Well, where has time gone? It is hard to believe that my two years as President of our Los Angeles/Orange County chapter have gone so quickly! I'm feeling just a little sentimental and at a loss for words as I write this article.

This Wednesday evening at the July MCAI-OC meeting, Marcelo Lewin, the Digital Media Dude himself, will demonstrate one of today's most important business-building media tools-Twitter! Also appearing on July 15 will be Rob Brambila, "The ProMAX Answer Man," with practical tips on post production.

It always amazes me how visually oriented some media industry pros can be. Years ago, I was working very late sweetening a project at my studio, when the owner of the video post-production company located in the same building peered in, and said "Why are you working so late on that? It's only audio!" Unfortunately, he was only half joking.

The Media Alliance of Orange County (MAOC) has arranged a behind-the-scenes tour for media professionals only of Christie Projectors on July 29th. Included is a RED camera demo in Christie's state of the art HD screening room and cocktail reception after.

Arthur Roy (Royce) Smith, known to all as Art Royce, 54, co-owner of Coast Media Teleproductions, Inc., passed away on May 31st at his mountain home in Running Springs, California. He was a longtime member of ITVA, the predecessor of MCAI and well loved throughout the industry.