Re: [MISP] Thank you New Mexico

The people of New Mexico have a wealth of untold stories to communicate to the world, based on originality, courage and ingenuity.  Let's begin to genuinely co-create, collaborate and cooperate with one another to make it all work in unity--together.  Story is the backbone of the industry, technology supports story.. Technology cannot survive without Story.

 

The time is now to share what's in our HEARTS and in our SPIRIT to influence our BRAINS and CO-CREATE in a new and innovative way.   The future harmony and balance of humanity and our environment depends on it.

Kasandra Clemente

On Dec 18, 2010, at 11:47 AM, Alton Walpole wrote:

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Doug -

I fully agree. Thanks for the thoughts.

Alton

On 12/17/10 9:42 PM, Doug Bocaz-Larson wrote:

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We had a couple of great meetings the last two days and it is wonderful to

see so much support for the industry.  Not just film, but computing,

technology and even video games.

A couple key issues jumped out at me:

1) The industry is one of the fasting growing in our state, if not the

only one showing growth over the last eight years.   Even though New

Mexico is one of the top film producing states we only have 2% of that

market.  Imagine how much more we could grow.

2) Incentives need to include the video game industry which is much bigger

than the film industry world wide.

3) Smaller New Mexico based productions/companies needs to be given

additional incentives/support - these are the future and what will sustain

us

4) While I agree that we need to unite and be heard by our state

government, we also need to reach out to the tax payers.  THANK YOU NEW

MEXICO! is what we need to say.  We need to thank the people for

supporting the industry.   Intel is an example of a company that reaches

out to their community, helps the schools and gets involved with the

people.  We need to show regular people, not just our state government,

that the industry is here to stay and wants to make everyone a part of it.

 Get a celebrity on a billboard with a local New Mexican who has benefited

from an industry job and say THANK YOU NEW MEXICO!   Make it more than

business or politics.  Make it part of who we are in New Mexico.  We are

storytellers for the world.

Sorry... just had to rant.  It was a good couple of days.  Thanks

everyone.  Keep up the good work.  We appreciate all the film industry

does for us.

See ya,

Doug Bocaz-Larson

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