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Meeting: February 9, 2010

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1. Advocacy (Gary)

2. Networking Event (Danielle/Leigh-Ann)

3. Fundraising

• Buttons (Heather)-? Talked to Sarah (LWB) about how to re-order
• Coffee Mugs (Danielle)-? Cost
• Valentine’s Day (Monica)
• St.Patrick’s Day(Danielle)
  

4.Library Tours (Elizabeth)

Music Library-Feb. 8

5. Career Development Day (Chau)

-cost of food/price of tickets

6. Government Librarianship Speaker (Chau)

-do we want to invite Cabot Yu to speak re: how to get your foot in the door with government jobs (40 min session)?

7. Mentorship (Chelsea/Thea)

-we talked about directing mentors-mentees to discuss the nature of the relationship/expectations/roles & how to get started & how to close the relationship

Q. Any other questions?

8. Webmaster (Lola)

Meeting: January 25, 2010

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1. Advocacy Update
2. Networking Update
3. Library Tours Update
4. Web Update
5. Money Update (Treasurer)
6. Intergroup Liaison Update
7. Career Development Update
8. CLA President Visit Update
9. CLA Social
10. Fundraising Ideas?
11. Other

Meeting: January 12, 2010

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CLA Executive

• Chair-Chau Ha
• Vice-chair-Monica Rhee
• Secretary-Jennifer Patrick
• Treasurer-Ben Keefe (Ben I will give you the budget binder at next meeting!)
• Webmaster-Lola Wong & Alice Xue Wen
• Advocacy Chair-Gary Collins
• Events (library coordinator)-Elizabeth Yates
• Peer & Professional Mentor-Chelsey Eaton & Thea Kerr
• Intergroup Liaison-Monica Rhee

Positions Still Open:

• Survey Coordinator-
• Network Event (2-3 people)-
• CLA President Visit Event (2-3 people)-
• Fundraising Coordinator-

Agenda for next Meeting: Tues Jan 19, 2010

1. Debrief last meeting’s atmosphere.

2. Event planning for the year (place & time)

• Library Tours
• Networking Events
• Mentorship Program
• CLA President Visit
• Fundraising Events

3. CLA Social

• place & time
• should it be monthly?

4. Career Development Day

*For those who can’t come, please email me your ideas so I can share with the rest of the group.

Meeting: January 26, 2010

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1. CLA President’s Visit
   1. Doris to update
   2. Discuss charging a fee
2. Library Tours
   1. Chou to update
   2. Posters
3. Mentorship
   1. Jessica to update
4. Networking
   1. Erin & Yimen to update
5. Calgary Public Library Job Fair
6. Speakers
   1. Possible speaker – Sam Coghlin
7. Fundraising
   1. September Event
8. Advocacy
   1. Any ideas
9. 1st term rep
   

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1. Gary gave an advocacy talk about Freedom to Read week (end of February)
-put up a poster and display in GRC
-awareness
-LWB will be doing something as well
-Possible the two groups can work together (maybe a speaker)
2. Mentorship
-going well (professional)
-peer mentorship (off the ground)
3. Elizabeth Yates
-Music library interested
-contacted law library (not heard back)
Landon branch (LPL)
Finalizing the tours
4. Leighanne and Danielle
-working with LPL for availability of rooms for the networking event
-speakers (professors or people involved in professional mentoring)
5. Ben
Budget update –bank transfers to Chau
$500 + in the account
$44.45 for the pizza event (cheque)
6. Chau
-career development day (Ulee Stricker)
-March 20th (Saturday)
-LIs will be able to fund most of the event (Gloria Leckie)
-sell tickets in advance (plan for numbers)
$5 for CLA members
$5 for non members
Chau –will check on the room
Social event –Tuesday at the Grad club 4:30pm (Feb 2nd)
7. Lola Wong
-set up a google doc
IFLA-event to be hosted at FIMS
8. Fundraising
-Bake sale, Buttons, bookbags,
-Suggested that we use a wiki page to update CLA
-donations and having a raffle
-St. Patrick’s day suggested as a theme
Valentine’s day basket-buy the basket-Cancelled

Meeting: November 10, 2009

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Could everyone who took a petition to class to get signatures please bring them to the meeting.

