New York Summit 2010

Media Summit at NY convention needs members' feedback

Those who complete survey eligible in gift card drawings

From the CMA President's Desk: Thank you so much for your feedback and enthusiasm for our first Adviser Summit, which will be held at the New York Convention in March. For those of you coming, we anticipate a healthy conversation about the state of college media and maybe some solutions. For those of you who won't be there, we plan to replay and update the event in Louisville in the fall.

To get us started, we'd like all CMA advisers to complete THIS SURVEY (CLICK HERE), which has questions specific to the media you advise and the current conditions under which you advise them. David Swartzlander and I took it; it takes 10 to 15 minutes.

As an incentive to complete the survey, Vanderbilt Student Communications is donating two $50 gift cards that CMA will use in a drawing. We certainly appreciate that donation and encourage all of you to complete the attached survey asap ... or at least by Feb 15 at the latest to be entered for the drawing.

The Summit will be held 1 p.m. Monday, March 15 in the 16th floor skywalk of the Marriott Marquis.

Those of you attending the NYC summit will receive another survey in early March, as we fine-tune the agenda. We want the conversation to be relevant and focused for all involved. Information from that survey will be used to find out who's coming in terms of types of programs represented, types of problems represented, etc., and to work on groupings for the event.

Again, HERE is the SURVEY LINK ... for all CMA advisers, regardless whether you will be at the convention! Thank you in advance for your time and patience.

If you have any questions, contact Chris Carroll.

Sally Renaud
CMA president

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