We’ve organized a couple fun new events, posted an online membership application and survey, and started putting our board together.

Join us on Sunday, March 8th, for rollicking good times at our first social event: Board Game Night. We’ll meet at Urbana’s Caffe Paradiso and bring our fave games along. Details here»

We are also caravanning up to Chicago for Pecha Kucha Night Volume #8! Still wondering what this Pecha Kucha thing is all about? Join us this Tuesday, March 3rd as we make our way out to Martyrs in Chicago to see some talented folks present their work in 6 minutes and 40 seconds each. More info on our events page.

In response to many requests, our membership page is now live. Either register online via Paypal, or download our application and mail it in.

If you’re interested in joining our board please fill out a board application form here. We’re having group info meetings on Sunday, March 1, @ 6:30pm at Aroma Cafe, and on Wednesday, March 3 @ 6:30pm at Cakes on Walnut. Email us at gro.0ducehtnull@ofni for more information.

Thanks again for all your enthusiasm and support since our kick-off on Friday. We hope to see you at one of our events!

Christina impressed us from the beginning with her enthusiasm and desire to dive right into the nitty-gritties of getting CUDO off the ground. We feel like we’ve found a kindred; another person who has the same obsessive love of design, planning, networking, researching, list-making, and long walks on the beach. She’s full of ideas for future CUDO events and is totally dedicated to making them happen. We’re thrilled to have her on board.

A little bio-love:

Growing up in the town of Washington, IL and showing artistic inclinations throughout childhood, Christina Tapp studied Graphic Design and Photography at Illinois State University, graduating with a dual bachelor degrees in the Fall of 2007. She spent her final semester in the heart of Tuscany, Florence, Italy and crisscrossing Europe, which isn’t too shabby of a way to wrap up college. In February 2008, following graudation, Surface 51—a design firm here in Champaign—offered her a position and an offer she couldn’t refuse. Besides her passion for graphic design and an impassioned love for typography, she is an avid collector of paper ephemera, vintage scarf, old cameras and pretty much anything that catches her eye—after all, beauty is in the eye of the beholder. Christina loves the process of designing and equally enjoys finding examples of great design in our environment. Among noted designers, Tibor Kalman is particularly inspirational for her. She enjoys dogs licking her face, long walks on the beach and—oh yes, she just finished knitting her very first scarf!

Welcome to the CUDO fam Christina!