I.  Announcements – Presented by UI Secretary, Rosemary Thomas II.  Guest Speaker – UI Board Member to speak about November election. This November, Upstate Independents will be holding it’s annual election for open Board Member positions. Announcements will be made at the meeting with further information about how to run for an open Board Member [...]

Upstate Independents’ September 7th, 2010 Meeting Line-Up I.  Announcements Presented by UI Secretary, Rosemary Thomas II.  Guest Speaker – Line Producer, Production Manager & Asbury Shorts NYC Founder Doug LeClaire. Doug LeClaire is a Clio Award-winning television commercial and cable network promo Line Producer and Production Manager.  He has worked in the NYC film/video industry [...]

I.    Announcements II.    Film Screening with Q & A: III.   A 15-minute Networking Break IV.   Guest Speaker-of-the-Month:   Anne Nelson Anne Nelson’s career spans the fields of writing, human rights, and international affairs.  Nelson, a native of Stillwater, Oklahoma, graduated from Yale University.  As a young journalist she covered the wars in El Salvador and Guatemala.  [...]

I.   Announcements II.  Film Screening with Q & A: A. Rich Lounello will be screening his short, “The Loop.” (13 minutes)  Destiny has a way of following you.”   Rich has been a professional actor for over 15 years. He is a member in good standing with all 3 unions, SAG, AFTRA, & Equity. This marks [...]

Our presentation for this meeting was a series of staged readings of scripts written by Upstate Independents members: Deadly Aspirations by Ron Pucherelli (UI Treasurer), Lightman by Jim Brearton, Killer Game by Susan Griswold and Battle of the Bands by Kevin Dobies. The actors involved were Heidi Philpsen (UI Programming Chair), Rich Lundy, Susan Griswold, [...]