[game_preservation] Possible Quarterly Project: evangelism

[Henry Lowood]

Alex,

Well, a website is both more and less than what I had in mind.  The 
website is a bit more because it usually involves more content than is 
necessary for the first touch and grabbing some mind-share.  Also, as 
Andrew pointed out, we have a good bit of content on the SIG wiki -- the 
IGDA website is another matter, which Andrew could get explain a bit 
more.  Suffice it to say, not much on the IGDA site.  Also, a website is 
not sticky like a physical brochure can be.  Some people toss them, but 
a lot of people kept them around, for a while or a long time.  You can 
hand them out at a meeting, and show the one you picked up to somebody 
else over coffee.  Etc.  We need a mix of web-based and f2f ways of 
leaving the message with people, so maybe a brochure or flyer (or 
something else), in combination with content we push out on the web ...

About the meme -- this made me think of "Before It's Too Late," which 
was the title of our White Paper, which reminded me to remind members 
that it is available, either as a free download or a modestly priced 
print publication.   (We waived all the royalties.)  More details on the 
wiki!

Henry




On 3/3/2011 10:49 PM, Alex Handy wrote:

> I agree, Henry, but I think in modern terms, we'd call that brochure a 

> Website.

>

> This project sounds like it requires some Internets.

>

> To start with, we probably need a list of all the active videogame 

> companies. Does IGDA have something like that, or should we build a 

> list from scratch? We have a Wiki already set up at wiki.themade.org 

> <http://wiki.themade.org>, or we can all share a Google doc. Either 

> way, we can segment out the companies in such a list and divy them up.

>

> Some companies ya'll have obviously already contacted, and I know 

> Activision already has an archivist.

>

> Perhaps we could create some sort of marketing campaign, or meme? 

> "Don't throw it out!" or some sort of advertising-ish slogan?

>

> As for repositories, I'm going to speak to a few hosting companies 

> next week.

>

> On Thu, Mar 3, 2011 at 10:41 PM, Henry Lowood <lowood at stanford.edu 

> <mailto:lowood at stanford.edu>> wrote:

>

>     Alex,

>

>     One thing the SIG should try to do before too long is develop a

>     communication package on the issues involved, pay-offs for

>     companies that consider preservation, etc.   What in my old days

>     would be called a ... brochure.   Not sure that's the best format

>     these days.   But I do think that's a good target in terms of

>     length and attention draw.   And yes, I think that could be

>     finished in a quarter.

>

>     The next step would be to figure out a communication strategy in

>     terms of who contacts whom.  My own preference would be to take a

>     networked approach and have specific institutions or individuals

>     take responsibility for specific regions -- where they are more

>     likely to have contacts.   Also, I think it would be very useful

>     to organize potential repositories as a network, as well.

>

>     Henry

>

>

>

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