Community Action! - Midpeninsula Community Media Center
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Dear Members of the <strong>Media</strong> <strong>Center</strong> <strong>Community</strong>,<br />
Thank you for celebrating 20 years of success with us.<br />
The Mid-Peninsula Access Corporation (MPAC) opened its<br />
doors on February 5, 1990. Who knew then that the tiny<br />
enterprise with a peninsula-sized heart would grow up to<br />
become the <strong>Media</strong> <strong>Center</strong>? We are thankful for the vision<br />
and generosity of the Cable Co-op legacy funding and the<br />
creativity and enthusiasm of thousands of local residents<br />
for launching and sustaining us these twenty years!<br />
With its communication resources and expertise, the <strong>Media</strong><br />
<strong>Center</strong> has aspired, since its inception, to build civic awareness,<br />
celebrate cultural diversity, and become an integral<br />
community resource.<br />
Starting with a budget of $125K, we wrote grants, purchased<br />
used equipment, and relied heavily on volunteers<br />
to demonstrate the potentials of a grassroots-communications-hub.<br />
In our first few years we procured major grants<br />
to serve at-risk youth, produced numerous community<br />
forums in a makeshift studio, reached out to hundreds of<br />
civic and arts organizations, secured contracts to videotape<br />
meetings for municipalities, and trained hundreds<br />
of residents each year to create their own programming.<br />
In the years that followed, we witnessed major shifts in technology,<br />
which we mirrored by striving to be relevant and<br />
strengthen our community. Our class offerings have changed<br />
– reflecting the digital convergence of video, photography,<br />
audio podcasting, and social media. Our web site features<br />
video-on-demand clips from our 124 current community<br />
program producers and a live webstream for each of our<br />
five cable channels. Our budget has grown to over $800K.<br />
2010 was a banner year for the <strong>Media</strong> <strong>Center</strong>!<br />
� Three grants enabled us to create high-impact media<br />
projects:<br />
-- Alive and Free Stories, a project with at-risk youth,<br />
created video profiles of former gang members and<br />
their transformations. The project included a web site<br />
featuring the videos and community presentations.<br />
MEDIA CENTER<br />
Lights! Camera! <strong>Community</strong> <strong>Action</strong>!<br />
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We initiated the Sound Lounge where kids can hang<br />
out on the weekend and perform live music, the only<br />
such venue in Palo Alto, and we conducted our usual<br />
Digiquest Summer Camps, Youth Advisory Council<br />
and our Internship programs – all in support of youth<br />
training, access and empowerment.<br />
In response to five youths committing suicide within six<br />
months, the <strong>Media</strong> <strong>Center</strong> collaborated on numerous<br />
community initiatives to prioritize teen well-being.<br />
We joined Project Safety Net (psnpaloalto.com) and<br />
provided media support and coverage for their events.<br />
We partnered with the PTA Council and Adolescent<br />
Counseling Services to create six programs on topics<br />
ranging from connecting with teens to bullying. We<br />
covered all school board meetings and a city-sponsored<br />
forum. Every program was heavily promoted and<br />
discussed on our blog site and Facebook page.<br />
� We launched the Zoom-In Collaborative training<br />
68 people to produce short-form videos including<br />
citizen journalism pieces. Zoom-In volunteers<br />
covered important local stories such as a tragic<br />
plane crash and the community response<br />
to an emotionally charged anti-GBLT rally.<br />
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We produced candidate forums and issue debates for<br />
20 election races with two civic organizations and 368<br />
government meetings.<br />
Thank you for your steadfast support over the years. We<br />
know we couldn’t have done it without you. We urge you<br />
to review the following pages to discover the details of our<br />
successful 20th year. And please continue our journey with<br />
us, whether you take a class, become a donor/member,<br />
volunteer as a field producer or studio crew, or be our fan by<br />
watching shows on our cable cannels and on our website.<br />
Best regards,<br />
2010 Annual Report<br />
-- Day Workers Journal got underway with video training<br />
(in Spanish) and the beginnings of a documentary about<br />
the lives of day workers and a worker-written blog site.<br />
