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Updated: October 29, 2006
 
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November 9th

  • Wooten to re-email assignments for
  • Schilling – Milwaukee Press Club Sign
  • Ask members to call one or two places for donations
  • Want 30-40 items total

 

Officers Meeting 10/19/2006

  • Speed Interviewing
  1. All set up
    1. October 30
    2. 6pm-8pm
    3. Fireside Lounge
  2. Elliot trying to confirm TMJ4
  3. Elliot bringing water cooler
  4. Wooten making name tags
  5. Marquette sending students
  6. Officers to arrive at 5pm or ASAP after 5pm
  • Topics in Journalism – Diversity in the Media
  1. November 16th 1:30pm – 2:30pm
  2. Schilling email Jonathon Anderson jca3@uwm.edu to put in Post
  3. Guests
    1. VP/Editor of Journal Sentinel Ricardo Piminental confirmed
    2. Mike Anderson possible guest
  • Raffle

 

10-12-06

Members’ Meeting
5 p.m.
Johnston Hall

  1. The Website
    1. Wooten is working on updating website
  2. Membership Applications
    1. Need more
  3. Technology Grant for lap top & printer
    1. Wooten working on application
  4. Credit Union Information
    1. Checking into it
  5. Nelson Eisman Forum
    1. Free for SPJ members.  $5 for non-SPJ members
    2. Wooten bring cash for change
  6. Speed Interviewing Event
    1. Details tba
    2. Cariviou getting money for parking for interviewers
    3. Elliot working on getting reservations for Union Room
  7. Minority Media Event - Schilling
    1. November 16 1:30pm – 3:00pm
    2. Schilling contacting possible guest panelists
      1. Joanne Williams (reporter & anchor at Fox 6)
      2. Mike Anderson (reporter at ABC 12)
      3. Miles Aquino (Assistant News Director at Fox 6)
      4. Toya Washington (reporter & anchor at ABC 12)
    3. Guests to bring in clips of their work
    4. Schilling working on partnership with Minority Media Association for event
    5. Schilling contacting Peter Leshin for Johnston Hall room reservation

10-05-06

Officers’ Meeting
6 p.m.
Johnston Hall Basement

  1. Call to Order/Roll
  2. Approval of Sept. 14, 2006 Minutes
  3. Approval of Oct. 5, 2006 Agenda
  4. New Business
    1. Updated Membership List
    2. Schedule Members’ Meeting, Oct. 12, 2006
      1. Brief officers’ meeting to follow
    3. Speed Interviewing
      1. Marquette SPJ Chapter contacted 10/03/2006 and invited
      2. Wooten confirmed Small Business Times, The Business Journal, The Shepherd Express, and Journal Sentinel. Wooten has Vital Source Magazine, MKE and M Magazine on standby for the event.
      3. Who’s calling who to confirm?
    4. Officer Reports
      1. President
        1. Green Party Forum Oct. 15 3 to 4:30 p.m. in Merrill 131
      2. Vice President
        1. Fundraising
        2. Bulletin Board
      3. Secretary
        1. Membership
        2. Web site?
        3. Fundraising
      4. Treasurer
        1. Balance, outstanding fees
  5. Old Business
    1. Mykleby
      1. Thank you letter sent out
      2. Attendees contacted for Members’ Meeting
    2. Fundraising
      1. Kristi and Schwartz Books
        1. Schedule days and time slots
    3. Laptop / Seg Fees (Kristi)
    4. Web site
      1. Waiting for Lawton to respond after speaking with SPJ national
    5. Polos
      1. Love ‘em or hate ‘em?
    6. MMA
      1. Date/topic set?
    7. Blogging Event
      1. With UWM Post EIC, Jessica McBride and ?
      2. Date/sub-committee
  6. Adjournment

