ALA UCLA Student Chapter

General Meeting (Fall 2004)- Minutes

Wednesday, October 13, 2004

 1:00p.m.

GSE&IS Commons

Officers Present:

Called to order:         1:10 p.m.

• Welcome! And introduction of officers and of background on UCLA ALA student chapter, ALA national and CLA

• Introduced Natalie Cole
• CLA role
• Promoting membership joining
• 2 for 1 offer to join CLA and ALA
• Involvement encouraged
• Center for the Book role
• RORA volunteering opportunities [Beth]
• program where volunteers read books to children waiting in the hospital waiting area
• training during fall and winter quarters
• Next training to be held Thursday, October 21st in room 121 at 3 p.m.
• Programs, activities and events
• Even Start Volunteer Program
• At a family literacy center in Redondo Beach
• To help parents and children develop structure for reading
• GSEIS student publication (scholarly work)
• Called Interactions needs book reviewers
• Potential tour recommendations
• LAPL tour
• Anime panel
• Campus libraries tour
• Natural history museum tour
• Patriot act brown bag
• Literature panel
• Cataloging panel
• IS department student chapter mixer
• To be held Thursday, October 14th at Acapulco’s in Westwood Village between 4-7 p.m.

• ELECTIONS
• Available positions are for Vice President, Secretary and Web Designer
• Co-positions are encouraged
• Campaign statements due to Joanna or Alison by Friday, October 22nd
• Ballots will be distributed, tabulated and new officers will be announced by the first week of November

Adjourned:    1:35 p.m.

Responsibilities of Officers:

The Vice President (VP) shall assume the duties of the President(s) in the latter’s absence and shall assume the office of the President should it become vacated during the stated term of office. The VP shall assist the President with the duties of the executive office. The VP shall coordinate and administer special programs, such as the Reach Out and Read Aloud (RORA) program. The VP must NOT be enrolled in their final year of the MLIS program.

The Secretary shall be responsible for maintaining minutes of all meetings, events, correspondence files, and records in good order to be passed on to the next Board. The Secretary shall coordinate scheduling for Officers meetings.