With the passage and signing of
Senate Bill 1937 (Costa), The Digital Arts Studio Partnership Act (DASP),
now Chapter 980 California Government Code, we have an opportunity to
realize a long held dream of bringing the key stakeholders industry,
education, community professionals and youth, in the field of emerging
digital arts and technology together to accomplish a historic development
task. Work towards establishing a
voluntary collaboration between these forces in the State have never reached
the “tipping point” where the vision of strategic mutual economic
development, systematic training and learning in the field, and the
profound investments forthcoming from the building of social and community
capital have successfully occurred. The implementation of DASP hinges
upon state and local policy leaders bringing a priority focus to drive
education reform, organizational development, and industry support lest the
findings of the statute – “fragmented, isolated, and underdeveloped
training of youth among schools, industry and the community” – continue to
devastate California’s stake as the world leader in this field. We seek to mount a strategic policy
and legislative 2005 package that will map • AB 252
(Chavez) Extend
the Sunset date of DASP 5 years till 2010 • Legislative
Concurrent Resolution establish
policy support resolution for
industry/education partnerships in digital media and
telecommuncation arts and technology
• AB 1582 (Dymally) design economic incentive model for
corporate investments and participation in statewide and Regional Digital
Arts Studio Partnerships for digital media arts workforce and community
development.
Policy Circle
(Partial List)
William
Bronston ,
MD
CA DASP Coordinator
John
Avakian
California Community Colleges
New Media/Multimedia/Entertainment
Stephanie Couch
CENIC
Kimberly Ford
Rob Jaffe
School for the Arts
Dennis Mangers
Kathleen Milnes
Entertainment
Economics Institute
John Minkler
Randy Nelson
Steve Ybarra, JD
Counsel
Field Advisory Board
(Partial
List)
John Hughes
Rhythm & Hues
Paul Norman
Discreet
Kristine Alexander
The CA Arts Project
Megan Stewart
Macromedia
Lisa Deakes
Adobe Systems Inc.
Roxanne
Gould
American Electronics Assoc.
Paul
Gussman (Provisional)
CA Workforce Investment Board
Panasonic Broadcast
Microsoft
FedEx Kinkos
Pinnacle Systems