Agenda for Jan. 19 Meeting

ALA Student Chapter Meeting Agenda
January 19, 2010; 12 p.m.; Trail Room

1. Welcome to any new members and attendance

2. Approval of November meeting minutes

3. Heidi: News from ALA
— Plaque
— ALA Student-to-Staff program
— Did anybody go to ALA Midwinter? Report?

4. Kate/Yolanda/Anna/Naomi: Report on orientation/club fair
— List of contacts?

5. Short list of events/program ideas for this semester:
— Valentines Day! Monday the 14th of Feb.
Ideas: Candy grams? Literary Valentines? Literary “love” kits (candy, poetry, etc. in a package) or a heart-warming veggie stew made by Dan Pon in his Crock Pot 🙂
Open mic — Intense/ romantically charged passages read from the classics.
Play matchmaker (list your top 10 books).

— March 6-12:Teen Tech Week: Talk with digital tattoo project?
— March 16: Freedom of Information Day — Michael or Heidi may have contacts?
— April: School library month- summer reading lists (reviews! donate prizes! Bookstore- ice cream!)

6. Possibility of doing something in lieu of the career fair
— No SLAIS-organized career fair this year but clubs are encouraged to invite speakers near the end of this term for informal student/professional gathering. Ideas?

7. Other business:

8. Next meeting date: third Tuesday, Feb. 15*, 11-12 in Trail room *(we might need to change the date to the following week due to Reading Week)