[games_access] AbleGamers.com Design + GDC 08

Wed Sep 26 03:14:43 EDT 2007

Great work, thanks!

(ps: any news about the cheque?)

----- Original Message ----- 
From: "d. michelle hinn" <hinn at uiuc.edu>
To: "IGDA Games Accessibility SIG Mailing List" <games_access at igda.org>
Sent: Wednesday, September 26, 2007 3:27 AM
Subject: Re: [games_access] AbleGamers.com Design + GDC 08

> Yes -- that's in my pile of submissions. I just got my super secret 
> logon from the ever-cool Meggan, our CMP patron saint for all things 
> GDC! She just got back from TGS, which -- of course -- was fabulous. 
> No word yet about DiGRA and that whole mess. It seems that it was 
> mostly the US folks that got left out of the loop then there was a 
> big mix up with proposals (many went missing, never to be found 
> again).
> 
> Anyway...Meggan's our CMP/GDC Queen of All Things Possible is back 
> (yay! just in time!) so by tomorrow I'll know the news about our 
> booth (how big, etc) -- btw...to answer other questions the booth 
> will replace the Accessibility Arcade sessions so we don't kill 
> ourselves setting up and can also reach more people given even those 
> with the cheapest passes can get in to see the expo. Win-Win!
> 
> She'll also be helping with me the big SIG pile o' submissions. So 
> rest easy -- do your best and I'll upload past proposals to the wiki 
> and/or email them to those who have asked for them to look at. I'm a 
> really good last minute proposal editor to make sure they have the 
> EXCITEMENT that the proposals need to SCREAM!!!! Because it really is 
> EXCITING!!!!! :)
> 
> Michelle
> 
>>Hey Michelle,
>>
>>Did you by any chance already put in a similar proposal to the one 
>>we did at AGDC for this year?
>>
>>Greets,
>>
>>Richard
>>
>>
>>
>>----- Original Message ----- From: "d. michelle hinn" <hinn at uiuc.edu>
>>To: "IGDA Games Accessibility SIG Mailing List" <games_access at igda.org>
>>Sent: Tuesday, September 25, 2007 7:17 PM
>>Subject: [games_access] AbleGamers.com Design + GDC 08
>>
>>>Mark is going to be joining in on the SIG web team so that we can 
>>>make sure that all our individual and collective resources are 
>>>linked to one another for the best coverage possible. Cooool!
>>>
>>>Mark is going to be able to join us at GDC as well (and serve as 
>>>our reporter on the scene with a press pass -- the only rule, Mark, 
>>>is that you cannot film anyone while they are eating...looooong 
>>>story but we've been through some weird stuff that we never could 
>>>have predicted in the past! hehe.). So this is exciting!
>>>
>>>If anyone is planning to attend GDC 08 (www.gdconf.com) and you are 
>>>pretty sure I don't already know about it or you haven't heard from 
>>>me in a month about it and haven't been able to join us in the 
>>>past, please let me know as soon as possible. The proposals are due 
>>>Oct 1 and I want to make sure that we get everyone who wants to be 
>>>involved involved! I'm used to the last minute scramble so no 
>>>worries -- just let me know.
>>>
>>>Basically I know that Richard, Reid, Thomas, Mark, Eitan, Eelke, 
>>>Robert, Dimitris, Kevin, Barrie (if it ends up being an ok time to 
>>>head to the states) are going. And I'm 99.9% sure I have left 
>>>someone out of that list because I'm not looking at my notes, which 
>>>are at home. So if you aren't on the list and you know that you 
>>>should be, please don't be mad...you should all know that I get 
>>>brain fog here and there (is that a real term? it should be!) -- 
>>>just let me know! :)
>>>
>>>Michelle
>>>
>>>At 10:05 AM +0200 9/25/07, Thomas Westin wrote:
>>>>very nice design!
>>>>
>>>>I'm using Joomla CMS too
>>>>
>>>>/thomas
>>>>
>>>>
>>>>24 sep 2007 kl. 05.06 skrev Ioo:
>>>>
>>>>>Hello all.
>>>>>
>>>>>So after a lot of heads down work I am pleased to share with you 
>>>>>that AbleGamers.com has been redesigned for the ground up. Go 
>>>>>take a look please, and if you want, sign up and use the site.
>>>>>
>>>>>http://www.ablegamers.com
>>>>>
>>>>>Some things worth pointing out
>>>>>- We have added groups, you can now create and manage a group, it 
>>>>>is like a SIG, only with a different name.
>>>>>- Added the AbleGamers Blog, now members of the site can post an 
>>>>>entry, link to their own blog, and more.
>>>>>- Some forum changes, a few more places for no one to talk in.
>>>>>
>>>>>So please go and take a moment to check it out, and if you feel 
>>>>>like it, you are welcome to join the site (costs nothing) and 
>>>>>participate.
>>>>>
>>>>>Also, I want to make sure that I have links for anything that 
>>>>>users should find, so if you want a link to a site, send me a 
>>>>>message ioo at ablegamers.com and I will get your link up.
>>>>>
>>>>>Thanks guys!
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