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Top 10 Reasons to Join Women in Film-Seattle

There are a multitude of good reasons for joining WIF-Seattle!
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Here are 10 ways you can benefit from your membership:

Make a difference
Joining WIF-Seattle makes you an advocate for equity for women working in film and television. You can make a difference by joining one of more than a dozen WIF-Seattle committees.

Enhance your career
As part of a supportive professional network of media professionals, you’ll have endless opportunities to meet and network with people who can make a difference in your career.

Hone your skills
WIF-Seattle is dedicated to professional development and has launched its popular 2005 Workshop Series at Victory Studios. And as a member, you’ll get free or reduced admission to our growing multitude of annual events, including panels, workshops, screenings, and special events.

Expand your influence
Your professional information will soon be listed in the WIF-Seattle Membership Roster, distributed to members and an additional list of industry members. It will also be posted on the soon-to-be redesigned WIF-Seattle Website.

Save money
Receive discounts on products, services, tickets, and trade publications that are extended to MEMBERS ONLY through Women in Film-Seattle.

Mentor the next generation
Membership dues support the WIF-Seattle Scholarship Fund and Women in Film Finishing Fund. You also can work one-on-one with a next generation filmmaker as part of the Revlon Intern/Mentor program.

Stay Online
Soon you’ll have access to the NEW “members only” sections of the redesigned WIF-Seattle Website (changes currently underway) including: the WIF-Seattle Membership Roster, discussion boards, members-only job board, your own online portfolio where you can upload your reels, clips, resume, and headshots, and the ease of being able to update your contact information and pay dues online.

Stay in the job market
Take advantage of the soon to be implemented WIF-Seattle job board. Only accessible by WIF-Seattle members, the job board includes postings from throughout the industry. In the meantime, receive regular emails containing just-off-the-presses postings.

Worry less
WIF-Seattle is working on being able to offer members a great discount on health plans and auto insurance, as well as financial and business management advice.

Have More Fun
See and be seen, heard, talked about, and sought after. Now more than ever before, WIF-Seattle is the name behind all the film and television events people are talking about in the great northwest.

Other Membership Benefits include:

  • Access to Women in Film and Television International (WIFTI) members (of which we are part) via the Internet
  • Opportunity to participate in committees and programs
  • Annual professional development grant for member
  • Annual student member scholarship
  • WIF/S members receive the member rate on all NW Screenwriters Guild events and workshops.

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Join WIF/S Today!
There's no better time to come on board Women in Film/Seattle, with more events, more screenings, more member benefits and - best of all -- more chances for you to network with your peers in the local film scene! Download an application and mail to Laura Jean Cronin, Membership Chair, at the address printed on the form. Or Join Online Now by making payment through PayPal using Visa, Mastercard, Discover, American Express or PayPal balances by clicking a “Add to Cart” button below each Membership Level. Different levels of membership available are described below.

Membership Levels:
Professional Member - $100
Women with a minimum of two years' professional experience in the entertainment/production industry (including film, video, television, new media, radio, print theater) and/or credited, exhibited works in these fields. Professional members are entitled to be elected to and/or vote for board of directors and officers and committee chairs. Professional members are also eligible to apply for grants given through WIF/S.

Associate Member - $75
Asssociate members must have a minimum of one year of professional experience and/or credited, exhibited works in these fields. They cannot vote for board of directors, etc., but can be committee co-chairs.

Friends of WIF/S - $50
Women and men who wish to join and support WIF/S but do not qualify for other levels of membership.

Students - $25
These members are actively enrolled in college-level programs in the entertainment/production industry. Like Associates, they aren't eligible to vote for board of directors, etc., but they can be committee co-chairs.

Corporate Members
Please contact us and we can give you a price break for two or more members.

Members of affiliate chapters need not provide a sponsor. With application, please include a current resume.

