General Meeting for this Saturday, May 22, 2010

Konnichiwa, Minna-san. This is Seishi here with some long-absent updates. Life had been very busy for me including work as well as being involved with planning for the booth the org is going to have for the CCC event this May 29th.

Anyway, I am here to announce a general meeting of available members this Saturday, May 22. Agenda will be appointment of new officers as well as discussion of possible activities for the organization. Please confirm either through YM, here or in Istorya.net for your attendance. Unfortunately, I have recently lost my cellular phone so none of you can contact me through that venue. Please pass along the message to the necessary parties.

Venue for our meeting will be at Ayala Terraces. Assembly time will be 2-3 pm, outside Seattle's Best where the CIO-AMAGE first had a meeting last year.

Aside from that, we have a few new memberships added to the CIO-AMAGE. Here are their names and their Yahoo messenger accounts:

niels virgil batucan - niels_00
gazelle - gazelle_bunsocan05
Steve Fox -poyeker_galindo
C0mat0s3 - rod_cadz19

Ijou~

Minutes - March 7, 2010 Meeting

Konnichiwa, Minna-san. These are the minutes of last Saturday's meeting.

CCC Summer Event Booth

Person(s) in charge: Mysterious Hand and Company

Suggestions:

Fortune sticks (Kerty)
T-shirt selling (Syaoran and co.)
Pins (suggested by ryke_moymoy)

Mysterious_hand, coordinate with your committee members and update us regularly on the movement of the plans.


P-chan's Sushi Cooking Event/Gem's Fine Dining Event

Suggestions have been made to make these two events separate which is quite possible considering we'll be putting in money for the events. It has been agreed, however, that one or perhaps two of these events would be the culminating event for Gem's Nihonggo lessons. Concerns have not been addressed, however, including the venue of P-chan's cooking event and who would teach the attendees how to do sushi cooking.

Ijou~

March 6 Meeting and New Members

To anyone who can be free, I'm calling a meeting for this Saturday. Agenda will be:

* Summer activities specifically Nihonggo lessons and P-chan's Japanese Fine Dining/Cooking activity.
* Proposed trip to Bouncing Ball, an animation company based in Cebu Business Park.
* CCC event.
* One more very important matter that I will not disclose online.

So who can come, confirm here please. The last meeting was cancelled because so few confirmed that they will be attending. We need people to confirm either thru here, SMS or YM so the same misinterpretation will not happen again.

This time we shall meet at Ayala Terraces, outside Seattle's Best. Actual place to meet and talk will be decided on the day itself. Meeting time will be 3-4 pm.

Thank you.

We also have new members. Actually taod2x na ni sila nijoin but I haven't had time to process their membership. :

Vince Rey Ceniza - scarecrow_shadow75@yahoo.com
johnpetergalindo - poyeker_galindo@yahoo.com
aileen galen - aileen_ad@hotmail.com
Rod Lyle Norris - souljaded_foevah@yahoo.com
Germaine Lara Lera - imaine@rocketmail.com

Ijou~

Member Updates Jan 2010 and General Meeting

Belated Happy New Year to one and all. Here are some updates regarding new members who have joined CIO-AMAGE last month. As usual, here are their names and YM ID's.

Krizanya - allen_sitoy2002
Cath Kintanar - tam_bok22
April Berba - frolinmyskin
Maria Armie Sheila Boco Garde - armiesheila_garde
Arvee Yap (Barry the Chopper) - ryke_moymoy
John Ray Remonde - madredrive
Theo Mari Ortiz - captain_tm_sakura
Joebert Jude Cimafranca - evaxcim
The Enabler - mlnable
Abby Rushton - jion_abi
Wendy Lynne Dusaban - minako_konjo

Guys, there will also be another general meeting this coming January 9th. Meeting will take place from 3 pm to 6 pm. Meeting place, as usual, will be the 19th floor of Crown Regency Tower 2 where Gem's Nihonggo lessons take place.We'll take it from there, probably we'll proceed to McDonald's Jones because they have the space we need. Feel free to drop me a message at 09234503052. As usual, please identify yourselves.

