MARCH HOLLYWOOD BREAKFAST-CASSIAN ELWES, CO-HEAD WILLIAM MORRIS INDEPENDENT

Hi Everyone,



If you missed last month's breakfast, you missed a great event. Our guest speaker, Conrad Riggs was phenomenal…compliments are still pouring in.



We are pleased to welcome a new HNB sponsor, InkTip.com, the only website in the world where writers are hired or three scripts are optioned every week. Be sure to check out their website.



Sandra Lord

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NEXT EVENT DATE: MARCH 27, 2008 -- Check Deadline, March 20, 2008.

PLEASE FORWARD TO YOUR EMAIL LIST -- THANKS MUCH!!



NEW: DISCOUNT FOR FIRST-TIME ATTENDEES - note new guidelines re attendance, dress code, reservation & parking. See You There!

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SANDRA LORD

Proudly Invites YOU & A GUEST to the

AWARD WINNING (“Best Networking Event in L.A.”)

MONTHLY HOLLYWOOD NETWORKING BREAKFAST(R)

(aka The Hollywood Breakfast™)
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SPECIAL GUEST SPEAKER:



CASSIAN ELWES


CO-HEAD, WILLIAM MORRIS INDEPENDENT (William Morris Independent has become the leading agency in the independent film business - "The English Patient", "Sling Blade," "Diary of A Mad Black Woman,” "Soul Food", "The Apostle", and “Monsters Ball”. In 2007 alone, WMI was involved in the financing and distribution of over 30 films.
See full bio below)


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THIS IS A MUST-ATTEND EVENT!!

THURSDAY, MARCH 27, 2008

8:00a.m - 10:30a.m. Check-in starts at 7:20a.m.
Postmark Deadline – Thursday, MARCH 20, 2008
(You must list your full legal name as it appears on valid ID for Studio Security)

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NEW LOCATION!!



THE BEVERLY HILLS COUNTRY CLUB

3084 Motor Avenue, Los Angeles, CA 90064
(South of Twentieth Century Fox Studios)

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PARKING
FREE PARKING is available in the back lot, located on Patricia Avenue/Street, behind the tennis courts. Please note there is NO PARKING PERMITTED ON THE RESIDENTIAL SIDE OF THE STREET AT ANY TIME IN ACCORDANCE WITH ZONING REGULATION Z.A.I. 1469.



VALET PARKING -- $4.00

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Produced in Los Angeles to benefit
CHANGING IMAGES IN AMERICA
www.changingimagesinamerica.org
A non-profit organization dedicated to promoting diversity in American culture

Sponsors: Final Draft, Inc.
Jungle Software
(The independent Filmmaker’s budgeting and scheduling software)

&

InkTip.com

(the only website in the world where writers are hired or three scripts are optioned every week)
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DRESS CODE: STRICTLY ENFORCED

BUSINESS CASUAL ATTIRE REQUIRED

No Jeans, T-Shirts, Sweats or Inappropriate Provocative Clothes

(If dressed inappropriately, you will be refused entry & no monies will be refunded)

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WHO SHOULD ATTEND

This breakfast is open to professionals in the entertainment industry. You should be directly involved in entertainment as an executive, representative, financier, talent (writer, producer, director, performer, etc.), service provider or have a legitimate career or employment opportunity for attendees. HOWEVER, a limited number of aspiring talent is allowed to attend.

of aspiring talent is allowed to attend.



We are committed to maintaining a professional environment of a diverse group of attendees, representing a broad spectrum of the entertainment industry. To honor this commitment and to generate the most rewarding networking experience, we limit the number of attendees per category.

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DOWNLOAD OUR RESERVATIONS FORM:

http://www.changingimagesinamerica.org/res-form.pdf

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RESERVATIONS INFO AT-A-GLANCE:

(For a COMPLETE reservation guidelines & policies GO TO END OF THIS EMAIL)



SPECIAL DISCOUNT FOR THIS EMAIL LIST!!


FIRST TIME ATTENDEES (ONLY) may take $5 OFF of the pre-paid/ontime reservation price listed below – You MUST include a copy of this email with your check to receive the discount!



