[arg_discuss] New Topic of the Week Aug. 7: ARG SIG Conference

[Joshua Caulfield]

Dear Arg List,
 
Thank you Andrea for taking the blame, but the blame is mine.  I too am very excited about this potential project, and I failed to point out a few of the restrictions we are going to be working within.
 
As an association professional, one of the places where I bring value is in the operational aspects of meetings.  The event planning team at Talley and I are working on finding some great locations that are close to large groups of our members: California, Texas, Washington State and New York are our largest concentrations.  However we will look outside of the major venues to find great locations that are more private for a smaller group like ours.  (Unless you are bringing 10,000 people into a major metro area, you don't matter to them.)  
 
Why?  Because if I can hold the meeting in a smaller city I can literally save $50-$100 per urn on coffee, $2-$3 savings on each can/bottle of red bull/water/soda, save visiting folks $100 a night on room rates, and most importantly bring the cost to attend the meeting below $100.
 
I hope that makes sense to everyone.  Please understand we are still looking at top notch locations, but just not the name that roll off the tongue when you think of cities in the US.
 
The discussion about this event has been very enlightening, and I look forward to serving you folks up with a great meeting that has a different appeal than ARG fest.
 
Sincerely,
Joshua Caulfield
Executive Director
IGDA

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From: arg_discuss-bounces at igda.org on behalf of Andrea Phillips
Sent: Fri 8/7/2009 11:02 AM
To: Discussion list of the IGDA ARG SIG
Subject: [arg_discuss] New Topic of the Week Aug. 7: ARG SIG Conference



I've just pulled the survey down -- not because of the ongoing
discussion, which I think has been great to have, but because I got a
gentle notice from the powers that be in the IGDA explaining a bit
about finances, the upshot being that the cities on the list are all
probably too expensive for the modest event we're looking at doing for
right now. Apologies to all of you for jumping the gun, and I'll take
all the blame on this one. Sorry. (But thank you to the few dozen
people who had already done the survey, you're the best!)

I think we should keep talking about this, though, and I'll even
announce next week's topic a little early: So yeah, an ARG conference.
What do you want out of such a thing? What panels or presentations or
events do you wish we could have? What speakers? Would you prefer an
unconference format? Do you even want another conference, or do you
agree that ARGfest is (or should be) the alpha and omega?

--
Andrea Phillips
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