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2 FA L L 2 0 2 5 I C A S Q U A R T E R L Y Greetings to all CAS members and other readers. There are a ton of great articles in this issue that I hope you find as interesting as I do. But first, let me congratulate the 35 members of the Cinema Audio Society who received nominations for the 77th Emmy Awards! Best of luck to all of you! Speaking of awards, planning for our 62nd Annual CAS Awards is well underway. Submissions open October 28, 2025, with the show on March 7, 2026. We are happy to be back at the Beverly Hilton—but with many enhancements. Construction continues on the hotel, but there will be a new, faster drop point on Wilshire, a new gathering space, and I expect a more spacious feel in general. Details will be forthcoming. In other CAS news, we have forayed into using our individual and collective expertise to help set industry standards. Our Industry Technical Standards Committee, chaired by Marc Fishman CAS with Vice Chair Jon Greasley CAS, have been working tirelessly on recommendations to the Advanced Television Systems Committee (ATSC) to clarify and improve the standards behind the Commercial Advertisement Loudness Mitigation (CALM) Act. These recommended modifications should help with overall dialogue clarity. Following delivery of our recommendations to the ATSC, we were invited to join their July 15 meeting. Jon Greasley presented and discussed our recommendations in more detail. I expect the stature of our membership will lead to many more opportunities to help improve the guidelines used in the presentation of our work. Also in July, we held our Annual CAS Membership Picnic at Vasa Park in Agoura Hills, CA. Members, families, and friends turned out for a day of food, games, and camaraderie as you can see in the photos included in this issue and on our website. I was happy to be able to attend and greet (and sometimes meet) many members. Our Events Committee is planning another event, the Family Friendly Beach Day, which is coming up soon. Be sure to check your email for finalized information. While I was at the picnic, I was thrilled to spend time with Juan Cisneros CAS and Daniel Vasquez V. CAS. Both divide their time between L.A. and South America. This became the foundation for a new CAS International Committee. We hope this committee helps to expand our international presence by bringing in more renowned mixers from all over the world and enhancing communities in their home countries with new gatherings and educational offerings. We hope this may also lead to creating educational videos in multiple languages that we can offer to sound mixers everywhere. Finally, our plans for The Sounding Board v5.0 this fall are coming together quickly. Look for details on our website or via email. I expect there will be both an opportunity and need for current members to assist in all of these endeavors. Let us know your interest! I hope to see you soon—wherever that may be! Peter F. Kurland CAS T H E P R E S I D E N T ' S L E T T E R 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. FALL 2025 NEW MEMBERS Active William Anderson CAS Toco Cerqueira CAS Bob Chefalas CAS Patrick Christensen CAS Ryan Collison CAS Thor Fienberg CAS Teddy Hallaron CAS Leffert Lefferts CAS Jared Marshack CAS John Maynard CAS Nicholas Minter CAS Connor Nagy CAS Academic Jacob Bouie Gabriella Cote Guadalupe Fernandez Perez Christian Mayers Obi Nelson Associate Giovanny Basabe Qin Da Fangjian Li Gongyao Wang CINEMA AUDIO SOCIETY MISSION STATEMENT