-- Girls TV was part of an after-school program that we<br />
launched for at-risk youth. The program mentored girls<br />
in communications technologies.<br />
Board President Executive Director
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Financial Report<br />
Operating Revenue Increases with Increased Services and Facility Use<br />
PEG (Public, Education and Government) subscriber pass-through fees, representing 40% of the total revenue in<br />
2010, were essentially flat as compared to 2009. Our Professional/media services and Contracted meeting coverage<br />
represented 35% of our income. Professional/media services were up 7% from 2009, while our Contracted meeting<br />
coverage decreased by 2% reflecting current economic conditions. We believe these same economic conditions<br />
will continue to attract small businesses and non-profit organizations to use our competitively priced professional<br />
services. Class & facility use fees, representing 9% of the 2010 income, increased by 17% over 2009 due to<br />
increased use of our studio. The resulting total operating revenue for 2010 was $829,900, a 9% increase over 2009.<br />
Expenditures Increase to Support Increased Services<br />
Operating expenses were higher by 8% in 2010. This was largely due to part-time staffing and outside<br />
services needed to produce a higher number of professional service projects. We also had an increase<br />
in tech support expenses as we connected the middle and high schools in our service area to our<br />
Institutional Network, enabling morning announcements to be broadcast live on our community channels.<br />
Summary of Operations<br />
Overall, we finished the year with $99,300 in net operating loss. This was the budgeted operating loss authorized<br />
by the Board.<br />
Capital Fund Continues to Recover<br />
Our Net assets increased by $334,500 from 2009 to 2010 in spite of the operating loss. Most of that increase was<br />
a result of the recovery in the investment market. The Board continues to invest the capital fund conservatively<br />
with the advice of professional investment managers.<br />
UNAUDITED STATEMENT OF FINANCIAL POSITION UNAUDITED UNAUDITED STATEMENT STATEMENT OF OPERATIONS OF OPERATIONS<br />
December 31, 2010 For the year For ended the year December ended 31, December 2010 31, 2010<br />
ASSETS<br />
Current assets<br />
Cash & cash equivalents $ 1,769,688<br />
Investments 3,674,278<br />
Accounts receivable 65,437<br />
Prepaid expenses & other current assets 23,773<br />
Total current assets 5,533,176<br />
Fixed assets, net of accumulated depreciation 2,361,369<br />
Total assets $ 7,894,545<br />
LIABILITIES AND NET ASSETS<br />
Current liabilities:<br />
Accounts payable & accrued expenses $ 12,854<br />
Unearned revenue 66,358<br />
Total current liabilities 79,212<br />
Net assets:<br />
Unrestricted, undesignated 5,009,134<br />
Unrestricted, designated 444,830<br />
Unrestricted, fixed assets 2,361,369<br />
Total net assets 7,815,333<br />
Total liabilities & net assets $ 7,894,545<br />
Net assets, beginning of period $ 7,480,852<br />
Change in net assets 334,481<br />
Net assets, end of period $ 7,815,333<br />
Class & facility<br />
use fees<br />
9%<br />
In-kind<br />
contributions<br />
8%<br />
REVENUES<br />
Contributions<br />
& grants<br />
8%<br />
Contracts &<br />
professional<br />
services<br />
35%<br />
PEG<br />
subscriber<br />
pass-through<br />
fees<br />
40%<br />
REVENUES<br />
PEG subscriber pass-through fees $ 334,908<br />
Contracted meeting coverage 203,768<br />
Professional/media services 84,398<br />
Contributions & grants 66,467<br />
In-kind contributions 64,397<br />
Class & facility use fees 71,793<br />
Interest income 62<br />
Tape sales & other income, net of cost of goods sold 4,134<br />
Total revenues $ 829,927<br />
EXPENSES<br />
Salaries & benefits $ 621,467<br />
General operating 85,267<br />
In-kind legal services 64,397<br />
Professional svcs 108,610<br />
Facility 49,520<br />
Total expenses $ 929,261<br />
NET OPERATING INCOME/-LOSS $ -99,334<br />
Professional<br />
services<br />
12%<br />
In-kind legal<br />
services<br />
7%<br />
General<br />
operating<br />
9%<br />
EXPENSES<br />
Facility<br />
5%<br />
Salaries &<br />
benefits<br />
67%
Our History<br />
Thanks to Cable Co-op, <strong>Midpeninsula</strong> <strong>Community</strong><br />
<strong>Media</strong> <strong>Center</strong> was created by the 2001 merger of<br />
Mid-Peninsula Access Corp, operating since 1990,<br />
and Silicon Valley <strong>Community</strong> Communications,<br />
established by Co-op to keep local programming<br />
alive. We serve Atherton, East Palo Alto, Menlo<br />
