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~

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!

Minutes of May 2, 2009 Meeting

Kombanwa, Minnasan. Here I am once again for the updates on the latest meeting that the society has undertaken. In a summary, we have discussed several proposals for activities relating to the org. We have also included appointment of officers. Take note that we founders have decided to take on the presidential positions because of lack of members, and to show the next batch of officers as to how the organization should be carried out.

13 will post information on the mission and vision, as well as the goals, of CIO-AMAGE once her connection problems have been fixed and her Internet's good to go. For the meantime, here are the minutes posted verbatim from our secretary, Lemaine.

Good Evening CIO-Amage,

Below is the summary of the May 02, 2009 meeting at SM Northwing.

Start: 05:15
Attendees: (yahoo handles)

cebu_animemanga_society
arlinda_alva2000
jk_janej
meigemchan
miczilla2002
dragoon_abbey
mutantfroggy
r_duindain
rockmanzerox105
seishi17
red.vill83

Presiders: seishi17, cebu_animemanga_society

Agenda:

i. Election of officers:

Positions were appointed due to the lack of attendees.
Please note that the current position holders will only be in office for one year. A quorum will be needed to ensure that the election is fair. To be fair with the community, another election will be held next year.

External President: seishi17
Internal President: cebu_animemanga_society
Secretaries: dragoon_abbey; jk_janej
Personal Relations: rockmanzerox105

ii. Japanese Lessons (to be finalized and polled)
Level 4: Basic Japanese Lessons with meigemchan and mczilla2002

Venue Proposal:

1.) red.vill83's house @ Tisa, Labangon (No Entrance Fee)
2.) Crown Regency (conference room rate is 264 per hour)
3.) Family Park (Entrance fee is KKB)

Time Proposal: (time is arranged based on the teacher's availability)

1.) Sundays : 3PM - 4PM or 4PM - 5 PM
2.) Saturdays : 4PM - 5PM or 5PM - 6PM

disclaimer:. Nihon-go lessons are for free. Please be thankful to the above-mentioned who offered their time and knowledge. We only have to pay for the venue as well as the reference materials to be provided.

iii. Proposed Activities (more to be added; for further discussion)

1.) Drawing Lessons c/o r_duindain
2.) Logo/ Banner / Badge / Button / CIO Merchandize making c/o of red.vill83
3.) Anime Film Showing c/o seishi17
4.) Guitar Lessons c/o rockmanzerox105
5.) Kenjutsu Lessons (to be finalized by dragoon_abbey)
6.) Making a manga c/o meigemchan
|> calling all artists and writers in CIO. Please consider this as a project to help push for
Cebu-based mangas.
7.) JPOP/ JROCK Show
8.) Anime Convention (something to be discussed in full detail)
9.) Game Tournament c/o red.vill83
10.) Fund Raising Activity c/o cebu_animemanga_society (details to be discussed)
11.) Christmas Part c/o meigmechan

iv. Follow up meeting : May 9, 2009. Venue and time is open for discussion.
Agenda: = Finalize Japanese Lessons
= Run-through and planning of all the activities for 2009

Special Mention:

We would like to thank red.vill83 for hosting our food and drinks.

End: 6: 17 p.m.

We extend our gratitude to those who attended and helped in the completion of this meeting. Now, everyone, please vote or make suggestions about the venue for the Japanese lessons. Deadline will be on Thursday, afterwards I will hold another conference on Friday so that I can have details to present for the meeting on Saturday with the other officers. As usual, anyone who wants to come are free to come.

Minnasan, I also would like you to recognize X as the third co-founder of this organization. It has been him and I that have been behind the scenes with 13 in order to make this society come to fruition.

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.