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/