Members are welcome to join committees at any time to take an active role in guiding the future of the association. Please let us know where you would like to share your skills and experiences to strengthen the community and develop solutions for the challenges our industry faces. You must be a member of GSCA to participate on a committee.

Click here for a PDF of the tactical plan adopted by the GSCA board of directors in March 2016 to work toward GSCA's strategic plan and how each committee will contribute. 

Committees

Event Planning Committee

The Event Planning Committee replaces and combines the responsibilities of the Conference Committee and Professional Development Committee.

1. Continually reviews need and composition of GSCA events, develops technical requirements for hosting events, receives event bids and makes recommendations to the board.
2. Creates event theming and determines best avenues for marketing GSCA events.
3. Determines criteria for and organizes all aspects of film submissions and the GSCA Achievement Awards Presentation.
4. Develops event programming content, including panels, sessions and keynote speakers, to increase the understanding of the educational giant screen experience.
5. Stays abreast of members’ professional development needs by continually reviewing event surveys for feedback.
6. Establishes potential professional development programming possibilities beyond GSCA events.

Industry Development Committee

This newly formed committee includes the former Lifelong Learning Committee and Research Taskforce responsibilities. The Alternative Content Special Interest Group and Giant Dome Special Interest Group will also be represented on this committee.

1. Considers ways the GSCA can work across its community to connect current and potential giant screen audiences to develop a deeper understanding of their interests.
2. Considers ways the GSCA can strengthen the links of the value chain in the giant screen industry from production to audience.
3. Considers GSCA’s relationships with and participation in like-minded industry groups, i.e. ASTC, AAM, IMERSA, Jackson Hole, etc.
4. Establishes standards for and methods of information sharing among members such as industry reporting of attendance figures, production costs, and box-office results.
5. Identifies best practices in marketing of giant screen films and theaters. Works with staff to produce and disseminate research findings.
6. Considers how GSCA can help increase public awareness about the unique qualities of the giant screen experience among the broader filmmaking industry.
7. Alternative Content: Considers alternative uses of and content for giant screen theaters and the potential impact of this content on other links in the giant screen industry value chain.
8. Giant Dome: Discusses particular areas of need and interest that pertain to giant screen dome theaters and determines how GSCA can address those needs.
9. Lifelong Learning: Summarizes the learning that occurs through giant screen experiences and recommends how this knowledge can be applied.
10. Identifies how the filmmaking process can optimally plan for desired and unexpected learning outcomes based on published research and collected descriptions of successful practices.
11. Inspires, assembles, and analyzes 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.
12. Inspires, assembles, and analyzes 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.
13. Promotes individual and cross-institutional research that seeks to forward the aims of the Lifelong Learning Committee.
14. Encourages innovation in the design and development of supporting exhibitions, programs, and collateral materials.
15. Creates opportunities for idea- and information-exchange among the Association’s membership around the previously listed and related matters.
16. Communicates committee updates and findings on the above and related matters to the Association’s membership and to the industry-at-large using the website, other publications, conferences, and other meetings.
17. Assists Event Planning Committee with criteria to inform the selections of GSCA’s annual achievement awards of best film for lifelong learning and best educational support materials.
18. Research: Promotes research on GS by serving as a bridge between the GS community and the research community.
19. Disseminates opportunities for and results of research on GS through both GS and non-GS industry conferences, associations, listservs, etc.
20. Engages the giant screen community to participate in ongoing research programs.
21. Submits grants for research to external funders (e.g. NSF, NIH, Sloan) through GSCA.
22. Develops an independent archive of giant screen history and materials at an academic or institutional location.

