The next meeting will take place tomorrow,\u00a0 Tuesday, March 16, 7 p.m.<\/strong>, in the 4th floor conference room of the M2 Building<\/strong>, 301 N. Neil St., Champaign, IL<\/strong>. This month’s presentation will be by CMM founder Johnny Robinson<\/strong> about lighting techniques including a brief hands-on workshop; additional topics TBD.<\/p>\n Contact Johnny Robinson at johnny [at] johnnyrobinson [dot] com<\/strong> or Bill Kephart<\/strong> at billkephart [at] juno [dot] com<\/strong> for further information about Champaign Movie Makers.<\/p>\n And then, the Central Illinois Film Commission<\/strong> led by president Cameron Counts<\/strong> will get together Thursday, March 18, 7 p.m.<\/strong>, at the Route 66 Hotel & Convention Center, 625 E. Saint Joseph St., Springfield, IL<\/strong>, in a room TBD according to Counts. CIFC seeks to connect industry professionals and educate up-and-comers via classes, social events, and Internet tools, along with plugging its members into working sets when opportunities arise.<\/p>\n You can read a bit more about where CIFC may be headed in this article posted today<\/a> profiling the Illinois film industry, written by Jennifer A. Sheffield<\/strong> for The Independent<\/span> Magazine<\/strong>.<\/p>\n Contact Counts at nmdcone [at] yahoo [dot] com<\/strong> for further information about the Central Illinois Film Commission; you can also visit their Web site<\/a> or join their Yahoo! Group<\/a> for CIFC news.<\/p>\n ~ Jason Pankoke<\/p>\n Champaign Movie Makers will next meet at the M2 Building in downtown Champaign, IL, on Tuesday, March 16, 2010, while the Central Illinois Film Commission will congregate two days later at the Route 66 Hotel & Convention Center in Springfield, IL, on Thursday, March 18, 2010.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":4,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[395,68,12],"tags":[397,396,1704,222],"class_list":["post-1813","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-central-ill-commission","category-champaign-movie-makers","category-local-meetings","tag-cameron-counts","tag-central-illinois-film-commission","tag-champaign-movie-makers","tag-johnny-robinson"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.micro-film-magazine.com\/cublog\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1813","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.micro-film-magazine.com\/cublog\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.micro-film-magazine.com\/cublog\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.micro-film-magazine.com\/cublog\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/4"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.micro-film-magazine.com\/cublog\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=1813"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.micro-film-magazine.com\/cublog\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1813\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.micro-film-magazine.com\/cublog\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=1813"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.micro-film-magazine.com\/cublog\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=1813"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.micro-film-magazine.com\/cublog\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=1813"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"