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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 />

1200<br />

1000<br />

800<br />

600<br />

400<br />

200<br />

0<br />

512<br />

26<br />

589<br />

33<br />

Programs Produced<br />

579<br />

81<br />

2006 2007 2008 2009 2010<br />

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 />

756<br />

122<br />

794<br />

178<br />

<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 />

One<br />

• 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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250,000<br />

200,000<br />

150,000<br />

100,000<br />

50,000<br />

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Professional Services Revenue<br />

2007 2008 2009 2010<br />

Gov't meetings Professional services<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 />

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