Women In Animation

Blog News

12 06 2007

First off, a big thank you to everyone who has stopped by our new blog and thank you to everyone who has offered their compliments, suggestions, and most of all time to help contribute to the success of our new site. Our blog is still in its infancy, but like any proud parents, we see enormous potential in our little blog sprout and have set our sights on Blog Harvard. But, baby steps. You can’t get to Blog Harvard without Blog Preschool.

And apparently you can’t get out of an opening paragraph without beating a metaphor to death. So with no further ado, on to the substantive news.

The Calendar:

We are researching our options and will associate a proper calendar with the site soon. Until that happens, please email me at chara.campanella@gmail.com with any event that you’d like posted. Be sure to note the time, date and location as well as RSVP information.

The Blog Roll:

We want you on our blog roll. Any member in good standing can have his or her website and/ or blog linked to our site. Just email Joanie Rich at joaniegecko@gmail.com with your URL.

Speaking of the blog roll… While we know that many of you have been using the same blogging service for years and are very happy with it, we just want to point out one very real benefit of using the folks who host the WIA site, Animation Blogspot.

The advertising.

If you’ve been scrolling through Animation Blogspot accounts, you may have noticed this banner ad on the side bar:

This was designed by Sharvonique Fortune and gets randomly splashed across other people’s blogs. When someone clicks on the ad, it brings them straight to us, generating hit after hit.

How could it possibly get any better than that, you ask. Well, if we can get enough members with Animation Blogspot accounts, then the banner ads on the WIA blog with only advertise WIA members.

That’s right. Free banner ads for you. Just something to consider.

Members News:

Also in the works is a “Members News” section. An example of “Members News” would be this post from Pamela Thompson who is renting her house.

House for Rent– Burbank Adjacent- near studios–

On Quiet Cul De Sac in Verdugo Hills

3BD 1 3/4 BA

2400 SQ FT HOUSE — AVAILABLE JULY 1

Unfurnished, 3 bedrooms, 1 3/4 Bath, near Disney, Dreamworks, Warner Bros, Nickelodeon, Cartoon Network, NBC, Woodbury University. Hillside setting. Includes gardener, trash, and water. Plantation shutters, hardwood floors, brand new Maytag double oven, refrigerator, stove, dishwasher, washer and dryer, formal dining, breakfast nook, den perfect for studio or office includes wet bar with refrigerator, new roof, new carpet, new paint, new vinyl, remodeled tiled bathroom, air conditioner, central air, central heat, 2 fireplaces, private yard visited by deer and other wildlife, patio, copper pipes, 2 car garage.

One year minimum lease, No pets,$3,000.00 month $3000 deposit, in Sun Valley

Available July 1, 2007. Contact Lance Thompson, lancethompson@mindspring.com, 818 504-2795.

When we get this section of the site up and running, we will give you all the information you need to know about submitting news.

More On Thank Yous:

While we’re dolling out the gratitude, we have another big thank you for Thy Than who designed our masthead and to the folks at AWN for their continued technical and all around support.

We’d also like to invite anyone and everyone to get involved with the WIA blog. Just drop me an email at chara.campanella@gmail.com with your thoughts, ideas and skills and we’ll find a way to use them. Like I said, we have big plans for this baby blog and the more members we can get involved, the more spectacular it will be.