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C A S Q U A R T E R L Y W I N T E R 2 0 1 9 5 It is with immense pride and great sadness that I sit and write this, my last President's Letter for the CAS Quarterly. I have been fortunate to be able to work with you all in a time of great change. The industry is very different now than my first day in serving you as CAS President. I believe that the evolution of streaming media and the change this has brought about in viewing habits makes our job more challenging and rewarding than ever before. Along with this change, we have seen tremendous diversity in our organization, not only in numbers but in the types of projects our members are working on. We have expanded our benefits, events, and opportunities. With the first studio- provided CODE for streaming an entire catalog to the Summer Screening Series that just took place. The CAS Board is especially delighted with more than 400 people that attended The Matrix event at the TV Academy. I wish to thank this sitting Board for all its hard work and dedication without which the organization would not be the strong growing society that it is today. With special thanks to Vice President Phillip Palmer CAS, Secretary David J. Bondelevitch CAS MPSE, Treasurer Peter R. Damski CAS, Quarterly co-editors Matt Foglia CAS and Karol Urban CAS MPSE, publicist Dorothea Sargent, and office manager Carol Thomas, who have given many years of their lives, evenings, weekends, and international conference calls to the cause! I am also very encouraged by our growing international strength and presence. Not only do we have members all over the globe, but I recently had the opportunity to teach a creative workshop on "The Art of Sound Mixing for Cinema," hosted by Dr. Wen-Shing Ho (Sc.D) at USC-SJTU Institute of Cultural and Creative Industry in Shanghai, followed by lecturing at the prestigious Beijing Film Academy. These were truly incredible experiences, to spend time with younger generations in different cultures driven by the technology and creativity of our world. This is an ongoing feeling of inspiration that we have seen in events from the wiring clinic in New York City to the CILECT-CNA Sound & Storytelling Conference at Chapman University. I am looking forward to celebrating that inspiration and creativity with you at the 55th CAS Awards, where we will congratulate one of the most forward- thinking visionaries of our generation, Steven Spielberg as our Filmmaker Award honoree, alongside Lee Orloff CAS, our Career Achievement Award honoree, whose dedication and commitment to excellence in our craft has been demonstrated for more than three decades. It has been my pleasure to serve as your president. Mark Ulano CAS President To educate and inform the general public and the motion picture and television industry that effective sound is achieved by a creative, artistic and technical blending of diverse sound elements. To provide the motion picture and television industry with a progressive society of master craftsmen specialized in the art of creative cinematic sound recording. To advance the specialized field of cinematic sound recording by exchange of ideas, methods, and information. To advance the art of auditory appreciation, and to philanthropically support those causes dedicated to the sense of hearing. To institute and maintain high standards of conduct and craftsmanship among our members. To aid the motion picture and television industry in the selection and training of qualified personnel in the unique field of cinematic sound recording. To achieve for our members deserved recognition as major contributors to the field of motion picture and television entertainment. CINEMA AUDIO SOCIETY MISSION STATEMENT CAS WINTER 2019 NEW MEMBERS Active Nathanial Barrow Glenn Eanes Mark Ettel Associate Daniele Carli Sam Fan Xiang (Lisa) Li Matthew Manson Michael McGrath Student Ryan Vaughn Akinori Chen THE PRESIDENT'S LETTER