Ijou~

Seishi

CIO-AMAGE Christmas Party 2009

Hello, everyone. It's the time of year once again where we gather for the celebration of the birth of Jesus Christ. Christmas is just a few days away, and so is our organization's Christmas party. Our first ever Christmas party will be held on December 23, 2009 lunch time at Family Park, Talamban, Cebu City.

Some of the members have volunteered to bring food for the party, and if anyone wants to do so, that would be appreciated. If you can't, that's no problem. You can still come to the party. We also have funds earned from the Otaku Fest booth we maintained, so we all can have an unforgettable first Christmas party for CIO-AMAGE.

To those that want to join, drop me an offline message on or before December 21 by:
* Dropping me an offline or online message at my YM seishi17.
* Listing yourself at our official thread in istorya if you have an account there. The link is here.
* Emailing me if you think that's convenient. My email address is mayapching -at- gmail.com.

There will also be an exchanging gift portion during the party. Participation is not compulsory of course. Please indicate in your message if you want to join the exchanging gift portion, because I need to make a list so that I can prepare the numbers for the gifts. We will mark each gift with a number and each participant will get a number from the box to determine which gift he receives. I would need to know how many will participate so I can make the exact number of rolled paper for that.

The gift does not have to be expensive. It's the thought that counts.

Cosplaying is also welcome during the party.

Ijou~

Seishi

CIO-AMAGE Meet-and-Greet Part 2

Hi, everyone. We all know that there have been new members joining us in the past few months. We, the officers, decided that it is time that we organize another meet-and-greet session.

The date will be this Saturday, November 28, 2009 at 7:00 p.m. We have specifically chosen this hour so that those that will be working can be available and will be able to join, especially the new members of the club. We hope the current ones can also have the time to join us as well.

The meeting will be somewhere in the Jones area since there are Nihonggo classes before that. If you can arrive before 7:00 pm do drop by at Club Ultima, Crown Regency Tower 2, at the 18th or 19th floor. To those that can't make it before 7:00, feel free to drop an SMS at 09234503052. Just make sure to identify yourself.

Agenda will include getting to know the new members, so that they can have an idea whose face belongs to which username. There might also be discussion about the J-music Festival but the focus will be in knowing the new members.

Note: This post was posted in Istorya.net three weeks ago. However, I (Seishi) had been too busy to paste this here since I had other things to do. Apologies if this seems like short notice but actually this had been announced three weeks ago. Still, we do hope you guys can come.

Thanks.

Ijou.

Official DicCIOnary Part 1

Just lately, the members of CIO-AMAGE (Cebu Integrated Organization of Anime, Manga and Games Enthusiasts) have realized that CIO has such a lot of usage in our lingo. Due to that, Gem-sensei approached me and asked me to post a dicCIOnary for words in the lingo of our organization.

Please note that CIO is pronounced SHO.

For those wanting to learn the CIO-AMAGE vocabulary, I am compiling a dicCIOnary for the organization.

iCIO
Origin: Seishi

Definition:
Stories about members that warrant attention and discussion from the members. This could also refer to periodic publications on the activities of the organization. It is also a declaration of the start of any CIO-AMAGE activity.

Examples:
Two members are a hot item; they are discussed as an iCIO by the members

Pictures of the fine dining activity in October 10 as labeled as October 10, 2009 iCIO. Similar to magazines and comic books.

iCIO time! (It's show time!)

Show CIOpport
Origin: Gem-sensei

Definition:
As part of the organization's goals, we are to show support to the many activities and events relating to our scope.

Examples:
CIO-AMAGE lent CIOpport to CCC's cosmeets for this year and for LU's Hobcon.

DicCIOnary
Origin: Gem-sensei

Description:
A compilation of words used in the CIO-AMAGE lingo.

Non-CIObiz
Origin: Seishi

Description:
This is a term used to describe people outside of CIO-AMAGE but still gets entangled in iCIO's.

Examples:
Shuurei has a new guy she has the hots on; but he's non-CIObiz.

These are the first three terms that we have come up with. This vocabulary will surely grow in time as long as we find opportunities to use the word CIO. Hahaha.

No CIOw
Origin: Jane

Description:
Indianero. Does not show up during meetings either as a group or private, non-CIO activities.

MiCIOn-ViCIOn
Origin: Jane

Description:
The goals of CIO-AMAGE.

