IndieCade Volunteer Invitation

IndieCade is seeking volunteers to help produce its 2010 festival. IndieCade 2010 will be held in multiple venues throughout downtown Culver City from October 8-10, including October 6 and 7 for set-up and October 11 for tear-down. For details, visit: http://www.indiecade.com We also hold a showcases at each year at E3 in Los Angeles and Game City Nottingham. Volunteers who have participated in the IndieCade festival receive priority for E3.

All IndieCade volunteers will be required to attend an orientation the weekend of October 7 (date/time TBA) at Media Park in Culver City, adjacent to the Ivy Substation (9070 Venice Blvd., Culver City, CA 90232-2305).

Activities involved in volunteering for IndieCade may include

-Transporting computers
-Carrying and setting up computers and installing software
-Installing exhibition components
-Manning ticket booths
-Serving as docents and guides on the street and in galleries to assist guests
-Setting up and managing AV for conference venues
-Documentation, including taking photographs and video, editing and formatting for the web
-Monitoring and directing press to IndieCade staff

Marketing duties may include:
-Flyering/distributing postcards
-Social networking (tweeting, Facebook, blogging)

This is an exciting opportunity to get a major independent game festival on your resume, network with developers and publishers, and be exposed to some of the most innovative work in today's game industry.

If you are interested in volunteering, please register at: http://www.zoomerang.com/Survey/WEB22APHEY6BAN.

If you have already registered for E3 or other past events, there is no need to register again; however, IndieCade has expanded significantly since last year, so please pass this information onto your friends as we will be needing many more volunteers!

If you have any additional questions, please contact volunteer@indiecade.com.

Thank you for supporting IndieCade.

Larry Loc, IndieCade Volunteer Coordinator
Contact: volunteer@indiecade.com

September Chapter Meeting

We returned to our gamer roots this month by taking a break from the usual panel format of our regular meetings. This meeting was pure networking fun at the Playland Arcade at Santa Monica Pier!

Next month we will return to our usual panel format - and we have a GREAT panel planned for you!

August Chapter Meeting

The IGDA-LA would like to thank the Writer's Guild of America-west (WGAw) for hosting our August chapter meeting. The meeting discussed writing in games.

Our hosts announced at the meeting that the Writer's Guild now offers a way for video game writers to join the guild. (See link below for information on how to apply.)

This offer is the work of the WGAw video game caucus. The IGDA-LA board members celebrate this type of collaboration between professionals from various segments of the entertainment world. The board will work with the video game caucus as part of our on-going efforts to encourage further collaboration between Hollywood professionals and Game Industry professionals.

Link: WGAw Video Game Caucus

The New IGDA-LA Board of Directors

Our Board of Directors were selected this month. They are (in alphabetical order):

Brandii Grace (Chief Communications Officer)
Joshua Green (Board Treasurer)
Louise Nemschoff (Board Secretary)
Jeannie Novak (Vice Chair)
Jamison Selby (Chair)
 
We have had our first meeting and are already working to make this a great and prosperous chapter for all our current and future members!