9-14-06

  1. Call to order/roll
  2. Approval of Last Minutes
  3. Approval of Agenda
  4. New business
  5. Mykleby Review
    1. Bring her in for ethics discussion
    2. Thank you letter – Wooten
    3. Thank you gift (mug?) later – Wooten
    4. Contact attendees – Wooten will call them
  6. Membership
    1. Classes
      1. 361/101 – Elliot
      2. 201/203 /500/504– Wooten
      3. 242 – Lazarski
      4. 336/524 – Carviou
      5. 615 – Schilling
      6. 642 – Elliot
      7. Everything else 562 and under – Open
  7. Fundraising
    1. Schwartz Books – Schilling
      1. No response from store manager
    2. News sponsorships
      1. TMJ4, WISN 12, Fox 6 – Elliot contacting
    3. Segregated Fees
      1. Get laptop from SAC
  8. Website
    1. Carviou using computers in Enderis to set up
    2. Billy O’Keefe – Nat’l SPJ webmaster – Wooten to contact
  9. Polos
    1. Polos ready – Maryann picking up
    2. Cost is $87.12
  10. Minority Media Association Event
    1. Set date/topic – Schilling
  11. Speed Interviewing – Elliot
    1. October 26th 7pm-9pm
    2. Contact employers – Elliot
    3. Jon Ann Willow – Milwaukee Press Club – Try to get them to sponsor – Elliot
    4. Get speaker
      1. Gousha possible speaker
      2. Invite non-SPJ members-cost for students $5
  12. Officer Reports
    1. Nothing New
  13. Officers duties
    1. Officer meetings will be held every other Thursday at 6pm in Johnston Hall
    2. Communicate better through reflector and phone calls
    3. Each officer needs to putting an hour of SPJ time each week
  14. Adjourning 8:39pm

Officers’ Meeting
Tuesday, July 11, 2006

  1. Call to Order                      6:00pm
  2. Roll Call                             Bradley, James, Tim, Kristi & Maryann
  3. Approval of Agenda
  4. New Business
  5. Old Business
    1. Web site development, updating
      1. Chuck Lawson
        1. Unable to reach Lawson- will try to get help from Marc Tasman (Carviou)
      2. Dreamweaver
        1. $99.00
    2. Change of Officers Form
      1. Tim, James and Kristi all filled out form
    3. Party with a Panther
      1. Elliot report:
        1. Party with the Panther might not happen b/c of staff shortages in the SOA
        2. SPJ to get a table in the Union during opening week (Elliott)
      2. Merchandise
        1. What do we want?  We can get it at cost from HQ
          1. SPJ Polos for the officers
            1. Tim – medium, James – medium, Kristi – medium, Maryann – medium
        2. The Journal Sentinel, TMJ4 and WISN have all agreed to donate merchandise
        3. Get business cards printed for officers (Lazarski)
    4. Membership list
    5. Governor Race
      1. Both parties are interested
      2. UWM Union may co-sponsor but need date
      3. UWM may also be interested in co-sponsoring
      4. Broadcast Club
        1. Put together profiles of students issues
      5. Invite other schools to participate
      6. First five or so rows reserved for student journalists and then section for other students
      7. Set date with both candidates (Wooten)
    6. Fundraisers
      1. Still need to contact Cold Stone/Culvers (Elliott)
      2. Waiting to hear back from Harry W. Schwartz Bookstore holiday gift-wrapping (Schilling)
    7. All member kick-off event
      1. 9/12/06 3:00pm-4:00pm
      2. Mike Goucha agreed to make appearance
      3. Supply soda/raffle
    8. Set tentative dates for year
      1. Diversity event (Schilling)
        1. November
        2. Minority Media Association to pick topic but work 50/50 with SPJ
        3. McBride interested in doing this
      2. Speed Interviewing event (Elliott)
        1. October
        2. Fireside Lounge for location?
    9. Feingold panel
      1. Schilling to take Elliot’s place
    10. Meetings dates/times
      1. Officers’ meetings: Thursday evenings one week before all member meetings
      2. All member meetings two weeks before events
      3. Next officers’ meeting Tuesday July 18th, 2006 at 6:00pm

Society of Professional Journalists                                                         Officers’ Meeting
University of Wisconsin-Milwaukee Chapter                             Wednesday, June 28, 2006
6 p.m.

