PLG Meeting
11 March 2008
5:25 pm
 
Attendees: Nicole Pagowsky, Rachel Cannady, Sho Ikeda, Amy Chenail, Lisa Dillivan, Jacy Bell
Breeze: Rebecca Bliquez
 
1. Announcements
a.     SLA is having a fundraiser at Jamba Juice this evening. Those who do not have class will walk over to support them.
b.     Relocating meetings for food and beverage options – those present agreed to keep the meetings at the SIRLS multipurpose/computer room and everyone will take turns bringing treats to the meetings.
 
2. Officer Updates
        a.     Rachel – membership, bank, dues, etc.
i.      PLG needs $105 to open a bank account; we currently have $85 from dues.
ii.     Margaret Higgins, PLG advisor, is really busy, but she will let us know when she will be able to attend a meeting.
iii.     Membership/registration forms need to be turned into Rachel.
         b.    Sho – listserv, breeze, etc.
                i.      Both the member and executive listservs
                        are set up and working.
ii.     After Spring Break, Sho will contact Martin Frike about establishing our website, so that he has more time to get acquainted with druple.
         c.    Jacy – Social Event
i.      All the information for the possible venues is up on the wiki. Anyone can post comments if they are interested in specific nights for any of the venues.
ii.     Jacy and Sho will put up a survey on the wiki for the venues by the end of the week so people will have time to vote before the next meeting.
         d.    Rebecca – fundraising ideas, travel grants, totes
i.      The ASUA website provides information on funding requests and travel grants clubs/organizations can apply for.
ii.     The GPSC website has several funding opportunities:
1.     A club/organization can apply for fund to go to 1 conference/event annually for up to $500.
2.     There is a club/organization start-up grant that can award up to $500, but the application must be really specific as to what the funds will be used for. PLG should definitely look into this grant.
3.     A grant to fund an event which is characterized as a special opportunity for development (i.e. to hold a conference) can be awarded up to $1500.
 
3. Events/Projects and Project Managers (PM)
a.     An official vote was held on whether there should be project managers for each event who would report to the Events Coordinator so that the officer is not solely responsible for everything.
        i.      There was unanimous agreement to have project managers.
ii.     As there was a vote last week and this week, voting is closed and PLG will officially have project managers.
iii.     Those present also unanimously agreed that the position of a project manager is voluntary and open to any paying member (students, alumni, and library workers).
b.     A page will be posted on the wiki with the list of events organized by time with a space for anyone to sign up as project manager as well as for those who want to commit to working on the project for the PM to rely on.
c.      Nicole will contact Michelle about posting this page and having it up by Friday so everyone has Spring Break to decide what they want to do.
 
4. Newsletter
a.     Amy suggested the first theme could focus on prison libraries, especially if PLG does a book drive for AZ prison libraries and Peter Young comes to give a talk. Sho will open a vote on the wiki for this theme.
b.     Possible content ideas for prison libraries theme:
        i.      Have inmates write a blurb about their library
ii.     An interview of Peter Young
iii.    Promote Peter Young event and book drive
iv.    An article on prison education
v.     Publish works produced by the girls’ writing program at the Tucson Juvenile Detention Center
        c.     Sho will also create a newsletter collaboration page on the wiki.
 
5. Open Floor
        a. Prison Library Book Drive
i.      The PM should contact the prison librarian as to what materials they want/need.
ii.      Jacy will look into the books at the UA surplus.
iii.     Spanish language materials should also be considered.
iv.     If we do decide to do this drive and have the prison libraries theme, Amy is willing to act as a liaison between PLG and an AZ prison.
b.     Peter Young
i.      Nicole will be seeing Peter on Friday and she will discuss the possibility of giving a talk with him.
ii.     The Animal Rights group at the UA Law School is not longer active. Nicole will investigate if there are any other groups at the Law School that might be interested in collaborating to bring Peter out here.
c.      Nicole posted a page to discuss designs for the tote bags. There are several suggestions already; everyone should take a look at them and continue to make suggestions.
d.     Amendment to PLG Constitution – impeachment of officers
i.      As of now the constitution says that grounds for impeachment are misconduct, but this is vague and needs to be specified.
ii.     Members discussed there being a limit to the amount of meetings, especially consecutive, an officer can fail to participate in (includes both physical and virtual presence).
iii.    There should be something in place in the event that a problem (such as lack of participation) persists, some kind of action can be taken.
iv.    This needs to be discussed further.
e.     The next meeting will be the Tuesday after Spring Break and meetings thereafter   
        will occur every other week.
 
Meeting Adjourned: 6:15pm
 
Next Meeting: 25 March 2008
 
Minutes Submitted by Jacy Bell, PLG Secretary

 


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