MEISA NEWS - BUILDING RELATIONSHIPS WITH MEISA
by Bosa Mora, MEISA National President

Berklee College of Music

Students at Berklee just came back from a visit to Los Angeles. They went to see music industry companies and talk with executives about current issues in the industry. They met with companies such as Warner Music, Top Spin, and Bug Music Publishing. On November 6th and 7th, Berklee students will be making another trip to New York for a similar purpose. They will be visiting companies such as Universal, WEA, SEASAC, and others. They will also be attending the Northeast Regional Conference at NYU.

MEISA Executive Board

The MEISA Executive Board is working to facilitate relationships among MEISA chapters and bring new ideas to the table. At the MEIEA fall meeting, ideas such as partnerships and sponsorships were addressed and a new T-Shirt Design Contest was approved.

The idea of the contest is for students to design a t-shirt at their own discretion and creatively approach the promotion of MEISA through the shirts. They will be required to use the MEISA logo and the winning design will be given out to MEISA members at the MEIEA 2009 national conference. Also the MEISA executive board is working on contests and awards for chapters such as: scholarships, service month, and Chapter of the Year. All efforts are going toward building relationships and communications models as well as preparing for the national MEIEA conference this spring.