ALA Meeting

ALA – June 21 Meeting
Date: Wednesday, June 21st, 2017
Time: 5:00 p.m.
Place: SLAIS Trail Room
Members Present: Erin Flynn, Lucas Hill, Rachel McRory, Claire Williams, Lara Maestro, Lisa Zhu
Last Meeting: Wednesday, May. 24, 2017 Minutes Approved: Yes

Meeting Agenda:
Fall Semester Leadership:
Claire is taking a co-op from September to December – Lara can act as co-president from September to December.
Lara is leaving after January for field research in the Philippines, but Claire will be back to take it from there.

Bookbinding:
Early August – right after classes end – ~ 12,13,14
Bookbinding as part of craft day.
Hand bound books in the Trail Room.
Claire – can make list of easy things from around the house for bookbinding.
Guide to UBC Libraries by ALA Chapter to leave in the Common Room.

Bike Ride: Tentatively July. 23 ~ 10:00 a.m.
Bike Rental Possibilities:
Bike Kitchen – $15.00/day – Purple Bike Racks
Mobi – Shaw Go – $10.00/day
Meet: in front of IKBLC

Advertisement: Facebook – Lara will make poster to advertise
Put in SLAIS common room.
Claire will make Map of Destinations

Next Event: Paint Nite – June 27th

Festivals and Interests: Museum of Vancouver Free Night – June 29th Khatsahlano – July 8th
Folk Fest – July 13th – 16th – no ticket necessary really. (Can listen from the beach.)
Baseball Day: at Queen Elizabeth Park Saturday, July 29th at 7:00 p.m. with Fireworks
Lara will buy tickets for us for it now.
Tie in books?

ALA Conference: Lara is going to Chicago next week for the conference and will hopefully get
lots of informational material and ARCs for everyone to look at and enjoy!

Meeting Adjourned: 5:40 p.m.
Next meeting: July 18th at 5:00 p.m. in the Trail Room

ALA Meeting

ALA – May 24 2017 Meeting Notes

Date: Wednesday, May. 24, 2017

Time: 5:00 p.m.

Place: SLAIS Trail Room

Members Present: Erin Flynn, Lucas Hill, Rachel McRory, Claire Williams, Lara Maestro

Last Meeting: Monday, March. 27th – Minutes Approved

Minutes Approved: Yes

Meeting Agenda:
1. Summer Activities

Swag for the incoming cohort – buttons and bookmarks and the like.

Maybe talk about and create closer to the ender of summer.

Summer Goals: every meeting pick one activity to do, then two weeks later, do it!

Ideas Discussed:

Granville Island Day – Something creative and fun!

Bookmark or Button Making Party.

Silk Screening?

Blim – open studio button making for 5 dollars an hour.

Button Ideas:

“You have to make the button interesting, you can’t just write ALA.”
SLAY-L-A
SLEIGH-L-A

Eh!-L-A!

Sizes for buttons at Blim:

⅞” :50.00 for a hundred.

New cohort is usually 50 to 60 students.

2” – 3”  – one dollar each.

Collage Collage on Main Street – Can get a studio room! For a creative space to make bookmarks and buttons.

Menu:

Mixed Media Collage – $12

Wooden Toy – $18

Pom Pom Animal Making – $18

Wooden Peg Family – $18

Nesting Doll – $50

Paint Wooden Canvas – $18

Sewing – $18

Sunrise on Hastings – Another Creative Studio – Craft Related and Workshop.

July – Collage Collage – Make Buttons and Bookmark Materials

August – Make the buttons at Blim.

You Paint, I Fire – on 4th – Another possible activity location.

Wine-Paint Night

Bard-on-the-Beach – ~27 – Behind the scenes tour, etc.

Friday, June 9th – For making things.

We will all look for a thing to do for a weekend in June, Friday or Saturday night, and share on Messenger.

Our budget is still around $500.00

Meeting Adjourned: 5:40 p.m.

Next meeting: June 21st at 5:00 p.m.