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SAG-AFTRA JOINS TECH PANEL Entertainment Summit presented by Digital Media Wire. The panel, which took place at the Jewish Heritage Museum in New York City, O n June 28, SAG-AFTRA Senior Business Representative, New Media Andrew Dansker participated in a panel discussion at the annual Mobile and Social was titled Cloudy and a High Chance of Revenue: How Technology Is Changing the Way Audiences Access TV & Video Content, and included Bill Wheaton, Akamai's senior vice president and general manager of digital media; Marty Roberts, senior vice president of sales and marketing for thePlatform (Comcast); Desiree Rodriguez, vice president of business development for MobiTV; and Ashwin Navin, CEO and co- founder of Flingo. Panelists discussed the latest innovation, pricing, monetization and distribution models for video content. They also spoke about digital rights management and piracy issues as they relate to global distribution and new technology. The panel was followed by a Q&A session with industry attendees and a networking reception. Andrew Dansker speaks at the June 28 Mobile and Social Entertainment Summit. New York QUEENS STUDENTS ARE DIRECTORS FOR THE DAY AT SAG-AFTRA S traveled to the SAG-AFTRA offices in May. Jeffrey Bennett, a BookPALS volunteer and SAG-AFTRA deputy general counsel/associate executive director, New York, who regularly reads to the class, took the students to his office. They got to be "directors for the day" in the SAG-AFTRA boardroom, and they discussed how they might shoot a feature film of their favorite book, considering story, location, cost and casting. One of the students asked Bennett the maximum cost to make a movie. He responded that the sky is the limit! tudents from Janine Esposito's fiſth-grade class at PS 16 in Queens NEW YORK LOCAL HOSTS FIRST SAG-AFTRA NEW MEMBER ORIENTATIONS An evening session was offered June 26 at 360 Madison Ave., and an aſternoon session was offered on June 28 at the 260 Madison Ave. office. Incorporating the legacies of both great unions, these orientation sessions have been newly designed to educate members in all career categories about the resources available to them through SAG-AFTRA. New member orientations are hosted by the Member Outreach, Relations and L ess than 100 days aſter the historic merger of SAG and AFTRA, the New York Local hosted the first two new member orientations for SAG-AFTRA members. Education Committee, and programmed and run by the New Member Orientation Subcommittee, which is co-chaired by Rebecca Damon, Kathy Keane and Sara Krieger. Damon also serves as the New York Local co-vice president with fellow Co-Vice President Anne Gartlan, who also helped run the orientations. New York Local Co-Presidents Holter Graham and Mike Hodge were present at both orientation sessions to welcome the new members and speak about the importance of union solidarity. New York Local Executive Director Jae Je Simmons was also on hand to greet everyone, and emphasized the staff's commitment to working on behalf of the membership. Check your email for information about upcoming New Member Orientations Jeffrey Bennett leads fifth-grade students in a discussion. and other member events at the New York Local. Need to make sure your email address is up to date? Call the New York Membership Department at (212) 944-6243 or (866) 855-5191. If you would like to be notified about the next New Member Orientation, you can email the New York Local at NewYork@sagaſtra.org. SAGAFTRA.org | Fall 2012 | SAG-AFTRA 35