[arg_discuss] ARG SIG Elections are open until May 14th - Please Vote

[Sheri Rubin]

Below are the personal statements by candidates for the May 2010 ARG SIG 
Elections.

Presented in alphabetical order by last name.

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Andrea Phillips:
I'm the current ARG SIG chairman. As such, you already have a pretty 
good idea what to expect from me on the day-to-day. I'm not going to 
spin pretty election promises, but I do have hopes and dreams for the 
SIG. Let me share my to-do list with you. If elected, my ambitions are to:

.    Turn this year's salary survey into a regular annual event, so that 
we can begin collecting a meaningful amount of data on who we are and
what our business looks like.
.    Find a way to encourage broader diversity in our SIG.
.    Clean up the official IGDA.org site (and the wiki!)
.    Come up with a strategy for regular posting on ARGology.org.
.    Hold IRC chats and Topics of the Week more routinely than they are now.
.    Make regular contributions to the IGDA newsletter to heighten our 
profile.
.    Find ways to strengthen our affiliation with the main IGDA (and 
encourage our members to join up!)

Some of these problems have been hanging around for a while; some of 
them are big jobs, and I won't be able to do them alone. So one other 
goal I have is to encourage all of you to take ownership of the SIG. It 
doesn't belong to any chairman -- it's your group! If you have a great 
idea, let's make it happen. If you have a post you want on ARGology, 
knock yourself out.

To steal Wendy's lines: We're an amazing group of talented, motivated 
people. Let's make the SIG amazing, too.

Brooke Thompson:
Since its inception, the ARG SIG has suffered from a lack of focus and 
mission. As Chair, I will make rectifying this my first concern. The 
recent interest in "transmedia entertainment" has been centered around 
film and television. While those working in film & television are great 
storytellers and can create for those mediums, they lack experience and 
understanding of the playful game-like elements often required in 
transmedia projects and, more specifically, alternate reality games. 
Likewise, game designers have much to learn about working in a 
transmedia environment. I believe that the ARG SIG, with IGDA being its 
parent organization and many of its members coming from film, 
television, and marketing, is in a great position to facilitate the 
sharing of knowledge between those of different backgrounds. The SIG can 
also serve as promoter of the need and opportunities for experienced 
game designers, developers, and writers in the field. Essentially, we 
are a bridge between games and more passive media types. This is where 
we will find our focus.

My other goals, as Chair, will be to see an increase in activity and 
value of membership. Both of which will be easier to develop and 
maintain once we have a solid focus.  In order to support those goals, I 
will encourage participation and provide opportunities for people to get 
involved that may or may not require significant commitments of time and 
responsibility.  The recently proposed White Paper will become a 
priority and that includes discussions on the same topics that will be 
covered in the white paper. This will not only help the writers & 
editors which should improve the quality of content in the White Paper, 
but will help bring the list to life.

Finally, it will be a priority of mine to identify and support potential 
leaders within the SIG. I have no desire of making this a long-term 
thing.  In fact, the only reason that I am throwing my hat into the ring 
is that the appointment will end come December.  I will only be able to 
exit with a clean conscience by making sure that other goals have been 
met and we have future leaders ready and wanting to step up. This means 
that, for the first time in a long while, we will have a proactive 
leadership in the ARG SIG. A change, I'll admit, we may not want.


David Flor wrote:

> Any way us non-paying, mere mortal, non-IGDA members can see who's in the

> running?

>

> Tnx & Rgds...

> David Flor - dflor71 at gmail.com

> Darklight Interactive - http://www.dlimedia.com/

> Twitter: @DLIMedia

>

> "Omne ignotum pro magnifico"

>

> On Mon, May 3, 2010 at 4:16 PM, Sheri Rubin

> <sheri at designdirectdeliver.com>wrote:

>

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>> Hi ARG SIG Members!

>>

>> Voting is now underway. Anyone who was a part of this mailing list and

>> registered as a paid IGDA member is eligible to vote (that's 25 of you!). If

>> you were eligible to vote you should receive an email that includes the text

>> below.

>>

>> If you do not receive an email today and you think you should be eligible

>> to vote please contact me off list so we can see what's going on.

>>

>> Thanks!

>> Sheri

>>

>> --------------------------------------------------------------

>> Elections are currently underway!

>>

>> This is the very first election for our SIG, which is quite exciting to

>> those of us who've been here since it was founded.

>>

>> Voting opened on May 3rd and runs until May 14th.

>>

>> We've improved the process a bit over the last week, and if you are reading

>> this e-mail blast, you're eligible to vote. ARG SIG mailing list members

>> with IGDA standard memberships have been added to the "ARG SIG Elections"

>> group, so it's pretty painless.

>>

>> Please log into the IGDA.org website and follow the links to review the

>> candidate statements and vote.

>>

>> To review candidate statements:

>>

>> http://www.igda.org/alternate-reality-games-sig-voting-group/igda-arg-sig-elections-candidate-statements

>>

>> To vote:

>>

>> http://www.igda.org/alternate-reality-games-sig-voting-group/which-candidate-would-you-elect-be-alternate-reality-games-

>>

>> A few notes about voting:

>>

>> * Voting is open May 3rd to May 14th, 2010.

>> * There is one position up for election, the ARG SIG Chair.

>> * You may vote 1 (one) time for one chair candidate.

>> * A Standard IGDA Membership is required to vote. Student and Free User

>> Account members must have already upgraded to a Standard Membership to vote.

>>

>> If you have any questions, comments, or concens, please do not hesitate to

>> contact Sheri at .

>>

>> If you would like to be removed from this group or other groups, head here:

>> http://www.igda.org/og/my

>>

>> Regards,

>> Sheri

>> ARG SIG Elections Coordinator

>>

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>> *Sheri Rubin*

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>>

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