HRTS eNews - November/December 2009 (Plain Text Version)
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JHRTS News & Announcementsby Brian Toombs, JHRTS Co-President
JHRTS continued its effort to connect top industry professionals with our Junior Hollywood member base by hosting a roundtable discussion with Amy Gravit, Head of Comedy Development for HBO and Kathleen McCarthy, CE at HBO. The roundtable setting provides for a much more intimate experience for our members, who are able to engage our executives directly. The event was well attended and proved to be an extremely educational and inspiring evening on the business of comedy development hosted by two friendly and helpful premium cable executives. Maintaining its commitment to public service, JHRTS’ exec board volunteered to support The Dream Street Foundation’s annual fundraiser. The Dream Street Foundation is a non-profit organization that puts on summer camps for children who live with chronic and life threatening illnesses. The JHRTS board’s presence was very well received and appreciated by the foundation and has been asked again to volunteer next year! Lastly, JHRTS put on another popular social mixer at Villa this month. Continuing the strong attendance trend these events have seen all month, well over 200 industry professionals packed into the upscale lounge in West Hollywood to mix, network and have a great time relaxing after work. These events also continue to be a great source of membership additions and promotion for our other events, especially for the Holiday Party next month. JHRTS had an excellent month of November between four extremely successful events and another increase in membership. Membership renewals and new members are flooding in from every event and we feel this is a reflection of the diverse and quality events we provide our membership on an almost weekly basis. We are intensely excited for our annual Holiday Party being held on December 3rd at MyHouse in Hollywood. This year’s party will benefit Feeding America and we have already raised quite a bit of money. It should prove to be an incredible night of partying and giving, a great way to end what has been a very successful 2009 for JHRTS.
Editor's Note: Due to the publishing date, note that the JHRTS Holiday Party was held on December 3rd at My House nightclub in Hollywood and was a great success. Over 600 people attended the party, benefitting Feeding America. Full coverage and photos will be provided in the next edition of Society Views. |