President: Justin D Brough
Vice President: Érica Colón
Treasurer: Robert J Doyle
Secretary: Devon Stevens
Public Relations: Kasha McCollough
Advertiser: Michael Dunagan
Librarian: Rebecca Ann Coffelt

Thanks to everyone for making it an awesome election – and sorry for all the reruns. :p The elected officers will assume their [new] offices at the beginning of the Spring 2010 semester. That in mind, the Officers Page has been updated to reflect the current executive board. Take a look if you haven’t seen it yet!

We’ll be doing some fundraising for club in the upcoming weekends, wrapping gifts at the Rio Rancho-area Barnes and Noble. If you want to volunteer some time to club and practice your present ribbons, let us know in the comments!

That’s all for now! The week’s schedule follows the break!:

3:00pm Set-Up; Social Hour

4:00pm Fruits Basket Episodes 21-22

5:00pm Samurai Champloo Episodes 15-16

5:45pm Intermission – AMVapalooza!

7:15pm Sacred Blacksmith Episodes 1-2

8:00pm Break-Down, stat!

On tap for election day, we’ll have our regularly scheduled anime, the presidental debate, and a short speech session before each position is voted on and decided, so you guys know what each candidate is all about. We’re gonna end it all with gender-bending anime, Kampfer. Yeah.

Before I jump into election stuff, I thought I’d share some good news with you all! Our appropriation bill went through, so for those of you going (or interested in going) to ALA this Janurary – we’ll be giving you a discount from our original quoted price of $150 – it’s now only gonna cost $100 per person! Amazing, right? Anyways – if you want to sign up to the trip in light of this information, let us know!

And without further adieu, this Saturday’s schedule (and the officer candidates).

Schedule

3:00pm Set-Up; Social Hour

4:00pm Fruits Basket Episodes 19-20

5:00pm Samurai Champloo Episodes 13-14

5:45pm Intermission – Presidential Debate; Officer Elections

7:15pm Kampfer Episodes 1-2

8:00pm Break-Down, stat!

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Officer Candidates

President: Justin D Brough (Incumbent), Michael Dunagan

Vice President: Érica Colón (Incumbent), David Aragon, Justin D Brough, Rob Doyle, Michael Dunagan, Devon Stevens

Treasurer: Kim McCluskey (Incumbent), Rob Doyle, Michael Dunagan

Secretary: Devon Stevens (Incumbent), Érica Colón, Michael Dunagan, Kim McCluskey, Kasha McCollough,

Public Relations: Kasha McCollough (Incumbent), Michael Dunagan,  Matthew F. (Digi), Joy Patrick

Advertiser: Érica Colón, Michael Dunagan, Rain Fisher, Devon Stevens

Librarian: Rebecca A Coffelt (Incumbent), Matthew F. (Digi), Tommy Billings

1. The T-Shirt Contest Deadline is this Friday! Please submit your design to anime@unm.edu or drop it by SUB 1031 during our office hours! If you can’t be bothered to get it in before Saturday, the absolute last minute deadline is 3:00 pm on Saturday – bring it by the club office!

2. Speaking of Deadlines, the ALA $50 down deposit deadline is this Saturday also. We’ll take cash or check (made out to UNM Anime Club). The paperwork will be there to fill out – and again – if you want to go but can’t quite make the deadline, let me know and we might be able to work something out!

3. Elections are coming up! Next Saturday (Nov. 14th), we’ll be electing the positions of President, Vice President, Treasurer, Secretary, Public Relations, Advertiser, and Librarian! If you’re looking for a way to be more a part of Club, this is it! If you’re interested in any of these positions – send us an e-mail at anime@unm.edu. A brief description of what each position entails follows the link – check the website!

That’s all there is for now~ We’ll keep you posted and see yah Saturday!

President (Incumbent: Justin D Brough)

• Holds weekly officer meetings, for which agendas are prepared and distributed. Delegates tasks to Anime Club officers and follows up on their progress. Approves actions taken in the name of Anime Club. Acts as representative of Anime Club towards University (SGAO, ASUNM). Seeks out opportunities for club to expand and chances for co-sponsorship with other university departments. Pioneers new programming ideas and ensures Anime Club progresses in a positive direction.

Vice President (Incumbent: Érica Colón)

• Aids the president in his duties and in the affairs of Anime Club. Acts as president in cases where the president is unable or incapable. Assists in other officer duties as requires. Keeps members appraised of the goings-ons of club through weekly site updates.