1. Networking Event

   1. Update

   2. Help needed??

2. Librarian and Archivist Support Letter

   1. Discussion about petition signatures

3. Fundraising

   1. Button sales

   2. Sign up to sell buttons and tickets

4. President’s Visit

   1. Ticket Sales

   2. Food

5. Job Fair Update

   1. Chau to update

6. Vice-Presidents to chair next meeting??

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Meeting: October 27, 2009

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1. Advocacy Update

   1. Petition letter sent

   2. CLA members to circulate petition

2. Sam Coghlin Visit

   1. Update

3. Job Fair Update

   1. Chau to update – letter

   2. Bill

4. Mentorship Update

5. Fundraising

   1. Buttons – Sarah

   2. Discuss Calendars

6. Networking

   1. Ticket Sale Sign-up

7. CLA President Visit

   1. Megan – Food

   2. Email

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1. Advocacy Update

a. Petition letter sent

b. CLA members to circulate petition

- Discussed what comments Deborah should give The Gazette, will ask students to email the president

- Chou will fill in for Deb as CLA contact during Research Week if Librarians strike

2. Sam Coghlin Visit

a. Update – Thursday at 4:30

- Monica posters and email

- Deborah will get gift

3. Job Fair Update

a. Chau to update – letter

b. Bill – will follow up

4. Mentorship Update

5. Fundraising

a. Buttons – Sarah – will hold of sale until after send candy

b. Discuss Calendars – voted not to sell Calendars

- Chou suggested an ‘e-store” to sell things from all three student groups, but the feasibility was discussed

6. Networking

a. Ticket Sale Sign-up

- November 9^th – Sarah

- November 10^th – Andre

b. Erin will make bookmarks with info about the event

c. First term reps were asked to announce ticket sales

7. CLA President Visit

a. Megan – Food

b. Email

Meeting: October 20, 2009

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1. Advocacy Update

   1. Petition letter finalized

   2. Western News and Gazette submission – open letter to University Board of Governors and President

   3. Media Studies support

2. Job Fair Update

   1. LIS Online Career Fair

3. President visit ticket sales – thanks to those who sold tickets last week.

4. Mentorship Update

   1. Meet and Greet

5. Networking Update

   1. Sign up for ticket sales Mon-Jessica/Tues-Drew/Wed-Natalie/Thur-Monica/Fri-Deb

6. Fundraising

   1. Buttons

   2. Halloween Candy

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Secretary absent again-Monica filled in

Bill left at 12:30

CLA Letter of Support for Librarian Strike

• Gary read through the final draft

• We planned to get people to sign while selling tickets-but not in (or not in front?) of the GRC-conflict of interest with Melanie Mills

• Deborah-will make up extra sheets

• Plan to take the letter to classes, get people to sign

• Melanie Mills suggested we contact with Media studies and see if they’re interested in becoming involved and offering support

• Everyone showed favour in getting media studies support and involved

• Monica will drop off a copy of the letter at the Gazette

• Gary will submit a copy to Western News, LFP

Job Fair Update

• No update from Bill or Chau

• Chau-will send out a draft to possible employers for the event

• Decide to talk next meeting

Networking

• We need to send out an email to the student group about networking

CLA Visit

• Sold about 5 tickets

Mentorship Update

• 6-12 pairs showed up at the meet and greet

Fundraising

• Buttons should be here next week-plan to sell them after Reading week

• Candy sales-begin on the 29^th-30^th of Oct.

