[DiGRA UK] FW: regional digra chapters

[Esther MacCallum-Stewart]

Paolo,

This is a great idea, and happy to take up the opportunity - would it be
possible to contact Paul (since this was his suggestion) and moot this?

Esther

On Thu, Feb 12, 2015 at 5:08 PM, Paolo Ruffino <contact at paoloruffino.com>
wrote:

> If you guys want to have a dedicated slot on the conference schedule,
> please let me know as we are currently sorting out the schedule for the 4
> days of the conference.
> I think it could be a good idea to have a session for regional meetings
> only, separated from the main DiGRA meeting.
> best
>
> On 12 February 2015 at 12:22, Ashley Brown <Ashley.Brown at brunel.ac.uk>
> wrote:
>
>>  Hello all,
>>
>>
>>
>> Paul Martin sent me this email earlier today and I got his permission to
>> share it with you all. Was wondering what we all thought of it? I know in
>> the past Hannah Wirman tried to organise similar events at DiGRA
>> conferences- we had one last year but more informal.
>>
>>
>>
>> Personally, I think it is a fantastic idea. I can envision quick ‘State
>> of the Union’ type addresses with each chapter doing a 5 minute run down of
>> current chapter activity. I also think this might be something to take to
>> the board (which I will do now) to see if we can make it a regular thing.
>>
>>
>>
>> Please feel free to share thoughts,
>>
>>
>>
>> Ashley ML Brown
>>
>> Lecturer in Games Design
>>
>> www.AMLBrown.com
>>
>> Brunel University London
>>
>> College of Business, Arts and Social Sciences
>>
>> 119 Gaskell Building, Brunel University London, Uxbridge, UB8 3PH, United
>> Kingdom
>>
>>
>>
>>
>>
>>
>>
>> *From:* Paul Martin [mailto:Paul.Martin at nottingham.edu.cn]
>> *Sent:* 12 February 2015 00:54
>> *To:* Ashley Brown
>> *Subject:* regional digra chapters
>>
>>
>>
>> Hello Ashley,
>>
>>
>>
>> Hope you’re well and all is as it should be in Uxbridge. I'm writing to
>> you in relation to UK DiGRA. As you know, I’m involved in Chinese DiGRA and
>> we’re thinking of ways for regional chapters (and their research) to
>> increase visibility at events such as the main DiGRA conference. We were
>> kicking around the idea of having a regular event at DiGRA where
>> representatives of the respective chapters highlighted a number of pieces
>> of research from their region. Is this something you think would benefit UK
>> games research and can you think of anyone involved in UK DiGRA who would
>> be interested in it? At the moment this is just an initial idea—I’m making
>> contact with other DiGRA chapters to see who else would be interested.
>>
>>
>>
>> Best, Paul
>>
>>
>>
>> Assistant Professor in Digital Media and Communications
>>
>> School of International Communications
>>
>> Room AB 422
>>
>> University of Nottingham Ningbo China
>>
>> T. +86 (0)574 88180172
>>
>>
>>
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Dr Esther MacCallum-Stewart

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