Attendees: Chelsea Shriver, Jason Korff, Nadia Stennes-Spidahl, Yesenia Ricardo, Elspeth Olson, Nick Josten, Mary Jingleweski.
1. Approval of October 24 meeting minutes
- Minutes were approved.
2. White elephant book swap / bake sale
- The date of the book swap / bake sale is November 21
- Volunteers are needed to lead each part of the event:
- Ysenia and Nadia will co-lead the bake sale. Ysenia will be there from 11 a.m. to 1 p.m. and Nadia will be there from 1-2 p.m.
- Bake sale leaders should bring paper so that people can note ingredients.
- Chelsea will create a Google doc for baked goods sign-up sheet.
- Nick J. will lead the white elephant gift exchange from 12-1 p.m.
- Bring extra books for people who want to participate but don’t bring their own. Cheap paperbacks are available from the book sale carts at public libraries.
- Wrap them in anything, as long as it is opaque.
- You can donate your book to the SIPS book drive if you receive something you don’t want.
- Nick will bring a cigar box for collecting money.
- For promotion it is okay to send an email to the LASSA list because it’s a school-wide event.
- Jason will make posters for the bake sale.
- Members should wear their ALA t-shirts or baking-related outfit.
3. Student-to-Staff Program contest
- Deadline for the essay contest is November 15. Refer to the instructions sent by Layla on October 30. Email completed essays to Eric.
4. ALA Midwinter invitation from ALA@UW
- There is an invitation from ALA@UW members to stay with them during the ALA Midwinter meeting, per email sent out by Layla. Take advantage of this great opportunity!
5. Treasurer’s update
- The balance of the ALA@UBC account is unknown, but the club has some number of hundreds of dollars minus what was given to Chelsea to reimburse her for t-shirts. Jason will have a firm total once the LASSA treasurer gets back to him.
6. Other business
- January orientation
- There is no way for clubs to email all the incoming January cohort, per Mary J.
- ALA reps are needed for the Wednesday, January 2, orientation. The time is tentatively 12-3 p.m., but LASSA will confirm.
- We will send out an email and encourage people to wear their t-shirts for the orientation.
- In-kind donations for large events
- In-kind donations are possible for future events. Through LASSA / AMS, we have non-profit status, so it may be possible to do cash fundraising, too, if multiple LASSA clubs join together to have one event. This will also help with cross promotion and attendance.
- Big upcoming events to think about over the break: Freedom-to-Read Week, marathon reading event.
7. Next meeting
- A Doodle poll will be sent out for the first meeting in January.