  • Buttons will not be sold with Candy grams as they may hurt Candy gram sales

• LWB Calendar-we proposed to buy it for $15 and sell for $20, making $5 dollar profit for CLA, as well as LWB

Meeting: October 13, 2009

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1. Advocay – Chau to update

   1. Petition to support Librarians

   2. Draft letter

2. Job Fair Update

   1. Chau to update

   2. Bill – foyer booking

   3. Tables and prices

3. President’s Visit

   1. Ticket sales for Wed/Thur/Fri – sign-up

   2. Reminder about commitment

4. Mentorship Update

5. Networking Update

6. Penpal Update - Melissa

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Secretary absent-Monica filled in

Chau-left at 12:30 for work

Librarian Strike

• Discussed the reasons for the strike: low wages, work value

• CAUT-41 university libraries, Western ranked 39^th, out of 49. Librarians are paid $65 000 a year-Western librarians are paid $15 000 below that average

• Issues with economic climate: young age of staff, tend to move on and leave as they have no economic incentive to stay

• Gary presented a letter-we planned to edit, copy it and obtain signatures

President’s Visits

• We scheduled people to sell tickets for the visit

Penpal Program

• Melissa took care of the program

Fundraising

• Buttons-Sarah confirmed designs

• Candy Grams-confirmed

Job Fair

• Chau spoke to Gloria Leckie

• We need to find out if there’s employer interest first

• Bill-proposed that Chau draft a letter to send out to ALA and CLA public library list serve asking if there’s interest to hold a job fair, if the time’s right (for Feb)

Meeting: October 6, 2009

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1. Calgary Public Library Update

2. CLA President Visit

   1. Megan will give us a price

3. Speakers

   1. Monica will update

   2. Room booking

4. Fundraising Update

   1. Sara – Buttons and Halloween candy

   2. Jessica – Bags

5. Mentorship Update

   1. Melissa & Chelsey

6. Networking Update

7. Advocacy Update

   1. Possible poster for banned book week or email

8. Job Fair

   1. Chau and Jessica to update

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1. Calgary Public Library Update

   • Went really well

   • 22 students, lots of interest in co-op positions

   • Let her know about job fair/will come again

2. CLA President’s Visit

   1. Megan will give us a price

      • Decided on $5/ticket

      • Deborah will make tickets

3. Speaker Series

   1. Monica will update– Monica will check if January will work for Elizabeth

      • The 22^nd is a possible date

   2. Booking room

      • Room 293 for Sam

      • Deborah will ask Natalie to make posters

4. Fundraising

   1. Sara – Buttons and Halloween candy

      • 60 buttons sold on Wednesday

      • Order new

      • Deborah will sell 12-1 tomorrow

      • Sarah/Laura 12-1 Thursday

5. Mentorship Update

   1. Melissa and Chelsey

      • Looking for two more mentees

      • Will send matches out by email

      • Meet and greet Tuesday 4:30 – 6:30 October 13^th

6. Networking Update

   • Confirmed school librarian, LPL community outreach, AARC Special Librarian (unless on strike)

7. Advocacy Update

   1. Possible poster for banned book week or email

      • Was last week

      • Freedom to read in February – display in GRC, Gary will talk to Melanie

8. Job Fair

   1. Chau and Jessica to update

      • Meeting Gloria next week

      • Dean has to approve booking, might be a charge

9. Budget Update – Lara –

10. Communications Position

    1. New representative – Natalie

11. Chau suggest an open letter to the President of the University to support librarians on strike issue

    • Discussed creating a petition for students to sign

    • Possibly have published in newspaper

12. Penpal Program

    • Melissa offered to organize

Meeting: September 29, 2009

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1. CLA President’s Visit

   1. Confirmed date – November 20, 12:00 – 1:30 NCB Room 285

   2. Coffee and cookies??

2. Calgary Public Library

   1. Reminder that tomorrow is the day

   2. E-mail and posters

3. Speaker Series

   1. Update from Monica

4. Fundraising

   1. Update from Jessica on tote bags

5. Mentorship Update - Melissa

   1. Meet and greet

6. Networking Update - Yimin

   1. Room booked

7. Library Tour Update – Chau

8. Advocacy Update

9. Job Fair – Jessica

10. Budget Update – Lara

11. Communications Position

    1. New representative - Natalie
       
       
       

