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If you would like to join a committee, please contact the committee chair by clicking on the chair's name for an e-mail link.
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:
Gretchen Jaspering, GSCA, Co-chair
B.J. Smith, Cinemark, Co-chair
Ron Bartsch, Henry Ford Museum
Bob Griesmer, The Maritime Aquarium at Norwalk
Bob Harman, MacGillivray Freeman Films
Richard James, Cinema Group
George Johnsen, Threshold Entertainment
David Keighley, DKP 70MM Inc.
Patricia Keighley, DKP 70MM Inc.
Jeffrey Kirsch, Reuben H. Fleet Science Center
Ingrid Lae, Science World
Julie LaRoche, Old Port of Montreal Society Inc.
Eric Melenbrink, Science Museum of Virginia
Richard Mohabir, New England Aquarium
Tammy Seldon, GSCA
Glenn Shaver, Ontario Science Center
Gerald Smith, Moody Garden Foundation
Suan Teo, TELUS World of Science-Vancouver
Derek Threinen, National Geographic
Bryan Tisdall, TELUS World of Science-Vancouver
Carol Valenta, St. Louis Science Center
Dick Vaughan, National Museum of Photography, Film & Television
Alvis Wales, Oxmoor Corporation, LLC
John Wickstrom, Museum of Science & Industry
Erik Winkelman, Arizona Science Center
John Zendt, Moody Gardens Hotel
Member Services Committee
- 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
Member Services Committee Members:
Berend Reijnhoudt, Omniversum, Co-chair
Tammy Seldon, GSCA, Co-chair
Marketing Committee
- Works to increase the awareness of the giant screen industry to the professional community and the public
- Develops and implements GSCA brand awareness
- Recommends and develops potential sponsor-driven GSCA activities
- Contributes to conference programming to increase the understanding of the giant screen experience with education
- Clarifies, distinguishes, and promotes the giant screen experience to the general public
- Communicates the successes of the industry to increase sponsorship activity and advocate for greater public funding (e.g. NSF)
- Establishes a place for the giant screen segment that legitimizes and reflects its creative and economic contribution
Marketing Committee Members:
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:
Doug King, Saint Louis Science Center, Chair
Colleen Blair, Forth Worth Museum of Science and History
Paul Bluto, Branson IMAX Theater
Amy Bolton, National Museum of Natural History
Greg Brown, Tech Museum of Innovation
Julie Brown, IMAX Theatre Sydney
Lynn Ellington, National Museum of Natural History
Janna Emmel, MacGillivray Freeman Films Educational Foundation
Tim Hazlehurst, Exploris
Nancee Hunter, National Geographic Giant Screen Films
Tim Knapp, CFI/Technicolor
Emlyn Koster, Liberty Science Center, Chair
Wayne LaBar, Liberty Science Center
Greg MacGillivray, MacGillivray Freeman Films
Mary Nucci, Rutgers University
Chris Palmer, MacGillivray Freeman Films Educational Foundation
Don Steele, Summerhays Films
Soames Summerhays, Summerhays Films
Jane Susak, Museum Victoria IMAX Theatre Melbourne
Industry Development Committee
- Develops industry-wide template of deliverables to attract film sponsorship
- Develops a set of common tools to be used by members to present a consistent industry face
- Leverages GSCA’s 501(c)(3) status
- Develops an accurate economic film model for use by producers and distributors seeking film funding
- Recommends strategic partners to promote and fund industry activities
- Contributes to conference programming
Industry Development Committee Members:
Don Kempf, Giant Screen Films , Chair
Zarth Bertsch, Museum of Science and Industry, Tampa, Florida
Jonathan Barker, SK Films
Jeffrey Berry, SBK Pictures
Rick Gordon, RPG Productions
Mark Katz, National Geographic Giant Screen Films
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:
Mike Lutz, MacGillivray Freeman Films, Co-chair
Andrew Oran, FotoKem, Co-chair
Therese Andrade, IMAX Corporation
Mark Bretherton, IMAX Theatre Sydney, Australia
Mark Brittell, Giant Screen Consulting
Karen Dinsmore, IMAX Corporation
Toni Myers, IMAX Corporation
Jim O’Leary, Maryland Science Center
Tina Ratterman, Giant Screen Films
Cherie Rivers, Liberty Science Center
Christian Scheidegger, Swiss Transport Museum
Phil Streather, Principal Large Format
Lisa Truitt, National Geographic Entertainment
Paul Wild, National Geographic IMAX Theater, Victoria, British Columbia
Toby Winsett, Denver Museum of Nature and Science
Publications Committee
- Launches the web site
- Plans Phase 2 and 3 of web site development
- Develops and advises on web site content and direction
- Produces an annual publication
- Develops external communication strategy for the association
- Develops E-news and ad sales strategies with staff
- Contributes to conference programming
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