International Interactive Communications Society

International Interactive Communications Society (IICS) is a professional trade association for companies and individuals involved in interactive media. The organization traces its roots to the days of interactive laser disc production in the San Francisco Bay Area during the 1980s. Originally the society was proposed as a special interest group of the International Television Association (ITVA), now known as Media Communications Association – International (MCA-I), but the charter members decided to establish the society as an independent entity with different membership requirements for the new interactive and computer based communications. The charter members were composed of equipment vendors, independent producers, training professionals and members of Apple's IIe computer group, Sony's SMC-70 computer & interactive LaserDisc groups and Pioneer's interactive Laserdisc groups.

In its heyday the organization had hundreds of members in the San Francisco Bay Area and thousands of members worldwide with chapters in Los Angeles, Seattle, San Francisco, Dallas, Chicago, Atlanta, San Diego, Detroit (Great Lakes).

Charter members
Tom WohlmutOriginal IICS Presidentcurrently President WMS Media Inc., San Francisco
Debra Wohlmut (Anderson)Founding IICS Vice-PresidentExec. Producer, Wohlmut Media Services
Vicki VanceOriginal IICS Secretary/Communications DirectorSony and then went on to become Manager of Business Development, Apple Computer: New Media and Entertainment Group
Tom AndersonOriginal IICS Treasurer/Membership Director
Maria ManciniOriginal IICS Program Committee
John IttelsonOriginal IICS Institutes and WorkshopsChico State University
Mark WilliamsOriginal IICS Institutes and WorkshopsSan Mateo College
Richard HaukomOriginal IICS Special Projects DirectorCo-Founder Haukom Associates and now Senior Instructional Technologist at Stanford Graduate School of Business
Kris KosterOriginal IICS Computer ServicesSony
Patrick FordOriginal IICS Database System Operator
Jana RochonOriginal IICS Original Journal Layout and DesignTelevision Associates and later President of Image Technics Inc. Irving, TX
David HonHonorary Board
Steve BoothCharter MemberLevel Three Authoring Systems
Jerry Jacksonserved on the Executive Board as International Vice President and co-founded the IICS Hollywood Special Interest Groupfounding partner in Water's Edge Communications
Joe Roizen -Charter MemberTelegen (American division of French Videotex company)
Debra Lieberman -Charter MemberInstitute for Communication Research
Brian Blum -IICS President, 1992Blum Interactive Media, consulting group in Jerusalem, Israel
Dale RochonCharter MemberInteractive media sales at Television Associates, later led the sales and marketing efforts at two computer/video convergence manufactures and then contributed to the launch of Verizon's FiOS TV, and Arbitron's PPM technology
  • Jerry Jackson background at Waters Edge[1]
  • Vintage SMC 70 [2]

References
  1. Jerry L. Jackson. "Water's Edge Communications - Who We Are (and Were and Have Been)". Waters-edge-comm.com. Archived from the original on August 26, 2009. Retrieved 2009-11-28.
  2. "Sony Global - Product & Technology Milestones-Personal Computer". Sony.net. Retrieved 2009-11-28.
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