Treasurer (Incumbent: Kim McCluskey)

• Keeps and maintains records of Anime Club finances. Seeks out opportunities for fundraisers. Researches and suggests purchases for Anime Club. Draws out cost tables and develops viable budgeting strategy. Fills out Internal Requisition forms for Club purchases. Attends financial workshops put on by University. Makes deposits at SGAO.

Secretary (Incumbent: Devon Stevens)

• Takes and distributes officer meeting minutes. Responsible for Sign-In sheet at Club Meetings and events. Keeps stock and order of all non-financial, non-library records of Anime Club. In charge of reserving Student Union Bldg. space and equipment, as well as administrative matters dealing with the Anime Club office and storage unit.

Public Relations (Incumbent: Kasha McCollough)

• Establishes and maintains communication with Anime companies and businesses via e-mail, phone, and facebook as required. Requests and documents screening permissions for anime shown is club. Seeks out and solicits discounts, opportunities, and promotion among affiliates.

Advertiser (Incumbent: Rob Doyle)

• Designs advertising for club. Uses advertising to keeps members and affiliates appraised of Club meetings and events. Duties may include: Making and publishing events on facebook; Regular updates via Anime Club twitter; Requesting ad-space in the Daily Lobo; Printing and posting flyers around campus; Chalking; etc, etc…

Librarian (Incumbent: Rebecca Coffelt)

• Maintains Anime Club Library records and media. In charge of checking material in and out on a weekly basis, and of keeping track of Anime Club membership and membership cards. Burns anime to disc, assesses late fees, and keeps tidy Anime Club office.

We’re finally at the weekend, and as usual, we’ve got the goods this Saturday. Moeso than usual, actually, since this Saturday is Halloween. And Halloween means it’s time for our annual Halloween party co-hosted by Japanese Club!

We’ll have pizza and refreshments provided, but it’s also a POTLUCK! So bring those halloween treats to share! And if the food isn’t enticing enough, feast your eyes on all that’s in store. It’s quite worth your while!

• Our Annual Cosplay Contest! Show off your stuff – whether it’s a cosplay or a halloween costume – for a chance to win eternal glory and some fabulous prizes!
• Non-Stop Karaoke! That’s right – for the first time ever, we’ll have a dedicated karaoke room, set up by our local KJ, Laura! Japanese songs, mainstream hits, and Disney – it’s all there! So come belt some tunes!
• Pumpkin Carving! Held in the Karaoke room, we’ll have pumpkins and tools to do your Jack-O-Bidding! No prizes here, but extraordinary efforts will make it to the website.
• J-Horror! It wouldn’t be Halloween without some scary film fare, and we’ve got it at the ready!
• Scary Video Games! Resident Evil! More Resident Evil! Seriously, though, bring ‘em if you got ‘em.

So come check it out – it’s all free! We’ll be in Lobo A/B, Fiesta A/B, and Acoma A/B… See you there!

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Hey Club! Hope you all had an excellent Fall Break! Here’s how we’re ringing in the 2nd 8 weeks!

1. Anime Los Angeles Convention Trip Sign-Ups! Saturday, we’ll be doing a presentation to inform everyone of how we swing this convention thing. There’s no rush to commit, but we’d like it if everyone who has a glimmer of interest in going to ALA with us could make themselves known! The website has more details.

2. Membership Cards! You asked for them; We got them (Even if it did take the better part of the semester)! For everyone that paid to be a member – you’ll now be able to flaunt your Anime Club status wherever you go – earning discounts at the SUB Sonic on Saturdays and at Lobo Anime & Comics on Tuesdays. Oh, and you’ll be able to check out Anime and Manga from our library also. :3

3. The T-Shirt Contest! …is postponed until November. We haven’t had enough entries to make a contest outta this, so it’s on hold until after Halloween. So C’mon, guys! Put those artistic muscles to work and create some awesome T-Shirts!

4. Maid Café Bake Sale! What’s this? The Anime Club Maid Café committee is putting on a bake sale next week on Wednesday and Thursday from 11am – 2pm in Zimmerman Plaza. Stop by, buy some noms, and fund next semester’s Maid Café! What’s the Maid Café? Don’t be shy and stop by the booth to ask; Otherwise you’ll have to wait until Feburary!

‘Course, we got more in store than just that. Follow the link for Saturday’s schedule for starters!

3:00pm Set-Up; Social Hour

4:00pm Fruits Basket Episodes 15-16

5:00pm Samurai Champloo Episodes 9-10

5:45pm Intermission – ALA Presentation, Q & A, and Sign-Ups!

6:15pm Tommy’s Fall ‘09 Anime Presentation

7:15pm Mewwuv Episodes 1-2

8:00pm Break-Down, stat!

