Robert Manning letter of introductionDecember 6, 2009
Dear Mayor Bower and City Commissioners Jorge Eiposito, Michael Gongora. Jem- Libbin, Ed
Tobin, Deede Weithorn, and Jonah Wolfson:
I am attaching my resume in order that ~Tou might consider my application to one of the open at-
large positions on the following boards:
Board of Adjustment -- Leonor Hernandez has resigned her seat;
or
Design Review -- Gabrielle Redfei7i's term ends 12/09.
My career has been in film: malting films, writing about them, and teaching others how to make
them. The fast stresses entrepreneuriaUbusiness acumen; the second a wide bod}- of scholarship;
the last demands technical skills, and all of them require creative artistic-. My production
company, Dream«-orks, replaced Green Mountain Cine Works, ~~,hich I began 40 rears ago:
Dreamworks is about 2~ rears old. (That upstart newcomer with a similar name, Dreamworks
ShG, is not my company ; I came up ~~-ith the name - talten from the ~~-orks of Sigmund Freud --
before the}- did.)
I hold a Master's and a Ph.D. in Fihn/Communications from Stiracuse University and was the
chairman of the Fihn/Theatre/Dance Department at Pratt Institute in New- York City; since
moving to Miami I have held part-tune teaching positions at Miami-Dade College and no~~- at the
Miami International University of Art & Design.
I reside with my wife, Jo Manning, iii Miami Beach, where we own an apartment in the Historic
District; we have lived here going on 1~ rears. We are both active iii this community, belonging
to the Miami Design Preservation League. the Miami Beach Botanical Gardens. and the Bass
Museum. I am a founding member of our neighborhood association, NODARA (North Ocean
Drive Area Residents Association). My wife ~~-as on the Transportation & Parlting Committee for
t« o rears and was then appointed to the Historic Preservation Board, where she currently- selves.
For the past rear I have served on the Production Industi~T Council; I was appointed by
Commissioner Deede Weithorn and my term is up 12/09. I have rarer- missed a meeting of this
council and believe Pve contributed to the PIC and have sho«,n myself to be a vital and reliable
member, but, although Pve been grateful for the opportuiuty to serve on this body, I feel I am
ready to move on. I am solidly invested in tl>is community and wish to play a larger part in it.
I hope that you ~yill consider my application for these two specific openings on the Board of
Adjustment and the Design Revie~y Board. I believe I have the qualifications. I am available for
face-to-face inteivie« s at ~ our convenience.
Sincerer,
Robert Nickerson Maruiing. Ph.D.
160 Ocean Drive, #~08
Miami Beach, FL 33139
786-269-081
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