Toy Drive Help!

Hey Everyone,

The Toy Drive has been a huge success! We will be delivering the toys this Friday (10/18) at 1:30pm to the children center. WE NEED YOUR HELP! Anyone who has a vehicle and is available to help drop off the toys please email Dave (david.martinez@colorado.edu) or myself.

I hope everyones finals are going well! Have a great Holiday break!

Joey Maestas

MEMO Head Chair

jmaestas@mac.com

Great Turnout Tonight!

Hey Everyone,

We had a great turnout tonight for putting together our holiday bags for the youth! We had over 40 bags filled with toys, candy and other goodies! Thank you all for making this a successful event!!

Joey Maestas

MEMO TOY DRIVE and NEXT MEETING UPDATE

Hi Everyone,

Our Toy Drive is in full swing! The Toy Drive will benefit OUR Children Center of Boulder County and will run until December 17th. All donations can be made outside Dave's office at Armory 1B28. Some of the faculty has asked if we can pick up their toys and if anyone is willing to volunteer with me please let me know!

Our next meeting will be held this Wednesday (12/9) at 5:00pm in Armory 1B01. This will be our holiday event where we will put together holiday bags for the children. Dave will be providing us holiday bags but its is VERY IMPORTANT that everyone bring in 5-10 dollars worth of small gifts, candy, ribbon, etc... to put in the bags. I'll bring in some holiday music and everyone is welcome to bring in food for everyone to share. Lets make this a fun night!

If you have any questions please let Dave (david.martinez@colorado.edu) or myself know! See you all Wednesday!

Joey Maestas

MEMO Head Chair

jmaestas@mac.com

www.cumemo.blogspot.com

Post Meeting Notes 11/18

Hey Everyone,

Here is what was discussed during the meeting tonight!

• Review of “Your College. Your Future.” Proposal
• 9News volunteer opportunities
• Scholarship Opportunities- SPJ
• Trying to reschedule Crispin Porter + Bogusky tour and Denver Post tour
• Plan on rescheduling after winter break, first few weeks
• Holiday Event
• Ideas: Fill a SHOEBOX with items for some cause
• Also, will be setting up a box for general donations to J-School
• Ryan will make advertisement
• Need to figure out organization

• NEXT MEETING: Wed., 12/9 at 5 p.m. Location TBA
• Bring donations for filling in shoebox, around $5.00 worth

Next MEMO Meeting!

Hi Everyone,

I wanted to remind you all that a MEMO meeting will be occurring this Wednesday (11/18) at 5:00pm in Armory 1B01.

We have a full agenda and it is very important that you attend this meeting.

Items to be discussed include:

- An upcoming holiday event for the youth that MEMO will be hosting!

- Dave will be handing out scholarship applications and giving information on upcoming opportunities.

- MEMO has recently applied for a $5,000 grant to host an exciting event next year and more details will be given at the meeting.

- Crispin Porter and Denver Post rescheduled tour dates

As always if you have any questions please don't hesitate to contact Dave Martinez (David.Martinez@colorado.edu) or myself. See you all Wednesday!


Joey Maestas
MEMO Head Chair
jmaestas@mac.com
www.cumemo.blogspot.com

No MEMO Meeting Tonight!

Hi Everyone,

This is a reminder that there will be NO MEMO meeting tonight! However, we will be having one in the next couple weeks and will be discussing some important topics. Keep a look out for a email and on the MEMO blog for our next scheduled meeting time. Have a great week!

Joey Maestas

MEMO Head Chair

jmaestas@mac.com

www.cumemo.blogspot.com

Crispin, Porter, and Bogusky Tour CANCELLED

Hi Everyone,

We have decided to cancel the tour tomorrow due to the weather. We will reschedule the tour for later this semester. Let me know if you have any questions!

Joey Maestas
MEMO Head Chair
jmaestas@mac.com
www.cumemo.blogspot.com

Crispin, Porter & Bogusky Tour (10/28)

Hi Everyone,

We have confirmed the Crispin, Porter & Bogusky Tour for this Wednesday (10/28). We will be meeting in front of the Armory at 3:15 pm and will be leaving at 3:30 pm sharp. It is important that you let Dave Martinez (david.martinez@colorado.edu) know if you can either drive or need a ride!!

