2007 IGDA Board Member Battle... Fight!
Of course I realize that Kaiju Big Battel is a bit more exciting in some ways, but the International Game Developers Association is just starting its 2007 IGDA board elections, so members are now being balloted on their favorite shiny game developers to join people like Epic's Mike Capps and 'game attorney' Tom Buscaglia on the IGDA board.
Some notable applicants this year include Chris Charla, who is one of Death Jr's daddies, actually, "is the director of business development at Foundation 9 Entertainment, working with teams across the company on game pitches and new IPs", and you might remember as a former EIC in the game magazine/website biz, too.
Also of a fairly high profile is Jay Moore, formerly the evangelist at GarageGames, and nowadays "...driving a new consultancy, The Strategery Group (TSG -- pronounced stru-tee-jur-ee), focused on brand and business development for talented game dev studios." We recently interviewed Moore on that subject, actually - and the other IGDA board applicants, including Dustin Clingman, Coray Seifert, and Bob Bates, are all also important community contributors, so good luck to 'em all!
Comments
I was perturbed to learn that, as a student member of the IGDA, my vote apparently doesn't matter. I would happily place my vote, but it doesn't seem that I'm allowed to, which is a tad ridiculous to me. Am I somehow less than a full person, just because my lack of a full-time job prohibits me from paying the full cost of dues? I'm not a free member, either. I'm paid-up, just less than the people who are working and not trying to graduate on time. And still I can't vote. Wack.
Posted by: Scott Jon Siegel | April 6, 2007 3:08 PM