The weekend already? AND it’s Brawl day? Damn, time moves fast.

It’s Brawl day tomorrow (Starting at 1:00pm in the SUB Ballroom), but we’re still gonna have your regularly-scheduled Anime Club programming! Be sure to come by and watch some anime with us in Lobo A/B is you get tired of the tournament scene. If the tournament scene’s your thing, however, we want you! Anime Club will be needing volunteers to judge matches, as well as stations to play matches. So if you’ve got a Wii/Brawl/TV setup you can bring, or just lots of time to spare, be there at 12:00 and make yourself known!

We’re beginning a T-Shirt design contest that’ll extend through Fall Break (They’ll be no meeting next weekend, btw) so that you artists will have time to work! ^^ The winner will be voted on and announced October 24th! What motivation do you have to participate? For one, you get to practice your artistry; for two, you get to show off your work; and for three – if your drawing wins – you’ll get THREE (count ‘em) free shirts with your beautiful design to keep, sell, or give to your friends and family. WOW!

Interested? Here’s the details!

• 1 or 2-sided design (for front and/or back of T-Shirt)
• Anime Club related (i.e. design incorporates our name)
• Maximum 2 colors, excluding background color (to save on printing costs)

Other than that, it’s all you! Please submit completed designs to anime@unm.edu or to the Anime Club office during our normal office hours. Ganbatte!

And, without further adieu, this weekend’s schedule (after the link):

1:00pm Lobo Brawl 3! (Running concurrent with Anime Club) SUB Ballroom A

3:30pm Anime Club Set-Up Lobo A/B

4:00pm Fruits Basket Episodes 13-14

5:00pm Samurai Champloo Episodes 7-8

5:45pm Intermission

6:15pm Announcements and Evaluations, with Dino Comics!

7:15pm Bakemonogatari Episodes 1-2

8:00pm Break-Down

Club! Sorry for the late-ish update. I’ll try to keep this short in order to get it in your inboxes asap.

Saturday’s NOSTALGIA DAY! So bring your Pogs, your Pokemon Cards, and something for show-and-tell – we’re kids again (in spirit)!

In keeping with the theme, I’ll be bringing crayons and anime lineart for us to color. We’ll be doing show-and-tell (bring your latest and greatest!), and playing old-school video games in the game room, so bring your 8 and 16-bit consoles to share!

Also! We’re planning our first convention trip of the new school year: Anime Los Angeles! Be there this Saturday and express your interest if you wanna road trip with us over the winter break. Next Friday’s Fall Frenzy also, so we’ll also have info on that. All in all, you DON’T wanna miss this weekend’s meeting!

Schedule follows the link. We’ll see you Saturday!

3:30 Set-Up

4:00 Fruits Basket

5:00 Samurai Champloo

5:45 Intermission: COLORING

6:15 Doraemon Pokemon! The FIRST Movie!

8:00 Break-Down

Thanks to everyone who attended and dressed up for Cosplay day! We don’t have any photos of the costumes to show you – but I guess that just means it was a “you had to be there”-type of experience, huh? I missed it too, so I share your pain. Anyways, a big thanks to resident cosplay officer, Kim, for setting everything up and running club in my absence!

Last Saturday aside, this upcoming weekend is gonna be Big! How Big? Movie Screenings, Conventions, Anime Club, Fall Festivals, and whatever else you can manage to shoehorn in (like Magic prereleases)! Yeah. That kind of Big.

Thursday, Sept. 24 @ 7:30pm is the one-time only theater screening of the EUREKA 7 MOVIE! The film will be shown at 3 different locations in Albuquerque – Century 14, Four Hills, and Cottonwood 16. There’s a facebook event for your perusal; and a link to buy tickets. It’s anime on the big screen – bigger than the projector screen even! How can you resist?

Friday, Sept. 25 – Sunday Sept. 27 is OTAKU MEX, the return of Albuquerque’s first Anime Convention! Check out the site! Marvel at the facebook event! You can still pre-register for 2 and 3 day passes, so far as I can tell, so check it out! I’ll be there at the convention on Friday night, spreading the good word of Anime Club, so give a holler if you see me ’round!

Saturday, Sept. 26 @ 4:00pm is ANIME CLUB – CRAFTING ED.! You never want to miss this – We’re gonna be doing awesome-type DIYs, which only the lamest of people would want to miss. Japanese calligraphy, origami, drawing, doodling, comic edits, and more?!  We’re trying to organize some sort of contest too, so definitely be there if you think you’ve got the chops! Naturally, we’ll have the latest in Fruits Basket and Samurai Champloo, so you can get your anime fix fo’ sho’.

