Indiana University, American Library Association
Student Chapter

Executive meeting, January 18, 2008
5pm, L001

Attendance:
President: Stacey Costabile
Vice President: Virginia Vought
Activities Chair: Sarah Morrison
Secretary: Rebekah Kati
Treasurer: Janet Anderson
Webmaster: Eyad Makki (not present)
Advisors: Mary Popp
Tom Nissonger

Officer Reports:

President:
• Scheduling – Friday at 5 works the best for the most people
• First meeting – next Friday (1/25/2008), Rebekah will send out the email when she gets the details
• Send out a survey to the general list about what Friday of the month is best for everyone
• Exec meetings also on an alternating week Fridays at 5
• Adhere to Robert’s Rules of Order during general meetings
o Have an agenda

Social chair:
• Survey of the membership about what social things, trips they want
• Partner activities with male-heavy departments (history, law, computer science, math)
o Cosponsor charity, poker night, speed dating
• One social event per month in addition to the meeting that don’t cost a lot
• Event ideas for the semester
o Trips outside of Bloomington
• Kraft Stone Age Institute - have a really interesting library dealing with evolution
• Newberry Library – summer trip
• Children’s museum in Indy
• Might be good for SLIS parents if they can bring their kids
o Trips in Bloomington
• Historical society and/or Indiana Room
• Bloomington playwrights project
• Auditorium or plays
• Meet and Greet on February 2
• Board game/game show night
o Could be a fundraiser
• End of the semester textbook sale
• bowling

Treasurer:
• $1160.50 in the bank
• May help out the student to ALA – need to set aside some money for them
o Ask the student at ALA to write up something for the newsletter
o Ask Lisa Gardinier to speak at the meeting about her experiences as the ALA student representative and about the conference in general
• Fundraising ideas – buttons, t-shirts, water bottles, tote

Vice President:
• Newsletter
o Put out more than one issue per semester
• One page published bimonthly
o Put the copies in the ALA member’s mailboxes
o Put in more student work, hard reference questions
o Resources for new students – places to hang out
o List student blogs

• Facebook page
o Work it into the constitution that someone should maintain the page
• Carrie Donavan wants to be a guest speaker about information literacy
• Career day/resume talk
o Possibly cooperate with SLA
• Information session about publishing
• New student outreach – writing individual letters

Secretary:
• Make board minutes available to the general membership
• Publicize the website more – send out announcements about minutes

Agenda for the general meeting:
• Introductions
o Name, job, concentration, book you didn’t like
• Position report
o Pres – outings, summer activities
o VP – newsletter, facebook
o Sec – listserv, post minutes on website
o Tres – fundraising ideas
o Social chair – survey, meet and greet