[casual_games] Steering Committee Nominations

[Brian Robbins]

The IGDA Casual Games SIG is run by volunteers, and it is through the
time and dedication of those volunteers that we are able to provide
resources to the community. At its core, the SIG is led by a steering
committee which makes the final decision on what initiatives to
pursue, and then takes the lead in bringing those initiatives to
fruition. This decision is based on our perceived needs of the
community as well as the resources available to accomplish the goal.

When the SIG was founded last summer, the initial steering committee
was made up of those people who moved over from the Online SIG, and
select others recruited in to help get the SIG off the ground.

We are now soliciting nominations for next year's SIG steering
committee. Nominations can be made anytime between now and Saturday
June 24, 2006. Please let us know who you think should help determine
the direction this SIG takes. Nominations may be e-mailed to Brian
Robbins (brobbins - at - dubane.com) or submitted publicly via this
Discussion List. If you are publicly nominating someone other than
yourself, please be sure to check first and make sure he or she is
interested.

Nominations Should include:

   * Name
   * E-mail Address
   * Company
   * Title
   * A couple sentences on why this person should play a role on the
steering committee. Please address the traits a nominee should have,
e.g. time available, knowledge and experience in one or more areas of
the casual game development (please identify: business, market,
technology, etc.), and willingness to contribute.

Please feel free to nominate yourself. If you do nominate yourself
then please also include a couple sentences reassuring us that you
will be a consistent reliable contributor to the group, especially if
you have not volunteered for any of our initiatives to date.

Participating on the Steering Committee can be a great way to show
your support of the casual game community. It can also be a way to
help expand your professional network of industry peers. However,
nominees should be aware that steering committee participation
requires an increased level of commitment to the SIG and our
activities. If selected to the Steering Committee you should be
prepared to participate in at least 1 monthly conference call, as well
as take a more active role in our initiatives.

The current Steering Committee will be meeting at Casuality to select
next year's committee. Those results will be announced shortly after
the show. The current steering committee is:

   * Steve DeBenedictis
   * James Gwertzman
   * Greg Mills
   * Alan Miller
   * Brian Robbins ( Chair )
   * Wade Tinney
   * Margaret Wallace
   * John Welch

It is important to note, that selection to the steering committee is
not based on the profile of the company that an individual works for.
We seek to select those people who will provide the most to the group
by way of volunteering their time, energy and expertise to the
community at large. One of the best indicators of this is by
participation in previous community and SIG endeavors such as the
Casual Games White Paper
(http://www.igda.org/wiki/index.php/Casual_Games_SIG/Whitepaper), the
Quarterly (http://www.igda.org/casual/quarterly/), the Data Reporting
Initiative, and even the Casual Games Association's various projects.
To that end, if you are nominated, or nominate yourself, please be
sure to let us know how you have helped out in the past, and what you
expect to do in the future.

If you have any questions please contact me via this list, or directly
at brobbins - at - dubane.com.

-- 
Brian Robbins
Director of Games, Game Trust
http://www.gametrust.com/
Chair, IGDA Casual Games SIG
http://www.igda.org/casual/