(Cross-posted from sheriforigda.org.) ….and I made it! I was one of the five people chosen to help lead IGDA Chicago for the next two years. I’m very honored to have been elected to the Board of Directors along with Christian Arca, Heather M Decker-Davis, Jay Margalus, and Neal Sales-Griffin. I look forward to planning the [...]

(Cross-posted from sheriforigda.org.) Hi All, As you may have seen from past posts I’m running for the IGDA Chicago Board of Directors. Whether you are able to vote for me or not, and if you are whether you vote for me or not, elections and forming leadership teams are a crucial part of keeping various [...]

(As originally seen on IGDA Chicago here: http://igdachicago.com/more-help-for-day-1-affected/.) Hi All, I’m supposed to be getting the contact list from Day 1 from those who agreed to have their info given out. I’ll be using that list to send you all some offers of help that can’t go up on the blog or in the Facebook [...]

(As originally seen on IGDA Chicago here: http://igdachicago.com/igda-chicago-2011-bod-elections-continue/.) The elections continue. They end on December 26th. Voting is underway! What you need to know about voting: Elections for the IGDA Chicago Board of Directors are underway (they started December 12th). We have 7 nominees running for 5 seats. We presented to you the candidates for [...]

(Cross-posted from sheriforigda.org.) Hi All, So as I’ve explained, in short, before on this blog I spent a year on staff for the IGDA as a contractor filling their Operations Manager role. And although there was no formal written policy, because we were becoming the first real staff, I worked with Brian Robbins to create [...]

(Cross-posted from sheriforigda.org.) Hi All, So I started posting TOWs for Chicago and it was working, I also then offered up sharing the TOW Topic spreadsheet to the chapter admins along with examples of my TOWs. Dan Maas then started taking those TOWs and posting them in the IGDA OC Facebook group. Since IGDA OC [...]

(As originally see on IGDA Chicago here: http://igdachicago.com/igda-chicago-board-of-director-elections-2011-candidates/.) Hi All, Elections for the IGDA Chicago Board of Directors are about to get underway (December 12th). We have 7 nominees running for 5 seats. We present to you the candidates for the IGDA Chicago BoD below so you can review who it is that has stepped [...]

(As originally seen on IGDA Chicago here: http://igdachicago.com/day-1-affected-check-your-emails/.) Hi All, Another update as we work to help all those looking for work this time of year in a 2-2-2 fashion: 2 Recruiters: I contacted several of my recruiting friends and colleagues and we’ve already gotten some responses. Besides Carrie from EA, Mary-Margaret Network and Liquid [...]

We just got word that there’s been more layoffs in the industry, this time hitting close to home at Chicago’s Day 1 Studios. Just like when the major layoffs happened at High Voltage in November 2005/January 2006 I’ve kicked it into high gear and with the help of my friends over at IGDA Chicago we’re [...]