  1. Call to Order                   6:16 p.m.
  2. Roll Call                           Bradley, Tim, Kristi, James, Maryann
  3. Approval of Agenda      
  4. New Business                  
    1. Mission                       
      1. To see the members get their money’s worth.
      2. More visual, accessible activities.
      3. Sub-committees with members taking active roles in event planning, execution
      4. Networking with other journalists
      5. Web site development, updating
        1. Chuck Lawton will work with us on this clawton@uwm.edu.
          1. Carivou will take over management, contact Lawton.
          2. SAO may offer Web site assistance
        2. Purchase Dreamweaver (common software)
          1. Wooten will look into the software
        3. Podcasts? Interviews with D’Amato, Barrett, etc.
      6. Increase numbers at events, advertise earlier
        1. Tie events into classes?
      7. Change of Officers Form (Wooten)
      8. Party with a Panther
        1. Elliott will contact Cheryl Locher about a table
          1. Dates
          2. Schedule
        2. Wooten will contact national about merchandise sponsorship, polo shirts for officers
        3. Wooten will get membership list, divide accordingly for individual contact and “reinstatement”
        4. Membership Outreach
          1. Tabling at Sandberg (contact: Liz Van Lysal)
          2. Tabling at the Union (contact: Locher)
          3. Banner in Union (SAC)
          4. Speak in Classes (divide amongst officers)
          5. Media partners / sponsorships / giveaways (Schilling contacting TMJ / Party with the Panther) (Wooten contacting WISN)
            1. Remote broadcast
            2. Signage / give aways
            3. Meet and greet (John Jagler?) Wooten ask Steve
          6. Chalking – Back to School week
          7. QDoba Sponsorship
    2. Officers’ Responsibilities
      1. Define
        1. Schilling
          1. Assist with Bulletin Board
          2. Detailed Minutes
          3. Promotions
      2. Bulletin Board (Elliott)
        1. Hold next meeting in front of to update
      3. Photos
      4. Contact information
        1. Bradley Wooten, President                (414) 315-4232    bawooten@uwm.edu
        2. Tim Elliott, Vice President                  (608) 295-3813    elliott3@uwm.edu
        3. James Carviou, Treasurer                  (414) 243-2835    carviou@uwm.edu
        4. Kristi Schilling, Secretary                   (414) 698-1031    kristis5@uwm.edu
        5. Maryann Lazarksi, Advisor              (414) 378-7178    lazarski@uwm.edu
    3. SPJ Convention and National Journalism Conference
      1. Friday, August 25, 2006
        1. Wooten to turn in forms for SAC funding for all five of us
        2. Due Friday, June 31, 2006
    4. Events
      1. FOI
        1. *Federal v. State laws on freedom of information
          1. Work with Steve on this (Wooten)
          2. Colleen Henry, investigative reporter
          3. Washington bureau person to speak to the matter
          4. Sunshine week?
          5. Senator/Congressman to respond
          6. MPC Co-sponsorship?
      2. *Ethics – Journal Sentinel Attorney Paul Krtizer
        1. SPJ Deemed Ethics Week in April
          1. Wooten
          2. Media Law involvement
          3. Merrill 131, Fireside Lounge
      3. Daily Show Event (Carivou)
        1. David Pritchard thinks news should be more like this show, funny
        2. Program: Should TV news be the Daily Show?
        3. Panel (Tim Cuprisin, Media Critic; two news directors; SPJ member; UWM staffer)
      4. Blogging / Online Media / Convergence
        1. What’s the fine line?
          1. “Citizen journalism”
          2. Who can you trust?
          3. Press Club Luncheon Topic?
          4. Charlie Sykes
      5. Diversity – Minority Media Association (Schilling)
        1. Contact Jessica McBride / Ameerah Abdullah
        2. Let them say what’s important
        3. Newsroom Diversity?
        4. Eugene Kane
      6. *Speed Interviewing/Networking Event (Elliott)
        1. Fireside Lounge
        2. Same date as last year (or close to)
      7. *Milwaukee Press Club Luncheons
        1. August 9, 2006 with Russ Feingold                   NOON
          1. Elliott
          2. Wooten as a reserve
        2. Officers not already members will be joining the MPC
      8. *Internships, resume, portfolio and clip building (Carviou)
        1. Workshop in March or April
        2. Fireside?
      9. Gov. Race Town Hall (Wooten will contact Doyle, Green for interest)
        1. Five Students from surrounding schools
        2. Broadcast Clubs:
          1. Put together profiles of student issues
        3. Contact candidates, see if interested
      10. Others?
      11. Service Projects: Hunger CleanUp, RAK-a-thon
        1. Carviou will handle service activities
      12. Fundraisers
        1. Cold Stone / Culvers (Elliott)
        2. First week of school
        3. Ask PRSSA for best way to advertise
        4. Harry W. Schwartz (Book wrapping)
        5. Donations
    5. All member kick-off event
    6. Officers’ meetings dates/times
      1. E-mail schedules
      2. Mary Ann T/W 4-6:40 M/F 9-12 Thursday evenings good, Wednesday 7 p.m.
      3. Elliott done at noon, Fridays bad
      4. Next meeting time and date

Adjournment 8:01 p.m.


 

           

 

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