OGC AGM 2007 Papers and motions Saturday 23rd July Ormskirk Foreword Welcome to the 2007 OGC Annual General Meeting. This meeting, set to last approximately two to three hours is intended to create a transparent forum for defining all of OGC's policy both past, present and with a look to the future, whilst putting it in an open recorded forum. The AGM will move from general OGC policy through to specific areas such as events and rules discussions. Programme Policy Gaming Records Tournament Motions Events Tournament 40k rules On-line Appointments Open Floor Closing Comments OGC Policies as of 27/11/04 for OGC year March 1st 2004 – February 31st 2005      All items covered by OGC Policy must be obeyed at all times lest the offending members membership come under critical review 1- Respect to OGC .1 ~ Club policies should be upheld at all times and OGC decisions and over rulings are final. .2 ~ The OGC site should be given up most respect, asinine behaviour is inexcusable and damage to the site is unnecessary and intolerable. .3 ~ If attending an event, members must be punctual and notify OGC prior, if attendance is cancelled. .4 ~ Use of illegal substances is prohibited and alcoholic consumption should be limited and used appropriately. .5 ~ Events related to OGC held away from the site should be notified to the club as soon as possible 2- Respect to Members .1 ~ Other members should be given up most respect, offensive behaviour both physical and verbal, and racist or sexual, out of context is a major offence. .2 ~ Members roles within OGC and their authority should be respected at all times. 3- Property .1 ~ Other members property should not be handled unless permission is given by the owner; this includes properties in possession of OGC. .2 ~ OGC materials should not be taken from the site unless they are approved and signed out by a senior member. 4- Respect to Games .1 ~ Game rules should be respected and exotic abuse of the rules is an offence. .2 ~ Local rules are in place in OGC and should be reviewed by a member before they participate in an event.   5- Liability with regards to the club .1 ~ OGC is not responsible for members or visitors who injure themselves upon OGC property. While up most care is taken to ensure everyone’s safety while on OGC premises, OGC or any of its members cannot be held responsible if someone should so injure himself or herself.  .2 ~ OGC is not responsible for property left on the premises. Members wishing to leave items of their belonging do so at their own risk. While up most care is taken to ensure security, OGC or any of its members cannot be held responsible if property is a victim of theft or damage. 6- Representation of participants .1 ~ The agreement of the legislation detailed in this article is given as a verbal one and has been so since the founding of the OGC. Members participating in any recognised OGC events definable by acknowledgement of the Captain or a Senior therefore agree to be featured in any OGC productions. .2 ~ Participants in OGC events can be featured both in writing and images in any OGC related productions .3 ~ Personal details of a participant or anything with which a participant wishes to be omitted will be done so at the discretion of the Captain or a Senior. OGC will not publish specific contact details of a participant without their prior agreement. In addition particular images or text can be omitted at request in certain circumstances. ~ OGC will repeal almost any information regarding an event participant if they decide to appeal to the board. However the decision of the board (be that Captain and current Seniors) is final. All present concur to carry this policy Gaming Records Past twelve months (40k) All time records Jan Feb Mar Apr May Jun Jul Aug Sep Oct Nov Dec 0 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 Games Last 12 months (excluding events) Month Jan Feb Mar Apr May Jun Jul Aug Sep Oct Nov Dec 0 5 10 15 20 25 30 35 Army Success observe the 30-70 target for all forces (with an intention of making this 40-60 in the far future) Chaos Eldar Imperial Guard Nec- rons Orks Sisters of Battle Space Mar- ines Tau Tyran- ids 0 5 10 15 20 25 30 35 40 45 50 55 60 65 70 75 80 Win Rate Chaos 77.97 Eldar 42.19 Imperial G 41.67 Necrons 40 Orks 48.44 Sisters of 72.22 Space Ma 21.05 Tau 0 Tyranids 56 Tournament Formalise Tournament Format 40k (+ draw) 2 groups, into semi-final knock-out Mark and May seeded for draw (waiving their final qualification draw) Group A James Brown Mark Berkley Andrew Townley Open Seed Group B Mike Brandon Adam May Simon Gray Tim Harness Fantasy 1500 points & half magic items expenditure Magic 5 boosters + 3x Time Spiral, Planar Chaos & Future Sight 2 rounds – 1v1 round (1 pt per win) multi-player – (ranked pts for top 5 + .5 points for a kill) Event Motions 1 – Lord of the Rings Tournament Another event off the back of the "Capture the Ring" event in September 2006, I propose a weekend set aside in September for LOTR gaming, with 500pts per side. Any interest?                        