We might as well get into this meeting agenda fun, too....

The Small Gauge/Amateur Film Interest Group invites any and all conference attendees interested in films in 8mm, super 8,  9.5mm, 28mm and other nonstandard gauges, as well as home movie or amateur film collections to attend our two Austin meetings.

The first meeting will be on Tuesday, Nov. 29, 4:15 pm - 5:45 pm in Room 408.  The agenda for this will meeting will include an overview of 2005 projects, and a look ahead to continuing and brand new projects for 2006.  The meeting will climax with an exciting election of new group co-chairs.

The second meeting, on Friday, Dec. 2, from 12:00-1:00 will continue the future planning.

A fuller agenda draft is below.

Dwight Swanson & Andrew Lampert, co-chairs

TUESDAY
4:15pm - 5:45pm - Room 408

1. Conference panels

2. 2005 Projects
(Preserved film screening series, Alan Kattelle Oral History project,
website updates, lab survey, digital SG preservation)

3. New projects
(AMIA Book Publishing task force, strategic planning)

4. Reports from members--technical issues
(the end of Kodachrome Super 8, etc.)

5. Reports from members--curatorial and archival issues
(Amateur film and commercial television productions, NFPF grants,
Non-AMIA smallgauge projects)

6. Co-chair Election

FRIDAY
12:00 pm - 1:00 pm, Room 400

1. StilDesign report on new 8mm can design
2. Conference reports and 2006 conference planning