Seoul, Januar 2010

Dear all ASIFA members,

Happy New Year 2010 and Happy 50th Anniversary of ASIFA!

I wish all of board members, chapters, groups as well as individual members the very best year 2010 and New Year bring you health, happiness and prosperities for your animation creativities and activities. It’s a great honor to be a President of ASIFA by majority support of board members.

We hear and see the sufferings by various kinds of disasters all over the world and I’m worrying if any members of ASIFA family also suffer from those difficulties.

Nevertheless, our ASIFA members will continue to exchange our enthusiasm through Animation all over the world. Animation is definitely one of creative arts which precede other genre in media and I’m sure that we will continue to create constant excitements and bring them to humankind.

In 2010, ASIFA celebrates its own 50th anniversary and coincidently the 50th anniversary parallels in my work in animation field too. This means that animation history in Korea also have the same 50th anniversary.

It seems to me that the God gave me a miraculous chance to be a President of ASIFA this year. ASIFA will move ahead with positive changes. However, we should make our own changes, not just waiting for the changes.

I sincerely ask all of you to give me your thoughts and wise advices and join our new changes for ASIFA. I will contribute myself to ASIFA with my experiences from an animator, producer, director, professor and even CEO of company.

I made slogans myself and will promise you them during my service as:
1. Procedure for processing
2. Transparency of administration
3. Harmony between members
4. Consideration for others

We are artists with enthusiasm but also we are artists with wisdom.

Best regards,

Nelson SHIN
President of ASIFA
2010-01-27