Sunday, Sept. 27 from 10:00am – 6:00pm is AKI MATSURI – JAPANESE FALL FESTIVAL. Held at the National Hispanic Cultural Center (Google Maps), this festival highlights Albuquerque’s distinctive Japanese community with food, performances, informational tables, sales booths, martial arts demonstrations, professional shodo, and sooo much more, all for the meager price of $3.00? I’m already there. Hit our facebook event if you wanna carpool!

Aaand that’s what’s in store for this weekend. Hit the comments, or the many facebook links, and tell us about what you’ll be doing – we’re curious to know! If you still desire more information, then hit the break for Saturday’s anime schedule! Wacky.

3:30 Set Up/Announcements

4:00 Officer’s Choice – Fruits Basket episodes 7-8 (This is what we’re on, right?)
Zodiac anime.

5:00 Variety Slot – Bakemonogatari episodes 1-2
Stapler anime.

5:45 Intermission – Newsletter Info/Sign-ups
Publishing is far out, man.

6:15 Member’s Choice – Samurai Champloo episodes 5-6
Sunflowers anime.

7:00 Crafts and What-Not
Érica’s game is afoot. Be prepared and wary.

8:00 Break Down

1:00pm Treasure Hunt! Meet at the Duck Pond, and bring your Dora Explorer beads – we’re looking for treasure! Here’s how it works: We’ll split you into teams, give you clues and a map, and send you on your way ’round the Duck Pond and Zimmerman Plaza. The first team to find all the treasure wins eternal glory (And maybe a little something else)! If you haven’t yet signed up – please leave a comment so we know how much to hide!

2:00pm BBQ/Potluck. We will migrate to Lower Johnson Roosevelt Park to grill dogs and burgers. Will there be chips? Drink? Potato salad? That’s for you guys to decide – bring foodstuffs to help feed your fellow club members! We’ll be able to station stuff at the Duck Pond prior, so don’t let your potluck chow weigh down your bid for treasure @ 1! Remember, it’s POTLUCK, so make mention of what you plan to bring in the comments so that we don’t end up with 1000s and 1000s of plastic sporks.

?:??pm Club-As-Per-Usual. Once we’ve had our fill of food and the outdoors, we’ll head back into the SUB and watch some anime. Fruits Basket, and more in store! Also, if you missed out on membership last week, this’ll be your chance!

7:00pm Rakugo. We’ll be breaking club up early so that those of us interested can go see some Japanese comedy. A fitting end to our wacky-long day. Hit the break for a more detailed description of the Rakugo event.

Again! PLEASE leave a comment if you can help with grub, or if you wanna sign up for the treasure hunt! Weekend, ahoy!

Update: We lagged a bit in securing Lower Johnson, so after the Treasure Hunt, we will make way for Roosevelt Park for the Potluck! Don’t worry, we promise that it’ll be just as much fun!

See a Rakugo performance in English at the Rodey Theatre in the UNM Performing Arts Center. Rakugo is a storytelling performance starring once person who tells the story in a very compelling and artistic manner, while playing all the characters him/herself.
Afterward, Brau-sensei will be hosting an after-party reception at Japanese Kitchen where you can meet the performer, Katsura Kaishi. This event is open to all!!

Hey Club!

It’s Labor Day weekend, but fret not! Anime Club will be on as per usual. We’ll be watching anime, playing games, and doing Anime Jeopardy! We’ll get the anime out of the way first, then break for games. Anything goes, so bring your cards, your board games, your handhelds, and your consoles!

But first, the winner for Member’s Choice this semester is Samurai Champloo, so look for it on the schedule once we hear back on the topic of permissions (i.e. not quite yet)! We may have to play “catch up” with an extra episode here or there, but trust me, it’s worth the wait!

Oh! And we’ll be doing membership dues and sign-ups for next week’s scavenger hunt (spoiler)! So be there if you want to get your name on either list… be there! Information on joining can be found here.

The schedule follows the break. We’ll see you this weekend!
3:30 Set Up

4:00 Officer’s Choice – Fruits Basket episodes 3-4
Zodiac anime.

5:00 Variety Slot – Pandora Hearts episodes 1-2
Ritual anime.

5:45 Intermission – Membership/Scavenger Hunt Sign-Ups
Card carrying members are the coolest members

6:15 Anime Jeopardy
Devon hosts Anime Jeopardy! Team up and tackle the board o’ questions for prizes!

6:15 Games and What-Not
Apples to Apples, Catch Phrase, Uno, Magic, Bullshit… plus whatever you guys bring! Fun times!

?:?? Break Down