<html><body><span style="font-family:Arial; color:#000000; font-size:12pt;"><div style=""> <div style="margin: 0px;" mce_style="font-family:Calibri,sans-serif;font-size:11pt;margin:0"><div mce_style="font-family:Calibri,sans-serif;font-size:11pt;margin:0" style="font-size: 11pt;"><div dir="auto" style=""><div dir="ltr" style=""><blockquote dir="auto" style=""><div style=""><span style=""><font face="arial,helvetica,sans-serif" style="">Meeting date: Tuesday October 3rd, 2017 at 6:30 pm. </font></span></div><div style=""><span style=""><font face="arial,helvetica,sans-serif" style=""><br></font></span></div><div style=""><span style=""></span><span style=""><font face="arial,helvetica,sans-serif" style="">I. Board Updates - Board members share important updates and reminders regarding UIFN business.</font></span></div><div style=""><span style=""><font face="arial,helvetica,sans-serif" style=""><br></font></span></div><div style=""><span style=""></span><font face="arial,helvetica,sans-serif" style="">II. Announcements - members and guests share upcoming projects, shows, seminars, etc. Please keep</font></div><div style=""><font face="arial,helvetica,sans-serif" style=""> all announcements brief.</font></div><div style=""><font face="arial,helvetica,sans-serif" style=""><br></font></div><div style=""><span style=""><font face="arial,helvetica,sans-serif" style="">II. Guest Speaker:</font> </span><b style=""><span style="">NORMAN C. BERNS Movie Budgeting Trainer – Producer/DGA Director</span></b></div><div style=""><b style=""><span style=""><br></span></b></div><div style=""><b style=""><span style=""></span></b><span style="">Norman C. Berns is an Emmy-winning producer and director. His three-part documentary series, The Writing Code, recently aired on PBS. Beginning as a theatre director, the full scope of his production work includes features and documentaries, TV series and commercials. At Equinox Films in New York, Norman produced a series of "Intermission Features" for The Metropolitan Opera’s "Live from the Met" broadcasts. Of the nine films, "Young Wonders" was expanded into a PBS special; his work on La Boehme garnered an Emmy.</span></div><div style=""><span style=""><br></span></div><div style=""><span style=""></span><span style="">A certified Movie Magic instructor, Norman was an early beta tester for Screenplay Systems budgeting and scheduling programs and was part of the Set Management development team that created ProductionPro Budget. A columnist for the seminal online publication, WebZine Weekly, Norman has also written for The Directors Guild and Tripod, Inc. His irregular columns appeared in BTL News and he blogged for ReelGrok, Pavaline and LinkedIn (<a href="https://www.linkedin.com/in/normancberns/detail/recent-activity/posts/" target="_blank" style="">https://www.linkedin.com/in/n<wbr style="">ormancberns/detail/recent-acti<wbr style="">vity/posts/</a>)</span></div><div style=""><span style=""><br></span></div><div style=""><span style=""></span><span style="">He is a consultant to the Roy W. Dean Film & Video Grants, on the Board of Advisors for People With Disabilities Broadcasting Corporation and the local <a href="http://www.cinemaexchange.org/2017-program/" target="_blank" style="">Capital Cinema Cultural Exchange and its filmmakers’ labs</a>. Norman is moderator of The Budgeting Group, owner of Reelgrok and the massive LinkedIn group <a href="https://www.linkedin.com/groups/61268" target="_blank" style="">Film and Television Professionals</a>. Norman has taught film production and software for Media Services, The Directors Guild, Filmmakers Bootcamp and others. In addition to his production work, Norman teaches a series of online seminars covering the fundamentals of filmmaking, from script breakdown to successful pitching. His live eight-hour seminar has been presented in New York and Los Angeles. He is a member of DGA, SAG and Actors Equity.</span></div></blockquote><blockquote dir="auto" style=""><div style=""><span style="">Contact: <a target="_blank" href="mailto:ncberns@gmail.com" style="">ncberns@gmail.com</a></span></div></blockquote><font style=""><div dir="auto" style=""><span style=""> </span><span style="font-size: 11pt;"><font face="arial,helvetica,sans-serif">IV. Network Break - Bring your business </font></span><span style="font-size: 11pt;"><font face="arial,helvetica,sans-serif">cards. Enjoy networking and catching up.</font></span></div><div dir="auto" style=""><span style=""><font face="arial,helvetica,sans-serif" style=""><br style=""></font></span></div></font><blockquote dir="ltr" style=""><div style=""><font face="arial,helvetica,sans-serif" style=""> <span style="">V. Video Submission: Michael Turner and Susie Griswold will share the UIFN PSA "Stop the Stigma - Summer Smith 5k Run" (approx. 10 mins).</span></font></div><div style=""><span style=""></span><font face="arial,helvetica,sans-serif" style=""></font><br style=""></div></blockquote><blockquote dir="ltr" style=""><div style=""><font face="arial,helvetica,sans-serif" style=""> The Upstate Independent Filmmakers Network Board:</font><br style=""></div></blockquote><blockquote dir="ltr" style=""><div style=""><font face="arial,helvetica,sans-serif" style="">Steve O’Connor: President <br style="">Carolyn Cocca: Vice-President <br style="">Thomas Mercer: Membership Chair<br style="">Sheila O'Shea: Secretary <br style="">Susie Griswold: Programming Chair <br style="">Michael Camoin: Fundraising Chair</font></div><div style=""><font face="arial,helvetica,sans-serif" style="">Jay Glogowski: Web Chair</font></div><div style=""><font face="arial,helvetica,sans-serif" style="">Michalina Scorzelli: Media Chair <br style=""><br style="">Where we’re located:<br style=""><br style="">Upstate Independent Filmmakers Network meets the first Tuesday of every month at The Linda: WAMC’s Performing Arts Studio, 339 Central Avenue, Albany, NY from 6:30 p.m. to 9:00 p.m.<br style=""><br style="">Check out the best independent film and media resource in Upstate New York. Visit our website at <a href="http://www.ui-fn.com/" target="_blank" style="">http://www.ui-fn.com</a>. For more information, e-mail us at <a href="mailto:info@ui-fn.com" target="_blank" style="">info@ui-fn.com</a>.</font> </div></blockquote></div><div style=""></div><span style="">-- </span></div></div></div></div> </span></body></html>