How the west will be won!
Adam Scott Meister
Born: 11/10/1976 Baltimore, Maryland
High School: Friends School of Baltimore Class of 1994
College: Washington University in St. Louis Class of 1998
Professional:
After Graduation Adam was determined to enter the Internet industry. He moved to New York City and began to work for Deja.com (formerly Dejanews) in Manhattan. Adam was part of the team that helped transform Dejanews into Deja.com, the buyers portal used by millions of Internet users today. In April of 2000 Adam became a stockholder in the company and decided that it was time to move on. He knew that Silicon Valley was the true Internet capital of the world so he took an offer to join the team of a start-up in the Valley.
Separate from Deja.com Adam was able to conduct a spectacular Internet based sports marketing campaign in his spare time. From his home computer in Manhattan with no budget Adam organized Diaper Day 1999. Diaper Day was a marketing campaign that's goal was to create awareness of the true state of affairs amongst Cleveland fans, Baltimore fans, the media and the NFL in general. The "Diaper" was the symbol of the attitude many Cleveland fans had despite having their team back and gift-wrapped. Adam was able to generate Newspaper, radio, and TV coverage of the Diaper Day event in five different states.
Here are some links to articles on Diaper Day
Diaper Day Story in the City Paper
Diaper Day Story In the York Daily Record
Diaper Day Story in the Akron Beacon Journal
Personal:
Since the Orioles World Championship year of 1983 when Adam was just six years old, he has been passionate about Baltimore Sports. As a young boy he would read the Baltimore Sun every day learning everything he could about the Orioles. In his childhood he had no favorite football team and eagerly awaited the NFL's return to B-more. During the early 90's he kept a close eye on the expansion process staying up late on School night listening to sports talk shows, trying to get any information he could on the situation. In late 1993 Adam was angered by the NFL's final treatment of Baltimore in the expansion process. He did not give up hope and knew that one day soon the NFL would return. Even when he moved to St. Louis he kept up with any and all rumors.
By 1995 Adam had become fascinated with the Internet, he knew that this was something that would change the world. He was a huge presence in the Baseball newsgroups. Arguing with rival fans of the Orioles any chance he got. He would also dabble in football newsgroups. In November of 1995 right before Adam's 19th Birthday, the news leaked that the Browns were moving o Baltimore. Adam was Overwhelmed with joy. He celebrated by posting his happiness on the Orioles and Browns newsgroups. You can actually use Deja.com and see Adam's first post on the Browns news group and see that he was quite sympathetic toward Cleveland. What followed would influence Adam's life forever and move him to the career path that he is now on. Cleveland fans lashed out at him, sending him hate filled emails. Adam was not phased in April of 1996 he learned HTML and created the First Ravens page on the Internet, which is still in service to this day. Now Adam had become an outspoken defender of Baltimore and public enemy number 1 amongst Cleveland sports fans on the web. Adam was able to transform the Cleveland anger toward him into publicity for his Website and for his ideas. There was a time that Baltimore was only thought of as a villain but Adam helped change this attitude on the web. The way Adam was able to use Cleveland Internet posters for his own marketing wishes impressed Deja.com and they hired him!
To make a long story short, the controversy that Meister started in 1995, exploded and gained a large amount of media attention in 1999 with Meister's First crown Jewel "Diaper Day 1999".