TXMPA ANNOUNCES AUSTIN REGIONAL MEETING FOR MONDAY, JUNE 18
Attention Screen Door folk, listen up!
(Austin, TX) - The Austin region of the Texas Motion Picture Alliance announced today it will hold its next meeting Monday, June 18, at Mother Egan's Irish Pub, 715 West Sixth Street. At the meeting, attendees will choose a new Austin regional representative and discuss two at-large seats from the Austin region and the group's on-going structure.
Current representative Rebecca Campbell, executive director of the Austin Film Society, will attend with alternate Janet Pierson and Texas Film Commissioner Bob Hudgins.
The meeting will begin promptly at 7 p.m. To RSVP, email austintxmpa@mac.com.
TXMPA last week celebrated the passage of HB 1634, which included $22 million in funding for film incentives grants. On Monday, May 28, the Speaker of the House and the Lt. Governor signed the bill, and this Thursday, June 7, Governor Rick Perry is expected to sign the bill at a ceremony at Austin Studios, 1901 E. 51st Street, beginning at 10 a.m.
TXMPA is also celebrating its exciting and productive first year. Last June, the TXMPA formed at a statewide meeting in Austin with an elected board that includes a representative for each of seven regions throughout the state: Amarillo/Panhandle, Austin, Dallas/Fort Worth, El Paso/West Texas, Houston, Rio Grande Valley/Brownsville and San Antonio.
Its next annual meeting to elect new board and discuss the upcoming year will be held Saturday, June 30, at 10 a.m. See the TXMPA Web site, www.txmpa.org, for details. Location TBA.
In preparation for the next legislative session in 2009, there is still a great amount of work to be accomplished. TXMPA will assist in marketing the new incentives program, monitoring the results of these grants and embarking on an Economic Impact Study.
About the Texas Motion Picture Alliance:
The Texas Motion Picture Alliance (TXMPA) is a nonprofit 501(c)(6) organization founded in Austin on June 16, 2006 to become the advocate for the film, video, interactive, and digital media production industries in the Lone Star State. The Alliance is committed to building a strong community of industry professionals. It is charged towards creating competitive economic incentives to present to the state legislature in the upcoming session. TXMPA also is committed to educating the general public about our businesses and how we impact their lives through the hundreds of millions of dollars our productions pump into the economy.
(Austin, TX) - The Austin region of the Texas Motion Picture Alliance announced today it will hold its next meeting Monday, June 18, at Mother Egan's Irish Pub, 715 West Sixth Street. At the meeting, attendees will choose a new Austin regional representative and discuss two at-large seats from the Austin region and the group's on-going structure.
Current representative Rebecca Campbell, executive director of the Austin Film Society, will attend with alternate Janet Pierson and Texas Film Commissioner Bob Hudgins.
The meeting will begin promptly at 7 p.m. To RSVP, email austintxmpa@mac.com.
TXMPA last week celebrated the passage of HB 1634, which included $22 million in funding for film incentives grants. On Monday, May 28, the Speaker of the House and the Lt. Governor signed the bill, and this Thursday, June 7, Governor Rick Perry is expected to sign the bill at a ceremony at Austin Studios, 1901 E. 51st Street, beginning at 10 a.m.
TXMPA is also celebrating its exciting and productive first year. Last June, the TXMPA formed at a statewide meeting in Austin with an elected board that includes a representative for each of seven regions throughout the state: Amarillo/Panhandle, Austin, Dallas/Fort Worth, El Paso/West Texas, Houston, Rio Grande Valley/Brownsville and San Antonio.
Its next annual meeting to elect new board and discuss the upcoming year will be held Saturday, June 30, at 10 a.m. See the TXMPA Web site, www.txmpa.org, for details. Location TBA.
In preparation for the next legislative session in 2009, there is still a great amount of work to be accomplished. TXMPA will assist in marketing the new incentives program, monitoring the results of these grants and embarking on an Economic Impact Study.
About the Texas Motion Picture Alliance:
The Texas Motion Picture Alliance (TXMPA) is a nonprofit 501(c)(6) organization founded in Austin on June 16, 2006 to become the advocate for the film, video, interactive, and digital media production industries in the Lone Star State. The Alliance is committed to building a strong community of industry professionals. It is charged towards creating competitive economic incentives to present to the state legislature in the upcoming session. TXMPA also is committed to educating the general public about our businesses and how we impact their lives through the hundreds of millions of dollars our productions pump into the economy.
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