Are you a community minded game developer who wants to grow New Zealand’s game development sector? Then consider standing for the 2021/2022 New Zealand Game Developers Association board!

The NZGDA welcomes diverse candidates from across New Zealand, in any role in the industry or craft who are current members of the Association. Some of the areas the board focuses on are diversity, government relations, industry and community support, education, and events. If any of these sound like something you're particularly passionate about we'd strongly encourage highlighting this in your statement of intent!

If you have any questions don’t hesitate to contact info@nzgda.com or ask a current Board Member. If you've got questions specifically about the Chairperson or Secretary roles please feel free to reach out to chairperson@nzgda.com, secretary@nzgda.com, or events@nzgda.com respectively.

Submit your candidacy via this form by Monday November 1st at 5:00 pm.

Voting will open on Friday 5 November and will close on Friday 19 November.

The results will be announced at the 2021 NZGDA AGM, which will take place on the 24th of November.

**Updates to 2021 Election Procedures**
The NZGDA Board is proposing constitutional updates at the AGM in November 2021. These changes include updates to the procedure for electing the NZGDA Board.

The Board has proposed two changes to election procedure, which we would like to implement as a part of this election cycle:
1. Update Officer Roles to include Chair, Vice-Chair, Secretary, and Treasurer
2. The Membership will elect the 9 Board Members, and then the Board Members will assign the Officer Roles amongst themselves (instead of being directly elected by the membership).

The Board would like to use this election to practice these changes to election procedure, however in the unlikely event that the constitution is not approved by the membership at the AGM in November, it is possible that we will need to hold a separate election for the roles of Chairperson and Secretary. We do not expect this to be the case, however we wish for you to be aware of this possibility.