It’s been about nine months since DCS had its very first meeting, where we created our goals for the year. We accomplished a lot in 2008, and we plan to do even more in 2009. We want to let you know what we’ve done so far, and we need your input as we make plans for the next year.
You’re invited
Join us at the School of Advertising Art in Kettering (Google map) to meet fellow DCS members, find out what DCS has been up to, and discuss your ideas for the future of this great organization.
To say thank you for your early support of DCS, the food is on us: Cassano’s pizza and sodas. Mmm, tasty.
Here’s the schedule:
6:30 - 7:00: Presentation of 2008 accomplishments
7:30 - 8:30: Open forum Q&A and brainstorm
8:30 - 9:00: “Facespace” Analog Social Networking
Don’t miss this great opportunity to rub elbows with fellow members, check out DCS committees you might want to join, and let your voice be heard!
The focus of this meeting is on DCS members, but we also welcome those who are considering future membership.
Thanks to Bar Louie for hosting our December 15 happy hour and canned food drive! They had a nice, warm atmosphere for a cold, cold night. We had a good crowd with some new and old faces, and holiday cheer with a raffle.
For five or more canned or non-perishable food items, each person was entered in a raffle drawing for some cool prizes, including Real Simple organizational products (courtesy of Meadwestvaco), a Cassano’s gift card, and more.
With all that’s been going on the past few months, we wanted to stop and take the time to say thanks to all that have helped support and bring the Dayton Creative Syndicate to life this year, either through your memberships or your volunteer efforts. In just eight months, we’ve grown from a great idea into a real creative community. Creatives from all over the Dayton area have come out to connect and network with each other at our events. Together we’ve organized monthly happy hours, a get-out-the-vote poster contest and gallery show, and an amazing speaker event with illustrative designer, Von Glitschka. We’ve also hosted two fun, members-only events creative speakers: Clint! Runge and Steve Lance.
Thanks to everyone who came out to the Top o’ the Market on Thursday night for the GDAA, DCS, AMA, and IABC Kris Kringle Mingle. It was a fun night with caricatures, photos with Santa courtesy of our own Tessa McDaniel, and all sorts of silent Auction items. And I did enjoy a couple roast beef sandwiches. A huge thank you to our DCS donors: Rachael Smith at F&W Publications, Scott Waggoner of Fleet Graphics, Dan Johnson at SAA, Tracy Westendorf at Westendorf Printing, storyboard illustrator J. Todd Anderson, and Tina Marker at Windward Design Group. Their generous donations will help fund the cool DCS programming and events we’re planning for next year.
Hey everyone, we wanted to take this opportunity to help the University of Dayton’s Visual Communications Department get the word out about their VCD Portfolio Review, which is 12/15. We realize that this is kinda short notice but if your out and about and on you’re way to Bar Louie for the DCS happy hour, stop in and see their work from 6-7:30pm on the UD campus, Kennedy Union, Room # 222.
