From thb at gameattorney.com Tue Jun 3 22:05:23 2008 From: thb at gameattorney.com (Thomas H. Buscaglia) Date: Wed, 04 Jun 2008 02:05:23 -0000 Subject: [IGDA_indies] The IGDA Foundation Message-ID: <200806040049.m540nu963614@dev-biz.com> SIG and Chapter Leaders The IGDA Foundation (the ?Foundation?) was created to assist the IGDA in its mission, to enhance and enrich the professional lives of its members, through educational, scientific and charitable works. Up until the formation of the Foundation, aside from individual dues and some corporate sponsorship opportunities, there was really no way for those wishing to provide additional support to the IGDA to do so. Now, through the Foundation, game industry individual and corporate leaders wishing to do so are able to support the IGDA and its members through their charitable contributions to the Foundation. You may be interested in some of the programs that the Foundation presently supports. They include: * A scholarship to the Game Developers Conference honoring Eric Dybsand, deceased AI SIG leader; * Development of a quarterly IGDA Magazine for the IGDA; * Obtaining statistically valid research on our industry in areas if specific importance to IGDA members; * Providing financial support to the family of Patrick Downey, a deceased fellow game developer; and, * Support for ongoing SIG and Chapter projects! All of these initiatives originated from the IGDA membership. And this is just the beginning. These are just a few examples of some of the great things we can do for IGDA members, and our game development community at large, through the Foundation as it grows and moves forward. In short, the IGDA Foundation was created to serve you, the IGDA members. So, if you have any projects that you think might be an appropriate candidate for Foundation support, please let us know. The Foundation is here to help you. We could use your help too. If you are interested in helping out with the Foundation's good works, we are seeking volunteers to sit on the Foundation "IN" (fundraising and donor support) or "OUT" (programs and projects) committees. Of course, if you wish to make a contribution, that's great too. Just go to http://foundation.igda.org/?page_id=6. Tom B ???`???,??,???`??????`???,??,???`??? Tom Buscaglia, Esquire The Game Attorney T. H. Buscaglia and Associates Miami, Florida and Vashon, Washington - USA Tel (888)848-GLAW Chair IGDA Foundation Chair IGDA ECQC Taskforce Member, IGDA Board of Directors -------------- next part -------------- An HTML attachment was scrubbed... URL: