ACM SIGGAME Proposal
The Association for Computing Machinery (ACM) is a prestigious professional society serving the needs of academics and professionals with interest in computing, broadly viewed. Within the ACM, Special Interest Groups (SIGs) serve the needs of specific communities of interest by operating conferences, fostering publications, and generally promoting the creation and spread of knowledge about the topic.
The Board of Directors of SASDG is asking the ACM to create a new Special Interest Group on Computer Games, to be known as SIGGAME.
The goal of the new SIGGAME is:
To foster, promote, and communicate high-quality research in the science, design, engineering, technology, educational applications, and culture of computer games.
Since the creation of computer games includes expertise from almost all areas in computer science and engages issues from multiple disciplines including social science, fine art, and liberal arts, SIGGAME will intersect, enrich, and cross-pollinate many traditional research areas. SIGGAME will provide a common forum in which researchers and practitioners in the many disciplines that have a stake in computer games will have a chance to meet and interact.
We are actively seeking people who would join SIGGAME, once it is approved by the ACM. If many people indicate interest in joining such a SIG, it improve the chances that the ACM SIG will be approved. Membership involves payment of yearly dues expected to be in the range of USD $20, and at least occasional participation in SIG events (such as the Foundations of Digital Games conference). If you would be interested in joining SIGGAME, please send an email to Jim Whitehead at ejw@cs.ucsc.edu, indicating your name and organization, and whether you are an existing ACM member.
Current status:
In March, 2010, the ACM SIG Governing Board reviewed our preliminary proposal to create ACM SIGGAME. The leaders of the SIGs were supportive of this proposal, and now we have been invited to develop a formal proposal, which includes initial Bylaws, a draft budget, and an initial slate of leaders. The deadline for creating these materials is August 1, 2010.