Comments on: Leaving the IGDA(2) – What Happened? http://t-machine.org/index.php/2009/02/28/leaving-the-igda2-what-happened/ Internet Gaming, Computer Games, Technology, MMO, and Web 2.0 Wed, 08 Sep 2010 00:35:34 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.0.1 By: The Game Industry - Push cx http://t-machine.org/index.php/2009/02/28/leaving-the-igda2-what-happened/comment-page-1/#comment-2802 The Game Industry - Push cx Sun, 05 Apr 2009 21:24:10 +0000 http://t-machine.org/?p=382#comment-2802 [...] trumpeted the issue and tried to push IGDA into action, but without success. IGDA’s memo in response said that individuals should always [...] [...] trumpeted the issue and tried to push IGDA into action, but without success. IGDA’s memo in response said that individuals should always [...]

]]> By: Despain http://t-machine.org/index.php/2009/02/28/leaving-the-igda2-what-happened/comment-page-1/#comment-2617 Despain Tue, 03 Mar 2009 01:36:57 +0000 http://t-machine.org/?p=382#comment-2617 Just for the record, there is no president of IGDA. I think the title you're looking for is Executive Director. Just for the record, there is no president of IGDA. I think the title you’re looking for is Executive Director.

]]> By: Darius K. http://t-machine.org/index.php/2009/02/28/leaving-the-igda2-what-happened/comment-page-1/#comment-2609 Darius K. Sun, 01 Mar 2009 18:13:58 +0000 http://t-machine.org/?p=382#comment-2609 "Secondly, the membership at large have proven - diplomatically - that they don’t agree. There’s no point fighting for an organization that’s made it so specifically clear that it doesn’t believe in the things that you believe in." I think this has every bit as much to do with election process and campaigning (or lack thereof) than simply that members don't agree with your position. It is partly a popularity contest, and partly a matter of members only having a few sentences on the "Candidate Statements" page to base their decision off of. I hope to set the bar a LOT higher when I start running for the board. I'm kicking off my campaign officially at GDC this year. Unofficially, I guess I'm kicking it off here :) (For those playing along at home, I'm the "The Chapter Co-ordinator of one of the larger IGDA Chapters" Adam mentions, and I'm user "darius" in that IGDA forum thread.) “Secondly, the membership at large have proven – diplomatically – that they don’t agree. There’s no point fighting for an organization that’s made it so specifically clear that it doesn’t believe in the things that you believe in.”

I think this has every bit as much to do with election process and campaigning (or lack thereof) than simply that members don’t agree with your position. It is partly a popularity contest, and partly a matter of members only having a few sentences on the “Candidate Statements” page to base their decision off of.

I hope to set the bar a LOT higher when I start running for the board. I’m kicking off my campaign officially at GDC this year. Unofficially, I guess I’m kicking it off here :)

(For those playing along at home, I’m the “The Chapter Co-ordinator of one of the larger IGDA Chapters” Adam mentions, and I’m user “darius” in that IGDA forum thread.)

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