Comments on: Big Things Afoot in the IGDA http://macguffingames.com/2009/big-things-afoot-in-the-igda/ Tue, 29 Nov 2011 14:11:49 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.2.1 By: MrT http://macguffingames.com/2009/big-things-afoot-in-the-igda/#comment-63 MrT Thu, 16 Apr 2009 02:29:41 +0000 http://www.macguffingames.com/?p=229#comment-63 Wow! I regret not going this year. It was off my radar as a result of being stuck in academia for too long. Thanks Scott for your insightful post. I'm looking forward to talking to you at Beta House. Wow! I regret not going this year. It was off my radar as a result of being stuck in academia for too long. Thanks Scott for your insightful post. I’m looking forward to talking to you at Beta House.

]]> By: Chris Keeling http://macguffingames.com/2009/big-things-afoot-in-the-igda/#comment-47 Chris Keeling Fri, 03 Apr 2009 14:54:59 +0000 http://www.macguffingames.com/?p=229#comment-47 Darius should have run for the election we just had, dangit! I signed. I'm pretty active in the Game Writing SIG, but I know we need a lot more action to occur at higher levels to get things moving in the IGDA in general. More SIGs are starting to pop up, but the website isn't very useful and much of the info there is stale. The new website we've been waiting for (for over a year now) is supposed to fix a lot of technical issues, but we still need more initiative from the members and the board to really get established as a community of peers, scholars, and stakeholders. Part of this is to communicate with each other at all levels, and I believe that greater transparency from the board would help a lot (although I can understand withholding names, as these people might have jobs and not want their employers to know they're considering leaving!). Chris Darius should have run for the election we just had, dangit!

I signed. I’m pretty active in the Game Writing SIG, but I know we need a lot more action to occur at higher levels to get things moving in the IGDA in general. More SIGs are starting to pop up, but the website isn’t very useful and much of the info there is stale. The new website we’ve been waiting for (for over a year now) is supposed to fix a lot of technical issues, but we still need more initiative from the members and the board to really get established as a community of peers, scholars, and stakeholders. Part of this is to communicate with each other at all levels, and I believe that greater transparency from the board would help a lot (although I can understand withholding names, as these people might have jobs and not want their employers to know they’re considering leaving!).

Chris

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