This is a great opportunity and we hope to see everyone that signed up attend. If you have any questions please let myself or Dave know!

Have a great weekend!

Joey Maestas

MEMO Head Chair

jmaestas@mac.com

http://cumemo.blogspot.com/

Internship Meeting Tommorow

Dear All,

Are you interested in an internship or pursing one this spring or summer. Come find out more!
Alan Kirkpatrick - Director of Internships will be doing a question and answer session on
internships. Internships are a great way of networking and increasing your job opportunities
in the future.

Date - Wednesday - October 21. 2009
Time - 5:15 pm
Armory 218

Sponsored by MEMO.

10/14 Post Meeting Notes

Memo Meeting Notes 10/14/09

Recap Media Mixer

• Great opportunity to meet professionals and asked for advice and got it!

Recap CBS4 Tour

• Were able to see the live showing
• Tour the whole studio and saw various parts of the newsroom, weather room, etc.

Crispin Porter & Bogusky

• Occur in late afternoon 4 pm? on 10/28/09
• 7 ppl so far but we need the numbers
• Check it out online to see what it is all about.
• Loved their table they had when they were here.

Internship with Alan Kirkpatrick

• 10/21/09 Armory 218 @ 5:15
• Bring your resume
• Ask what you need to put on it or look it over

Potential Scholarship & Mentorship Opportunities

• Hemmingway Scholarship: 10,000 Jr & Srs. In the school already
• 7 of them are awarded
• Encourage applications and start early because it is competitive
• Willard Sims Scholarship:
• Environmental or Agricultural interest
• National Western Stock show interest too
• CU and CSU always have a winner but they are the competition
• Journalism Scholarships:
• Coming up!
• More ppl need to apply due to financial need
• Merit based scholarships available as well
• Chips Quinn Scholarship coming up too:
• Consider this one, esp for Seniors; internships and possibly a job
• 8 week paid internship anywhere in the country
• CPA Scholarship:
• ***The competition is high for Advertising
• Most of the big ones are in prints or broadcast
• BUT if you are just a journalism student you can find one as well

Mentoring:

• Opportunities coming up
• Send Dave your email address if you are interested!
• NAHJ applications, hopefully we can host this event and we NEED people to be mentors and help out
• Student Projects-help with this and get to go out there and brush up on the skills
• You will be able to go to the National Conference and the HUGE Job Fair
• Resumes, internships, possibly jobs
• Everything is paid for and you get a stipend
• Want to start it off with a leadership type training
• Important skills learning!
• NETWORKING is big for this event!

Brainstorming!

Fun raising ideas:

• Purchase face tattoos and pay them back to the school
• Basketball games!- arrowmark concession stand, $500-1000,but you need to go through the training
• Bake Sale at the Homecoming parade (CU in Hollywood- themed)
• Hot chocolate?
• Team up with Journalism student groups- ask around and have us ALL do something together
• Habitat for Humanity in Flatirons:
• Campus Chapter- help her by going to the meeting
• Paying students for their help

Next MEMO Meeting

Hi Everyone,

The next MEMO meeting will take place this Wednesday (10/14) in UMC 353 at 5:15 pm.

We will be discussing many important topics such as our upcoming tour with Crispin, Porter and Bogusky and our internship meeting with Mr. Alan Kirkpatrick. We will also recap the CBS4 Tour, the Media Mixer and potential scholarship and mentorship opportunities. If possible, try to bring mone ideas so we can start thinking about t-shirts, advertisement, student travel and much more.

Also, J-Board will be hosting Cokes With Voakes tommorow afternoon at 3:30 pm in Armory 119 . Please try and attend!

As always if you have any questions please let my self or Dave Martinez (david.martinez@colorado.edu) know and please join us!

