[game_preservation] [Fwd: IGDA: Announcing New Executive Director]

[Henry Lowood]

Not sure if you are all members, but just in case, here is an IGDA 
announcement that went out today.  Henry

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Subject: 	IGDA: Announcing New Executive Director
Date: 	Thu, 2 Jul 2009 08:48:41 -0400
From: 	IGDA <igda at igda.org>
To: 	lowood at stanford.edu



Dear Members and Friends,
 
  I am very happy to tell you that our search for an Executive Director 
is over!  The Board has reached an agreement with Joshua Caulfield, an 
accomplished and experienced association management executive who has 
the added plus of being an avid gamer.
 
I know some people may be surprised that we decided to hire someone from 
the association management field, rather than a game industry 
"luminary."  But what became clear to the board as we worked our way 
through an evaluation of the org is that most of the challenges the IGDA 
faces are not due to a lack of knowledge about the game industry (which 
our board and our key volunteers have in abundance), but rather a lack 
of knowledge about how to *run an association* and to serve the needs of 
our SIGS, Chapters, and members.  There are professionals who do this 
for a living, and Joshua is one of the best.
 
Probably the biggest change that this will bring to the way we think 
about the ED role is that Joshua will not be the "voice of the IGDA" to 
the media and general public.  The role of spokesperson will go to the 
Chair (currently me!) and Joshua will be an "inward-facing" ED so he can 
focus his full attention on the smooth operation of the org.   Joshua 
has already begun reaching out to the SIG and Chapter leaders and to the 
folks at Talley Management Group.  They have been helping him come up to 
speed quickly about the operations side of the organization, and he has 
also begun the longer-term task of learning about our industry, our 
members, and how to further the IGDA's mission of improving the careers 
and lives of all of us in the game development community.   I am very 
excited about Joshua coming on board. I think that as you get to know 
him and see what he brings to our group, you will be too.  There are a 
lot of things going on, and he'll need time to get to each of them in 
turn, but he's been very open to hearing from all of our diverse 
membership, and I encourage you to send him an email (joshua at igda.org 
<mailto:joshua at igda.org>) if you have a concern that needs to be addressed.
 
Happy Gaming,
 
- Bob Bates  
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