Pre-paid reservations (postmarked by MARCH 20, 2008): $40 per person (full breakfast). Checks or money-orders must be made payable to: Changing Images In America, MUST be accompanied by our (completed) reservations form and mailed to P.O. Box 2688, Hollywood, CA 90078. YOUR CASHED CHECK IS YOUR CONFIRMATION. WE DO NOT MAIL TICKETS, EMAIL OR CALL YOU TO CONFIRM RECEIPT OF YOUR CHECK. We do not accept credit card, email or phone reservations. We are UNABLE able to receive Express Mail, Certified Mal, or Registered Mail or any mail that requires us to stand on postal lines. Reservations cannot be rolled over to another month, but can be transferred to someone else for the date paid for only. Pre-confirmed Late Reservation: $45, cash only. Walk-ins: $50, cash only. As usual, for our attendance list, emergency contact, and for security purposes, you MUST include a business card and/or list your profession, phone number and other contact info, also the LEGAL NAME (as it appears on state issued I.D.), FOR YOU AND ALL GUESTS who are paid for on your check.



IT IS YOUR RESPONSIBILITY TO READ OR BE AWARE OF OUR POLICIES AND GUIDELINES. Dress code and other policies apply, including RESERVATION INFO & CANCELLATION POLICY. This info, as well as how to meet privately with a guest speaker, can be found at:

http://www.changingimagesinamerica.org/hnindex.htm

OR http://hgenonline.com/events_other_ind.asp.


Office Phone: (323) 465-9800

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GUEST SPEAKER: CASSIAN ELWES

SENIOR VICE PRESIDENT & CO-HEAD OF WILLIAM MORRIS INDEPENDENT



Cassian Elwes is a force to be reckoned with in the world of independent filmmaking.



As Sr. Vice President and Co-Head of William Morris Independent, he is one of the leading agents in independent filmmaking. Cassian has helped independent films crossover from the art house to the main house – mainstreaming on thousands of screens across the country and generating hundreds of millions of dollars in grosses, domestically and internationally.

Elwes has worked on projects such as Oscar winning film, “The English Patient”, helping bring it to fruition before going on to gross over $75MM. The same can be said of the pet projects of Billy Bob Thornton (“Sling Blade”) and Robert Duvall (“The Apostle”). Thornton went on to win the Oscar for Best Original Screenplay that year while Duvall swept the Independent Spirit Awards.

William Morris Independent watched its clients represent the creative forces behind Sundance Film Festival’s Grand Jury winners such as 2003”s “Primer,” 2001’s “The Believer”, 2000’s “You Can Count on Me,” 1999’s “Three Seasons” and 1998’s “Hurricane Streets”.

At the recent Toronto Film Festival, Elwes was involved in the sale of two very high profile films, Jason Reitman’s “Thank You For Smoking” and David Ayer’s “Harsh Times.”


Elwes began his career producing the 1983 film “Oxford Blues” starring Rob Lowe and Ally Sheedy. In the 1980’s and early 1990’s, he became one of the foremost independent producers with 30 features to his credit including: John McTiernan's “Nomads,” Donald Cammell's “White Of The Eye,” “Jack's Back” starring James Spader, “Men At Work” starring Emilio Estevez and Charlie Sheen, “Leather Jackets” starring Cary Elwes and Bridget Fonda, “The Chase” with Charlie Sheen and “Frank and Jesse” with Rob Lowe and Bill Paxton.


In 1994, Mr. Elwes joined the William Morris Agency's motion picture division. His relationships within the talent, production, financial and distribution communities have become invaluable resources in helping to set up films.


William Morris Independent has become the leading agency in the independent film business. In 2007 alone, it was involved in the financing and distribution of over 30 films. The agency’s collection of independents includes such films as “Paranoid Park,” "Pulp Fiction", “Ballast”, “Frozen River,” "The English Patient", "Sling Blade," "Diary of A Mad Black Woman,” "Soul Food", "The Apostle", "Breakfast of Champions", “ The Whole Nine Yards”, “Happy, Texas”, “Saving Grace” and “The Woodsman” and “Monsters Ball” which won the Academy Award for Halle Berry.


CASSIAN ELWES is the next “must meet” Hollywood player, at the next Hollywood Networking Breakfast.

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RESERVATION INFO & BREAKFAST POLICIES:


1. WHO SHOULD ATTEND: This breakfast is open to professionals in the entertainment industry. HOWEVER, a limited number of aspiring talent will be allowed to attend.