Joey Maestas
MEMO Head Chair
jmaestas@mac.com
www.cumemo.blogspot.com

CBS4 TOUR and Other Updates

Hi Everyone,

I wanted to send out a reminder about the CBS4 Tour this Wednesday, October 7th. During this tour we will be able to watch a live broadcast at the noon hour and have a Q & A with General Manager Tim Weiland. We will be meeting outside the Armory at 10:00 AM and need to be at the station by 11:00 AM. We will be carpooling and if you are able to drive or need a ride please let Dave Martinez know. Also, we can only take 20 students for the tour! MAKE SURE YOU RSVP TO DAVE MARTINEZ (david.martinez@colorado.edu) TO ENSURE YOUR SPOT.

For anyone interested in advertising we will be touring Crispin Porter & Bogusky on October 28th. Like the CBS4 Tour space is limited and RSVP to Dave Martinez (david.martinez@colorado.edu) if you would like to attend. More details will be available as the tour date becomes closer.

The next MEMO meeting will take place on Wednesday, October 14th at 5:15 PM in UMC 353. Make sure you mark you calendars because we will be discussing many important topics!

MEMO is now on Facebook! Make sure you join the group! We are also constantly updating our blog every week and try to make sure you checking it for updates! Here are the links:

Facebook- http://www.facebook.com/pages/Boulder-CO/CU-MEMO-Multi-Ethnic-Media-Organization/163034157867?ref=nf

Blog- http://cumemo.blogspot.com

As always if you have any questions please let myself or Dave Martinez know!

Joey Maestas

MEMO Head Chair

jmaestas@colorado.edu

http://cumemo.blogspot.com/

MEMO Meeting Update

Hi Everyone,

I just wanted to clarify things and tell you all that there is NOT a MEMO meeting tonight. The next get together will be the CBS 4 field trip on October 7th. I will post more details about the field trip in the next couple of days! Start thinking of fundraiser ideas for homecoming weekend. Thanks!

Joey Maestas

Who We Are

As a part of the School of Journalism and Mass Communication at the University of Colorado at Boulder, the Multi-Ethnic Media Organization (MEMO) is a student group composed of students from all walks of life. MEMO strives to provide useful resources for students through scholarship opportunities, networking events, and information about careers in media. The organization also strives to build a stronger community among students on campus by providing a common place for journalism students to come together for mentorship and networking, while promoting diversity and inclusiveness. For students applying to the journalism school, MEMO provides guidance regarding the admissions process. MEMO also participates in a number of on-campus and off-campus events, providing opportunities to meet and network with other students and media professionals in the region. All meetings are also held on campus in UMC 353.

For more information, please e-mail cumemo@gmail.com or visit Dave Martinez (david.martinez@colorado.edu) in The Office of Diversity and Inclusiveness in Armory 1B28. Also, follow us @CU_MEMO on Twitter or look us up on Facebook.

MEMO is now on Facebook!

Hi everyone!
MEMO is now not only on Twitter but also on Facebook! Check us out and join the group! Thanks goes out to Vignesh Ramachandran for designing us this Facebook group!

Here is the link:

http://www.facebook.com/pages/Boulder-CO/CU-MEMO-Multi-Ethnic-Media-Organization/163034157867?ref=nf

Post Meeting Notes- 9/16

Hey Everyone,

Great meeting last night! We had well over 40 people attend! Sequence heads Professor Mike McDevitt and Professor Paul Daugherty talked to us about the expectations the reviewers have to get admitted into the SJMC. Bella Mote talked to us about how to apply to get the International Media Certificate. Susan Avila went over the application process to get admitted into the SJMC.

Here are some notes about what was said last night:

- Mr. Daugherty talked about how it is essential to make it clear that you put "that you have a passion for journalism" in your essay

- He said sometimes a story that doesn't get off topic in your essay can be benificial

- He said "sob" stories don't get you anywhere in your essay

- He said to tell how the journalism school can be benificial for you as an individual for your major

- He said to make sure you start your essay with plenty of time before the deadline

- He said to utilize the writing center, friends, and family to edit your essay

- Professor Mike McDevitt talked about the News Editorial Essay

- He said to pick a article for your essay that really moved you as a journalists

- He said it looks good if you have participated in student media such as CU sports mag, CU Independent, and Radio 1190.