New Batch of Members as of Oct. 20, 2009

Just today, I have approved and added up the memberships of these new people into the CIO-AMAGE family. Here are their online names and their YM ID's.

Kaiko - evanescent_kaiko
J0eyn - great_jojo01
Umehime - xierra_avadakedavra
L - irisarizan

Irrashaimase! Hope you enjoy your stay.

Seishi~

Japanese Fine Dining: A Success!

On behalf of Gem-sensei, I would like to acknowledge and thank everyone for contributing to a highly successfully Japanese fine dining event. This is CIO-AMAGE's first event ever, and without you guys there would be no success! Thank you again! ^___^

Here are some pictures of the gathering. All of them were taken by Seishi, except the group pic with the banner which was taken by P-chan. Links to other albums will be posted on this blog entry as soon as they arrive.







Ijou!

New Members As of September 27, 2009

After the new registration form has been launched, there have been a number of registrations of new members. Old members decided to re-register as well. They are good boys and girls lol.

Anyway, here are the newest suggestions to the CIO-AMAGE family.

Istorya.net Users

Reisheen (Reisheen13)
Miss Shobie (miss_shobie)
Keikuku (shark_soplo)
Corrosive Beauty (cedrix_scarlet_mist)

Non-istorya Users

Roy Russell (royrussellcantillep) <== wa ni siya Istoryan ID peeps. He was referred by Ruji and X to the organization.

Welcome new members and hope you stay and help the org grow. The more, the merrier.

Arigatou~

Seishi

Official Announcements: J-Music Festival

Today, September 20, 2009, members of CIO-AMAGE convened at Ayala Center Cebu to discuss the upcoming J-music Festival. We have finalized some details about the event, which makes it official.

The event will be held at the Talamban Leisure Center, on November 7, 2009. It is to begin at 3 pm and will end 7:30 for a total of 3 hours and a half of live Japanese music courtesy of local independent talents that we have recruited. One of this is the CIO-AMAGE band comprised of members X, Nao, Kyn and Seishi, as well as Marco, Josef and Adrian.

Details of the event is as follows:

Registration

Because of the size of the venue and the fact that this is the first of its kind, we have decided to limit participants to only 100 persons. We'd love to accommodate more but the venue and the finances are against us.

Registration can be done two ways: online pre-registration and actual registration on the site itself. Those that pre-registered will only have to present a ticket that we will soon be issuing.

To ensure smooth flow of the event, we have decided to have a registration time of 1 pm-2:30 for walk-in registrants. Pre-registered audiences will only have to present the official ticket in order to be admitted anytime.

Schedule of charges is as followed:

* Pre-registration will cost only PHP45.
* Walk-in registrants will pay PHP60.
* Late registrants will be charged an additional PHP10 on top of the PHP60 registration.

Pre-registration can be done by emailing the following CIO-AMAGE members:

* Seishi at mayapching@gmail.com
* X at rockmanzerox105@yahoo.com
* Nao at dragoon_abbey@yahoo.com

Deadline for pre-registration will be at October 31, 2009. Slots are limited people. We will work out the details for collection of pre-registration payments next meeting and will update you accordingly.

Note, please send the email to ALL three recipients. We're doing this for archiving purposes.

Bands

For now, we have been able to recruit only two bands for the event excluding the CIO band. To those that are interested, we would need you to submit registration info. Remember, this is on a first come, first serve basis so please submit as soon as possible.

Deadline for submission will be October 10, 2009. Please register only if you're serious about participating in the event. Please submit the following information:

* Name of band and individual members
* Song line up

Each band is limited to 7 s0ngs or 1 hour each maximum. If you would like to play and cannot meet the designated maximum, please indicate so we can set up the programme accordingly.

You can make inquiries by contacting Seishi at his YM ID, seishi17 or Nao at dragoon_abbey.

Booths

We are allowing other clubs to set up their booths during the event, but since space is constrained we are limiting it to 2 booth only as we will use one of the three booths that can be accommodated at the venue. If you're interested, please inform Seishi through YM at seishi17 or send an email to the three aforementioed addresses.

That's all, everyone. See you at the event!

Seishi~

New CIO-AMAGE Registration Form

Due to the rising need for a new registration form (the first one does not work because I cannot access the receiving email), I decided to create a new one to make the process simpler. Refer your referrals to this blog post the next time someone asks how to register. All fields at the form are required, just put in N/A if unsure.

