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Not sure if you are all members, but just in case, here is an IGDA
announcement that went out today. Henry<br>
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<td>IGDA: Announcing New Executive Director</td>
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<td>Thu, 2 Jul 2009 08:48:41 -0400</td>
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<div>Dear Members and Friends,</div>
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<div">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.<br>
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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.<br>
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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.
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<div">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.
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<div">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 (<a
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href="mailto:joshua@igda.org">joshua@igda.org</a>) if you have a
concern that
needs to be addressed.
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<div">Happy Gaming,
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<div>- Bob Bates
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