We will be updating future events to the Wiki, but as some background, here's what we did in our first year or so....

First WAnimate Meeting March 14th 2005
Kate Vyvyan called together interested West Australian Animators to discuss the possibility of creating a show-reel of local work to be included in an upcoming Expo in Japan and devise strategies for promoting West Australian Animation. The group met at the FTI Animation Centre and the discussion was facilitated by Mark Randall. While the showreel idea did not come to fruition, the large number of interested parties in the room though that maybe it was time for an industry association specifically focused on the Animation sector.

Present at the first meeting were Terry Delahunt, Graeme Hunt, Tom Lubin, Kate Vyvyan, Mark Hutchinson, David Parkinson, Adam Megow, Aaron Kennedy, Gareth Lockett, Lisa Evans, Shaun Trainor, Daniel Moller, Timothy Merks, Daniel Pita, Ian Tregonning, Chris Hunt, Ian Newman, Graeme Watson, Nick Carne, David Kenyon, Russell Brown, Craig Cavaney, Roslyn Lau, Juan Zubiaya, Sebastian Mayer, Simon Cruthers and Hugh Buttsworth.

Steering Committee Formed
Following our initial meeting a steering committee was formed to create WAnimate. The members included Kate Vyvyan, Simon Cruthers (Mush Media), Tom Lubin (FTI/AFTRS), Mark Hutchison, Shaun Trainor (MANGO BLUE), Daniel Moller (MANGO BLUE), Graeme Watson (FTI), Graeme Hunt (Media Powerhouse), Ian Tregonning (FTI), Sebastian Mayer (FTI), Chris Hunt and Nick Carne.

Show and Tell Session April 6th 2005
Shaun Trainor and Daniel Moller presented work from Mango Blue, Daniel Pita showed his showreel, Juan Zubiaya showed his 3D work, Tim Merks showed his showreel, Edmund Englebrecht showed his visual effects work, Pierce Davision showed his stop motion animation, Josh Weeks showed his work and Randall Lynton showed ‘Suicidal Balloon’ and Sebastian Mayer showed work from his career that his taken him around the globe. Presentations were made by the DLF, SIGGRAPH, SPLIF, AFTRS, MACROMEDIA USERS GROUP.

WANIMATE is named April 18th 2005
The name WAnimate was suggested by Atilla Bak who won a bottle of Kahlua, his favorite drink that was donated by Producer extraordinaire Susie Campbell. Prior to this WAnimate was often referred to as Unnamed Animation Association Thing in emails.

Producing Animation May 4th 2005
Producer Susie Campbell presents a seminar on producing animation and creating work for a marketplace. Also at this meeting Susan Breshnihan showed her work and Timothy Merks and Rosealine Lau reported on their recent project meeting with the Australian Film Commission.

Show and Tell Session June 7th 2005
Stephen Grant talks about working at Amblin Entertainment, Disney and on Animationworks production of ‘Quads’. Russel Brown from Mintox Media shared his creations, while Aaron Kennedy, Lisa Evans and Gareth Locket presented the work of their studio Raging Pixel.

Animation Expo July 1st 2005
WAnimate was formally launched at the Animation Expo at the Central TAFE Art Gallery in Northbridge. The exhibition was put together by Guest Curator Tom Lubin, AFTRS State representative from the Film and Television Institute and highlighted the wide range of animated content that had been created in the state in recent years.

Being a Layout Artist at PIXAR August 25th 2005
Cortney Armitage from Pixar
Presented in association with Australian Film, Television and Radio School (AFTRS), PIXAR and The Gypsy Trail Tribal Dance Company.

Annecy Animation Festival 23rd September 2005
Pierce Davison and Jacob Fjord shared their experiences of taking their films to the Annecy Animation Film Festival in France.

Annual General Meeting October 19th 2005
WAnimate is formally established an a membership based incorporated association and the inaugural management committee is elected.

Animation - How to Make it a Business November 22nd 2005
David Court
Centre for Screen Business
Australian Film Television and Radio School (AFTRS)

Star Wars - the Tools, the Techniques and Inspiration December 5th 2005
Jonathan Harb
Industrial Light and Magic
Presented in association with the Australian Film, Television and Radio School (AFTRS) and SciTech

MASSIVE: Christmas Function December 10th 2005
At the Regal Theatre - Perth Massive Presented in association with ACM SIGRAPH, DLF, Macromedia Users Group, MediaSpace, Orange Zucchini, Port-80, PIGMI, 3minutes.net

Character Animation, Production Supervising - Bringing it All Together January 18th 2006
Sue Erokan, Production Supervisor
Dreamworks Animation
Presented in association with SciTech

Meet the Bat Suit Wrangler January 27th 2006
Day Murch
Presented in association with the Film and Television Institute (WA)

Creating Mobile Content March 15th 2006
Creating content for Mobile Telephones
Barbara Gare from mNet Corporation

The Art and Technology of Animatronics March 19th 2006
John Cox from John Cox Creature Workshop
Presented in association with the West Australian Museum

Show and Tell Session April 19th 2006
WAnimate members showed their current work and received critical feedback from their peers including new work in development through the KEYFRAME program at the FTI Animation Centre.

At this meeting a quorum for a Special Annual General Meeting was achieved and the Rules of Association were passed.

Dave Gurney Workshop and Lecture July 16th and 17th 2006
Lecture: ‘Between a Rock and Hard Place – Creativity and Business’
Workshop: Master Class in Character Animation
Presented in association with the Australian Film, Television and Radio School (AFTRS) and the West Australian Department of Industry and Resources

The Brand of You September 6th 2006
A round table discussion on self promotion and creating an online presence for global marketing that looked into blogs, online sales, websites and online discussions.
Guest Speakers- Animator Randal Lynton, VJ Kat Black and Graeme Watson.

MASSIVE: Christmas Function December 12th 2006
At the Brass Monkey - Perth Massive Presented in association with ACM SIGRAPH, IGDA, OneTwenty, DLF, Macromedia Users Group, MediaSpace, Orange Zucchini, Port-80, PIGMI

WAnimate members networking before an event at Scitech

Jonathan Harb of ILM talking about his work on Star Wars series of films

WAnimate members networking before an event at Scitech

Sue Erokan from Dreamworks talking about her work with bellydancing lemurs on Madagascar among other things...