You won't be able to receive a confirmation email. Instead, I will add you up in Yahoo! Messenger or reply personally to your registration the moment I receive your email. Thank you. For some reason I cannot fathom, the form can be accessed by scrolling down a bit. I hate this.

Arigatou, Minna-san. Let's continue to work together. Gambatte!

Seishi~

Minutes of the September 12, 2009 Meeting

Greetings!

Below is the summary of the September 12 meeting regarding the upcoming JMusic Festival:

Attendees:
- Seishi
- Red
- Maykee
- Ruji
- Shuurei
- Jane

Matters discussed:
Final venue and schedule
Venue: Talamban Leisure Center
Date: November 7, 2009
Time: 3pm to 8pm

Venue is already booked but we still have to pay the down payment. The amount is based on the quotation from TLC courtesy of April.

It was suggested that the entrance and entrance be closed by 3pm excespt for pre-registered audiences and a 2-3pm call time to ensure that program starts on time.

In light of the problems raised during the Cebu Cosplayers' Club's Yo! Start of School event, concerns regarding the occurrence of a possible brown-out were brought up by the attendees. A back-up plan is still to be made and coordinate this with TLC management.

Venue setup/preparations will be done a day before the event. Time will be after 6pm. Persons involved: Maykee, Ruji, Seishi and Jane, volunteers will be appreciated.

Sponsors - still to followed up

Sound Systems/Instruments/Projector... - to be followed up by Seishi

Suggested Program Details

Master of the Ceremony: - Seishi and members of the CIO band.
Intermission numbers: 3
- song number c/o Kara
- anime dubbing video presentation c/o Seishi and co.
- dance number by CIO-AMAGE members c/o Jane. Any volunteers to join will be appreciated.

Tentative number of bands: 5

Seishi still has to screen the bands and negotiate for the number of Japanese songs they could handle per set. Program flow will be finalized once the number of songs per set will be settled and the bands finalized. Gifts for the bands will depend on the budget.

Media Coverage

Since this is an important event for the history of CIO-AMAGE, documentation is extremely needed for J-Music Festival. Professional photographers will be invited but we can't be sure of their presence so we need CIO members who owns a camera to cover the event for documentation purposes.

Seishi suggested to make a video teaser/trailer to promote the event.

Committees

Crowd Control
Heads: Shuurei and Ruji

Registration
Head: Maykee

Logistics/Stage Setup
Heads: Jane and Red

Definite responsibilities for each committee will be discussed next meeting and additional committees may be established.

Volunteers are needed to fill up these committees.

It was suggested that a theme for the event be conceptualized for decoration purposes.

Post event activity
Collect and analyze feedback from audience regarding the reception of the event, so we can decide to organize another bigger event next year.

Other matters
CIO-AMAGE general meeting on September 20.
Time and Venue: TBA

That's all!

Recent Updates for the Club

Hello, everyone this is Seishi with updates for our dearly beloved Cebu Integrated Organization of Anime Manga and Games Enthusiasts. Hehehe, kumpleto jud no?

Anyway, updates on our forums. Our CIO-AMAGE website is now up thanks to the efforts of PJ, whose Yahoo! ID is banehallow2. For now, we are using a free account because we don't have the funds to do maintain paid hosting, but it would've been worth the expense. Because of that, we have a limitation to our forums: registered users do not receive confirmation emails for their registration, hence there is the need for the site admin (me, in this instance) to manually approve the registration on the users' behalf. While this is not a problem (officers, you need to become admins together with me so YM me, i'll give you the username and pass), it can be time consuming.

According to the PJ, that's about the only problem we have with the site.

Good news! We have decided to push through with the planned J-music Festival, which has a tentative date somewhere in September. Clearly, it would be a Saturday so that everyone can be available. Now, I need your suggestions? What time should the event start and what time should it end? I'm asking this because we have different age groups in this organization and clearly some of you would be adhering to strict curfews that limit the hours of your participation. Make suggestions through the comments, and then soon we shall have a poll to see which is the most popular choice.

Minna-san, your inputs will be crucial for the selection of venues, as some places are available on hours like 3pm-11pm. Arigatou!

