Efforts To Establish Ottumwa As The Site of The Official Video Game Museum
On April 6, 2009, Owen Good, of Kotaku.Com, penned a major article titled: "A Claim to Fame in the Dodge City of Video Games." In this story, he examines Ottumwa's prospects as potentially the "Cooperstown, NY" of the video game industry. On Facebook, a group of Ottumwa citizens have started a campaign to bring recognition to Ottumwa, promoting the idea of a video game museum. On April 29, 2009 Ottumwa announced that it has reclaimed the title Video Game Capital of the World. Subsequent news stories reporting this event appeared in the Des Moines Register and Ottumwa Courier on April 30, 2009. With Walter Day, Billy Mitchell and Steve Sanders in attendance, the Ottumwa government announced plans to develop a Video Game Hall of Fame and Museum and, on May 5, 2009, a Committee was formed with Chris Hoeksema as the Chairman, Danny Anderson as the Vice-Chairman and Elizabeth Bolinger as the Secretary. Mr. Hoeksema was also the founder of the Facebook group. On May 8, 2009, Anderson resigned as Vice-Chairman and was replaced by Josh Gettings, an Ottumwa merchant. At the May 12 meeting, Chris Hoeksema resigned and Terry Mcnitt replaced him as Co-Chairman with Josh Gettings. Josh Bolinger was chosen as Treasurer of the committee and was later chosen as Curator for the IVGHoF. Earlier, at the May 5th meeting, Joshua Gettings distinguished himself by choosing the official name for the proposed facility: International Video Game Hall of Fame.
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