GDC Manitoba's superhappyawesome button swap is back for another round of designery goodness. Don't miss out on the good times!

Yesterday evening marked the inaugural debut of National Digital Media Day, which saw members of New Media Manitoba, the Society of Graphic Designers of Canada (Manitoba Chapter), Flash in the Peg, and the International Game Developers Association band together to celebrate at the Pastry Castle in the Exchange.

Mark your calendars and save the date(s)... the Fall 2008 sessions for the GDC Manitoba Chapter's ongoing professional development lunch talk series have been scheduled for the following dates:

Just another benefit of membership: AIGA member discounts for events! This fall take a road trip to beautiful Nisswa, Minnesota, and set up tent (figuratively) at Grand View Lodge for a weekend of Design Camp. Let's put together a Manitoba contingent that will show those Yanks what Canucks are made of (bones, guts, s'mores, beer and highly conceptual design strategies).

Hot off the press! Follow this link for enlightening and entertaining summer reading as GDC Manitoba presents its latest e-newsletter.

This year's GDC National AGM is being held at the Delta Bessborough Hotel in Saskatoon, Saskatchewan.

This week GDC executives from across the country will be uniting in Saskatoon for our National Annual General Meeting. Since this one is so close to home Manitoba extended the offer to attend from our usual two reps to the entire executive. We are allowed 3 participating delegates myself, Oliver and Adrian. We will also have the pleasure of Raelene and Jessica's company, who will be coming to observe. At the crack of dawn on April 24th we will pile into a van and head North West. Road trip playlists in hand and thumbs ready for DS tournaments, we will burn up the highway as we get ready to dive into our weekend of design and drinks. The weekend is a valuable motivator for overworked volunteers, as well as a step towards successful succession planning. Plus it's a great party. I doubt Saskatoon will disappoint!

Manitoba's design community lost a great friend with the passing of Red River College instructor Bruce Gillespie.