And we're off.

We kicked off our year with one of the all-time greatest turnouts at a rush night -- more than 50 people!

To recap, we talked about some important new initiatives, including a mentoring program, journalism week and this blog.

But more important are some of the ideas you all came up with for programming. They include:

- Multimedia Workshop (most likely in the spring)
- Resume and internship workshops
- An election event
- Freelance workshops
-Final Cut Pro and Avid training
- Travel writing
- Magazine Writing
-Compiling clips for a portfolio
- On-air performance seminars

If you have more, leave a comment and we'll add it to the list.

Last call for positions -- if you're interested, e-mail ithacaspj@gmail.com by Thursday at noon!

We won't have a meeting this Monday -- but check back here, because we're hoping to set up a great meeting for the 25th! Remember that SPJ is what you make it. If we keep getting great turnout we'll be able to do so much more, and you'll reap more benefits, too.

Liiiiive from the Park School ... ( I couldn't resist the sign-off opportunity) ... ,

Erica