A Message From President Ronnie Jayne

First of all, let me take this opportunity to wish you all a Happy, Healthy and Successful New Year! I hope you had a terrific holiday season, and took some well-needed days of R & R.

I just got back from The Special Event in Miami. The meetings were enlightening, the events amazing and the weather spectacular (80 degrees, and not a cloud in sight). Carol Saunders and I spent quite a number of hours meeting with other ISES leaders - discussing our common challenges and possible creative solutions. Getting together with a group of creative people ususally generates interesting results!

The big push at The Special Event was to promote Eventworld 2005, which will be taking place in August at the Hollywood Renaissance Hotel (see article below). Event professionals from all over the world will be converging here to sample the best that LA has to offer. Our annual LA Joint Allied Mixer (JAM) will occur directly before Eventworld on Tuesday evening, August 9th so plan to be there! This will be a great opportunity for our members to attend/exhibit with an even larger audience. More about this soon.

For those of you asking, "How can I get more involved in ISES-LA?" here is your answer: We have a number of ways to volunteer - from Committees (Fundraiser, JAM) to Membership, to Hospitality, to Raffles (a great way to do good work and meet everyone). Please contact me (ronniejayn@aol.com), Debbie Hawkins (iseslosangeles@aol.com), or Jackie Korman - the "Queen of Volunteers" (jackiekorman@aol.com), and we'll get you started.

This year has some exciting events, and you MUST attend - or you'll miss all the fun (and we'll talk about you)! From the ESPN Zone, to GAM, to our unique Fundraiser, to our LA/San Diego meeting, and everything in between, this will be a year of fun and surprises.

...And speaking of fun, I still have unpacking and laundry to do.

Best Always,

Ronnie Jayne
President, ISES-LA

ISES members and guests, join your fellow event professionals at the award winning GAM Arts Center. GAM is the world=E2=80=99s leading manufacturer of special effects lighting equipment and they have offered their beautiful facility for our monthly meeting. GAM=E2=80=99s innovative and original approach to new product design has created a unique product line of high quality lighting products. The new GAM Arts Center houses a rehearsal hall, and studio production facility of approximately 4,000 square feet. This building has won the American Institute of Architecture Award and the Los Angeles Opera is currently in rehearsal for Romeo and Juliet here.

Come hear award winning special lighting tips - "Using Lighting To Enhance Your Event." GAM Products, Inc. manufactures and distributes a variety of unique award-winning lighting products for motion picture, photography, television, theatre, display, amusement parks and other specialty applications for use worldwide. Joe Tawil and staff will be on hand share their expertise.

Attention ISES Members - we are continuing the Buddy for a Buck program this month! All ISES members are encouraged to bring as many guests as they like. Buddies need to be a first-time attendee to an ISES-LA event.

Special thanks to this month's fabulous showcasers: Gam Products and HM&P Digital Event Photography.

Click here for detailed directions or to RSVP.

ISES-LA Holiday Dinner and Monthly Meeting at Center Plaza at Our Lady of the Angels Cathedral

ISES members and guests started off the holiday season at the Center Plaza at Our Lady of the Angels Cathedral on December 8th, 2004. The evening began with the super sounds of Serious Treble and Whisky Tastings by Ray Pearson. Tours of the Cathedral were enjoyed by many. Our toy drive, benefitting Toys for Tots was a great success and provided many toys for needy children during the holidays.

Special thanks to our December showcasers: Center Plaza at Our Lady of the Angels Cathedral, Serious Treble and Whisky Tastings by Ray Pearson.

ISES Goes "New" Hollywood! - Eventworld 2005

by Wendy Fujihara Anderson
WOW! Productions and Public Relations

Hooray for Hollywood isn't just a cliche, it's the excitement of ISES Eventworld 2005 - A Conference for Professional Development, heading to the West Coast from August 11th through the 13th for its annual conference at the Renaissance Hollywood Hotel, spotlighting the theme "The Business of Service."

Serving as Executive Producer is Brenda Schwerin, CSEP who says: "The ISES Eventworld 2005 conference is a production about event service by special event professionals."

Hot topic educational sessions with a Hollywood twist will peak your knowledge for the novice or experienced along with incredible evening command performances capped off by the Esprit Awards, being held in the Grand Ballroom of the Renaissance Hotel where the Academy Award's Governor's Ball is held each year. According to Esprit Producer/Designer, Timot McGonagle of Nashville, TN - "This must attend event's theme will be BLANC ET NOIR - The New Hollywood Black and White, with an unusual kaleidoscope footage as the icon of the event which captures 'The New Hollywood' with the class of 'Vintage Hollywood' for a night of glamour, surprises and a wonderful new experience."

