Minutes for the FRD special meeting of March 05, 2005.

- People present (in alphabetical order):

	Active:
		* ChrisCF (Chairman)
		* Grunt_
		* Jfs
		* Steve (Vice chairman)
		* Zuu (Minute maker)
	
	Listeners:
		* Born_Acorn
		* ln
		* Orudge
		* Prof_Frink
	
- Agenda:

	1. Project structure
	2. Discussions
		2.1 [RFD] Construction of stations in cities
		2.2 [RFD] Constructing roads
		2.3 [RFD] Trams
		2.4 [RFD] How are docks constructed
		2.5 [RFD] Finding routes & services
		2.6 [RFD] Cell based, freeform or something in between ? 
		2.7 [RFD] Station & Industry directions (edited) 
		2.8 [RFD] Sharing of infrastructure
	3. Finalization
		3.1 [FRDF] Who builds airports?
	4. AOB
	5. Wrap-up 

- 1. Project structure

	* ChrisCF suggested that we should divide the project into three groups. Each group will have their own meetings without requiring the other to attend. Each group will have a group leader.  

	* Groups:
		1. Code-related
		2. Technical, but not code
		3. Non-technical
	
	  Explanations:
		2 deals with things like standards, usability, i18n, etc. 
		3 covers things like doc writing, wiki, maintenance, welcome wagon, etc.

	*  Zuu asked: Where will content(art, 3d models, sound etc.) go? 
	   Answer: Both the non-technical and Technical, but not code section was suggested. No clear decision was made.

	* Group leaders that was nominated, and agreed on. (Hellfire, and Hyronymus, haven't agreed yet):
		* Hellfire as lead of Code-related (1)
		* Chris as lead of Technical, but not code (2)
		* Hyronymus as lead of Non-technical (3)

	* No leader on top, for now. If needed, we will choose one later.

	* Each group will have their own meetings. But keep the rest informed.


- 2. Discussions

	- 2.1 [RFD] Construction of stations in cities
	
		* VOTE: Should buildings have an individual rating, showing how the town will react to the destrucution of such a building? 
    			RESULT:  Yes

		* VOTE: Everyone agree that stations above/below towns will need extra co just equate them into normal construction costs for the bridge, tunnel or on?
			RESULT: Yes

		* The maintenance costs will just be split between normal station and tunnel/bridge maintenance costs, if I understand correctly. 

		
	- 2.2 [RFD] Constructing roads
	
		* Inside a city, all roads are owned by the city.
		* Outside, cities may build their own routes between towns. Player's roads can be solo or shared (for extra cash).
		* We have several types of station.
		* Bus stops can be indented if space to make it look nice and pretty
		* ChrisCF has a sadistic problem with bicyclists.
		* Bus stops should not block the traffic.

		* VOTE: Are we going to add traffic for visual effect?  Quick poll, yes/no. 
			 RESULT:  Yes: 3, No: 2

	- 2.3 [RFD] Trams

		* VOTE: Trams should run on:
			A. Light rails only.
			B. Light rails and normal rails
			C. Light rails, build into roads only.

			RESULT: A:2 B:3 C:0
  
			ChrisCF: Since we didn't get a 2/3 majority, we have to take it to a dev forum poll, and then to a gen forum poll if that doesn't resolve it.

	- 2.4 [RFD] How are docks constructed
	
		* H accepted, without any objections.

	- 2.5 [RFD] Finding routes & services

		* As guidelines the questions in PjayTycys post on tt-forms was used. (http://www.tt-forums.net/viewtopic.php?p=253034#253034) There you can read all options.
	
		* VOTE: 1) At what frequency should new passengers be created?

			RESULT: Not relevant yet

		* VOTE: 2) Should passengers be created & consumed by buildings or by cities? 
			RESULT: A (Buildings => They have a location in the city, and will start their journey there. )

		* VOTE: 3) Once we know that a passenger will be using the transport network, do we assign their entire route at the start, or dynamically as they go?  Yes/no (Yes = A.  No = B).
			RESULT: No clear outcome from several re votes, and reformulating of the question.


		* It was suggested to close the meeting, and no one objected, so this point was never finished, and we moved on to decision of date and time for next meeting.

- Next meeting

	* Date and time: 2005-03-12 @ 1900 (Saturday)

	* Chris CF will announce the meeting when Zuu has completed the minutes.