lwilson's blog

Seventy-one international film commissions can boast something the other 125 can't: they accept ATA Carnets. The Tenerife Film Commission has understood the benefit of using a carnet for shooting films there for several years and recommend it to their clients.

The historic Catlow Theater in Barringon, Illinois is threatened with “going digital or going dark.” Owners Tim O’Connor and Roberta Rapata put out an SOS on July 26^th, 2012 reporting that, without $100,000 to upgrade their projection equipment, they would be out of business. To date, 1,142 backers have come to the rescue.

Moira Wilson, coordinator of CIB's scholarship and sponsorship programs, has announced the recipients of the 2012 Carnets "Play the World" scholarships. Three orchestras have been selected to receive the scholarship funds to cover the cost of attendance at the 2012 League of American Orchestras annual conference.

The newly-formed LinkedIn user group, ATA Carnet User & Discussion Group, is taking off. It started slowly two months ago and now is increasing its Users by 20% a week.