The Eventworld 2005 Team

Conference Committee:
Executive Producer, Brenda Schwerin, CSEP, Metallic Design Studio, Inc. (Los Angeles, CA); Conceptual Designer, Edwin Lashley, Metallic Design Studio, Inc. (Atlanta, GA); Catering Director, David Merrell, An Original Occasion (Los Angeles, CA); Talent Director, Debbie Meyers, CSEP, BRAVO! Entertainment (Dallas, TX); Technical Director, Matthew Clouser, Active Production and Design, Inc. (Atlanta, GA); Publicist, Wendy Fujihara Anderson, WOW! Productions & Public Relations (Pasadena, CA); General Session/ISEF Lunch/Annual General Meeting Producer, Stan Aaronson, CSEP, S M Aaronson and Associates (Valencia, CA); Welcome Event Producer, Jackie Korman, The Korman Group (Chatsworth, CA); Esprit Producer/Designer, Timot McGonagle (Atlanta, GA); Welcome Event Coordinators: Tobey Dodge, CSEP, Wedding Connection by Tobey Dodge (Woodland Hills, CA), Ilona Hobbs, Cort Event Furnishings, (Anaheim, CA), & Carol L. Rosen, CSEP, Party Designs by Carol, LLC (Los Angeles, CA); Public Relations Corodinator, Debbie Hawkins, CAE, CMP, ISES LA (www.ises-la.com); and Technical Coordinators Kevin Bilida & Jeff Ward, TLC-Creative Productions (Los Angeles, CA)

Conference Education Committee:
Chair, Heidi Brumbach, CSEP, Imagine Enterprises International (Las Vegas, NV); Betty Garrett, CSEP, The Garrett Hospitality Group LLC (Columbus, OH); Pamela Patsavas, Distinctive Event Production, Ltd. (Chicago, IL); Stephanie Paul, CMP, The Leukemia & Lymphoma Society (New York, Ny) & David Spear, CSEP, Classic Effects (New Orleans, LA)

Conference Liaison:
ISES Board of Governors & Eventworld Magazine Editor, Heather Henderson, CSEP, Restaurant O (Campbell, CA); ISES Western Region Vice President Stacy Failing, CSEP, Professional Event Solutions (San Diego, CA) and ISES Los Angeles Chapter President and JAM Allied Event, Ronnie Jayne, A Song for You Productions (Los Angeles, CA).

Interested in sponsoring this event or being part of the committee? Contact Wendy Fujihara Anderson, Publicist - Eventworld at (626) 683-8243 or wowproductions2@earthlink.n et.

Just returning from The Special Event? Totally psyched about ISES? Know someone else who might want to join? What a perfect time to take advantage of a super savings opportunity! January 12-22, join ISES for half a year (through 6/30/05) for $199 with NO $50 application fee!

To become an ISES member, please click here. You must register online through the ISES International website to receive this discount.

Everyone who joins during this special membership drive will also be included in the 2005 ISES LA Membership Directory. However, in order to be included in the directory, you must also forward a copy of your application to the ISES Los Angeles Chapter at iseslosangeles@aol.com.

ISES LA's Fantastic Fundraiser "ISES Idol" April 19, 2005

We are so excited about our upcoming Fundraiser. =E2=80=9CSave The Date=E2=80=9D postcards are being mailed and there is a lot of =E2=80=9Cbuzz=E2=80=9D about this already.

Sing to support The Painted Turtle, ISEF, and ISES-LA Scholarships. There will be a form on-line to sign up and sing, as well as just have a lot of fun at the event. Lots of great food, super auction items (live and silent) and being in the beautiful Cerritos Center for the Performing Arts will really be an evening you just don=E2=80=99t want to miss.

Ride the =E2=80=9CFUN BUS=E2=80=9D from the valley and Los Angeles, enjoy some entertainment, eat and drink while aboard and get yourself ready to have one kick ass evening. Remember, bring your checkbook or lots of cash and network to your hearts content. Invitations will be going out in March, please look for them, join the fun and if you want to get up and be one of our ISES Idol contestants, you will have the time of your life. You just might see me up there and believe me, that is worth being at the event!

Special thanks to the showcase vendors who have stepped up to the plate to support this event by donating their services: Grand Events, 20th Century Props, Brew Ha Ha, BBJ Linens, Abbey Event Services, Cerritos Center For The Performing Arts, and Eventco.

There are still many opportunities to share your talents if you would like to showcase your company. Please contact Jackie Korman at (818) 831-5636 or via e-mail at jackiekorman@aol.com.

Take good care, see you all soon and please remember to enjoy the journey!

Much love,

Jackie Korman, The Korman Group
Fundraiser Chair

February 16, 2005 Monthly Meeting at GAM Products

March 16, 2005 Monthly Meeting at the Twin Palms Pasadena

April 19, 2005 "ISES Idol" Annual Fundraiser at Cerritos Center for the Performing Arts

August 9, 2005 Joint Allied Mixer

Do you have information you would like to share with your fellow ISES members? We are looking for submissions for our monthly ezines. Please forward any articles you wish to submit to the Communications Chair Jen Poyer, the Ezine Editor, Bill Hodge, or contact the ISES LA Office (805) 557-1141.