THE 2010
AGM
EXECUTIVE REPORTS
PRESIDENT’S REPORT
W
elcome to the CSC annual general meeting for 2010. First, as is customary, let us take a moment to remember colleagues who passed away during the last year. Sadly, we lost four groundbreaking members from our community in 2010. Derek Vanlint csc passed away at age 78 last February 23 in Toronto after a short illness. Full-life member Kenneth R. Davey csc died at the age of 94 on May 7 in Victoria B.C. Doug Dales, the founder and head of PS Production Services, died on December 3 in Toronto at the age of 60 and founding CSC member Don Wilder csc passed away December 8 in Abbotsford B.C. at the age of 84. I would also like to make mention the regrettable demise of a Canadian film and television institution. A victim of changing times and the economy, service house Precision Camera closed its doors in December after 31 years. Not only was Precision a pillar of our professional community, it was also a good friend and sponsor of the CSC. But with every dark cloud there is a silver lining, and most of Precision’s employees have migrated to other jobs in our industry. For our industry, 2010 was neither a bad year nor a stellar year. We seem to be in a holding pattern, with a modest increase of one per cent for the overall net earnings for the Canadian film
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and television industry. In the middle of this, the CSC is still alive and kicking. The 2010 CSC Awards Gala at the Sheraton Centre was a glowing success with its women in film and television theme and our tribute Canada’s military cinematographers. We’ll hear more about that later from Bob Bocking, our awards chair. Beyond our society, CSC members have been recognized for their work in the most stellar ways, by sweeping the 2010 Geminis, winning Genie Awards and a host of other national and international tributes. There are simply too many to mention here. I would, nevertheless, like to make a special mention the film Northern Lights, directed, produced and shot by Antonio Galloro csc. It was nominated for best documentary at the Marbella Film Festival in Spain and won best international documentary at the 2010 New York International Independent Film & Video Festival. Northern Lights is a feature-length documentary film that celebrates the spirit and success of Canadian cinematography and the CSC. Hearty congratulations to all CSC members for their outstanding wins and nominations. A milestone of sorts was achieved with the move of William F. White and the CSC clubhouse. For the past four years, White’s has generously provided space for our clubhouse. So when they bought a new building just down the road and asked us to come along, we moved. The CSC clubhouse is an integral part of our Society and is for the exclusive use of our membership for
