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

[Alex Fleetwood]

can I unsubscribe from this list please

On 7 Aug 2009, at 16:32, Brian Clark wrote:


>

> Again, I hate to be a Debby downer, but I think you have the  

> questions in

> the wrong order: What do we want to accomplish as a SIG ... then is a

> conference a tactic for getting there. Otherwise, you're going to  

> have 30

> people with 30 different visions and no central mission for any of it.

>

> Talking about what speakers or panels or whatnot you want as a part  

> of it

> isn't really useful ... what is the reason for it to exist, and is  

> that a

> part of what the SIG exists to do?

>

> Also:

>

>> or do you agree that ARGfest is (or should be) the alpha and omega?

>

> Strawman.

>

> -----Original Message-----

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> Behalf Of Andrea Phillips

> Sent: Friday, August 07, 2009 11:03 AM

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> 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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