Park, Palo Alto, Stanford and unincorporated<br />
portions of San Mateo and Santa Clara counties.<br />
Classes & Equipment<br />
A total of 178 community members completed<br />
<strong>Media</strong> <strong>Center</strong> classes and workshops. We<br />
initiated an exciting new field production training<br />
collaborative called Zoom In that encompasses<br />
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Programs Produced<br />
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Digiquest Summer Camp 2010<br />
Digiquest Digital <strong>Media</strong> Workshops are a resource<br />
to parents looking for a fun, educational experience<br />
for their children over the summer. In 2010, we<br />
had 40 campers attend five week-long camps.<br />
In our Movie Production camps, campers learned<br />
how to create their own movie from start to finish,<br />
complete with a field shoot at Mitchell Park. In our<br />
Movie Editing camps, campers got an in-depth look<br />
at professional software such as Final Cut Pro,<br />
Livetype, and Soundtrack Pro. In our TV Studio<br />
Production camps, campers produced, directed,<br />
and crewed their own TV shows. At summer’s end<br />
we screened the campers’ videos to friends and<br />
family and they were aired on our cable channels.<br />
Many Digiquest campers remain active in the<br />
<strong>Media</strong> <strong>Center</strong> community as members of the<br />
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<strong>Community</strong> Produced<br />
Staff Produced<br />
Our Mission<br />
Our Mission is to inform, inspire, and empower<br />
people to speak and act on behalf of their<br />
communities, to use television and the internet<br />
to create and distribute programs that promote<br />
and celebrate individual expression, local<br />
achievements, education, cultural exchange, arts<br />
appreciation, and civic engagement. The <strong>Media</strong><br />
<strong>Center</strong> is a 501(c)(3) public benefit corporation.<br />
three of our former classes (Camera and Lighting;<br />
Editing, and Publishing on the Web) and supports<br />
new producers working on community projects.<br />
Of the 68 Zoom In graduates, 44 became new<br />
field producers and succeeded in creating 39<br />
videos. Two of these videos went on to win WAVE<br />
(Western Access Video Excellence) Awards at the<br />
Alliance for <strong>Community</strong> <strong>Media</strong>’s Western Region<br />
conference. We purchased four HD cameras to<br />
meet the needs of our growing field producer ranks.<br />
Overall a record number of 972 programs were<br />
produced, an 11% increase over 2009. Besides<br />
the 44 new field producers, we brought in 52 new<br />
community producers to use the studio. Studio use<br />
continues at a high level, turning out two shows a<br />
night with our highly skilled studio crew volunteers.<br />
We are now also scheduling studio shoots on<br />
some Saturdays, because of increased demand.<br />
Youth Advisory Council, interns, or connected<br />
through their school’s Youth Broadcast Channels!<br />
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<strong>Community</strong> Programs<br />
We cablecast a total of 2,782 community programs on our channels in 2010, down by 6% due to a<br />
significant decrease in imported programming. <strong>Community</strong> members produced 794 programs, a<br />
5% increase over 2010. Staff members produced 178 programs, a 45% increase over 2010. 1,235<br />
additional programs came in from producers in surrounding communities or via satellite as requested<br />
by local residents and organizations. We brought in 52 new producers to our studio and 44 new field<br />
producers joined the Zoom In Video Production Collaborative in its inaugural year. Over the I-NET<br />
we carried live announcements from local schools and live meetings from city halls and school districts.<br />
Youth Programming<br />
• 207 live broadcasts from middle<br />
and high schools including the 49ers<br />
Academy in EPA<br />
• 9 Youth Advisory Council programs<br />
including PSAs on Donating Blood<br />
and Teen Drinking<br />
• 21 Intern programs including Greg<br />
Brown murals, Junior Museum and<br />
Festival of the Arts<br />
• 12 Digiquest videos including a<br />
cooking show and a talent show<br />
• 3 high school band nights: youthproduced,<br />
youth-performance with<br />
live audience, streamed live via<br />
Facebook<br />
High School Sports Coverage<br />
• Inaugural lacrosse game between<br />
Gunn High School and Palo Alto High<br />
School<br />
• Quarterfinals, semifinals and the finals<br />
of the Palo Alto High School football<br />
teams’ journey to the CIF State<br />
