ALA UCLA Student Chapter

Officers Meeting (Summer 2005)- Minutes

Thursday, July 7, 2005

Officers Present:

Officers Absent:

Meeting time: 7:00 p.m.

• Finances
• Balance in treasury = $184.00 (Jon will check the most current balance)
• Ideas for increasing funds:
  • Book Sale
    • Contact instructors for fall syllabus in order to request used books from student body
    • Include other books of interest - send out request for books.
    • Hold book sale on more than one day during the first week of classes.
  • Other Sales
    • USB Keys
    • Soft drinks / snacks from Costco held in fridge
    • Bake sales
    • ITW - Baja Fresh (percentage of proceeds)
• Upcoming expenses:
  • ALA President – travel expenses, luncheon, hotel room
  • Picnic supplies (soft drinks and paper goods)


• Upcoming Events
• Picnic
  • Potluck/Brown Bag – Student Chapter will provide paper goods/soft drinks
  • Possible Locations: Sunset Canyon, Clover Park, Ocean Park (Rebecca & Chris will check for times/reservations)
  • Possible Dates: Sunday, July 24 or Sunday, July 31 (definitely before ITW)
  • Calendar (Mike & Phoebe will create preliminary outline)


• Networking
• Meet with other student chapter groups to coordinate future mixers/events.
• Movie Nights – ALA will provide soft drinks/popcorn
• Social Handbooks – a "How To" for incoming students
• Monthly dinners held at alternating restaurant locations (choose consistent day in the month: i.e. second Tuesday of every month)
• Network within UCLA Library community – YRL, Arts Library, Biomed, etc.

 

• Fall planning
• Mentorship Match-ups - send requests for interested second-year students
• create/distribute forms to evaluate specializations
• featured speakers:
  • Los Angeles City Librarian
  • ALA President
  • Faculty Brown Bags


• Quarter Themes
• Fall: academic
• Winter: ideas??
• Spring: human resources: resumes, job interviews