NEWSLETTER COMMITTEE MEETING

ICEBREAKER I (5 minutes) – What is the most exciting thing that happened to you today?

• Jason Siu – 2^nd year Chemistry major – “I put three slices of ham in my sandwich today!”
• Airi T.  -1^st year Undeclared – “I had a pretty full schedule. I had class from 9-12, 12-1, 1-2, 2-3, 3-5pm.”
• Claire – 1^st year Political Science major (maybe) – “I woke up at 10am instead of 9:30am.”
• Keiko – 4^th year Engineering Physics major – “I woke up and finished half of my homework!”
• Dmitriy – 3^rd year Electrical Engineering major – “Today I was on the BART and a guy asked me for $5 and I was like… no.”
• Wesley – 2^nd year Conversation and Research major – “I was supposed to wake up at 3am to do homework, but instead I woke up at 8am.”
• Monica – 3^rd year Applied Mathematics major – “I got to see the sun because I didn’t sleep.”
• Tammy Tieu – 2^nd year Economics major – “Today I got an email that said, ‘Congrats, you got the interview!’ I’m still trying to figure out what I got an interview for.”
• Katherine – 2^nd year MCB major – “I got my research position!”
• Joyce – 1^st year Undeclared – “Woke up early for breakfast.”
• Veronica – 1^st year Undeclared – “I was gonna buy Stanford tickets, but I woke up at 9am instead of 8:45am… but I still got tickets.”
• Lily – 2^nd year Econ/PoliSci major- “I was tired all day so roommate treated me to Café 3. I WAS EXCITED! I was nostalgic! But it sucked…”
• Nina – 3^rd year Econ major – “Today I got my first application for workshops for FTC and it made me super happy.”
• Jonamir – 3^rd year Psych/Social Welfare  major – “My printer jammed this morning.” (Note: Everyone already knew about this via Facebook.)
• Brian – 2^nd year Econ major – “I found out I moved 22 spots on the waitlist for ESPM 15!”
• Ken – 2^nd year IEOR major – “I was in E28 lecture doing my chem homework. We were given two formulas and we had to determine things and we had to get all 5 right in a row or else we couldn’t move on. I only got 3 or 4 right at a time, so I had to do it 20 times. But then I finally got it right…”
• Morgan – 2^nd year Undeclared – “Nothing exciting.”
• Vincent: “Did you wake up? That means you’re alive!”
• Vincent  - 4^th year English major – “I was walking to school and it was like a 20-minute walk. I saw this cop car coming my way and all of a sudden this guy comes and a cop pulls over. He’s clean-shaven. (I give up.) He walks up to me and says are you Vincent Lim? And I was like yeah. He didn’t say anything, but then he pulled out his gun – (WHAT?!?!?!?!? The end…………………… ) Anyway. That was pretty exciting.
• Iris – 2^nd year Environmental Econ major – “Today I decided to take a nap in Morrison and the guy told me to put my feet up because I wasn’t supposed to put my feet on the chair.”
• Mimi – 3^rd year English major – “So right before this meeting, I ran home just to grab stuff for a later meeting. I was hungry because Mondays are usually busy. I’m really tired. I was really hungry and I didn’t know what to eat, this is dragging on forever, and I just grabbed something to eat. It was Didi’s. But she won’t notice that it’s gone.”
• Helen – 1^st Intended Econ major – “I went to crossroads and I stole a spoon.”
• Tara – 1^st year Integrated Biology major – “I had cereal for lunch. Honey Bunches of Oats.”
• Cher

RECAP: WHAT IS THE NEWSLETTER COMMITTEE? (5 minutes)

• Responsible for putting together a monthly newsletter that covers all three tenants of our club: service, leadership, and fellowship
• No journalism experience necessary.
• There are currently five different positions. You can hold more than one position at a time, and there is no application process.
• Staff Writer
• Photo Editor
• Photographer
• Section Editor
• Layout Designer

BRAINSTORMING (20 minutes)

Group 1

• “Circle K’ers in Action” – Monthly; page featuring paparazzi shots of Circle K’ers.
• Assign people to take the photos.
• Fashion spread – Feature well-dressed Circle K’ers and talk about their style.
• Do something with the calendar!
• Weekend days can be DVD covers?

Group 2

• “What to wear.”
• A fashion review
• What to wear and what not to wear to service projects
• Give ratings for service projects/socials/events
• Categories: Difficulty, distance, project type
• Include ratings and project reviews from members
• “Cal Kronicle” in the Hollywood font
• Crossword puzzle incorporating Circle K events (maybe upcoming events?)
• Behind the scenes article about service projects
• “The Making Of…”

Group 3

• Circle K’ers without make-up/Circle K’ers with make-up
• Continuous comic with action movie endings and cliff-hangers
• Tie in activities that happened that month.
• Advertisement for a CD featuring the families
• Mock advertisements for events/projects featuring Circle K’ers
• Feature important events as upcoming movies or soundtracks
• Make names of events and projects into movie titles/shows
• “Dark (K)night on the Town”
• “Ocean’s 11”

Group 4

• Elaboration of flip animation at the  bottom of the page
• Halloween theme – Rise from the grave… and then ATTACK SOMEONE… and eat their brains?!
• Themes for all the holidays
• More member-centered interviews for MoM; front page with their face
• Include “Celebrity Favorites” (movies, playlist, etc.)

• Circle K’ers – They’re Just Like Us!
• Show Circle K’ers glammed up and Circle K’ers in normal gear
• Diva/Down-to-Earth

ARTICLES (10 minutes)

• Use Google document.
• Choose 3 articles for service.
• Choose 3 articles for fellowship.
• Choose 2 articles for leadership/district.

SOCIAL (10 minutes)

This Sunday from 1p.m. to 3p.m.

• Handouts for staff writers, photographer, photo editor, section editor, and layout designer will be handed out.
• InDesign will be handed out.
• Attendees: Helen, Airi, Tara, Mimi, Monica, Wesley, Dmitriy, Keiko, Claire, Katherine, Lily, Morgan, Jonamir, Ken, Brian, Vincent, Iris, Cher,  Diana, Josh
• Please bring $2 to offset the cost for food! You can also bring food instead.
• Location to be determined. Check your emails/the Circle K calendar.