Football Finals in Carson, California<br />
• Palo Alto High School girls volleyball<br />
team’s series of wins to take them to<br />
the Division 1 CCS Finals<br />
Teen Health and Wellness<br />
• Joined Project Safety Net, a coalition<br />
addressing issues of teen health<br />
and wellness, to provide media support<br />
• Covered Palo Alto Youth Forum<br />
where students gave feedback to the<br />
city council<br />
• Live broadcast and upload for<br />
Video-On-Demand (VOD) Palo Alto<br />
PTA Council monthly Parent Education<br />
series<br />
• <strong>Community</strong> Forum with Adolescent<br />
Counseling Services: “Breaking the<br />
Stigma: Bullying”<br />
Government Meetings<br />
We produced 368 city hall and school board meetings in<br />
2010, a 10% increase over 2009, as we added Ravenswood<br />
School Board. In all, we covered 1,843 meeting hours:<br />
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1,003 hours for Palo Alto<br />
238 hours for Belmont<br />
256 hours for East Palo Alto<br />
168 hours for Menlo Park<br />
130 hours for Palo Alto School Board<br />
48 hours for Ravenswood School Board<br />
• “Dear Palo Alto” a performance art<br />
response to teen suicide<br />
• Used social media to call attention<br />
to important meetings in the community<br />
and at PAUSD<br />
Social Impact<br />
• Live coverage and video taping of<br />
the Dalai Lama’s visit to an East Palo<br />
Alto school<br />
• “Alive and Free” inspirational stories<br />
from the previously incarcerated<br />
• “Make the Call” a series profiling<br />
unsolved murders to elicit community<br />
partnering<br />
• “Local Heroes” series profiling outstanding<br />
citizens<br />
• “Abilities United Presents <strong>Community</strong><br />
Connection” series about the<br />
differently-abled<br />
• “Heritage” series about the history of<br />
the mid-peninsula<br />
• “Remembering World II-1 Person<br />
Accounts” produced by the DeAnza-<br />
Foothill College System Video Departments,<br />
and “ICON” (Wave Award)<br />
about historical Moffett Field Hangar<br />
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• Gunn High School Diversity Rally<br />
(Wave finalist)<br />
Local Music<br />
• Hip-hop from EPA-based O2, Paper<br />
Son and Bay Roc Crew (Wave winner)<br />
• 18-piece Hayward-based big band<br />
“What’s Up”<br />
• Penininsula Women’s Chorus<br />
• Local Blues artist Kenny Neal in<br />
“American Bluesman”<br />
• Channing House Harmonica Players<br />
• Indian classical music in “Swara<br />
Lahari”<br />
Multi-Language Programming<br />
• Science and technology series<br />
“Future Talk” rolled out programs in<br />
Spanish, Mandarin, and Russian.<br />
• Tuesday evening on Channel 30 is<br />
“Tongan night”<br />
• Taping and cable-casting of the<br />
Spanish language edition of “Bella y<br />
Bestia”<br />
• “Road to Success” series of inspirational<br />
stories of the Chinese experience<br />
in Silicon Valley<br />
• “Frente Unido” series featuring arts,<br />
issues and guests in the Latino community<br />
Local Arts<br />
• Two elementary school plays about<br />
the life of the Dalai Lama and about<br />
Mirabai, India’s mystic poet princess<br />
• “Talk Art” series about profiling local<br />
artists and their work<br />
• “A Common Song” series profiling<br />
local poets reading their work aloud<br />
• Glass Pumpkin Festival profile<br />
• Redwood City Arts Group “Circulo<br />
Cultural” series profiling Latino arts<br />
and culture<br />
Ecology/Environmental Programming<br />
• “Michael Killen on Creativity” series<br />
with guest environmentalists and<br />
scientists<br />
• “Greenlight Film Festival” annual<br />
competition, festival and awards<br />
ceremony for short videos about the<br />
environment<br />
• “Can Civilization Survive – A Hunt<br />
for Solutions” – discussion of climate<br />
change featuring the late Stanford<br />
climate scientist and Nobel laureate<br />
Stephen Schneider<br />
Local Election Coverage<br />
The <strong>Media</strong> <strong>Center</strong> is proud to provide valuable voter<br />
resources before each election. In 2010 we covered 20<br />
different election races and ballot measures. We cosponsored<br />
three candidate forums with the South San<br />
Mateo County League of Women Voters. We worked with<br />
the League of Women Voters of Palo Alto on an overview of<br />
California propositions. In addition to their playbacks on our<br />
cable TV channels, we put all the candidate forums online<br />
in an indexed format so internet viewers could click on<br />
particular segments of their choosing. All of the online clips<br />
had links on the LWV SmartVoter web site.
