Quarterly Newsletter

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November 2002
Im a member!
Quarterly Newsletter
www.ctamtexas.com
A Letter from the President
Tis the season to be jolly but also very
thankful and giving. We at CTAM Texas are very
thankful for our members and the support that
they have given us throughout 2002. I would like
to personally thank Char Beales, Nancy McMurray
and Chris Galius who all gave of their time by
volunteering as judges and helping us have a
spectacular first CTAM Chili Cook Off. But it
wouldnt be fair to thank our judges and not
mention Cathy Dunn, our Chili Queen and
Chairperson for the cook off, and her committee.
And then there are the teams of gourmet chili
chefs who drove, or in some cases flew all the
way to Frisco, Texas in order to wow us with
their expertise. I hope you enjoy the photos
from the event, later in this newsletter.   If
there is one constant, it is change. So earlier
this month we partnered with our friends at WICT
and brought you Grace Killelea who helped provide
us with tools for handling the changes that keep
multiplying around us. These annual development
seminars are our way of giving something back to
the cable community that supports us.   And that
brings us to the winter holidays. Once again we
will be sponsoring our holiday party but this
time at a new locale! Look inside for all of the
details. Please bring your new or used coats and
blankets and we will again donate them to the
Austin Street Shelter and give something back to
the community around us.   And thats just a
little of what you have to look forward to as the
year rounds the corner and CTAM Texas brings it
home for the holidays.   Victoria

• In this issue . . .
• Presidents Message
• Calendar
• Chapter Highlights Chili Cook-
  off Making Change Work
• Holiday Party
• Member Benefits
• Your Chapter Board

