Yet Another DiGRA FAQ

1. What is DiGRA

• Digital Games Research Association – DiGRA is a Finnish non-profit (see also, about DiGRA). DiGRA “aims to support and promote the academic study of digital games and develop its recognition as a field of enquiry”. See bylaws (Finnish http://digra.org:8080/Plone/digradocuments/digrarules03fi/ and Bylaws in English http://digra.org:8080/Plone/digradocuments/digrarules03/).

2. What DiGRA does

• The main operations of DiGRA are its conferences and its journal. DiGRA does not conduct research.

3. How DiGRA is funded

• DiGRA is funded mainly by membership fees.

4. DiGRA should get rid of feminist board members or have more diverse board

DiGRA operates under Finnish law.

• This means that DiGRA cannot discriminate its members based on their gender, religion, political beliefs, etc.
• The board members are elected in a general assembly.

5. DiGRA publication claims X [EDITED]

• Things published by SAGE, Springer, etc. are not published by DiGRA.
• Things published by Gamasutra, Polygon, Ars Technical, etc. are not published by DiGRA

Some relevant laws:

• Non-Discrimination Act (21/2004)
• Associations Act