Producer/Director

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I was Vice-President under Francesca Rizzo for a year and then became President after she left the organization (2001-2004). Fernanda Rossi was the Vice President during my term. There were also a number of active and helpful board members during that time. We designed a new logo and a new website, utilizing the free internet to build the buzz as we started to focus on gathering a community of like-minded individuals. We implemented the Third Thursday NYtes, the Screening Series, we digitized the newsletter and started an email discussion list. We began workshops and built relationships with other organizations.

After Francesca left, we continued on the same vein, but we streamlined and expanded the process. The screenings and the workshops began to happen consistently and regularly. We began to pull in more professionals seeking support from the community. We instituted the CWNY group discounts and inaugurated the password-protected membership section of the site. I did some documentation of the stuff we started, which was added to the CWNY archive.