To attend the Hollywood Networking Breakfast, you should be directly involved in the entertainment industry in one or more of the following capacities:



AGENT, MANAGER, ATTORNEY, FINANCIER, CREW/PHYSICAL PRODUCTION (BELOW-THE-LINE), WRITER, PRODUCER, DIRECTOR, ACTOR, DEVELOPMENT EXEC, PRODUCTION EXEC, MUSIC EXEC, CASTING DIRECTOR, SINGER, SONGWRITER, RECORDING ARTIST, DANCER, CHOREOGRAPHER, COMPOSER, etc.



We are committed to maintaining a professional environment of a diverse group of attendees, representing a broad spectrum of the entertainment industry. To honor this commitment and to generate the most rewarding networking experience, we will limit the number of attendees per category. YOUR CASHED CHECK IS YOUR CONFIRMATION.



ADDITIONALLY, if you HAVE a career or employment opportunity for our attendees, or you are READY for a writing or producing partner, financing, cast, crew, representation, employment, you are more than welcome to join us at the HNB this year.


2. PAYMENT METHODS: Submitting Reservations and Payments

Payments are by check or money order only. We do not accept credit cards, fax, email or telephone reservations. We are UNABLE able to receive Express Mail, Certified Mal, or Registered Mail or any mail that requires us to stand on postal lines.

See below for policy on bounced or returned checks.

For our attendance list and for security purposes, you must list your contact phone number and the full legal names of all guests who are paid for on your check (including yours). You should also indicate if you or your guests wish to use a performing or professional name on your name tags. Please note that if you do not provide us with a telephone contact number, you will be accepting full responsibility for our inability to notify you in case of a change in venue, a local or national emergency or other unforeseen emergency. Please list your PROFESSION when sending in your payment.

ON-TIME PRE-PAID RESERVATIONS: Ask about "The Breakfast Club(tm)"

Pre-paid reservations
(postmarked by the deadline indicated above – usually one week before the event):
$40 (full breakfast).

Payments should be made to:
Changing Images In America.
Send by deadline to:
Changing Images In America
P.O. Box 2688
Hollywood, CA 90078
(Tel: 323-465-9800)

Reservations CANNOT be rolled over to another month,
but can be transferred to someone else for the date paid for only.

For more information: call (323) 465-9800 or visit www.changingimagesinamerica.org or http://hgenonline.com.

CHECK PAYMENTS: If you are sending us a company check, please indicate for whom the reservation is to be made. If your check has more than one name printed on the check, please indicate for whom the reservation is to be made. In effect, always tell us in whose name the reservation is to be made when you send in your check, including any "stage names" that you or your guests use.

CONFIRMED RESERVATIONS: Your check, sent in by the postmarked deadline, when cashed, is your confirmation. WE DO NOT MAIL TICKETS OR CALL YOU TO CONFIRM RECEIPT OF YOUR CHECK.



3. LATE RESERVATIONS: Mail, Phone and Walk-in Policy


By Mail -- $45 -- If you mail your check any time after the postmark deadline, it will be considered a "late" reservation, and your check should reflect the additional $5 charged for late reservations, making the check total $45. If your check is late and is made for only $40, you will be charged the additional $5 late fee when you arrive. We will not be responsible if you mail your check after the postmark deadline and we do not receive it in time to include you on our reservations list. (See below for information on "pre-confirmed late reservations by phone.)


By Phone -- Pre-confirmed Late Reservations -- $45, cash only -- As a courtesy to people who wish to attend the breakfast but for whom it is too late to mail a check (even a "late" check), we have a good faith "Pre-confirmed Late Reservations List." To get on this list, you must speak with someone in our office to arrange to attend the breakfast, as there are certain guidelines. Pre-confirmed late reservations extend the final count and they are included in the final extended count we give to our venue and, therefore, are considered a firm commitment by you. The price for a pre-confirmed late reservation is $45, cash only. (See below for information on "walk-ins".)


A Word of Advice: Please do not make a "pre-confirmed late reservation" for someone for whom you will not be paying. If you will not be financially responsible for payment, have that individual call in their own reservation.


Walk-ins -- $50 - cash only: If you attend a Hollywood Networking Breakfast® without a reservation or a pre-confirmed late reservation (see above), the price will be $50 - cash only.


4. REFUNDS / TRANSFERS / ROLLOVERS


When we make a commitment to our venue for a specific number of people and meals, we make that commitment based on your commitment to us. Our venue will not allow rollovers for no-shows, so we do not permit rollovers. Here are our guidelines.



Therefore, reservations are non-refundable. A reservation may be transferred to someone else for the date paid for only. No-shows CANNOT be rolled over to another month's breakfast.



