IxDA Board Retreat – August 2009

Report of the August 14-16 meeting of the Interaction Design Association (IxDA) Board of Directors. "A third theme was ‘money complicates everything’. We recognise the need for the organization to be placed on a more stable financial footing, which is more predictable and — as a result — better able to be planned against. And yet IxDA was founded on principles of open access and participation which would seem to preclude a paid membership model. We are dedicated to having no barrier to entry to the core value IxDA provides, but at the same time can see opportunities for paid services and access to discounts and offers from partners that would not be made freely available."