Get Involved:
WIF Seattle Invites Members to Join Committees

Communications
If writing, Marketing, and Public Relations are among your strengths, the Communications Committee Chair is for you: working to reach out to the membership base with member emails about upcoming events & WIF news. Have a hand in making Women in Film-Seattle the organization everyone’s talking about by becoming part of this fast-paced committee directly affecting the growth of WIF-S.

Fundraising
As WIF-Seattle grows by leaps and bounds and the Seattle film, television, and new media industries prosper, our challenge is securing the funds needed to sustain the growth our members and the community deserve and support. As a worthy non-profit organization, WIF-S is seeking people with knowledge of corporate sponsorship, fundraising, and grant writing to become involved the growth process by joining the Fundraising Committee. Please contact Vice President Barbara Brown for more information. msbab@comcast.net

Membership
Nothing is more vital to an organization’s success than the involvement of its members and the growth of the membership base itself! The more members WIF-Seattle boasts, the more we are able to accomplish as an organization and the richer the benefits to those who belong. We’d welcome your capable help in our efforts to grow WIF Seattle, educate members and prospective members on the benefits of joining, and encourage our membership base to get involved. Please contact Laura Jean Cronin, Membership Committee Chair, at minadog10@hotmail.com to volunteer on the committee.

Events
Special events are not only fun, they’re an integral part of member involvement; making the difference between an organization that’s really going someplace and one that’s just sitting there, garnering no press and no new members. WIF-Seattle is going somewhere! With your help on the Events Committee, we will only continue to have bigger and better events featuring celebrity visits, compelling speakers, more freebies, and great networking! If you want to catch a glimpse of yourself on the evening news as part of an event that gathered local press and got the town talking, or you just have a great talent for pulling events together, WIF-Seattle needs your help on the Events Committee for: all aspects of event planning, help locating venues, decorating, legwork on-site, etc. Contact Sue Corcoran to be a part of this exciting committee.

Nell Shipman Awards
The Nell Awards ceremonies, which have been such fabulous events over the years were crowned by the 2006 event. Honoring female film pioneer Nell Shipman, WIF/S bestows many awards: a scholarship in Nell’s honor, special achievement awards to female filmmakers, a Spirit of Nell, a Light of the Community award, and a Career Achievement award to a special guest celebrity, a notable woman in film who we honor for her lifetime achievement.

Seattle film glitterati were in full force at The W Hotel that evening in Oct. 2006. WIF/S plans another Nell Awards event for the coming year, 2009. The preparation for this highly visible, much anticipated ceremony is grand. It needs the talents of an event planner. To make this coming year’s NSAC the best yet, we need your generosity of time, creativity, and enthusiasm in the areas of: planning, research, set up, and on-site help at the event. To make this committee and event work, we need at least 12 volunteers. To learn about the Nells and the work involved as a Chair and Committee Member, please contact Shannon at shannon@collaborativepictures.com or Virginia at virginia@laughingdogpictures.com.

PR/Marketing Committee
Women In Film - Seattle has an immediate position available for a qualified current member to Chair the organization’s PR/Marketing Committee. The experienced candidate must have a self-motivated spirit, the ability to get WIF-Seattle media and print coverage, communicate the organization’s work & activities to the general public, come up with innovative & exciting marketing/promotional ideas for the organization and upcoming events (including writing press releases, direct mailings, creating flyers/posters/postcards, etc.). If this sounds like you, please contact us at: virginia@laughingdogpictures.com with “PR/Marketing Candidate” in the subject line of your email. We look forward to hearing from you!

Production Committee Chair/PSA
A traditional Women in Film mission has been the annual production of a PSA for a non-profit organization who serves the public. This organization can be local or national and does not need to be female cause oriented. WIF/S has reinstituted this practice under the leadership of Production Chair, Rebecca Van Pelt who acts as executive producer of the PSA and the program organizer. In Spring 2008 WIF proudly produced a PSA for The Moyer Foundation for national broadcast. For more information about the PSA Project and other WIF production please get in touch with rebecca@pravdastudios.com and search our site for details.