Sorry for your situation Dominic. After 30 years you think they'd get that very few people give a damn about Canyon Cinema and they ain't never gonna change that fact by putting a new Director in charge. Bah. owen
On Aug 23, 2012, at 3:00 PM, DOMINIC ANGERAME <[email protected]> wrote: > > > dear friends of Canyon Cinema Film Cooperative; Board of Directors, Co-op > staff > and members, a few shared thoughts if you will. > > Canyon (Cinema) was born, as are all of us, in Love. She has flourished for > some > 60 years as a unique alternative to commercial filmmaking. > > > I would urge us as community at this moment of transition, to continue in the > founding spirit of simple respect for life and living that is implicit in our > films. We are retiring our friend and collegue, Dominic Angerame as Director, > after 30-some years of dedicated service, and welcoming Denah Johnston to > assume > the helm of leadership. Our retiring director should, meanwhile, be given > every > practicable kind of support, gratitude, and thoughtful consideration during a > potentially difficult post-employment interval. With his many accrued, > international contacts, accomplishments as director and filmmaker, and > knowledge > of the biz it would seem essential that he be retained in the Co-op community > in > an advisory role as consultant, or liason. I leave the details, respectfully, > to > the consideration of our Board of Directors, suggesting perhaps a friendly > meeting with Mr Angerame. > > I hope this letter will be received as reflecting no favoritism. For myself, > I > have indicated this week to Director, Denah Johnston an offer by Lux of > London > to author a third edition - now in progress - of my DVD Volume I, supplying > copies to Canyon at cost (Volumes II & III might conceivably follow). > Further, > given a visible retirement proposal for the welfare of our outgoing director, > I > would offer all personal royalties from film rentals and video sales to the > Canyon Cinema coffers for a period of two years. > > > Best Regards to all! - BB > > P.S: Regarding our September 22 Retirement Celebration in San Francisco, > look for further details by email in September. > <Letter to the Members 21AUG2012.pdf> > _______________________________________________ > FrameWorks mailing list > [email protected] > https://mailman-mail5.webfaction.com/listinfo/frameworks _______________________________________________ FrameWorks mailing list [email protected] https://mailman-mail5.webfaction.com/listinfo/frameworks
