attend/volunteer.html
3) There is also an IGDA scholarship that you can apply for if you are an IGDA member: http://www.igda.org/scholarships
4) Spartasoft can potentially get some money reimbursed (up to 4500 dollars for the whole club), but you will need to turn in copies of your receipts to Alex Lockwood by Winter Break (or over Winter Break but no promises if you don’t get added to our request for funds). Save the original copies of your receipts as well, I believe we will need those to get final reimbursement if we are approved. You can send your stuff to Alex’s e-mail: lockwo66@msu.edu
5) If you fly into SFO at a reasonable hour, the most convenient way to get downtown is to take the BART train, which has a station at the airport, and will probably take you within walking distance of your hotel.
6) A lot of us are planning to stay at the Pickwick Hotel again. Rooms aren’t that fancy, but have internet and are close to the convention center while not being nearly as expensive as the others that close to the Moscone.
7) If people post some discussion of travel plans in the comments as far as trying to split travel/hotels, I will try to make sure they don’t get filtered/blocked as best as possible.
8 ) There is usually a game specialization current + alumni meet-up that happens in the Moscone center food court that is organized by Professor Winn. I’ll post details about that to the Spratasoft list when we know for sure when it is (might not be until week-of).
