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PLG Meeting
8 April 2008
5:20pm
Attendees: Nicole Pagowsky, Rachel Cannady, Sho Ikeda, Danielle Stanley, Amy Chenail, Lisa Dillivan, Sarah Hayden, Jacy Bell
1. Announcements
a. Tom Wilding is PLG’s new faculty advisor; he has been added to the PLG listserv.
b. Newsletter/Event – Prison Libraries and Peter Young
i. This theme and event will have to be put off until next semester because there are difficulties in bringing Peter out here.
ii. Change newsletter theme to more of welcoming issue which can be handed out this summer in IRLS 504.
2. Officer Updates
a. Rachel – Vice President/Treasurer
i. PLG currently has $160. She and Tom will go to Vantage West bank tomorrow to open the bank account.
ii. There are 11 official members of PLG.
iii. She will send the dues and membership forms to the parent organization on Friday.
b. Jacy – Secretary/Social Coordinator
Welcoming Social Event will be at Bison Witches tomorrow from 5:30-7pm on the back patio.
c. Sho – Webmaster
i. A link to the PLG wiki is on the new SIRLS website with all the other student organizations.
ii. He is talking to Mike Fricke about getting web space for PLG on the new SIRLS website. He will have more time after he and Sarah Hayden finish working on a possible new theme for the new website.
iii. Newsletter – release date 12 May 2008
1. General/Welcoming theme instead of Prison Libraries.
2. People should bring ideas/outline/rough draft of what they would like to write for the newsletter to the next meeting on 22 April.
3. Nicole will write a message from the President, along with a history of PLG.
4. Jacy will take pictures of the social event for the newsletter.
5. Sho will create a page on the wiki for the newsletter this week.
6. Danielle will ask Tom if he would like to contribute to newsletter.
7. The newsletter will be printed on recycled paper.
8. Jacy will create a membership form for the chapter which can be added to newsletter as a tear out.
9. Possible content: SIRLS courses people would highly recommend; courses that would correspond with PLG interests; point debate; gossip column
3. Rebecca – Fundraising/Event Coordinator
a. She will conduct a 1.5 hour yoga class as a fundraiser.
i. There was a unanimous vote to hold the event on 10 May from 10-11:30am.
ii. It will be promoted as an end of semester de-stressor and Mother’s Day weekend.
b. Rebecca will apply for the GPSC new club start up grant.
i. Nicole and Rachel will work on the budget portion which will include: cost for printing newsletter, start up costs for checks (bank account), production costs for totes/stickers, projected budget for future events.
4. Of Friends and Whirlwinds Event
a. Saturday, 26 April 2008 from 4-6pm
b. If we participate, we could have a table with flyers/pamphlets, talk about PLG/Radical Reference, what we do or how we can help with community organizations, give a workshop, and most importantly, promote our chapter.
c. Everyone agreed that a workshop or making the commitment to offer resource/research services was beyond the limits of our current situation.
d. Nicole will contact Kevin again about what he would really expect from us.
e. If anyone has any ideas, they can contribute to the temporary collaboration page for this event on the wiki.
5. Open Floor
a. Club Renewal Issue
i. Nicole has received emails indicating we must re-register and renew our dues in order for us receive university benefits. Neither LSO nor SLA has heard about this.
ii. Nicole will call Kevin Nutter to see if this is mandatory and see if we can be waived since we just became official and paid university dues.
b. Dorothy’s new design
i. We will use the design for stickers for now and do the totes when we have more funds.
ii. Nicole’s friend AJ will also draw something as well. She requested a wildcat with a book.
Meeting Adjourned: 6:00pm
Next Meeting: 22 April 2008
Minutes Submitted by Jacy Bell, Secretary
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