I personally also hate extremely large conferences (even though I can't afford to go to many during the year), because its so difficult to meet new people and really get to know others. I was thinking that perhaps we might consider taking a cue from ACM, which has an incredibly varied base of disciplines that each have their own Special Interest Group (SIG). This way, we can all potentially be under one organization and then still keep our specializations such as IA, IxDA, Usability, Research, and anything else that might come up in the future.
Additionally, if we are all under an umbrella organization, it might be possible to attract people from different, yet related fields such as industrial design, library science, web development, and even psychologist, sociologists, and biologists. I think infusing our discipline with other perspectives will really enrich everyone's experience and we are sorely lacking and insulated in this respect (this point was made by Eric Reiss at IA summit). -Alla . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Posted from the new ixda.org http://www.ixda.org/discuss?post=40553 ________________________________________________________________ Welcome to the Interaction Design Association (IxDA)! To post to this list ....... disc...@ixda.org Unsubscribe ................ http://www.ixda.org/unsubscribe List Guidelines ............ http://www.ixda.org/guidelines List Help .................. http://www.ixda.org/help
