Meeting Minutes, February 5 2018

ALA Meeting

ALA Meeting Feb 5

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.

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