January 22 marked the very first PGA
Lot Delegate Lunch. The networking event was the brain-child of AP Council
members Karen Covell and Jethro Rothe-Kushel. It was held for PGA members
working for the Walt Disney Company Disney at their Studio Lot in Burbank
California.
The Delegate Lunch program is designed to connect the PGA
members on each lot so they have friends and associates to network with and
hire. It also provides the PGA with a more viable presence at each studio
creating a linked community of member producers, and serves as a way to reach
new potential members.
Thanks to Vice President of Digital Media Studio, Disney/ABC Television Group, Chris Thomes (also PGA New Media Council Chair
and VP of New Media for the Guild) the event reached producers from divisions all
over the Walt Disney Company including Television, Motion Pictures, Interactive
and Imagineering. "It was a great way for PGA members to find each other in a
Studio," says Thomes, "It's not easy to identify PGA members or
connect with them at work. This program is a first step in that vein and will
be a real value to PGA members moving forward. Karen and Jethro have the right
idea here."