With my thoughts consumed by the idea of packing (see my last paragraph), 1 or 2 of those little chocolate bunny’s and a half dozen of the little eggs that for some reason, I find all over the house every year around this time, I am happy to present the 50%dark, 50% milk, much lighter then normal week 12 confessions e-mail.
Tax help?
Seneca’s own, Rob Corbett will speaking for an hour about tax exemptions and other important financial information for freelancers on Monday April 13th from 1:30pm -2:20pm (period 7) in room S2168. Most freelance artists don’t understand how easy it is to write off costs they incur throughout the year, and for the second year in a row Rob will share his experience to all whom wish to attend. Thanks Rob!
SCA Media Awards
Tickets went on sale this week, for the SCA media Awards to be held on April 23rd next at York University’s Accolade Theatre. Awards to be doled out for top DMA, CMP, RTVR, RTVT and JBC students. The event will be preceded at 4:00 PM by a small reception, hosted by Jed to say thank you for another great semester at SCA.
Acting for Camera and Voice
The New ACV program cleared another hurdle, and is currently at the ministry for their stamp of approval in the form of funding, and we hope to start looking at applicants in the next couple of weeks for a scheduled program start up in September at the Markham Campus.
TAVIS
The TAVIS project is nearing a pivotal part, with the release of the ad campaign suggestions for use of the new logo. We will also be working on possibly a corporate video, radio PSA’s and some TV commercial, and look for more info over the next phase of the project.
Admissions Meeting
This week the broadcasting group of programs had a meeting with Admissions, two things came to light that can affect all SCA programs. As a result of an effort to increase the timeliness of the application process, we are going to experiment with testing both the CAAT tests and the other applicant tests and the orientations on the same day. If it works and is manageable, it might be something other SCA programs might want to try. The second thing that came out of the meeting was access to digital weekly reports that our Admissions people do on a regular basis. I have added all coordinators and student advisors to the Blackboard community “Statistics Office” so look around and have some fun.
Good Day
In Radio the three things you should never talk about on air are Sex, Politics and Religion. Unless of course if you are on talk radio, then theses are the only things you should talk about! I treat theses e-mails as a collection of little radio bits I am doing on the air, on the imaginary radio station in my head (by the way my radio name on this station is Jungle Gym!). So talking about Good Friday is something I do very carefully, understanding that this is a very important symbolic religious holiday. But I will say this… any day that starts with word “Good” has to be a great one in any book.
What’s up Doc?
The JBC students have done some great work this spring, and you can see for yourself on Tuesday, April 21st from 4-6pm in The Hive as they host the 2009 Journalism Broadcast DocFest.
In Closing
We are moving… when I say we, I mean my wife, my two girls, Bentley the super dog and Sugar the gold fish are moving at the end of the month to Caledon, to live with my Sister, her family and my Mom for the summer. The plan is that we are going to buy our first house in July or August back in Mississauga. The only reason I bring this up is to paint a picture of what we have been going through at home and to setup my last quote. Over the last, we made two trips to the dump, countless trips to donation drop off locations and after a Craig’s list customer was picking up the couch we sold last night, my oldest daughter found a 4 foot, girl doll that had been destined for the drop off box. When she grabbed it and proceeded to take it to her room, I had to put my foot down and remind her that she has not played with her in 6 or 7 years. She just smiled and said, “Well this is a good time to start then”.
It is I guess a good time to start on the rest of the packing, and that I will be doing all weekend!
Happy Easter, happy Passover and the best to you and your families.
Thanks! 12 (+1) down and 2 (+1) to go.
Jim