Salem State ACM

We love fan movies! But we have a treat for you!

Coming this January, The Hero Of Time, a fan-based movie made to fill the gap where there has been no movie made. We’ll put up more information when it’s available, but you can go see the trailer below! The movie has been released to the public, so you could go see it early on your own, but it’s much more fun to see it with friends!

Coming Soon to ACM:

We regret to inform our members that Salem State ACM will not be holding the Otaku Fest event in 2010. Following a series of discussions between our agents and Salem State Campus Center staff, we have come to the conclusion that we will not be able to deliver the event with an acceptable level of quality that we feel our members could enjoy.

The reason for the cancellation regards a limitation of our event to five hours by the Student Life staff at the Campus Center. This restriction was put into place for reasons involving doubt that we’d be able to securely run an event of that size for any longer than five hours, despite our developing track record of sustainable event planning in the past.

After speaking with the main acts of the proposed event, the interest our guests and artists gave in going to a five hour event dropped dramatically.

Additionally, we received insulting comments from EIB booking towards our organization, claiming that the fault in planning management was on SSC ACM’s plate. We wanted to ensure all of our members know that the Salem State administration posed these certain limitations on the event which prohibited us from running the kind of event that we wanted to do.

We also experienced a hard time scheduling all of the pieces of this event due to a lack in timely responses from involved parties. Throughout the process, most parties who we partnered with delivered information to us that was late, incomplete, or added additional and unrelated requirements to the event plan, possibly in an interest of making the event unplannable by overcomplicated means.

Faced with the decision of cost versus profit, and in a pursuit only to deliver the best possible events to our guests, it became a mutual decision between the booking agents, bands, and Salem State ACM to cancel the event.

We believe that the limitations imposed on Salem State ACM for this event sincerely cost legitimate time and money from both SSC ACM and from the dealers, artists, and many other parties that were going to attend this event. We also feel that the amount of time it took to receive proper responses from Salem State’s administration and EIB booking caused a delay in communication, with ACM in the middle, that caused major concern for everyone involved. Despite the loss, SSC ACM will not pursue any means to reconcile the funds that would have been made, except by scheduling and planning events that we’ve already established to be successful in past years.

Salem State ACM will continue to strive to create fun events that everyone can enjoy within our mission. We will be exploring options for another Salem State ACM LAN Party this upcoming year. Known previously as the SSC ACM LAN Party Superbowl, the event gathered about one-hundred people for a massive all-day gaming event with prizes and tons of fun!

Keep tuned to Salem State ACM’s mailing list and website for updates on all things Anime and Tech related!

Love & peace,

Angela Morley
SSC ACM President

http://salemstateacm.org

We’re doing a special Miyazaki anime showing for our upcoming Anime meetings! Only thing is, we need you to tell us which Miyazaki movies we should play!

Hokay, so CLICK HERE in order to vote!

Yaaayy!

Hey everyone!

Don’t forget, tomorrow is our Groups and Clubs Parade! Here’s the scoop:

Pre-Parade Pizza Party
4:30 pm
Central Campus, Building One, Cafeteria
Celebrate Family & Friends Weekend with a pizza party and join the Salem Haunted Happenings Parade. Sponsors include the Residence Hall Association.
Salem Haunted Happenings Grand Parade

5 pm
Shuttle buses depart Central Campus parking lot
Join the Salem State contingent marching in the annual Haunted Happenings Parade in downtown Salem. Buses depart from the Central Campus parking lot and return to campus after the parade, which is scheduled to take place in downtown Salem from 6-8 pm.

We are theming as Hetalia characters! Please cosplay if you can! If you can’t, or you don’t know what Hetalia is, just bring a clock or a flashlight with you!

We hope to see everyone at Central Campus Bertolon School at 4:30pm tomorrow!

Hey everyone!

We have a ton of events lined up this year! Make sure you keep up to date here for news and updates on what we’re doing!

If you’re interested in one of our divisions above, click that link in the navigation bar above to see how you can get involved!

If you’re on campus, check out our bulletin board, located in the Computer Science MH200’s wing! Just look for the big, colorful banner!

On behalf of the entire ACM organization, welcome to Salem State!

Angela Morley
President, Salem State ACM