May 20th - group Y at Red Bull headquarters, Santa Monica

group Y Gathering + Discussion

Please join us for a special group Y event at Red Bull Headquarters! Alongside the usual gathering, we will be hosting Fuel TV's CJ Olivares in a talk and Q&A session.

May 20, 2008, 6:30pm - 10pm

Red Bull Headquarters
1740 Stewart St. Santa Monica, CA 90404 (map)

The evening will include a discussion with CJ Olivares, the GM for Fuel TV. CJ will discuss the successes of Fuel TV, as well as answer questions from our audience. Please email group Y (groupynetwork@gmail.com) with question you would like to ask CJ.

We invite all those involved in marketing & PR within the action sports, entertainment & communications industry. Please feel free to invite non-group Y members to this event.

Thank you to Red Bull, Fuel TV and Barefoot wines who will be hosting food and drinks.

RSVP -- The attendance fee is $15. Please RSVP and pay ahead of time via PayPal or pay cash at the door.

group Y was founded in 2006 with the intent to assist in fostering relationships between others within our sphere of Action Sports and Entertainment. These relationships can be a catalyst for a new job, a new working partnership, or just expanding your horizons.

CARPOOLING -- We encourage carpooling to this event. For those looking for rides from San Diego & OC, please contact group Y at groupynetwork@gmail.com

EVENT SPONSOR
FUEL TV is the action sports lifestyle network for skateboarding, snowboarding, surfing, BMX, freestyle motocross, and wakeboarding. A unit of Fox Cable Networks, FUEL TV was launched July 1, 2003 and is seen in 24 million U.S. homes. To subscribe to FUEL TV, call 877-4-FUEL-TV. For program times and other information, visit www.fuel.tv.

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Guest Speaker - CJ Olivares

Please join us on May 20th as our guest speaker will be CJ Olivares.

CJ Olivares is General Manager and Senior Vice President of FUEL TV, the first and only action sports network of its kind launched by Fox Cable Networks on July 1, 2003. In this role, he works closely with Fox Networks Group’s advertising and affiliate sales groups to accelerate FUEL TV’s revenue growth, identifying new sources of income such as broadband and wireless content distribution, and liaising with the Fox International Entertainment Channels Group to develop localized versions of FUEL TV in major territories around the world. Additionally, Olivares oversees day-to-day operations of the programming, production and marketing departments.

Before joining FUEL TV in December 2002, Olivares served as CEO of the Broadband Interactive Group (BIG), the multi-media company responsible for “Bluetorch,” and also advised Extreme Group Ltd on their own expansion across the action sports genre. He first came to Fox as director of program development and acquisition for FSN (Fox Sports Net) in 1997, where he developed the action sports franchise “Rush Hour” programming block before joining BIG in 1999.

A graduate of University of California Los Angeles in political science, Olivares became editor of Triathlete Magazine in 1984, while also photographing sports, fashion and personalities for Nike, Oakley, Glamour, Sports Illustrated, Sportswear International and CNN. He became editorial director of Triathlete in 1988 and then director of development for Inclyne Sports, a pioneer in packaging and producing sponsor-driven television events including ABC’s Foot Locker Slam Fest and Ride of Your Life Mountain Bike Race. He became director of operations for FSN predecessor Prime Sports’ Event Group in 1996, supervising the creation and execution of 75 annual sports events and 150 hours of complementary television programming including the Bud Pro Surf Tour, Miller Lite AVP Volleyball, HPAC Surf Series and Steinlager Championship Rugby.

Olivares, a passionate lifelong surfer, lives with his wife and three daughters in Manhattan Beach, California.

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group Y Gathering - 8/14 - Venice, CA

When Tuesday August 14, 2007 7:00 PM - 10:00 PM
Where Air Conditioned Supper Club
625 Lincoln Blvd.
Venice, CA 90291

Cost: no host bar
Contact: group Y administrator - groupYnetwork@gmail.com


Please join us next Tuesday evening at Air Conditioned Supper Club in Venice--on Lincoln Blvd between the 90 freeway & 10 fwy.

Lite eats will be generously provided by our friends from Malakye! If you arent already acquainted with the goodness that is Malakye, check them out at www.malakye.com.

This is a standard group Y meeting (no panel this month). We are planning an informal get-together next month during ASR, and will have our next panel in OC in October.

For planning purposes and to ensure a quality group Y experience for all, we wanted to remind you about our group guidelines.

**This is a private, invite-only event. If you are forwarded this email, you MUST RSVP via SureToMeet. You may be denied access if you do not RSVP.

**Please do not bring your kids, family members or co-workers that are not part of this group.

**If you haven't already, please re-submit your membership by taking a moment to fill out our group Y application. As we've stated in recent emails, our growth over the last year has been exponential, and to ensure the quality of the group we need to make sure everyone understands the group's mission and rules. Please CLICK HERE and follow the prompts if you haven't yet done so. We are asking that all members re-submit by the end of August, or you will fall off the contact list.

Sorry to be such sticklers, but we are doing this for all of you! See you on Tuesday!

Best,
Liz Randall, Doug Schneider, Mark Sperling, Jennifer Kashdan & Claudia Bremser

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