SHORT ENDS
 Pictured, from left, are Cybal Hall, Jason Behnke, Gail Du Fosse, Christy Richmond, Ostroff, Laura Rindner, Bill Paul, Margaret Guinee and Lowry. Guild participants who are not pictured include Elizabeth Barnette, Jennifer Pulver, Keith Sauter, Neil Mandelberg, Nancy Brindley, Beth Stiller, Mike Baiocco, Craig Galka, Kam Bhagia, Suhail Kafity, Sharon Smith Holley and Derrick Mitchell and family. |
Walking for Millions
On Sunday, October 15, the Editors Guild Aids Walk Team walked with 30,000 other participants in the 22nd annual LA AIDS Walk. The walk raised a record $3.3 million, with the Guild team of 21 doing its part with over $7,500 in contributions. Board Member Stephanie Lowry, part of the team for the first time, raised over $3,400 herself!
Thanks to all who walked and to all who made contributions. Many in need will be helped by your generous participation. And a special thank you goes out to LA MadDogs for its yearly sponsorship of the team with the special Editors Guild Aids Walk T-shirts, and to Maggie Ostroff for her annual organizing of the walk.
GUILD GOES WITH GREENE
 Pictured, left: Catherine Cusimano. Pictured, right: Karen Greene. |
The New Year brings a new face to the Editors Guild in Hollywood. Field Representative Catherine Cusimano resigned her position with us in early December to pursue employment outside the entertainment industry. She has done a great job helping the members and made a tremendous contribution to this union. We wish her much success in her future endeavors.
With her departure, we hired a new Field Representative, Karen Greene. Karen has worked as an assistant editor, primarily on TV series and movies-of-the-week. After taking a cinematography course and making her own film, she discovered her love of editing. That prompted her to pursue a MA in communications from the University of Alabama.
Greene also served on our Board of Directors a few years ago. Her passion to help improve the post-production environment is what triggered her interest in coming to work for the Guild. We welcome her and anticipate her playing a vital role as part of our team.
 Photo by Dieter Rozek |
SMARTSOUND SEMINAR
In November, SmartSound’s Stephanie Joyce, manager of business development, and Brian Dickman, vice president of marketing, held a seminar at the Editors Guild’s Hollywood office on the Sonicfire Pro 4 software, the first-ever music solution with “Mood Mapping” for dynamically matching the mix and feel of music to the changing moods of any production.
The software works with all Mac and Windows editing platforms and the SmartSound Music is delivered at 48 kHz quality with a no-hassle, one-time fee for unlimited perpetual use. This leading technology has won five innovation awards at the 2006 NAB Show and currently comes bundled with Media Composer and Avid Xpress Pro packages. For more information on this product, visit the company’s website at www.smartsound.com.
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