Uyen Mai, Media Relations in the Office of Public Affairs at Cal Poly Pomona put together the following list of media coverage Cal Poly received beginning Deco Week and up until this point.

"KTLA viewers love the Cal Poly Float: Wendy Burch reports" - KTLA Morning News, 1/2/09

Cal Poly's "Seaside Amusement" wins Viewers' Choice Award with 3,000+ votes

http://www.ktla.com/pages/video/?autoStart=true&topVideoCatNo=default&clipId=3302055 

"Viewers choose Cal Poly float as their favorite" - Pasadena Star News, SGV Tribune,
Whittier, 1/3/09

Tournament gives out first Viewer's Choice Award

http://www.pasadenastarnews.com/news/ci_11359381 

http://www.sgvtribune.com/news/ci_11359381 

http://www.whittierdailynews.com/news/ci_11359381 

"Cal Poly Rose Parade float wins first-ever Viewers' Choice Award" - SLO Tribune, 1/3/09

Student designed and built float wins award

http://www.sanluisobispo.com/news/local/story/576195.html 

"Viewers liked the Cal Poly float best" - LA Times Blog, 1/2/09

CP Universities take home Viewer's Choice Award

http://latimesblogs.latimes.com/lanow/2009/01/viewers-liked-c.html 

"Cal Poly Rose Parade float wins viewers' award" - AP wire (National), 1/2/09

Inaugural Viewers' Choice Award goes to Cal Poly universities

http://www3.signonsandiego.com/stories/2009/jan/02/ca-socal-rose-parade-010209/

http://www.kswt.com/Global/story.asp?S=9609225&nav=menu613_2_6 

http://www.fresnobee.com/state/story/1104036.html 

http://www.ktvn.com/Global/story.asp?S=9609225 

http://www.sacbee.com/114/story/1512948.html 

http://www.kmph.com/Global/story.asp?S=9609225&nav=menu612_2_7 

http://www.sanluisobispo.com/348/story/575882.html 

http://www.mercurynews.com/breakingnews/ci_11356719 

http://www.fortmilltimes.com/124/story/409292.html 

"Cal Poly's Rose Parade float wins" - KSBY Action News, 1/2/09

CP Universities take home Viewer's Choice Award

http://www.ksby.com/Global/story.asp?S=9608169&nav=menu544_2 

"Cal Poly's Rose Parade float wins KTLA's Viewer's choice award" - MSNBC, KSBY, 1/2/09

The public vote for Cal Poly's float as their favorite of the Rose parade

http://www.msnbc.msn.com/id/28471489/ 

"Cal Polys deliver with 'Seaside Amusement'" - Contra Costa Times, 1/3/09

Universities built their own float for the Rose parade

http://www.contracostatimes.com/california/ci_11362987 

"Cal Poly's Rose Parade float turns heads" - KSBY Action News, 1/1/09

Description of float and encouragement to vote for viewer's choice

http://www.ksby.com/Global/story.asp?S=9606251 

"Cal Poly float pays tribute to Calif. coast" - Tribune, Bulletin, CC Times, 1/1/09

"Seaside Amusement" Rose Parade float built by students

http://www.sgvtribune.com/news/ci_11351000 

http://www.dailybulletin.com/ci_11351244 

http://www.contracostatimes.com/california/ci_11351244 

"Boardwalk inspires Rose Parade float" - Santa Cruz Sentinel, Monterey Herald,
Mercury News, 1/1/09

Feature on Cal Poly universities Rose float

http://www.santacruzsentinel.com/localnews/ci_11333913 

http://www.montereyherald.com/state/ci_11349734 

http://www.mercurynews.com/ci_11338247 

"Volunteers rushing to complete Cal Poly float" - Bulletin, Sun, 12/30/08

Volunteers of all ages pitch in to complete 61st float entry

http://www.dailybulletin.com/ci_11338898?source=most_emailed 

http://www2.sbsun.com/sanbernardino/ci_11338898 

"Students putting finishing touches on Rose Parade float" - KSBY, 12/30/08

Cal Poly students hurrying to complete Rose float

http://www.ksby.com/Global/story.asp?S=9597949 

"Cal Poly looking for float decorating volunteers" - Bulletin, 12/27/08 and 12/24/08

Volunteers needed to cover float in natural materials

http://www.dailybulletin.com/ci_11319985 

http://www.dailybulletin.com/ci_11302681 

"Cal Poly float features Santa Cruz boardwalk" - Tribune, Bulletin, 12/26/08

"Seaside Amusement" is 61st consecutive float in parade from Cal Poly universities

http://www.whittierdailynews.com/news/ci_11316615 

http://www.sgvtribune.com/news/ci_11316615 

Submitted by Marla Franco

Cal Poly has Won the Tournanment of Roses "Viewers Choice Award" for its 2009 Entry "Seaside Amusement". Congratulations to all the Students for Pomona and SLO for their hard work. Here is a link to the video. Note though this video does not show the newscaster actually crashing one of the bumper cars, that will be posted later

Show your support for the Cal Poly Universities' "Seaside Amusement" Rose Float, and vote for it to win the inaugural Viewers' Choice Award.

For the first time, fans can vote online for their favorite float from among the 43 entries in the 2009 Tournament of Roses Parade. The voting takes place on Jan. 1 from 10 a.m. to 6 p.m. Visit www.ktla.com/roseparade to cast your ballot.

The winner will be announced at the Post Parade Showcase of Floats on KTLA Channel 5 on the morning of Jan. 2.

For more information about Cal Poly Universities' Rose Float, visit www.csupomona.edu/~news/rosefloat.shtml.

The Cal Poly float is once again in the Brookside Tent in Lot I of the Rose Bowl. Public deco times on the 28th-29th are at 9am-6pm, 30th from 11am-6pm (bus tours may start at 7am), 31st 11am-1pm (once again bus tours may start at 7am).

Look for wristbands in the regular spot just to the east of the north exit in the white Cal Poly sign-in tent hosted by our Pomona Alumni and others. Please come out to help decorate. (Subject to change, you will figure it out...)

Please help us sell postcards in Ride-With-Cal Poly Postcard Fundraiser (this has raised $10,855.89 for each campus group since 1998), look for the booth and help out the cause!

For more information on decorating, please see the student's website for important information

http://www.cpprosefloat.org/site/news.php

Submitted by Kurt K.

Join fellow alumni to celebrate the students and the 2009 Float Move!

We will meet at the Acapulco Restaurant on Diamond Bar Blvd Sunday, Dec 21st 6:00 pm. Dinner/Beverages on your own. Laughter, Friendship Provided.

If you can't make dinner but can stop by to send the students off on their journey to Pasadena, please do! We will begin gathering at 7:45-8:00 and the toast will be at 8:30. That will give people time to socialize and gather, look at the float, converse with the students. Champagne/Martinelli Apple Cide provided!

In order to have adequate seating at the restaurant, please RSVP with Michele by Sat, Dec 20th.

Last minute updates provided by Kurt K. and Michele G.

Donor Appreciation Day is Saturday, Dec 13 at 2 pm. Come check out the float!

There will also be a RF Alumni Board meeting at 11:30, location TBD.

The November 2008 issue of the Pinkline is now available in the downloads section of the website. You will have to be a registered member to download the PDF file. Hard copies will be mailed Wednesday.

As we get closer to December, we'd like to collect input on the Deco Week process. Please check out the Forum and let us know what worked or didn't work or what you would like to see changed. Thanks to Matt for starting this off for us.

claude

There is an Alumni Board meeting Oct. 2, Thursday, at 7 pm at the CTTI building on Temple Ave.