January
2006: What's happening in
animation; From the
Business Representative: Unvarnished truths, by Steve Hulett; From the President: Change is
good, by Kevin Koch; Our new domain
name; A new start at Disney?;
H-B veterans reunite; January panel features "artbloggers";
March panel: Ask the MPIPHP expert;
An afternoon to remember; In memoriam: Patrick Kenney, Dennis
Marks, Norm McCabe, Myron Waldman, Robert "Tiger" West
January 2006:
IATSE,
producers agree on contract; From the President: That other quota, by Kevin Koch;
From
the Business Representative: Negotiations and more negotiations, by
Steve Hulett; Don't
forget the wage survey; We respect your privacy; Features on the upswing; Q&A: Health insurance and pension problems;
Annie Awards
set for February 4; Happy birthday, computer lab!; January 31: The Internet for fun and profit; An art sale for
Bill's family; In
memoriam: Blanche Germanetti Phifer, Bill Lorencz
December 2005:
A Christmas
wish, by Tom Yakutis; From the President: Season's greetings, by Kevin
Koch; From
the Business Representative: The negotiation square dance, by Steve
Hulett; RSVP
now for the H-B reunion; Entertainment Partners and disability insurance;
Fill out the
wage survey; Why
do we need unions?; An
afternoon of remembrance; In memoriam: Wilfredo Carrillo, Guy Deel, Bill Eigle,
Gilda Palinginis Kouros, Barbara Palmer, Jeanette Whiteaker
November 2005:
YOU'RE INVITED to
our December 9 holiday party!; From the Business Representative: Sing hosannahs,
by Steve Hulett; You
don't know what you've got 'till it's gone: a cartoon by Keith Tucker
2005 animation
box office; Artists
and the law; Taking care of our own; The ASIFA-Hollywood Animation Archive; Study Maya and
collect unemployment!; At the water cooler; In memoriam: Derek Lamb
October 2005:
Not all Guild contracts are
the same; From
the President: Which camp are you in?, by Kevin Koch; From the Business Representative: Vote, and know
what you're voting for, by Steve Hulett; IDTE signs the Guild contract; Your (three) pensions; Help the Peg-Board; What kind of training do you want?; At the water cooler
September 2005:
From
the Business Representative: Some things you should know about your
benefits, part 1, by Steve Hulett From the President: Random thoughts, by Kevin Koch;
Our September
panel: artists and the law; Help the artists of Louisiana; A fund for IATSE hurricane victims; Who's Greenberg, and what did he settle?; San Diego Comic-Con:
is too much enough?, by Earl Kress; H-B reunion set for November 4; Allen Stovall to appear at TAG Computer Lab, September
26; In
memoriam: Marty Scully
August 2005:
What's happening
in animation; From the Business Representative: What I did in Hawaii,
by Steve Hulett; More
protection for your pension; July 25 panel: Those that can do, also
teach; Q&A:
Where's my raise, where's my minimums, and, what the @^&!$%* do those
asterisks mean?; Brooks
Wachtel teaches animation writing at UCLA; In memoriam: Ruben Apodaca, Kathleen Brain, James
O'Brien, Joe Ranft, Lydio Swayne
July 2005:
Navigating
our new 401(k) Plan; From the President: Animation's greatest resource
-- ourselves, by Kevin Koch; From the Business Representative: Organization,
by Steve Hulett; New
CBA minimums effective July 31; July 26 panel: Those that can do, also
teach; Help
write Disney history; Studio Arts offers more grant classes in August; Pension statements mailed;
In memoriam:
Barrington Bunce, Mary Jane Cole, Brian Green, Selby Kelly, Bill Layne,
Val Vreeland Paul, Gertrude Reynolds, Rowland Wilson
June 2005:
Our
401(k) Plan, renewed: MassMutual takes over as Plan administrator; From the
President: Light a candle in the dark, by Kevin Koch; From the Business Representative: Salting the loot
away, by Steve Hulett; MassMutual's investment fund offerings; Good doggie, by Tom Sito; Don't pay your dues!; Friedman 3D launches new classes July 5; Studio Arts offers demo
workshops; At
the water-cooler; In memoriam: Karen Jepson Ciraulo, Hugh Pettibone
May 2005:
Passings
of greatness: Ed
Friedman, 1912-2005 and Joe Grant, 1908-2005; From the President: Balance, by Kevin Koch; From the
Business Representative: Learn from my mistakes, by Steve Hulett; 401(k) "blackout"
begins May 16; L. A.
première of Disney documentary; Studio Arts offers Flash for TV Animation class;
Q&A:
Benefits or no benefits; Out of work? Keep up-to-date!; At the water-cooler; In memoriam: Don Schweikert
April 2005:
What a
night! The 2005 Golden Awards; From the Business Representative: The 401(k) Plan --
to save or not to save, by Steve Hulett; Q&A about the 401(k) Plan transition; In memoriam:
Gene Hazelton, Hal Seeger
March 2005:
From the
President: A patchwork quilt, by Kevin Koch; From the Business Representative: This month's grab
bag, by Steve Hulett; Letters: 401(k) Plan -- why the change?, by Andy Gaskill; Selling the future
to the Neanderthals, by Mark Zoeller; Thanks from a friend, by Sue Willoughby; Our 2005 wage survey;
Living life inside
the lines; Member
discount for Studio Arts class; At the water cooler; In memoriam: Vance Gerry, Lada Babicka, Anne Herschenburgh,
Mitzi Luukkonen, Carmi Teves
February 2005:
What's happening
in animation; From the Business Representative: Big changes coming for
the 401(k) Plan, by Steve Hulett; An afternoon to remember; Panels at our membership meetings; Q & A: Pension vesting and honorable withdrawal;
AAI to offer
CG storyboarding class; At the water cooler; In memoriam: Kyle Healey, Robyn Nagel
January 2005:
It's official!
Film Roman signs with the Guild!; From the Business Representative: The Film Roman
contract and other benefits, by Steve Hulett; From the President: The importance of the wage survey,
by Kevin Koch; Free
CGI training materials available; At the water cooler/A>; Q & A: I haven't been paid; work breaks; after
your insurance runs out; In memoriam: Danilo De Asis, Jim Willoughby
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