Section Officials
Chairperson
Ron Caird
Pathfire
678 566-5235
[email protected]
Secretary/Treasurer
Zandra Clarke
Turner Networks
[email protected]
Past Chairperson
David Siegler
WSOC-TV
704-355-4795
[email protected]
Membership Chair
Dan Burnett
Program Coordinator
James Wilson
Webmaster
Andy Funk
FOX5 News, WAGA-TV
404-898-0116
[email protected]
Managers
Jack Gary '06
Turner
[email protected]
Doug Keltz '06
Tektronix
[email protected]
Ry Alford '06
T.J. Scott '07
Thomson
[email protected]
Mickey Kroll '07
DST
[email protected]
Dick Perin '07
r[email protected]
404-524-3911
Governors
Jim Edwards �06
Tektronix
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Paul
Hogan �05
Sony
[email protected]
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� Copyright 2004 Atlanta Section, Society
of Motion Picture and Television Engineers
All Rights Reserved
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Next Meeting:
Monday, October 10, 2025
Spiced Right BBQ at 6:30 PM
Program Starts at 7:00 PM
Program By:
Harris
Hosted By:
WATL-TV
1 Monroe Place NE
Atlanta, GA 30324
Topic:
Automation Systems
Ben Peak,
Automation Solutions Product Line Manager
Sue Spiner, MAM Sales Manager
Harris
Ben
Peak, Automation Solutions Product Line Manager, will speak about Automation
and Content Delivery in today's Digital and MultiChannel Broadcast
Facilities. Ben will discuss how Automation has evolved from the basic GPI
triggers devices and events to become the foundation for Content Management.
Sue
Spiner, MAM Sales Manager, will deliver a presentation on how to avoid the
most common mistakes in the planning for and implementation of Asset
Management systems.
Mike
Harris, Regional Sales Manager, will buy the Barbeque!
All
interested people are invited to this meeting. While we encourage you to
join our organization, you do not have to be a SMPTE member to attend.
Directions:
From
downtown Atlanta via I-85 Northbound:
Merge onto GA-13 N / BUFORD
HWY via EXIT 86.
Take the MONROE DR ramp toward PIEDMONT RD.
Turn RIGHT onto MONROE DR NE.
Turn LEFT onto MONROE PL NE.
End at 1 Monroe Pl NE.
From
Norcross area via I-85 Southbound:
Merge onto GA-13 S / BUFORD
HWY via EXIT 86 toward PEACHTREE ST.
Take the ARMOUR DR exit- EXIT 27- toward MONROE DR.
Turn LEFT onto ARMOUR DR NE.
Turn LEFT onto MONROE DR NE.
Turn RIGHT onto MONROE PL NE.
End at 1 Monroe Pl NE.
Please Join Us:
There is
no charge to attend these SMPTE Atlanta Section meetings and everyone is
invited. You do not need to be a member to attend, although it is a terrific
idea for you to join today. Find out more about the Society Of Motion
Picture & Television Engineers at
www.smpte.org.
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Position Available:
Pathfire
is seeking to add a Sales Representative to its Broadcast Stations and
Groups team. This technical sales position will be focused on developing
and maintaining relationships with engineering and news management
people at both the network and individual station level. This
position will be based either in Atlanta or in the Northeast. If you are
interested in learning more about this opportunity, contact Ron Caird,
[email protected].
Program
Suggestions:
Is
there a topic that you would like us to cover or want to present? Do you
have new equipment or a facility you would like to show off?
We
are always looking for hosts and presenters for our meetings.
Please
contact:
Section
Internet Mailing List
We have a full-featured Internet
mailing list for support of Section activities. List members receive
meeting notices and other appropriate announcements. The list is easily
administered via the web. You can subscribe, unsubscribe, and change your
list options �yourself� on the list
Info Page, or view past list messages kept the list
Archive.
And
now there's another list that may be of interest �
AtlTech � created for those in the Atlanta area interested in
broadcast, television and motion picture engineering. It is a "place"
online where SMPTE members interested in the SBE can learn of what they're
doing, and where SBE members can learn of SMPTE activities, etc.
You can subscribe, unsubscribe, and change your list options �yourself�
on the list
Info Page,
or view past list message kept in the list
Archive.
Comments?
Send
your announcements, job openings, or other information of general interest
to Section Chair Ron Caird:
Have
comments or suggestions for the Section web site? Send them to Andy
Funk, [email protected] or
[email protected].
For
more information on the Society visit the SMPTE Home Page.
Related
sites can be found on our Internet Links page.
Many
of our past meeting announcements can be found in our
archives directory.
News of Related Organizations:
The
Peach State Chapter of the Society of Broadcast Engineers web site at
www.broadcast.net/~sbe5/
has information on the activities of this related group.
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