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C I N E M A A U D I O S O C I E T Y. O R G 11 The end of 2024 is here and what a difficult year it has been for so many of us in production and post- production. We hope that most of you have been able to weather these hard times as we all are expecting work to come back with the new year as production seems to be ramping up. EIPMA has continued to progress with the incredible support of our member organizations. As you know, EIPMA is a charitable nonprofit organization and is completely 2024 Speed Mentoring for MPSE, CAS, ACE Student Awards reliant on donations. All of us at EIPMA are volunteers, so our costs are low. We are so grateful for donations from the Cinema Audio Society and the Motion Picture Sound Editors, along with sponsor donations from our events. EIPMA wishes to give our heartfelt thanks to you all. Of course, we also accept small individual donations through our website eipma.org. Every dollar is so appreciated. We are proud to note that we have started our One-on-One Mentoring On February 24, 2024, we held our 2024 Speed Mentoring for MPSE, CAS, ACE Student Awards. The student nominees from MPSE, CAS, and ACE participated online for one-on-one talks with veteran professionals. October 20, 2024, at the University of Southern California, CAS & MPSE presented The Sounding Board v4.0—a series of panel discussions about the practical, creative, and technical art of sound for picture. As a fantastic show of support, CAS & MPSE donated the proceeds from this event to EIPMA! EIPMA is so grateful and wish to extend to these organizations a THANK YOU to your Board of Directors and members. November 9, 2024, Avid Technology's offices in Burbank. Sponsored by the CAS, MPSE, Avid, and NBCUniversal Studio Post, this was an inspiring panel discussion featuring accomplished women leaders in the entertainment industry: director Linda Mendoza (Ugly Betty, Scrubs), production mixer Lisa Pinero CAS (Red One, Challengers, Licorice Pizza), picture editor Sabrina Plisco ACE (Doctor Strange, Sky Captain and the World of Tomorrow), and producer/director Avril Z. Speaks (Files of the Unexplained, Jinn). These talented women shared their insights about their individual paths to overcoming the challenge of unconscious bias in an industry that had been long occupied by men. A recording of the webinar is posted on our EIPMA YouTube channel. Please check it out! Program. Our participation at the city of Burbank's 1st Media Expo and Job Fair with a panel discussion and information table was a big success with 3,500 attendees, and started an inflow of requests for this program showing the important need for the help and mentorship we provide. A few of the ways the CAS has worked with Entertainment Industry Professionals Mentoring Alliance this year include: L-R: David Barber MPSE, Peter Kurland CAS, and Mark Lanza MPSE Role Models: Women in the Entertainment Industry & How They Got There ANNOUNCEMENTS