DUE TO WINTER STORM JONAS, WE ARE MOVING THE JANUARY BABJ MEETING TO SATURDAY JANUARY 30th.
The Baltimore Association of Black Journalists will host our first general business meeting of the year, January 30, 2016 noon – 2p.m. at Baltimore Clayworks, 5707 Smith Ave., Baltimore, MD 21209. Thank you Jannette J. Wittmyer for helping to secure this venue.
Admission:
Members – FREE
Guests – $5 (an Eventbrite service charge will apply… just join, it’s way cheaper in the end.)
Please RSVP (and pay if applicable) here: https://www.eventbrite.com/e/
#BABJMembership
Not a member? Want to join? JOIN HERE https://www.babjmd.com/join-
NOTE: Feel free to come early. A light reception with deli sandwiches, chips and water and will be provided starting at 11:30a.m. Also feel free to bring a snack or drink if you desire. We will begin promptly at noon so that we finish the meeting in time to end our planning discussion by 2p.m.
#BABJsotu
The January meeting will be our “BABJ 2016 State of the Union.”
Not some stuffy speech, but a chance for US to design OUR agenda and activities for 2016 as a group.
The reasoning for #BABJsotu
We have a golden opportunity in 2016 to make BABJ what we want it to be for Charm City in the future.
We have nearly 40 dues paying members. (Bravo Membership Chair David Steele!)
There are six vacant BABJ Executive Board positions we need to fill:
- Vice President of Print
- Vice President of Media Related Professionals
- Secretary
- Treasurer
- Parliamentarian
- Student Representative
We have six mentee candidates participating in our 2nd BABJ Mentor Program class. (Bravo Mentor Program Chair Maria Pitts-Roberts!)
The NABJ Region 1 Conference and NABJ/NAHJ National Convention are coming soon to our market. It’s important for our group to know all that’s being requested of us and then decide how we may participate.
The Association of Black Media Workers may be gone, but are there any aspects of the organization we want to salvage moving forward in BABJ?
Just a reminder, here is the upcoming tentative 2016 BABJ calendar:
- January 2016 – General Business Meeting / #BABJsotu
- February 2016 – General Business Meeting
- March 2016 – #BABJReviews
- April 2016 – Region One Conference host city / #NABJR1
- May 2016 – General Business Meeting
- June 2016 – Happy Hour Social
- July-August 2016 – BABJ Summer Break / #NABJNAHJ16 National Convention
- September 2016 – General Business Meeting
- October 2016 – General Business Meeting
- November 2016 – General Business Meeting
- December 2016 – #BABJholiday Happy Hour Hangout
We hope to see you (on our NEW date) Saturday January 30, 2016 at noon. Again please RSVP here: https://www.eventbrite.com/e/
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