Save the Date Event Calendar
Date Event Location __ December 11 Holiday
Party Gypsy Tea Room Please contact Genia
Edelman Deep Ellum Genia_Edelman_at_discovery.com
Dallas, TX
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CTAM of Texas Quarterly
Great Food and Fun at the First Annual Chili
Cook-off
Well, CTAM TX wanted something different for a
signature event. MSOs and programmers were
consolidating with lightening speed and we knew
we had to turn to something other than the
traditional CEO roundtable as all the CEOs
were vanishing. A TX Chili Cook Off . I replied
in the back of the room and boom. SOLD October
11th started out cloudy and cold but the heavens
opened up and we had a glorious day for our event
at the Westin Stonebriar Resort in Frisco, TX. We
had over 20 teams in sponsorship and cooking
formats as well as 50 individuals which brought
our crowd to 120 people. 14 teams actually
arrived around 9am to start the set up of their
booths complete with imported duck statues
wearing Mardi gras beads, Tribunes barrels of
hay, INSPs Mexican flags, Showtimes Willie
Nelson costumes and the cast of HBOs
TheSopranos in Carmelas kitchen. The
competition heightened when the Cox
Communications folks from Tyler rolled in with
Waydestock and the Van Peeps complete with
concert t-shirts, dew rags, banners and band
posters. They were being challenged across the
field by the pirates of Grande /SourceSuite who
also shared a border with the Crazy Cajuns from
CBC Marketing Group. If there had not been the
amazing aroma of chili simmering all day long in
such unusual vessels like the original pot of the
Show Rawhide as well as Coleman stoves- we
could have just had a grand event with all the
costumes, booth décor and general Texas Smack
talking. Programmers and operators duked it out
over the actual best tasting chili, the hottest
chili (ai-chi-wawa), best kitchen décor and
showmanship. The rules indicated that the chili
(no beans allowed in TX chili) had to simmer for
1 to 4 hours so --- we had plenty of time to talk
shop, survey the competition and have a darn good
time. We rounded up a great cast of judges to top
off the event Char Beales, President and CEO of
CTAM, Nancy McMurray VP of Communications of
the Texas Association and Chris Galius , an
anchor from the local ABC affiliate. They had to
adhere to strict rules such as NO Beans and all
meat had to be prepared on site!! The event would
not have been a success with out the addition of
the RAMBLERS compliments of Great American
Country. This band took us to new levels as they
sang their hearts out and truly jumped into the
spirit of the competition. The first annual Chili
Cook Off was truly a success completed with a
nice check going to Dallas Can to help the
underprivileged youth of Dallas. Who knows could
Willie and Waylon make this an annual event with
us? We look forward to more good times next year
as most of the teams are returning have committed
and the competition has begun.
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CTAM of Texas Quarterly
JUDGES AWARDS Best All Around Bundle Cox
Communications - WAYDESTOCK FEATURING THE VEEP
AND HIS PEEPS. Wayde Klein, Kerry White, Mike
Kehrer, Catherine OBryant, Vel Allen
Williamson Best Tasting Chili AE Networks and
Time Warner Communications CALIENTE CHIQUITAS.
Joy Phoenix, Victoria Shelton, Niquita Williams,
Diana King. Offer Judges Couldnt Refuse HBO
CARMELAS KITCHEN. Sandra Chowdhury, Amy
Whitley, Adam Maul, Myrtle Plummer, Linda
Antos. Best Bribe AMC THE CHILI MONSTERS,
Leigh Primack, Jan Diedrichsen, Pam Donenberg,
Michelle Burgess
JUDGES Chris Galius, WFAA-TV Nancy McMurray,
TCTA Char Beales, CTAM.
PEOPLES CHOICE AWARDS Best Tasting Chili
WSNET/CableOne/Turner Network Sales JONELY
BONELY AND THE SHADY LADIES, Tracy Anderson,
Donna Perry, Jim Perry, Wendy Tobias, Julie
Wylie Best Showmanship Inspiration Network -
LA FAMILIA CANTINA, Mark Solow, Ruth Solow,
Debbie Wood, Mitchell Wood, Shauna Anderson Best
Themed Kitchen Tribune Media - ROAD KILL CAFÉ,
Vicki Craig, Steve Grenzow, Seand Stephanic,
Cheryl Giese, Brenda Stefanic Best Aia Chiwawa
Award Univision JAZZON Y LAS CHILE CHIZUITAS,
Deanna Andeverde, Geneva Olivarez, Jason Eamnes,
Annette Sabouni
Best Showmanship LA FAMILIA CANTINA
Inspiration Network Debbie Wood, Mark Solow,
Ruth Solow and Shauna Anderson
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CTAM of Texas Quarterly
First Annual Chili Cook-off Photo Gallery
Best Tasting Chili JONELY BONELY AND THE SHADY
LADIES WSNET/CableOne/ Turner Network Sales
Jim Perry, Dennis Sutton, Tracy Anderson, Donna
Perry, Julie Wiley, Wendy Tobias
Best Themed Kitchen ROAD KILL CAFÉ Tribune
Media Vicki Craig, Steve Grenzow, Cheryl Giese,
Brenda Stefanic, Sean Stefanic
Best All Around Bundle WAYDESTOCK FEATURING THE
VEEP AND HIS PEEPS Cox Communications. Mike
Kehrer, Wayde Klein, Kerry White, Catherine
OBryant, Vel Allen-Williamson
Best Tasting Chili CALIENTE CHIQUITAS AE
Networks and Time Warner Communications
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CTAM of Texas Quarterly
Registration Kim Kass, Showtime Networks Cathy
Dunn, Comedy Central Victoria Milner, TV Max.
Winning Team and Judge
IFC/Mag Rack Team Bruce Levinson and Kim
Francis with judge Nancy McMurray
What a crowd!
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CTAM of Texas Quarterly
GRACE KILLELEA MAKING CHANGE WORK

• Grace Killelea, an accomplished speaker, chose
  the topic of Making Change Work
• to address a small but enthusiastic group of
  CTAM-TX and WICT members at the
• Mustang Café on November 14th.
•  
• Change is not a choice stated Grace in her
  opening. In order to make change work
• for you, you must plan for change before it
  happens. Everyone has their own
• Change DNA how they deal with change. If you
  thrive on change and dont
• always have a plan, you are a High Change
  person. However, if you always need a
• plan and need to be involved in the process, you
  are a Low Change person.
• Steps for managing change
• 1. Know your Change DNA
• 2. Do a personal assessment, know what you are
  capable of doing, what you are good at, know what
  others are good at. Determine what other people
  are doing. Develop relationships vs. gathering
  contacts
• 3. Focus on forward movement
• Plan. Know your resources financial, emotional
  and physical.
• Determine what you really want to be doing with
  your life. Create Vision and Mission Statements
  for yourself. What is your personal brand? How
  do people in the industry view you?
• Allow yourself to think outside of the box.
• Grace left us with her own mission statement and
  demonstrated her brand when

