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June 25, 2005
Chairman Update: June 05
It's been a while since I wrote the last SIG update, but that's not to say that things aren't moving forward.
First, I'd like to thank Maja Persson from Shiny who has been handling our SIG mini-site since the beginning. While I wish Maja could continue to lend us her time and expertise in managing the site, she has taken on new responsibilities at Shiny and unfortunately cannot maintain the mini-site going forward. Dan Magaha from Firaxis who has been acting as our membership coordinator will now be taking on the added responsibility of maintaining the site in the future. Thanks for stepping up Dan!
While the SIG mail list discussion activity hasn't been as strong as it was a couple months back, we've still heard from some of you that the format has been problematic either due to the volume of SIG mail that's been hitting your inbox or because it was difficult to follow the discussion topics. Once again Dan Magaha is taking some initiative here and is experimenting with setting up a private forum for the production SIG community to take the discussion to. We'll keep you posted on how that shapes up as we perform more tests on the forum possibility.
I've been in contact with Dan Irish lately who as many of you know is heading up our first production SIG initiative, "Formalizing the Production Process." Though this one has taken longer than we expected to get rolling, we chalk that up to it being our first initiative and we're continuing to move forward. Dan and I will be making a renewed push to get this one on track in the coming month, so if you have already volunteered for a section keep your eyes out for a mail from either Dan or myself. Special thanks to those of you who have already submitted the section you volunteered for!
For those of you who were following Jason Della Rocca's thread recently about the proposed "Production Summit" we have some exciting news. The IGDA board of directors met recently and have green lit some more study into the possibility of making this conference a reality. Jason will be in contact with the mail list shortly to form a task force of volunteers to do some more ground work on the next steps.
As always, thanks for your participation. We have almost 200 producers and project managers involved with the SIG and appreciate your interest and involvement!
If you have any comments or suggestions on how to make the SIG more engaging or valuable, please don't hesitate to drop me a line.
Stuart Roch
Chairperson, IGDA Production SIG
Posted by della at June 25, 2005 03:20 PM