Richard, the Boards from both IAI and IxDA are in communication. Whenever I have had contact with IAI Board Members, there is no sense of animosity. There is no sense of competition. We know that we have people whose interests overlap and they play into each organization. I look forward to finding new ways to work together moving forward, particularly where we share common goals. Let's bring the energy together...we already have people who have affinity to both organizations working on IxDA initiatives and IAI initiatives. This goes beyond the IAI and IxDA as well. We have also had contact with the AIGA as well. We have connections to ACM. But our org models are different, even if at the end of the day all organizations want to ensure that the products, systems and services we design help improve the human condition (or at least not harm it).
The conversations over the last week have conflated many issues. Job titles. Organizational reach. Discipline definition. Conference breadth and depth. Personal Identity. No doubt these issues intersect, but one does not necessarily answer the other. Getting everyone to call themselves the same title does not make it happen in the institutions and businesses that hire us. Putting all of us under one organizational umbrella does not clarify the discipline questions. Having one conference does not make us the same. The question we need to ask ourselves is if in creating a big megastore of an answer would we be losing the very essence of what makes each of these variations appealing to people? We have to consider the culture, the approach... IxDA's mission is to advance the discipline of Interaction Design by providing the community platforms on which to gather to share and discuss the topics surrounding IxD. That platform could be the conference. It could be local groups. It's this discussion list. IxDA is not about coming to you and dictating one final answer. It's about the conversation. Saying there is an absolute end to the definition is equating this to some kind of scientific truth. It will never be that. We share a core of interest. You bring different facets of experience and worldview to your work. You are a member if you say you are, there is no financial barrier. It's your job to do the defining for both yourself and in concert with the community if you choose. It's our job to give you the platforms to come together and spread the word. We have several initiatives going on that are addressing outreach and awareness, both within our communities of practice and out. If you're interested in being involved, contact me off list. There is a lot of good work to be done, regardless of where or with whom you do it. And indeed, at the end of the day it's about doing good work. Janna DeVylder President, IxDA On Sat, Mar 28, 2009 at 3:25 AM, Richard Dalton <[email protected]>wrote: > > > The IxDA Manifesto is: "We believe that the human condition is > increasingly challenged by poor experiences. IxDA intends to improve > the human condition by advancing the discipline of Interaction > Design." > > You could just as easily replace IxDA with IAI and "Interaction > Design" with "Information Architecture". The point is that both > orgs share the same fundamental belief - "Experiences are poor and > we want to improve them". > > IMHO that's enough of a shared connection to work more closely > together. > > - Richard > > > > . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . > Posted from the new ixda.org > http://www.ixda.org/discuss?post=40597 > > > ________________________________________________________________ > Welcome to the Interaction Design Association (IxDA)! > To post to this list ....... [email protected] > Unsubscribe ................ http://www.ixda.org/unsubscribe > List Guidelines ............ http://www.ixda.org/guidelines > List Help .................. http://www.ixda.org/help > ________________________________________________________________ Welcome to the Interaction Design Association (IxDA)! To post to this list ....... [email protected] Unsubscribe ................ http://www.ixda.org/unsubscribe List Guidelines ............ http://www.ixda.org/guidelines List Help .................. http://www.ixda.org/help
