Fourth Annual D/FW IMA iHack Golf Tournament Benefiting the DREAM Fund Set for September 25; Margarita Clinic for Novice Golfers Added to This Year's Event.Sports Editors/Business Editors DALLAS--(BUSINESS WIRE)--Sept. 8, 2003 The Dallas/Fort Worth Interactive Marketing Association's 4th annual iHack Golf Tournament, benefiting the DREAM Fund, is set for Thursday, September 25 at the Golf Club Castle Hills in Lewisville. New to the event this year is a "Margarita Margarita (märgärē`tä), island, 444 sq mi (1,150 sq km), in the Caribbean Sea off the coast of Venezuela. With many smaller islands it constitutes the Venezuelan state of Nueva Esparta (1990 pop. 263,748). Clinic" where novice golfers -- whose skill level might not be ready to compete in the tournament -- can take a lesson and play three par 3 holes with the teaching professionals of Club Castle Hills. "Our golf tournament has traditionally been one of our most popular annual events, but we wanted to include more of our members who might not otherwise participate because they were not confident in their golfing abilities or who may have never even set foot on a course," said D/FW D/FW Dallas Fort Worth IMA (Interactive Multimedia Association, Annapolis, MD) An earlier trade association founded in 1988 originally as the Interactive Video Industry Association. It provided an open process for adopting existing technologies and was involved in subjects such as networked services, scripting President Jennifer Schuder, who definitely classifies herself in the novice category. "I can't wait to get a few pointers myself."
WHO: D/FW IMA and the entire North Texas marketing community
WHAT: 4th Annual iHack Golf Tournament and Margarita Clinic
WHEN: Thursday, September 25 -- Golf Tournament (shotgun start)
begins at Noon w/ lunch; Margarita Clinic begins at 4:30
WHERE: Golf Club Castle Hills, Lewisville, Texas
WHY: To Benefit the DREAM Fund -- monies dedicated to assisting
marketing colleagues faced with an unexpected medical
emergency or life crisis
HOW MUCH: Golf Tournament -- $125 per person or $400 per foursome;
Margarita Clinic -- $75 per person
TO PLAY: E-mail David Young: davidy@davidandgoliath.com
TO SPONSOR: E-mail Sheri Ferguson: sferguson@excitenetwork.com
Sponsors already participating in this year's D/FW IMA iHack golf tournament include: AOL (A division of Time Warner, Inc., New York, NY, www.aol.com) The world's largest online information service with access to the Internet, e-mail, chat rooms and a variety of databases and services. , Yahoo!, Google (Google, Mountain View, CA, www.google.com) The largest search engine on the Web, founded by Larry Page and Sergey Brin, two Stanford University students. In 1996, they developed their "BackRub" search engine, named after its unique page ranking method (explained below). , Wall Street Journal Online, Gator, Weatherbug.com, Markettrix, Excite Network, Temerlin McClain, MSN (1) (MicroSoft Network) A family of Internet-based services from Microsoft, which includes a search engine, e-mail (Hotmail), instant messaging (Windows Live Messaging) and a general-purpose portal with news, information and shopping (MSN Directory). , Travelocity, American Airlines American Airlines Major U.S. airline. American was created through a merger of several smaller U.S. airlines and incorporated in 1934. It continued to buy the routes of other airlines, becoming an international carrier in the 1970s; its routes include South America, the , Double Click, ValueClick, TVGuide.com, Terra-Lycos and ESPN.com. About DREAM Fund DREAM Fund is a 501 (C) (3) non-profit foundation and support link serving the southwest advertising and media community. DREAM stands for Dedicating Resources to Employees of Advertising and Media and is the name given to the Fund whose mission is to aid colleagues faced with an unexpected medical emergency or life crisis and find themselves in need of support and financial assistance. Since 1991, over $250,000 has been gifted to individuals in the southwest advertising, media and communications community facing such hardships. About D/FW IMA D/FW IMA is a forum for interactive professionals in the Metroplex A metroplex is large metropolitan area containing several cities and their suburbs.[1] It is also sometimes used as an alternative to metropolis or megalopolis, which is a chain of continuous metropolitan areas. to share ideas and information among the professional, business and educational communities, in order to define and develop interactive marketing industries and disciplines. Annual D/FW IMA memberships are available for $149, which includes admission to D/FW IMA monthly forums held at the Las Colinas Las Colinas is a developed area in the Dallas suburb of Irving, Texas. Due to its central location between Dallas and Fort Worth and its proximity to DFW Airport, Las Colinas has been a viable place in the Metroplex for corporate and business relocation. Country Club. Corporate memberships beginning at $399 are also available. Non-members admission to D/FW IMA monthly meetings is $35. Member and non-members can reference www.dfwima.org to register for this month's meeting and additional information. |
|
||||||||||||
Printer friendly
Cite/link
Email
Feedback
Reader Opinion