- For advertising majors he said to make sure you think outside the box when composing your essay

All applications can be picked up from Joan at the SJMC desk in Amory.

Good Luck!

MEMO MEETING TONIGHT!!!

Hi Everyone,

This is just a reminder about the MEMO meeting taking place tonight Wednesday (9/16) at 5:15pm in UMC 353.

Sequence heads Professor Mike McDevitt and Professor Paul Daugherty will be talking to us about the expectations the reviewers have to get admitted into the SJMC! We will have applications available for all sequences. Even if you are a long way from applying to the SJMC, I would still recommend you coming to this meeting!

I will only ask that everyone comes with some questions written out to ask the sequence heads.

If you have any questions please contact Dave Martinez or myself.

See you all tonight!


- Joey Maestas

Post Meeting Report

We had a great meeting everyone! We are looking for ideas for fundraisers, fun events etc... Go ahead and comment to this post and give your ideas! As always contact Dave or Joey if you have any questions! Joey Maestas can be contacted at jmaestas@mac.com or cumemo@gmail.com

Reminder!

Our first Meeting is Wednesday, September 2, 2009 in UMC 353 5:15- 6:15 pm.

Free Pizza!!!!

MEMO MEMBERS

MEMO MEMBERS

Lauren Archuletta

Morgan Aguilar

Danny Ariniello

Chris Atkinson

Ashley Braun

Amber Britton

Laura Buikeley

Mitchell Byars

Favian Castillo

Alise Cohen

Gabrielle Cox

Lydia C.

Amanda Dovel

Rachel Dubrovin

Jason Gonzales

Ardis Hammons

Esteban Hernandez

Ethan Johnston

Sarah Just

Maxi Lerner

Brittany Lincoln

Christina Onpeng

Joey Maestas - MEMO Chair

Amanda Markert

Ryan Martin

Daniel Mercado

Kathryn Miller

Noah Miranda

Alyssia Payan

Roman Payan

Andrea Real

Vignesh Ramachandran

Ashleigh Ranero

Jordan Rice

Nicole Sandoval

Genesis Samayoa

Stacey Sams

Dana Silva

Alexis Sowell

and counting....

*If interested in becoming part of MEMO please contact us!

Dave Martinez

The Office of Diversity and Inclusiveness

SJMC- Armory 1B28

-OR-

JOEY MAESTAS

MEMO CHAIR

jmaestas@mac.com

david.martinez@colorado.edu

cumemo@gmail.com

MEMO SCHEDULE FOR Spring 2010

Schedule of Events for Spring 2010*

*Dates, Times, and Events are subject to change! Please check back often for changes

Our meetings will be held every other Tuesday in Armory 206A at 5:15pm (This is tentative)

Event	Place and Time	Date
MEMO Meeting Student Involvement Fair J-Board and MEMO Essay Reading Help	Armory 206A at 5:15pm UMC-Glen Miller Ballroom: 10:30am-2:30pm Armory 1B01- 5:30pm	Tuesday, February 2nd Thursday, February 4 Wednesday, February 10
Crispin Porter + Bogusky Tour	TBA	Thursday, February 11
MEMO Meeting	Armory 206A at 5:15pm	Tuesday, February 16th
Hands on Resume Workshop w/ Beth Gaeddert	Armory 218 5:15-6:15	Thursday, February 18th
SJMC Career Day	UMC 235	Wednesday, March 3rd
Warren Miller Tour MEMO Potluck Dinner KUSA TOUR Wednesday,April 21	Warren Miller Entertainment- Boulder 3:00p 206A- 6:00p-9 Friday	Wednesday, April 14 , April 16
Extreme Challenge Event	TBA	TBA

For all Tours –

Carpools will meet in front of the Armory Building at least one hour prior to scheduled time of tour!

If you have any question please contact the MEMO Chair, Joey Maestas (jmaestas@mac.com) or Dave Martinez (David.Martinez@colorado.edu)