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Ill be there with my GoGo boots and mini-skirt
CTAM of Texas Quarterly
SAVE THE DATE FOR THAT 70s CTAM TEXAS HOLIDAY
FUNDRAISER 2002!
Have we got a deal for you? Its Holiday
Fundraiser time again. This years event is
scheduled for Wednesday, December 11th from 700
pm to 1200 am at the groovy Gypsy Tea Room in
Deep Ellum Dallas, TX. Retro 70s is the
theme with prizes for many lucky people who play
LETs MAKE A DEAL so you better save those
psychedelic Halloween costumes. The Gypsy Tea
Room is located at 2513 Main Street, in Deep
Ellum, [phone]. There will be scrumptious
food, desserts and complimentary drink tickets,
so dont miss this far out event.  Admission to
the event for each person is a coat or blank
(personal items are also encouraged). All
proceeds from the Party as well as the coats and
blankets will again benefit the Austin Street
Shelter in downtown Dallas.   Sponsorships for
the Lets make a Deal stage doors, DJ,
fortunetellers, photo buttons food and drink
stations are now available. Partial Sponsorships
are also available. Please contact us by Friday,
November 15th with your sponsorship. Sponsorships
went quickly last year so contact Christa Elrod
at [phone] or Genia Edelman [phone]
or fax your request to [phone] or email to
genia_edelman_at_discovery.com.
WELCOME NEW BOARD MEMBERS
The CTAM-Texas Board of Directors would like to
welcome our 7 new directors. Katie Barry
ESPN Cynthia Brock Time Warner Cable Ann
Carlson Charter Communications Russell Cooper
Discovery Networks Terri Cumbie Time Warner
Cable Bob Dempsey Time Warner Cable Kim Kass
Showtime Networks
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6 GREAT REASONS TO BECOME A MEMBER OF CTAM TEXAS!

• 1.      SAVE !!!
• Your membership entitles you to discounts on
  Chapter events and meetings. Check out our 2002
  Calendar of events
• December 11 - CTAM/WICT Annual Holiday Party
  Fundraiser
•  
• 2.      NETWORK! NETWORK! NETWORK!
• The CTAM event attendee seated to the right of
  you today could be your future employer - or
  employee - tomorrow.
• 3.      LEARN A NEW SKILL.
• Are you a financial analyst who has always had a
  secret desire to be a marketer? Join the CTAM
  Texas Programming (Events) or Publicity Committee
  to get first hand experience! Gain management
  skills later by LEADING a CTAM Texas Committee.
  Sharpen your database skills by volunteering
  for the Membership Committee. And More!
• 4.      JUST LEARN SOMETHING NEW.
• In our 2001 Educational seminar, Brian Dodge
  taught us how to "Build a Better You."
  Educational seminars as well as events featuring
  panel speakers will entertain AND educate you.
• 5.      KEEP UP WITH YOUR CTAM NEIGHBORS.
• Get the scoop on who said what at that event you
  missed in our quarterly CTAM Texas newsletter.
  Or, smile for the camera at an event, and be a
  star in the newsletter later!
• 6.      GET A FREE GIFT.
• Sign up now and receive a FREE CTAM Texas lunch
  bag just for joining!

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CTAM of Texas Quarterly
OFFICERS AND BOARD
2002 CTAM CHAPTER

• WE ARE CTAM of TEXAS
• Founded in 1990, CTAM of Texas is a chapter of
  the Cable and Telecommunications Association for
  Marketing the most powerful and up-to-date
  management and marketing society in the industry.
  In the new millennium, the chapter strives to
  bridge the gap between marketing and technology
  and to provide you with information that is
  accurate and readily accessible.
• MEMBER BENEFITS
• Discounts on chapter meetings and events
• Professional development roundtables
• Quarterly newsletter subscription
• Industry networking
• Leadership opportunities
• CTAM of Texas membership directory
• Terrific Social Events
• Annual chapter dues are 35, or 25 with national
  CTAM membership.
• To join CTAM of Texas, contact Membership Vice
  President Mary Bourne-Marth [phone] or
  mary.bourne_at_showtime.net or visit our web site at
  www.ctamtexas.com.

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interested individuals. To join CTAM of Texas and
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