CIO-AMAGE Official Statement

Since the Cebu Integrated Organization of Anime Manga and Games Enthusiasts is on full thrust since it was officially launched last April 25, I think it is deserving now that I release an official statement on what the organization is all about as envisioned by our main founder, Ren13.

It has also come to light that I think several people are confused about what the organization is all about, hence I have thought of finally releasing an official statement to clear out the cobwebs for all members.

First of all, CIO-AMAGE is at its core an network of organizations. Ren13 envisioned a unified community of Otakus (anime lovers) as well as gamers since Otakuism and gaming come close hand in hand in most cases. Since it is a network, CIO-AMAGE aims to bring together all existing organizations in Cebu that are related to the Japanese culture in general.

One unique feature of this organization is that all affiliate organizations retain their autonomy. Assimilation is not a goal for CIO-AMAGE. The Cebu Cosplayers Club, for example, will still be known as CCC and considered as an affiliate organization supporting the CIO-AMAGE network. It is independent and autonomous to organize its own events, but this time with the support of CIO-AMAGE.

As a network of organizations, we automatically consider the members of any affiliate club as part of CIO-AMAGE. That's the reason why CIO-AMAGE had been chosen by those that voted and were considered by the 3 founders for votation: its name clearly encompasses the vision that Ren13 had originally for the group.

The real goal for CIO-AMAGE is the integration of all anime and Japanese related groups into an organized network that provides support to each other during activities and events. That way, we can present a united front for otakus. One vision of CIO-AMAGE is to allow the anime community in Cebu to present itself to society and not remain an underground presence. It can be hard, but things are looking up at this point. All we really need is your participation and cooperation.

The rules for CIO-AMAGE are simple. First, there should be mutual respect for the privacy and character of every member. Behavior such as stalking or unwarranted solicitation of personal information despite refusal of the other is considered an offense. Second, attempts to elicit conflict within the affiliate organizations is also a big no-no for CIO-AMAGE. The goal after all is integration; trying to split us up, of course, is a major offense.

Third, and last, if you have any suggestions for the organization, try to contact any of the 3 co-founders of CIO-AMAGE instead of blurting such suggestions out in conferences. This is to allow smooth facilitation of your suggestions and avoid arguments in which the merits of your proposal might get buried in the conversations.

Although we have no real punishments for these offenses (as of now), we expect everyone to adhere to these simple guidelines. Failure to do so repeatedly will result to being banned from updates and being unable to participate in any activity.

This statement has been issued on behalf of Ren13, whose original vision it was that resulted into this dream turning into a reality. Gambatte, minna-san! Adelante, CIO-AMAGE!

CIO-AMAGE Meet-and-Greet

Konnichiwa, minna-san! This is Seishi, speaking on behalf of 13 who is still unavailable due to absence of Internet connection at her place. Here are some updates for the Society.

Good news! The first CIO-AMAGE gathering was a success. More than 20 members showed up for the meet-and-greet in Ayala Center, Cebu City. Meeting place was varied, but since majority of the members who showed up (members of the Cosplay Arts forum) were gathered at Seattle's Best, I took the initiative to tell all other members to head there.

There were three different groups that showed up:

* CIO-AMAGE external members (those that do not belong to any other existing clubs)
* Cosplay Arts
* Cebu Cosplaying Club (four members)

Pictures are available at the Society's Multiply account. Link here.

What happened that day was: after 3 hours of waiting for 13, I decided to just push through with the introductions. The members were quite creative with that. It was as if I ony had to give them a prod and they went through with it. Congratulations, CIO-AMAGE members. We also shared YM ID's although I wasn't able to get them from Jackie who has them. Stupid of me.

When 13 did arrive, we introduced the club to the members who remained. Most of them had to leave because their parents had picked them, or they had a curfew, etc. We took some suggestions, and those are:

* Election of officers (to be held after the CCC cosmeet). Suggestions, everyone?
* Nihonggo Lessons. I'm currently negotiating with Mikare, who said his girlfriend Gem Shinosuke can teach us for free.
* Weekly meet so that everyone can know each other.

During the meeting, 13 and I agreed that we will attend the CCC's Cosmeet this Saturday as a show of support, and a chance to talk with Hidan of the CCC. As for myself, it's a good photo op for my Sony DSC-W120.

