Thursday, April 28, 2005
Volunteer Report
Twenty-six volunteers turned out last night for ASIFA-Hollywood`s monthly Act of Membership Volunteers Meeting. There were people from DreamWorks, freelancers, three ASIFA Board Members, two animation teachers, small studio owners, lots of students, animation fans, film makers, and one archivist of Disney comic books who effortlessly put a name to a Donald Duck comic book story that I haven`t seen since I was 8 years old.
Jerry Beck talked about this Saturday`s ScrappyAFI screening and lined up volunteers for the June 2-D Expo.
The next order of business was Comic Con. Strategies for parking; food, hotels, and just plane surviving the four-day pop culture ordeal were discussed. A play by play of last year`s Jerry Beck screening of The Worst Cartoons was spontaneous presented by Steve Gattuso and Jon Reeves. Okay, I was in on it too.
There was a break for pizza and talk. Scooter Milne suggested a Stop Mo Expo which is already starting to move from idea to action plan. I for one, as a stop mo geek, am heavily behind this project. Then the evening ended with Linda Lee and then David Kolodny-Nagy presenting practice pitches in preparation for Monday appointments at Nick. The whole group offered feedback and input. Jason Jones helped me clean up and then that long drive home to Orange.
NOTE: The Dudlie Do-Right Emporium sign is in the ASIFA Archive`s back room. And volunteers from the Fred Patten Library move delivered duplicate items for the ASIFA Archives. ¶ 9:55 AM
Jerry Beck talked about this Saturday`s ScrappyAFI screening and lined up volunteers for the June 2-D Expo.
The next order of business was Comic Con. Strategies for parking; food, hotels, and just plane surviving the four-day pop culture ordeal were discussed. A play by play of last year`s Jerry Beck screening of The Worst Cartoons was spontaneous presented by Steve Gattuso and Jon Reeves. Okay, I was in on it too.
There was a break for pizza and talk. Scooter Milne suggested a Stop Mo Expo which is already starting to move from idea to action plan. I for one, as a stop mo geek, am heavily behind this project. Then the evening ended with Linda Lee and then David Kolodny-Nagy presenting practice pitches in preparation for Monday appointments at Nick. The whole group offered feedback and input. Jason Jones helped me clean up and then that long drive home to Orange.
NOTE: The Dudlie Do-Right Emporium sign is in the ASIFA Archive`s back room. And volunteers from the Fred Patten Library move delivered duplicate items for the ASIFA Archives. ¶ 9:55 AM
