Weekly AMP Update

January 14, 2005

Welcome Back Kit!

The intention of this weekly email update is to keep you informed about what is going on here at AMP…schedules, volunteer opportunities, special events, and the like. If you have information you would like to include in a future update, please send it to me via email at dawn@ampmedia.org. Likewise, if you would prefer not to receive these updates, just send an email to my email address with “remove” in the subject line, and I will take you off. Finally, if you know someone who is not receiving these messages who would like to, please forward that information to me as well!

Kit Clements Returns! – Kit will be returning to the office full time on Tuesday, January 18th. Look for his bright smile and quick wit back in his regular office upstairs…it will be great to have him here!

AMP Closed Monday – AMP will be closed Monday, January 17th in observance of Martin Luther King, Jr. Day. We will reopen Tuesday at 9:00 AM.

Need an idea for a video?
The month of February has been designated:

National Black History Month

American Heart Month

Wedding Month

National Caffeine Addiction Awareness Month

National Children’s Dental Health Month

National Single and Searching Month

Wise Health Care Consumer Month

LAST WEEK FOR ENTRIES!! Edgar Kennedy Awards pdf form attached
Attached you will find a PDF version of the entry form for the 2005 Edgar Kennedy Awards. Deadline for submission is Friday, January 21, 2005 and the Awards Ceremony will be held Thursday, February 24th here at AMP. Everyone with content produced during 2004 in Monterey County is encouraged to submit their work! Hard copies of the forms are available in our office.

Hometown Video Festival
Follow this link: www.alliancecm.org for information about the National Hometown Video Festival and Awards. Entry deadline is February 16th and the Festival and Awards will be held HERE IN MONTEREY during the Alliance for Community Media National Conference at the Monterey Conference Center July 6 – 9, 2005.

Keeping Current
Please remember that AMP membership requires 5 hours of volunteer work per month for residents of Monterey and Marina (or $25), 10 hours per month for residents of other communities (or $25 + 5 hours). Please ask us if you have questions!

Studio Saturdays
New volunteer and training opportunity “Studio Saturdays” – Control Room and Studio training/experience sessions every Saturday from 11:00 am to 2:00 pm. Contact Matthew for more info.

AMP Training Website
Includes tutorials for AMP equipment, reference materials, manuals, etc. linked from AMP website – click on the training button on the left-hand navigation bar. This is an interactive learning environment which requires users to be registered with AMP. Use your AMP username and password to login.

AMP Producer Profiles
New web profile for producers and programmers. See http://www.ampmedia.org/persondetail.asp?PersonID=966 for an example. C’mon in to AMP for user pictures for your profile, or email them to Galvin@ampmedia.org

New Web Forms
Volunteer form and problem reporting form now available on-line – use this to report problems with field or studio equipment, as well as report problems with programming. Just click on the “forms” button on the left-hand navigation bar.

Production Assistance Opportunities
Please review this list of upcoming opportunities to help AMP Producers create programming, and contact those you would like to assist (you can find contact information using the new search feature on the website!). Remember, volunteer hours keep you active as AMP members and are deeply appreciated by the Producers.

“Mr. Baer Show” - Studio dramatic experimental video production, involves compositing and video art, as well as dramatic performances.

Produced by Mark Baer

Taping Begins: January 2005

Requires: Technical Direction, Camera operators, Lighting, Editing, Video compositing (chromakey work), Experimental video processing and 3d effects

“Dorothy’s Kitchen” - Studio magazine production highlighting homeless services organization.

Produced by Roger Tanioka

Taping begins January 2005

Requires: Technical direction, Lighting, Editing, Sound, Camera operators

“Mother Goose” - Studio children’s program involves musical performances and storytelling.

Produced By: Marylee Sunseri

Taping Begins: Feb-March 2005

Requires: Set Design, Lighting, Technical Direction, Sound, Editing, Costuming

“Upcoming Live Studio Production” - Studio forum with screenwriter Graham Yost

Produced by: Matthew Galvin

Taping February 5, 2005

Requires: Set design, Lighting, Sound, Camera Operators

Dawn Pease Bryant

Director of Marketing & Public Relations

AMP

2200 Garden Road

Monterey, CA 93940

phone: 831-333-1267

fax: 831-333-0386

cell: 831-224-3428

email: dawn@ampmedia.org

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