Youth Services<br />
2010 was a big year for Youth Services at the <strong>Media</strong> <strong>Center</strong>! With the departure of Becca Fisher as<br />
Youth Services Coordinator, Brad Sanzenbacher took over to maintain partnerships, and keep youth<br />
programs running strong.<br />
Professional Services<br />
Nothing can move people like the power of video. We offer affordable rates to help schools, non-profits,<br />
government agencies, and small businesses put that power to work with the <strong>Media</strong> <strong>Center</strong>’s expert professional<br />
services team.<br />
The <strong>Media</strong> <strong>Center</strong> helps clients get their message out with a variety of video production services. Our team of<br />
professionals works with clients to produce the right video product, whether on location or at our fully equipped<br />
professional studio.<br />
We work with clients to produce:<br />
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Youth Advisory Council<br />
In 2010 YAC retained four members from the<br />
previous year, who acted as leaders for the incoming<br />
group. They were joined by first-time YAC members<br />
recruited from <strong>Media</strong> <strong>Center</strong> internships and<br />
Digiquest Programs.<br />
• The YAC produced videos for the Palo Alto<br />
History Museum, currently being displayed in<br />
exhibits.<br />
• YAC Members were active in the <strong>Media</strong><br />
<strong>Center</strong> community, covering events and<br />
producing “local focus” news pieces.<br />
• Met with representative from Congresswoman<br />
Anna Eschew’s DC office to talk about being a<br />
teen in Silicon Valley.<br />
• Crewed “Sound Lounge” concert series for<br />
local teen bands.<br />
Greenlight Earth Day Film Festival<br />
• Number of Entries: 27<br />
• Number of Producers: 42<br />
• Sponsors: <strong>Media</strong> <strong>Center</strong>, Cities of Palo Alto,<br />
Montain View, San Jose, and Sunnyvale, and<br />
Palo Alto Weekly/Palo Alto Online<br />
• Prizes: $200 and a Mini HD Camcorder to<br />
winning film from each catagory.<br />
Clips for websites<br />
Public Service Announcements<br />
Training videos<br />
Fundraising campaign messages<br />
Live event coverage<br />
Documentaries<br />
Custom video productions of every kind<br />
We bring video messages to life at an affordable price.<br />
Contact proservices@midpenmedia.org<br />
We use the modest profit margin from our combined<br />
government meeting coverage and professional<br />
services to subsidize our community access activities.<br />
Professional services revenues are growing.<br />
49ers Academy After School Program<br />
The <strong>Media</strong> <strong>Center</strong> continued its partnership with the<br />
49ers Academy in East Palo Alto by providing an<br />
elective TV Production class in the school’s After<br />
School Program. In 2010 the Program served 30<br />
students and produced five editions of “Live at 49er’s,”<br />
a news magazine show produced by and starring the<br />
students.<br />
We have also expanded our broadcasting from the<br />
49er’s Academy to include school assemblies and<br />
concerts, most notable of which was the visit to the<br />
school by the Dalai Lama!<br />
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Professional Services Revenue<br />
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Staff<br />
Annie Folger, Executive Director. Full Time: Karen Adams, Becky Sanders, Brad Sanzenbacher, Chris<br />
Pearce, Lupita Segura, Dave Sorokach. Part Time: Nancy Brown, Devon Dykwel, Brian Jones, Jeff<br />
