Section
Officials
Chairperson
Mickey Kroll
770-638-1378
mickeyk@dstech.com
Secretary/Treasurer
David Priester
MCSi
770-455-7610 david.priester@mcsinet.com
Membership Chairperson
T.J. Scott
Thomson Multimedia
770-338-4273
tj.scott@philips.com
Program Chair
Ron Caird
Miranda
770-578-0096
rcaird@miranda.com
Managers
Ry Alford ‘03
CTG Atlanta
404-352-3000
ry@ctgatlanta.com
Larry McLendon ‘03
CNN Post Production
404-827-4358
larry.mclendon@turner.com
Rick Ackermans ‘03
Turner Entertainment Networks
404-885-2037
merrick.ackermans@turner.com
David Siegler '04
Turner Studios
404-885-0314
david.siegler@turner.com
Sterling Davis ’04
Cox Broadcasting
404-843-5230
sterling.davis@cox.com
Earl Higgins '04
AVID Broadcast
770-889-4591
earl_higgins@avid.com
Webmaster
Andy Funk
FOX5 News
404-898-0116
afunk516@foxtv.com
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Next
Meeting:
Monday, June 9, 2003
Spiced Right BBQ at 6:30 PM
Program Starts at 7:30 PM
Hosted
by:
MCSi
Dinner provided by:
DST
Topic:
MXF-Material Exchange Format Demystified
Lowell Moulton, SONY Systems Integration
There are many new SMPTE standards in balloting or trial relating to the new video and audio file interchange format,
MXF. Lowell Moulton, Senior Technical Consultant with Sony Systems Integration will review these standards and why you should care about
MXF. He will discuss the engineering guidelines for MXF, Unique Material ID
(UMID) and the MXF Descriptive Metadata Scheme. MXF enables material to be easily searched and accessed at temporal resolutions down to individual frames. This creates a potential for dramatic effect on workflow.
Mr. Moulton will also review some of the basic strategies and considerations for building production and distribution systems using
MXF, metadata enabled digital asset management
and mixed MXF and SDI plants.
Make plans to join your colleagues for this timely and informative program on a very timely subject.
Location:
MCSi
2975 Northwoods Parkway
Norcross, GA 30071
770-441-1000
Directions:
I-285 to Peachtree Industrial
North on Peachtree Industrial to Northwoods Parkway
(Second Right after Medlock Bridge Rd)
Right on Northwoods Parkway.
MCSi is on the left
PLEASE
POST
Invite
your Friends And Colleagues
May 2003 Section Meeting:
On May 19th, about 25 members of the Atlanta SMPTE section gathered in the Multi-purpose room at Turner for an open discussion on a range of topics. Clyde Smith began by discussing the state of SMPTE as an organization and expressing concern over a continuing drop in membership at the national and international level. This led to a discussion of the actions that the Atlanta section can take to expand membership, involve more of the current membership and help revive neighboring Sections. We discussed topics of interest for upcoming programs as well as new locations for meetings that may help attract members. Several members also discussed new projects that were in process or recently completed in their facilities. One general consensus that emerged was that we should have this a ‘State of the Section’ meeting once a year as it was a useful and educational experience.
looking for ballots for new officers for the Section. These should be arriving in the mail soon. There are several qualified candidates thanks to the work of Jim McKechnie and the Nominating Committee. Please be sure to return your ballots with your selections.
Upcoming Section Meetings:
The July program will be provided by AVID on a topic to be decided. Leitch will provide the program for August. Sigma Systems is tentatively scheduled for September.
News of Related Organizations:
The
Peach State Chapter of the Society of Broadcast Engineers is reorganizing
and plans to become more active. They now have a web site at www.broadcast.net/~sbe5/
where you can find more information.
Program
Suggestions:
Is there a topic that you would like us to cover or want to
present? Do you have new equipment or a facility you would like to show off?
We are always looking for hosts and presenters for our
meetings.
Please contact:
Section
Internet Mailing List
We have a
full-featured Internet mailing list for support of Section activities.
List members receive meeting notices and other appropriate
announcements. The list is easily administered via the web. You can
subscribe, unsubscribe, and change your list options —yourself— on the list Info
Page, or view past list messages on the list Archive.
Comments?
Send your announcements, job openings, or other
information of general interest to Program Chair Ron Caird:
Have comments or suggestions for the Section web site? Send them
to Andy
Funk, afunk516@foxtv.com or kb7uv@arfunk.com.
Last Updated:
14 February 2004
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