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Join us at firstent.org/DGA Between gigs to landing your big break, Your Story Matters™. Take advantage of our full suite of financial products and services designed to help the creators of entertainment achieve financial success. YOUR STORY COMES TO LIFE AT FIRST ENTERTAINMENT MEMBERSHIP ELIGIBILITY RULES APPLY. INSURED BY NCUA. On December 11, UPMs gathered online for their annual breakfast hosted by the Eastern AD/UPM Council's UPM Committee, with this year's event focused on productions "Not Made in New York." DGA Second Alternate National Board Member/UPM Committee Co-Chair Thomas Whelan welcomed the participants and introduced the event's moderators: UPM Committee Co-Chair Lynn Appelle and Committee member Daniel Hank, who delivered an overview of the event and briefly discussed the history of the "Made in NY" moniker and the commonalities and differences between the Big Apple and other production locations. Hank then introduced the panelists for the first discussion in which Whelan and Committee member Rosemary Lombard covered the subject of how and why studios choose certain production cities. He next shifted the conversation to how UPMs gets things started with a new project on location and Committee members Adam Brightman, Joe Guest, Canella Williams-Larrabee and UPM Jonathan Starch covered topics including, making your own deal; laying the necessary groundwork on location, and crewing up with your the first key hires. During a segment covering union contracts outside of New York City, DGA Assistant Executive Director Mary Hatch spoke briefly regarding the Guild's distant location rules, and UPM Dana Robin and other panelists shared how other unions' contracts can vary among the different locations. The panelists then discussed the location-specific nuances and considerations for UPMs working in various cities in the Eastern Region – from large markets like Chicago, Atlanta, and New Orleans, to the Eastern Seaboard locations of Boston, Philadelphia, Pittsburgh, and Washington DC/Baltimore, to the smaller "frontier" markets like Ohio, North Carolina, Savannah, and Alabama. For this portion of the event, previous panelists were joined by Committee members Patty Hess and Stephen Lippross. After an open discussion during which the attendees could ask the panelists questions and share their own experiences, the UPM Breakfast was called to a close by Whelan, who thanked the participants and urged everyone to get involved with their Guild and attend the monthly Council meetings whenever they could. Eastern AD/UPM Council Hosts UPM Breakfast — Not Made in New York See more detailed descriptions, additional photos, podcasts and video, where available, online at www.dga.org. Image: (L-R Top Row) UPM Committee Co-Chairs Thomas Whelan and Lynn Appelle (moderator), Committee members Daniel Hank (moderator) and Adam Brightman, (Second Row) Committee members Joe Guest, Patricia Hess, Rosemary Lombard, Stephen Lippross, (Third Row) Committee member Canella Williams-Larrabee and UPMs Todd Arnow, John Fedynich and Dana Robin, (Fourth Row) UPM Jonathan Shoemaker. DGA Events Roundup