McGinnis, Louise Pencavel, Doug Smith. Consultants: Judy Blumenstein, Elliot Margolies.<br />
Our Studio Volunteers<br />
Our studio crew volunteers are our most cherished assets. Thanks to their talents and dedication, the <strong>Media</strong><br />
<strong>Center</strong> studio bustles with activity from 5:30 PM to 10:30 PM. In just five hours, two separate programs are<br />
produced and ready to air. Trained volunteers carry out the vision of community producers by building the<br />
set, designing the graphics, and operating all of the studio equipment. We greatly appreciate our volunteers!<br />
C. Josh Abend<br />
Liliana Acosta<br />
Karen Adams<br />
Herb Atkins<br />
Mary Bell Austin<br />
Spencer Avocet-Van<br />
Horn<br />
Eric Baker<br />
Eiko Baldwin<br />
Charlotte Barry<br />
Sam Baumgarten<br />
Dan Beaulier<br />
Pooja Belur<br />
Walter Benitez<br />
Sara Bennett<br />
John Bessire<br />
Kamla Bhatt<br />
Fred Bockmann<br />
Marianna Boucher<br />
Nick Bousse<br />
Barbara Renee<br />
Breuchert<br />
Silvia Brime<br />
Nancy Brown<br />
Clyde Burton<br />
Jim Buteau<br />
Michael Buteau<br />
John Cabrera<br />
Patrick Campisi<br />
Doug Carman<br />
Michael Carrier<br />
Scott Chesworth<br />
Michael Chissell Annie Folger<br />
Ahran Cho Deanna Fountain<br />
Haelin Cho Jan Foy<br />
Tom Clark Mei Lin Fung<br />
Dan Conway Louise Fusfeld<br />
Matthew Conway Greg Gatwood<br />
Jim Crawford Sean George<br />
Ivan Curiel Laquola Gibbs<br />
Audrey Daniel Judy Gittelsohn<br />
Tom Daniell Nikhil Goel<br />
Ragu Das Daniela Gomez<br />
Santa Dasu Melissa Gonzalez<br />
Bill Daul Brian Good<br />
Edoardo De Armas Amy Green<br />
Stacie Delakovias Lia Green<br />
Francisco Del Steve Hall<br />
Rosario Anis Haq<br />
Godfrey Di Giorgi Alex Hardy<br />
Kendy Dickman Matt Harnack<br />
Mark Dreschke Twila Harrison<br />
Bryce Druzin Alex Hawthorne<br />
Devon Dykwel Omar Higueron<br />
Chris Echols Gleana Hill<br />
Leena El-Hosseiny Clevester Hines<br />
Shawn Ellis Kwan Ting (Christie)<br />
Sofya Elperin Ho<br />
Veronica Escamez Jarred Hodgdon<br />
Spence Everson Clayton Hodgett<br />
Patricia Faust Cam (Danika) Hong<br />
Alex Fedosseev Ken Houston<br />
Becca Fisher Joy Huang<br />
Paul Fisher Frances Hughes<br />
Henry Hughes<br />
Hanna Hunt<br />
Holly Hunt<br />
Chris Jones<br />
Julie Jones<br />
Craig Kaplan<br />
Digant Kasundra<br />
Joseph Kautz<br />
Ari Kaye<br />
Jonah Kaye<br />
Cathy Keys<br />
Ian Knight<br />
Suresh Kondapalii<br />
Daniel Kottke<br />
Susan Kraft<br />
Doug Kreitz<br />
Jacqueline<br />
Kretchmer<br />
Joanne Ladolcetta<br />
Erinne Lambden<br />
Jack Lawrence<br />
Michael Laznovsky<br />
Aubrie Lee<br />
Blaze Lee<br />
Denet Lewis<br />
Ying (Lucy) Li<br />
Erik Lind<br />
Bill Lindemann<br />
Jim Linhart<br />
Mayra Lombera<br />
Eric Lopez<br />
Alma Love<br />
Valarie Makovin<br />
Colin Marchon<br />
Alex Marcosian<br />
Elliot Margolies<br />
Toni Marshall<br />
Sarah-Marie<br />
Martin<br />
Tony Mason<br />
Mavis McClellan<br />
John McGuire<br />
Amy Meyerson<br />
Dana Meyerson<br />
Raphael Miranda<br />
Gregg Mitchell<br />
James Morgan Jr.<br />
John Morgan<br />
John Mork<br />
Bill Moy<br />
Josi Neal<br />
Patricia Neme<br />
Jacob Neugass<br />
Stanley Ng<br />
Jesse Norfleet<br />
Manuel Ortiz<br />
Octavia Ortiz<br />
Aurora Padilla<br />
Lola Padilla<br />
Susana Padilla<br />
Patty Page<br />
Nicki Palermo<br />
Ashley Paxton<br />
Louise Pencavel<br />
Yanex Perece<br />
Matt Perez<br />
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