[games_access] Working Towards a Better SIG - Weekly Topics and SIG Meetings

[Tara Tefertiller]

Hi guys!

Tomorrow is the last day I will be taking information on what time and day
works best for meetings with everyone! I'd love your input!

Tara

On Tue, Jan 18, 2011 at 9:34 AM, Tara Tefertiller <
ttefertiller at igda-gasig.org> wrote:

> Hi everyone,
>
> This week is the last week to give input on what time works best for you
> for SIG meetings before we decide on official times.
>
> Please be sure to respond as I would love to have as many people as
> possible involved in these meetings.
>
> Thank you!
> Tara
>
>
> On Mon, Jan 10, 2011 at 11:23 AM, Tara Tefertiller <
> ttefertiller at igda-gasig.org> wrote:
>
>> Good morning everyone!
>>
>>
>> I hope everyone is having a great New Year! Now, we all make resolutions
>> on how we can improve ourselves- but what can we do to improve the SIG in
>> this new year?The steering committee along with our chair emeritus, have had
>> a discussion and have some great ideas. I wanted to take the time to share
>> these ideas with you, and to get your input on how to best implement them to
>> push the SIG forward.
>>
>> *
>> 1. Starting a topic of the week:*
>>     Every week a topic would be offered as the topic of the week. These
>> topics would encourage thoughtful discussion, and even debate on topic's
>> relevant to today's gaming industry. Such as "what are the advantages and
>> disadvantages of the KINECT system" and "what are the advantages,
>> disadvantages, similarities between the new PS3 MOVE system and the Nintendo
>> Wii" for people with disabilities, "what are the benefits and drawbacks to
>> having game accessibility mandated by the government," and more interesting
>> topics.
>>     People could express their opinions, share relevant news, and be
>> actively engaging other members of the SIG. If you have suggestions for the
>> topic of the week, please email me off thread so I can present it to the
>> steering committee.Additionally, if these discussions prove to be popular
>> with lots of information being filtered through them, these conversations
>> could be condensed and added to the website - which would boost our content
>> (which we currently have very little of).
>>
>>
>> *2. SIG Meetings:*
>>     In the past, the SIG had online meetings where members could engage in
>> discussions with one another- we would love to bring these back. Each
>> meeting would have an agenda, that would be emailed out ahead of time, and
>> at the end a section for new business. Discussions could include short term
>> SIG goals, member updates, details on upcoming events, and more. Meetings
>> could also review the topic of the week. The transcripts from the meetings
>> would be posted on the website on a special meetings page - once again
>> boosting our content. Additionally, it would mean that anyone who missed the
>> meeting would still have access to all of the information discussed.
>> *
>> Questions that need answered about the meetings:*
>>              What messenger service would you like to use? Popular
>> suggestions have been Skype and MSN.
>>
>>              How often would you like to have these meetings? Suggestions
>> have been every other week or once a month.
>>
>>              What day and time would you like the meetings to be? It has
>> been suggested that there is one meeting in the morning for Eastern (New
>> York) time, and one for the      evening in New York time to ensure that
>> everyone would be able to attend regardless of their time zones.
>>
>>
>> I'm looking forward to hearing everyone takes on these ideas- and we would
>> love to get these going as soon as possible!
>>
>>
>> Thanks,
>> Tara
>>
>>
>>
>


-- 
Tara Tefertiller - Chairperson
IGDA Game Accessibility SIG

igda-gasig.org
http://gameaccesssig.forumotion.com/
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