Proposer: Simon Gray Motion defeated unanimously (before chair had even finished reading the motion out!) 2 - OGC 10th Tournament Celebration - COSPLAY Seeing as next year will be the 10th OGC tourney, we need to make arrangements to celebrate the massive achievement. A cosplay (fancy dress but a lot more 'cult' stuff like going dressed as computer game characters etc.) would be my first choice.                        Proposer: Simon Gray Motion narrowly defeated  Tournament Motions 1 – Warhammer Fantasy rules Given the nature of the previous Tournament and the poor performance of Fantasy game in OGC stats (ie it is never played!), this motions rules that the Fantasy Tournament should be capped to 1,500 points, to both speed up games and potentially make them more enjoyable, eliminating the element of rare choices and lords. Proposer: Mike Brandon Motion withdrawn Warhammer 40,000 motions 1 – Assault Cannon Damage Given the power and ability of the assault cannon to cause damage outside of its typical targets, ie vehicles, this motion proposes that the assault cannon have its damage reduced to D6, to reduce its effectiveness against vehicles whilst maintaining its effects against infantry, and also to bring it into line with the rest of the auto-cannon family Proposer: Mike Brandon Motion carried unanimously 2 – Space Marines Vs Space Wolves Seeing as the wolves are better than marines for (in a lot of cases) less points, should we actually increase their points where relevant (characters in particular are the main ones here).                         Proposer: Simon Gray Motion carried unanimously 3 – Psychic Phase 1 A 'remains in play' power can only be nullified at the time it was played on the turn it was played A player can only cast powers on their own turn 'Remains in play' powers need an 'upkeep' paid in their opponents phase. Upkeep is x, where x is the force cards required to play the power. 'Upkeep' is not playing a power, and cannot be countered itself (although the 'remains in play' power can be nullified anyway).  Proposer: Luke Greensmith 1 – Motion carried comfortably 2 – Motion deadlocked 3 – (upkeep half casting cost), Motion carried comfortably 4 – Psychic Phase 2 Players without a psyker can use Energy Drain It is never worse than 4+ to nullify a power  Proposer: Mike Brandon 1 - Motion carried comfortably 2 – Motion carried unanimously 5 – Overwatch At present we have amended Overwatch slightly to last only up to the end of your opponents movement phase, and as soon as your opponent declares the shooting phase, overwatch is lost. This has had a very positive effect, adding a better dynamic and adding more of a sense of physical pace to the game as well as allowing a new set of ruse tactics for players. However it seems necessary to allow overwatch in the psychic phase as well, given the nature of the motion Psychic Phase 1, if psykers are limited to casting powers only in their own turn then this motion moves to formalise our existing overwatch amendment. Proposer: Mike Brandon 1 – Motion carried comfortably On-line Motions 1 – Dedicated On-line gaming group As more of us now actually do a lot of gaming online, can we get a decent presence together on something warhammer related, say DoW. A few of us have this but hardly ever play and Mike and I have been getting a couple of games in recently and it is quite fun. Proposer: Simon Gray Motion carried with a resounding “meh?” Appointments (co-ordinators etc) Regional co-ordinators Global  Mike Brandon Merseyside Mike Brandon Ormskirk Luke Greensmith Leeds Simon Gray (narrow, narrow victory over Tim Harness) Web Andrew Townley Open Floor 40k – stationary vehicles going out of control (Andrew Townley) changes direction instead of going out of control, to hamper fixed turrets (D3) – carried by floor 40k – range shooting, penetration reductions (Andrew Townley) At present (under an amendment proposed by James Brown), Missile launchers do not receive a penetration penalty across distance (rules and realism). But Lascannons? AGM debated, and only applies to the missile launcher weapon. 40k – Strategy rating for commander (Andrew Townley), to amend so only top level commander gets full strategy rating, penalty for lesser commander Heavy debate, Luke Greensmith argues for lower strategy ratings. May looked bored. Space Marine list, in particular captain the focus of the problem. Argument for disallowing one wound characters leading army (Mike Brandon), Andrew Townley argues for a distinction in levels. 1,000 point armies, champion leader, 2,000 point armies, at least hero leader, 3,000 point armies mighty heroes, 4000 point armies, mandatory commander returns.  Agreed! ! ! Magic – additional constructed or draft tournament every year (James Fawcett) Go for it Laharl! Closing Comments “I am amused that Simon only retained his position because of my vote, which i changed as well.” - Luke Greensmith