5. LATE ARRIVALS - IMPORTANT INFORMATION:



Breakfast is not guaranteed for late arrivals.



Whether you have an "on-time" or "pre-confirmed late" reservation, or you are a "walk-in", if you arrive late at the breakfast, we cannot guarantee that there will be food available for you. Breakfast is served open buffet-style, where attendees may have more than one helping. Our venue replenishes our food supply, where necessary, up until 9AM. More than likely there will be some food available after 9AM, but we can offer no guarantee.



If you are a late "walk-in" and you do not have an opportunity to eat, but still wish to hear the speaker, or stay to network, full walk-in rates will apply.



6. HEARING IMPAIRED:



The State of California is no longer able to provide sign language interpreting services for the hearing impaired through the Media Access Office/EDD. If you are in need of an interpreter, you are welcome to bring your own. Otherwise, please direct any questions re: interpreting services, contact the Media Access Office/EDD at (818) 752-1196; (818) 753-3426 fax; (818) 753-3427 TTY.



7. BOUNCED / RETURNED CHECKS:



There will be a $25 charge for every bounced or returned check. When you bounce a check, we not only incur bank charges, we also must pay for your breakfast. If your check is returned for nonpayment, you will be liable for bank fees, reimbursement of your breakfast and you will also be required thereafter to pay by money order (by mail), or cash only at the door, after having your reservation pre-approved.



Note: If we receive a returned check from you, and you do not make good on the check plus the charges, you will not be allowed back into the breakfast. If we make a good faith late reservation for you and you do not honor it or make good on it, you will not be allowed back into the breakfast.


8. DRESS CODE: STRICTLY ENFORCED



Business casual attire required. We provide a professional setting, so no jeans, t-shirts, sweats or inappropriate provocative clothes allowed. If dressed inappropriately, you will be refused entry & no monies will be refunded.


9. SECURITY MEASURES:



Due to heightened security measures, if you are not recognized as a breakfast regular, you will be required to show a valid and current photo identification, to be admitted to the breakfast. When sending in your check, you must list your full legal name as it appears on your I.D. You must also indicate if you wish to use a performing or professional name on your name tag. You are also asked to provide certain contact information with your reservation (see #2 above). We thank you for your cooperation in this matter.



10. PARKING:



FREE PARKING is available in the back lot, located on Patricia, behind the tennis courts. Please note there is NO PARKING PERMITTED ON THE RESIDENTIAL SIDE OF THE STREET AT ANY TIME IN ACCORDANCE WITH ZONING REGULATION Z.A.I. 1469. VALET PARKING is also available for $4.00



11. NETWORKING TIPS:



It's great that you come to the Hollywood Networking Breakfast(tm) to hear and make contact with the guest speaker. However, you should also consider attending because of the people whom a particular speaker might attract, whether the speaker is in your field of interest or not. Also, make it a priority to get the contact information of the speaker and others in whom you are interested before you leave. The breakfast is an extremely time consuming event and it is impossible to return phone calls about a past breakfast.


12. GUEST SPEAKERS:



Guest speakers' attendance is confirmed, schedule permitting, at the time of all publications and notifications. In the event our guest speaker is unable to attend, we reserve the right to provide a substitute speaker or initiate a different format (which might not include a substitute speaker) for that day/event. In any such situation, since our venue will still require full payment, our "no refund" and "no rollover" policy for all reservations shall apply.


13. EMAIL LIST/NOTIFICATIONS:



In an effort to help you get your checks in on time, we will send an email of the current month's breakfast information, and two reminder emails, to give you ample notice and time to meet the postmark deadline.


14. TO BE ADDED TO OUR E-MAIL NOTIFICATION LIST:

Click here: GREENROLLS2@aol.com

Please be sure to include
your name, phone number, company and/or profession AND TYPE in your e-mail (in the body of your email message), for our records.
All information is strictly confidential.
Please reference the breakfast in your subject line
and do NOT send your information as an attachment.



Please note that by being on this list, you will receive notices for all of Sandra Lord's events and occasionally info on the events of some of our partners/sponsors. Your information is never shared or sold and is kept in the strictest confidence.


15. MORE INFORMATION:


More information about the Hollywood Networking Breakfast held in Los Angeles can be obtained by visiting the www.changingimagesinamerica.org website.
You may also receive information from http://hgenonline.com

Office: (323) 465-9800

THANK YOU FOR YOUR COOPERATION.

WE LOOK FORWARD TO SEEING YOU!