From the President-Elect's Messy Desk

MoPictive Friends,

This month marks a transition in the 9 year history of Mopictive as Patrick Inhofer completes his term as president and I humbly try to fulfill the mission set forth by our founder Michael Vitti. We owe tremendous gratitude to Patrick for stepping in after Michael's untimely passing. It was no easy task to run a business so based upon deadlines and manage the work of a user group. Patrick achieved that with good humor, kindness and dedication to the group.

I admit to being a technical person, whether in my training/consulting practice, my product review writing niche and even in my shooting/production. As such I tend to forget sometimes that there is such a thing as content.

Mopictive will continue to focus not just on the technical side of our craft but also on the creative and content aspects. We will continue to seek presenters who can make us thing and who can help us develop our skills. But we, your president and board, need one more thing-- you. Volunteer your skills and time. Become part of the leadership team and some day one of you will be assuming the role of president.

For the first meeting at which I will formally preside, we will have invited presenters as always. More about that in the detailed agenda.

But I like to take chances and even at this last minute, I want to take a chance.

We have amazing members with all kinds of diverse skills. Let's start sharing with each other.

For our February meeting, in addition to our invited guests I am asking for up to 5 volunteers who wish to present to the group. Do you have a unique workflow in FCP, AE, PPro, Avid or any related app? Do you have a clip from an on-going project you would like to show and explain your shooting, editing or VFX techniques? Let me hear your proposal. So that we have time to publicize to the group, deadline for submissions is Monday, February 21, 6:00 pm. Our leadership team will select the five most interesting topics. Make it brief and to the point. You've got 10 minutes and then I get the hook. Submit your proposals to me directly via email-- ned***at***mopictive.org

Let's learn from our presenters and learn from each other.

See you at my favorite toy store on Wednesday, February 23.

Sincerely,

Ned Soltz
President-Elect, MoPictive