ALA Meeting
Date: February 5, 2018
Time: 5:00 PM
Place: Trail Room
Members Present: Lara Maestro, Lisa Zhu, Kellen Malek, Erin Flynn
Last Meeting: January 15, 2018
Minutes Approved: Yes
Presidential Co-Chair Handover
- Lisa Zhu and Erin Flynn are taking over as co-chairs.
- Lisa was given access to ALA email; Erin and Lisa were given access to the MailChimp account.
- Necessity of having an ALA membership discussed.
- Still need to find a new Webmaster and Secretary. Rachel McRory might be willing to be Webmaster – need to confirm her interest in the position.
Scavenger Hunt Debrief
- Overall, the scavenger hunt was a success.
- For next time, should establish the email address and Google form, and determine rules about needing to be present at the wrap-up party to receive prizes.
- ischoolhunt email address and google form will be left setup; might also want to reuse some of the difficult questions for next hunt.
- Need to establish how costs will be split with YAACS in the future (currently they have no funds)
Events
- Maybe host a mid-term colouring night: will need to send out a poll to decide what movie to show.
- Need to ask Lucas about where last term’s colouring books are.
- Possible screening of Youth Media Awards: it runs at 8AM MST on February 12 but might want to watch it after the fact because of Family Day.
- Maybe bring in a professional or PHD candidate to give a talk or host a webcast.
- Possibly to talk about importance of ALA accreditation, what it means for students. Could ask someone from accreditation committee for last year.
Next Meeting
- First week of March.
- Will send out a doodle the week before the meeting to try to get more people to come.