[casual_games] IGDA Casual SIG Steering Committee Nominations now open

[Brian Robbins]

With Casual Connect fast approaching it's time for us to open the
nominations for steering committee of the IGDA Casual Games SIG. The
Steering Committee is responsible for driving the initiatives and
direction of the SIG, and providing leadership in the community. Over
the years we have been extremely productive in producing several white
papers, numerous quarterlies, creating a digital standard for royalty
sharing, and hosting this mailing list.

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
these 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.

We are now soliciting nominations for next year's SIG steering committee.



Nominations can be made anytime between now and Sunday July 20, 2008
by e-mailing Brian Robbins at brobbins - at - dubane.com



Please let us know who you think should help determine the direction
this SIG takes. Nominations should 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 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 Casual Connect to
select next year's committee. Those results will be announced shortly
after the show. The current steering committee is:
 * Cherie Lutz
 * Charles Merrin
 * Jared Nieuwenhuis
 * Brian Robbins (Chair)
 * Dave Rohrl
 * Rex Sikora
 * James C Smith
 * Wade Tinney
 * Margaret Wallace

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
hope 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
Executive Producer and Gaming Evangelist
Fuel Industries - www.fuelindustries.com
Chair, IGDA Casual Games SIG
http://www.igda.org/casual/