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Jason doesn't work for the IGDA anymore, so I don't know if that
address even works now - it might be worth checking with Joe Sapp
though - <a class="moz-txt-link-abbreviated" href="mailto:joda@igda.org">joda@igda.org</a>, although I doubt there'd any problems with it
in any case - I see IGDA groups in those places already.<br>
<br>
If Henry is happy with it, sure we can create some groups. I am not
sure who'd want to administrate them though - Melanie perhaps, since
she runs the mailing list?<br>
<br>
Active promotion is a good idea. Until the new site is put in place, my
PR efforts are basically going to be near nil, I've been pretty lax to
be honest promoting the white paper, we should get some projects going
to get people involved though (I'm still going to post on them next
week), and a new site would allow me to post up better pages of
information, pictures in news posts (finally), and other things like
creating forums for each project (which can be kept private), and other
things.<br>
<br>
One thing I do not really want to do is have Facebook or LinkedIn in
any way be a form of communication for the group - I don't want the
workload of cross-location discussion, which is why I've abandoned the
IGDA forums for now, and I doubt I'd actively cross-post news. People
who want to be active members need to really be in one place, so
getting communication between groups is better done in one location -
the IGDA location :) Since it costs nothing to get a free account,
there is no reason to not do so.<br>
<br>
I actually want to investigate extending our "membership" to other
people, I'll post a quick new thread on this.<br>
<br>
Andrew<br>
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Devin Monnens wrote:
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cite="mid:b96706b70904191559u4bd53279t6e25ab42397baead@mail.gmail.com"
type="cite">Hi all,<br>
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I'm proposing we create an IGDA Game Preservation SIG group on both
Facebook and LinkedIn. I don't know what the official IGDA policy is
towards this stuff, so I'm CC'ing Jason a copy (sorry for the alternate
e-mail, Jason). This can be a first step towards an official game
preservation network to connect people all over the world who are
interested in game preservation. This might be much more effective than
hiding in the Wiki because these sites get much more traffic. We should
actively promote this group in order to inform game preservationists
and digital preservationists out there about our work. It should
ultimately be our (ambitious) goal to have connections through these
groups from each library and archive in the world. Or close to it.<br>
<br>
Currently, the Video Arcade Preservation Society has a Facebook group.
There are also fan groups dedicated to a particular game (such as the
Aliens Versus Predator Preservation group). I haven't figured out what
their point is. I've yet to dig through LinkedIn to see if there are
other game preservation groups on there.<br>
<br>
-Devin Monnens<br clear="all">
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-- <br>
The sleep of Reason produces monsters.<br>
<br>
"Until next time..."<br>
Captain Commando<br>
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