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Ethical Obligation of Committee Members:

 

• When at any GSCA board, committee, work team or group meeting, the GSCA interest is paramount.
• Committee members should not enter into conflicts of interest in financial matters.
• Follow communication steps outlined in board, committee, work team and group meetings that are in the interest of GSCA.
• To promote the free exchange of ideas, the general business of the GSCA board and opinions expressed by the board members should be kept confidential.

Conference Committee 

• Works with staff to plan the main conference content including panels and sessions and keynote speakers (Selects conference theme)
• Works with staff to plan the second annual member event
• Receives conference/event bids and makes recommendations to the board
• Organizes the GSCA Achievement Gala and Awards Presentation
• Organizes all aspects of film submissions, screenings, and technical needs
• Coordinates rehearsals
• Develops conference/event programming to increase the understanding of the giant screen experience with education

Conference Committee Members:
Glenn Shaver, Ontario Science Center, Co-Chair
Tammy Thurmon, GSCA, Co-Chair
Jenn Bentz, Pacific Science Center
Daniel Ferguson, Cosmic Picture
Morgan Gabereau, Tenare Pictures and Communications
Elaine Greene-Yancey, McWane Science Center
Bob Griesmer, Consultant
Bob Harman, MacGillivray Freeman Films
Doug Jackson, MediaMerge
Richard James, Cinema Group
Patricia Keighley, DKP 70MM Inc.
Ingrid Lae, Science World
Julie LaRoche, Old Port of Montreal Society Inc.
Ken McKibben, MediaMerge
Glenn Newland, Technicolor
Daniel Rapo, FotoKem
Gerald Smith, The Moody Foundation
Derek Threinen, D3D Cinema
Dick Vaughan, National Media Museum
Alvis Wales, Consultant
John Wickstrom, Museum of Science & Industry/National Geographic

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Marketing and Member Services Committee

• Assist members to maximize ticket sales by brand and film marketing
• Provide a professional development forum for giant screen marketers
• Identify and communicate best practices in marketing
• Conduct market research
• Develops annual membership drive campaign and assists in recruitment of new members
• Monitors and recommends membership dues
• Develops, recommends and communicates membership benefits and services
• Determines membership categories and eligibility
• Contributes to conference programming to increase the understanding of the giant screen experience with education
• Develops and maintains a member code of conduct
• Establishes standards for, and methods of, information sharing among members such as industry reporting of attendance figures, production costs, and box-office results
• Produces an annual publication
• Advises on website content and direction

Marketing and Member Services Committee Members:
Jackie Mollet, Saint Louis Science Center, Co-Chair
Berend Reijnhoudt, Omniversum, Co-Chair
Kelly Germain, GSCA staff liaison
Mary Altman, World Golf Hall of Fame
Jim Barath, Sonics ESD
Bob Breck, Science Museum of Minnesota
Ed Capelle, K2 Communications
Diane Carlson, Pacific Science Center
Kim Cavendish, Museum of Discovery and Science
Rodney Daniels, Audubon Nature Institute
Mary Jane Dodge, MacGillivray Freeman Films
Dave Duszynski, Cincinnati Museum Center
Brian Eimer, ImagesInSound
Donna Ellis, Virginia Aquarium and Marine Science Center
Sally Garner, Birmingham IMAX at Millennium Point
Amber Hawtin, SK Films
Marlene Janetos, Museum of Discovery and Science
Nikki Lowry, National Geographic
Jim Patterson, Krungsri IMAX Theatre
Gil Perez, Destination Cinema
Avi Strulson, Playback Pictures
Alexandra Van Der Zee, Omniversum
Tanya Vomacka, Museum of Science and Industry
Elizabeth Williams, The Tech Museum of Innovation
Holly Williamson, Smithsonian
Andy Wood, Giant Screen Films
John Zendt, Moody Gardens

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Lifelong Learning Committee

Principal Aims

• Summarize the learning that occurs through giant screen experiences and recommend how this knowledge can be applied.
• Identify how the filmmaking process can optimally plan for desired and unexpected learning outcomes based on published research and collected descriptions of successful practices.
• Inspire, assemble, and analyze independent pre- and post-film evaluations of giant screen films and their supporting exhibitions, programs, and collateral materials in order to better inform the process of making giant screen films and their supporting programs.
• Inspire, assemble and analyze new samples of international data on student, teacher, family, and adult expectations of, and reactions to, giant screen experiences in order to better inform the process of making giant screen films and their supporting programs.
• Promote individual and cross-institutional research that seeks to forward the aims of the Lifelong Learning Committee.
• Encourage innovation in the design and development of supporting exhibitions, programs, and collateral materials.

Communications

• Create opportunities for idea and information exchange among the Association’s membership around the above and related matters.
• Communicate Committee updates and findings on the above and related matters to the Association’s membership and to the industry-at-large using the web site, other publications, conferences, and other meetings.

Achievement Awards

• Establish criteria to inform the selections of GSCA’s annual achievement awards of best film for lifelong learning and best educational support materials.

Liaison

• Liaise with other committees, in particular the Conference Committee in terms of professional development sessions, Member Services Committee in terms of maximizing the value of membership, and Marketing and Promotion Committee in terms of increased awareness about the giant screen experience among the broader filmmaking industry and the general public.

Lifelong Learning Committee Members:
Mary Nucci, Rutgers University, Chair
Kelly Germain, GSCA staff liaison
Samir Bitar, National Museum of Natural History
Steve Bishop, Whitaker Center for Science and the Arts    
Julie Brown, IMAX Theatre Sydney             
Valentine Kass, National Science Foundation
Steve Kempf, Giant Screen Films
Jeffrey Kirsch, Reuben H. Fleet Science Center         
Brad Lisle, Foxfire Interactive Corporation
Greg MacGillivray, MacGillivray Freeman Films
Shaun MacGillivray, MacGillivray Freeman Films                         
Kurt Pryzbilla, Nanotoon Entertainment  
Deborah Raksany, Giant Screen Films  
Bill Watson, National Museum of Natural History

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Professional Development Committee

• Recommends general policies on professional development
• Develops and expands professional development programming at the main conference and the annual event
• Establishes professional development programming through alternate channels such as the Web
• Recommends topics and speakers for conferences and events
• Understands the professional development needs of members
• Stays abreast of professional development initiatives and activities

Professional Development Committee Members:
Daniel Ferguson, Cosmic Picture, Co-Chair
Paul Fraser, Blaze Digital Cinema Works, Co-Chair
Tammy Thurmon, GSCA staff liaison
Diane Carlson, Pacific Science Center
Mark Bretherton, IMAX Theatre Sydney, Australia
Dean Briere, Discovery Place, Inc.
Michelle Duncan, The Tech Museum of Innovation
Patricia Keighley, DKP 70MM Inc.
Toni Myers, IMAX Corporation
Ammiel Najar, Graphic Films
James Neihouse, Neihouse Films
Jim O’Leary, Maryland Science Center
Cherie Rivers, Giant Screen and Digital Theater Consultant
Colette Scott, Kodak
Lisa Truitt, National Geographic Entertainment
Paul Wild, National Geographic IMAX Theater, Victoria, British Columbia
Toby Winsett, Denver Museum of Nature and Science

Mandate: To create programs and guidelines to encourage best technical practices for giant screen exhibitors and filmmakers.