Industry Development Committee Members:

• Mike Lutz, Evans & Sutherland, Co-chair
• Glenn Shaver, Ontario Place, Co-chair
• Tammy Seldon, GSCA staff liaison
• Tim Archer, Masters Digital
• Shauna Badheka, MacGillivray Freeman Films
• Janine Baker, nWave Pictures
• Mark Bretherton, December Media
• Taran Davies, Cosmic Picture
  
• Robin Doty, Museum of Science, Boston    
• Michelle Duncan, The Tech Museum of Innovation
• Andrea Durham, Science World
• Johnny Fraser
• Christian Fry, CVF Productions
  
• Wendy Grant, Reuben H. Fleet Science Center
• Tim Hazlehurst, Marbles Kids Museum
• Chad Hunter, Carnegie Science Center
• Valentine Kass, National Science Foundation
• Don Kempf, Giant Screen Films/D3D Cinema
  
• Renee LePera, Science North
• Brad Lisle, Foxfire Interactive
  
• Kent Maahs, Science Center of Iowa
  
• Shaun MacGillivray, MacGillivray Freeman Films
• Jackie Mollet, Saint Louis Science Center
• Kim Nickels, Consultant
• Mary Nucci, Rutgers University
• Alan Nursall, Telus World of Science-Edmonton
• Kate Piasecka, IMAX Melbourne Museum
• Gary Timko, COSI
• Paul Wild, IMAX Victoria Inside the BC Museum
  
• Ka Chun Yu, Denver Museum of Nature and Science

Member Services Committee

Formerly the Marketing and Member Services Committee.

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Technical Committee

1. Creates programs and guidelines to encourage best technical practices for giant screen exhibitors and filmmakers while being dedicated to developing filmmakers and new content creators.
2. Coordinates technical sessions at GSCA events, providing an ongoing forum for the presentation of technical issues of interest to GSCA members.
3. Provides input to Events Committee on technical requirements for GSCA events.
4. Establishes recommended technical guidelines for giant screen exhibitors and seeks to develop standard test materials for evaluating performance of giant screen cinemas.
5. Creates an online reference database of tools used by giant screen filmmakers—including cameras, film stocks, and post-production processes—in the interest of helping giant screen filmmakers produce the highest quality images possible for presentation on the giant screen.
6. Continually reviews qualifications for the Certified Giant Screen® program and makes recommendations to Member Services Committee so programs remain relevant and are updated as industry standards progress.

Technical Committee Members:

• Michael Daut, Evans & Sutherland, Co-Chair
• Tim Hazlehurst, Marbles Kids Museum, Co-Chair
• Tammy Seldon, GSCA staff liaison
• Pawel Achtel, Achtel Pty. Ltd.
• John Angle, The Tech Museum of Innovation
• Tim Archer, Masters Digital
• Jonathan Bird, Oceanic Research Group
• Bryan Boehme, Christie
• Doug Boyer, Christie
• Nathan Cohen, SK Films
• Phillip Crabtree, Naval Aviation Museum
• Michael Dalton Smith, Digital Crossing
• Brian Eimer, ImagesInSound
• Paul Fraser, Blaze Cineworks
• Christian Fry, CVF Productions
• David Gioia, Saint Louis Science Center
• Rick Gordon, RPG Productions
• Gord Harris, Christie Digital
• James Hyder, LF Examiner
• Don Kempf, Giant Screen Films/D3D Cinema
• James Neihouse, 1570 Films
• Andrew Oran, FotoKem
  
• Paul Panabaker, Dolby Laboratories
• Amy Quesinberry, Orlando Science Center
• Glenn Smith, Sky-Skan
  
• Phil Streather, Principal Large Format
• Yuri Sudo, NHK
• Alvis Wales, Consultant
• Nancy Wang, Legend 3D

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Ethical Obligation of Committee Members

1. When at any GSCA board, committee, work team or group meeting, the GSCA interest is paramount.
2. Committee members should not enter into conflicts of interest in financial matters.
3. Follow communication steps outlined in board, committee, work team and group meetings that are in the interest of GSCA.
4. 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.

Committee Member Qualifications

Committee members must:

• be a current member of GSCA.
• have a broad knowledge and understanding of the giant screen industry.
• be willing to champion and promote the association and industry to others.
• have excellent communication, interpersonal and decision-making skills.
• be passionate and open minded.
• be able to meet in-person once per year at the Conference. Note: Costs associated with participating in committee meetings (airfare, ground transportation, lodging, telephone, etc.) will be the responsibility of the committee member.
• be able to participate in conference calls on a regular basis as determined by committee chairs.
• There may be additional criteria. Please see our committee descriptions above for that information.