[games_access] GDC 2008 SIG proposal

[d. michelle hinn]

What were your thoughts about a "Gamers with Disabilities Rant" 
session? Rant sessions at GDC are hugely popular, as it's pretty much 
"I hate this about all games and it should be fixed because it's 
ridiculous and look -- this is what I have to do to play it." I want 
this to be representative (as much as possible) of real gamers with 
disabilities talking about the reality of the gaming experience. I 
think this will be really, really powerful. Thoughts? Statements to 
include in the proposal?

Michelle

>Is there anything I can do or should be doing to help with creating these
>panels or proposals?
>
>Robert
>
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>Thanks Kevin -- I was just working on that in Word. I think I'm going
>to put Design and "Other" as track because there is no education
>summit this year so we can't go that direction. I've also put in a
>bid to IGDA to include this as a cross-SIG collaboration -- it might
>go into the IGDA track better. But we'll put it through now to see if
>it gets accepted or not.
>
>The IGDA track is a totally separate deal -- you'll notice it's not
>an option on the submission form. That's because that's where we
>negotiate which SIGs/Committees get what sessions -- some of the
>behind the scenes part of being chair. A few years ago I would put
>our proposals in directly through them and that's how this worked.
>Things have changed the last two years and now I (and all the other
>SIG chairs) put everything through the regular system. Then if
>everything blows up in our faces I can then petition for a "second
>chance" or an alternative combo of 5 rejected proposals into one type
>thing through the IGDA.
>
>Michelle
>
>>Michelle (and anyone else interested):
>>
>>I took a first cut at editing the GDC08 Curriculum Panel proposal.
>>No idea what to put down for track, theme, or extended abstract.
>>Comments please.
>>
>>Kevin Bierre,  Associate Professor
>>(kjb at it.rit.edu)
>>Information Technology,  Rochester Institute of Technology
>>585-475-5358
>>102 Lomb Memorial Drive
>>Bldg 70-2637
>>Rochester, NY 14623
>>
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