Well, that's about it. That's what happened at the first CIO-AMAGE gathering, and I'm optimistic that we can pull this through.

OFFICIAL NAME OF THE ORGANIZATION

Suggestions were submitted. The members had voted. And now, we have the winner for the CLUB NAME CHALLENGE.


*drumroll*



It is hereby declared that this organization shall henceforth be named as





Cebu Integrated Organization of Anime Manga Arts & Games Enthusiasts





Congratulations to Mr. Kakashidale for winning the challenge! ;p




To all the members who participated, i.e. submitted their suggestions and voted, thank you so much! We really appreciate your involvement in the organization.


Next agenda, ORGANIZATION LOGO and the upcoming GATHERING!!!!

Minna, slow but steady development ^_^v Let's keep it up and LET'S KICK ASS..LOL ;p







Mail us for questions and suggestions ^_^v

THE TOP FIVE

To all members who submitted their suggestion/s (o ha! dli na entry! ^_^v), thank you for your participation ;p

The top five entries are: *drumoll*

1) IMAGE - Integrated Manga and Anime Group of Enthusiasts

2) CIO-AVAE - (pron. sho-a-vey) Cebu Integrated Organization of Audio-Visual Arts Enthusiasts
OR
CIO-AMAGE- (pron. sho-a-meyj/sho-a-ma-geh) Cebu Integrated Organization of Anime Manga Arts & Games Enthusiasts

3) Anime Rengou (alliance)

4) Cebu Genshiken

5) JAMMERS - Japanese Anime Manga Music & Enthusiastic Roleplayers Society

Please pick your desired name for the organization and then send your vote to cebu_animemanga_society@ymail.com Thanks ;p by the way, please vote wisely since the name will be very important! ^^v

NOTE: Voting time will be from March 8, 2009 to March 9, 2009 (11:00 PM) ONLY. ^_^v

Cebu Anime and Manga Organization’s Meeting via Yahoo! Messenger

March 2, 2009, 8:00-9:00 P.M.

1. Members were reminded of the submission of the organization’s name. Deadline will be on March 6, 2009.
2. Proposal of the meeting was brought up and approved. The date and time was decided.
3. The members gave suggestions for the venue. The choices were narrowed to two; ayala business park and ayala terraces. Members weighed the pros and cons. To settle the issue, a votation took place.
4. The activity during the gathering will be introductions with a twist.
5. The meeting was then adjourned.

Congrats everyone! We are slow but steadily making progress ;) So far, these were the proposals and decisions made by the members during the Yahoo! Messenger conference. Again, thanks sa nang-attend. We really appreciate your involvement. Sa wala, ok ra pero attend mo next time ha.

ANNOUNCEMENT

What: Cebu Anime and Manga Society Gathering
When: April 18, 2009, 1:00 P.M.
Where: Ayala Terraces (grounds)
Who: All members of the organization
Why: It’s more like a grand eyeball event wherein members will be able to meet and interact with fellow anime enthusiasts. Introductions will be made by each member however there would be a twist. Each of you will present or bring something that shows your interest or hobby relating but not limited to anime, manga, cosplay, jmusic, jdrama, fanarts, and fanfics. For example, if you love cosplaying, you can attend the gathering wearing a costume. If you love Japanese music, you can dress up like the singer/artist you chose and perform a small presentation. It’s up to you! ;) Let your imagination and interests weave a performance that shows your uniqueness. ^_^

Note:
1) BYOF – pangshare mo ha...hehe! ^^ cmang...
2) No alcoholic drinks allowed. (Ig human na sa event. Libre mo ha! Wahehehe! Ok ra ko ug RH—spank 13!)
3) Forward your questions and suggestions to: cebu_animemanga_society@ymail.com

Research ;p

Minna, we need your help. We are currently making the organization’s constitution and we need someone who would volunteer to research the following:

1. Japanese term for the positions:

a) Internal President
b) External President
c) Founder
d) Vice-president
e) Secretary
f) Treasurer
g) Research Committee and Head
h) Promotion Committee and Head
i) Recruiting and Membership Committee and Head
j) Members’ Affair Representative
k) Program and Activities Committee
l) probation

2. Philippine Film Rating System (needed for film showing)

Thanks ;p