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10 I M PS E . O R G BRIDGING THE GAP BETWEEN ASPIRING PROFESSIONALS AND INDUSTRY EXPERTS BERNARD WEISER Vice President, Motion Picture Sound Editors President, Entertainment Industry Professionals Mentoring Alliance bweiser.eipma@gmail.com BY BERNARD WEISER MPSE EIPMA is looking forward to a year that sees its fundraising goals come to fruition, which will allow us to form a staff to better serve the entertainment industry, educational institutions, and those looking to us for help. Please look for our donation link on our website. Panels: In November, EIPMA was represented on two panels at the SMPTE National Conference held online. MENTORSHIP IN THE INDUSTRY, sponsored by SMPTE and EIPMA. Bryan Gaffney - Moderator Panelists: Bernard Weiser - President of EIPMA Karen Dunn - President of KMD Productions and KMD Pro Speed Mentoring™ Samuel Ashe - Executive Director of The Ashe Academy DIVERSITY IN THE INDUSTRY, sponsored by SMPTE. Linda Rosner - Moderator Panelists: Stacy Milner - Founder & CEO of the Entertainment Industry College Outreach Program/HBCU in LA Internship Program Katie Hinsen - Chair of Blue-Collar Post Collective (BCPC) Ryan Penny - Program Director-Made in NY Postproduction Training Program Crystal Jones - Board President of The Ashe Academy & seasoned IT professional. EIPMA also participated in the Regional Advisory & Industry Skills Panel Event set up through the California Community Colleges, hosted by Susanne Mata, Regional Director, Employer Engagement, Information Communication Technologies & Digital Media and held online. Bernard Weiser and Karen Dunn gave a presentation to approximately 60 to 80 administrators and faculty around the state about EIPMA and outlined our Speed Mentoring program. This was followed by: Digital Media Regional Advisory & Industry Skills Panel Susanne Mata - Moderator Panelists: Bernard Weiser - President of EIPMA Karen Dunn - President of KMD Productions and KMD Pro Speed Mentoring™ Richard McKernan - Avid Technologies From the Q&A session for this panel, EIPMA was asked to form a report to help schools know what equipment they should be using that will better prepare students to enter the entertainment industry. So look for requests for information and opinions from your EIPMA representatives regarding this subject. We hope to have an EIPMA Report on Equipment Standards for Educational Institutions available early next year. Our website is updating as we slowly adapt to our organization's needs. Please note that we have added a "History" to our "About Us" page which mentions how EIPMA formed out of the desire of the Motion Picture Sound Editors to honor Paul Rodriguez, former longtime Board member of the MPSE, who helped and mentored so many entering into the world of sound post-production. Speed Mentoring continues, Karen Dunn holds sessions centering on the music industry. In December, Karen held a Speed Mentoring session with music students from BYU. On January 9, EIPMA held a Speed Mentoring session for current graduate students in the School of Theater, Film, and Television department at UCLA. We are certainly looking forward to getting over this pandemic hump, to when we will be able to open up hands-on programs such as our shadowing opportunities for students and educators, along with in-person events… Yes, remember those days? They will return in due time, but for now, we adapt and continue to reach out. Please visit: eipma.org EIPMA 2020-2021 2020 was a tough year and our winter into 2021 continues to be bumby. However, from the hearts of all the EIPMA Board of Representatives, along with our Advisory Council: We wish all of you the best for a fruitfull new year 2021!!!!