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1. CLA President’s Visit

   1. Confirmed date – November 20, 12:00 – 1:30 NCB Room 285

   2. Coffee and cookies – voted to sell tickets for $5 and provide sandwiches, cookies, pop, fruit and veggies platter from Loblaws

      • Megan to price for 50 people

2. Calgary Public Library

   1. Reminder that tomorrow is the day

   2. E-mail and posters – Natalie put up posters and Deborah will send reminder email today

      • Jessica suggested a sign should be on the door and Deborah agreed to make one

      • Deborah will check with Matt (IT) or Davy/Wendy (Journalism) about borrowing a TV and DVD player

3. Speaker Series

   1. Update from Monica – Sam Coughlin is confirmed for October 29^th @ 4:30

      • Monica will ask if visiting prof from University of Toronto will come October 22^nd either noon or 4:30

      • Thank you gifts?

4. Fundraising

   1. Update from Jessica on tote bags – Jessica provided prices for plastic bags with logos, but the consensus was that members would prefer selling cloth bags as a fundraiser. Jessica will do more research

5. Mentorship Update - Melissa

   1. Meet and greet – Melissa not present, will have update next week

6. Networking Update - Yimin

   1. Room booked – Masonville Public Library room booked for November 11^th 6pm-9pm. (Event will be 6:30-8:30)

      • Possible guests include a school librarian, the CEO of Brantford Public Library, a special collections librarian, someone from LPL, a library vendor and a medical librarian

      • Tickets $5

      • Will have sandwiches, door prizes, thank you gift for guests

7. Library Tour Update – the three tours are all that will be booked this term

8. Advocacy Update – Gary has requested a “Freedom to Read Week” package and will have more info when it arrives

   • Will also look into Banned Books Week

9. Job Fair – Jessica – Still working on booking the atrium which will have 6 tables for free and looking into pricing for getting more tables

   • Chou meeting with Gloria Leckie about possible vendors

10. Budget Update – Lara – made $28 from button sales

    • Will have more button sales: Wednesday Sarah and Heather 12-1pm, Thursday Doris 11-12 and Deborah 12-1

    • Natalie will send email

    • Sarah will have list of new button designs for next meeting

    • Sarah suggested another fundraiser – Halloween Candy Sale on Thursday October 29^th

11. Communications Position

    1. New representative - Natalie

Meeting: September 22, 2009

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1. Calgary Public Library Visit

   1. Sept. 30

   2. Need posters, advertising,

   3. Add to CLA website

   4. Sharon posted on FIMS Calendar and Grad Bulletin

2. CLA President’s Visit

   1. Vote on fee

   2. Room booking

   3. How many packages do we need?

3. Library Tours

   1. Chou to update

4. Mentorship Update

5. Networking Event

6. Speakers

   1. Monica to update

   2. Any ideas for possible speakers

7. Fundraising

   1. Jessica has an idea for all three groups

   2. Discussion

   3. People to sell buttons on Wednesday – Jocelyn, Yimin

8. Advocacy

9. New ideas or items to discuss????

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1. Calgary Public Library Visit – it was decided that Deborah should recommend 30-40 folders for students

a. Wednesday Sept. 30

b. Need posters, advertising, - Natalie will make posters and Deborah will send an email, will tell students to bring resumes

c. Add to CLA website – Drew will add to website

d. Sharon posted on FIMS Calendar and Grad Bulletin

2. CLA President’s Visit

a. Vote on fee – Chou proposed no charge and there was a unanimous vote to provide coffee/tea and cookies for free

b. Room booking – still do not have a room booked or date set

c. How many packages do we need? – will hold off until have room booked

- Megan to organize RSVP so have an estimate for number of students

- Megan to price coffee from Tim Hortons and cookies/muffins from Loblaws and the Grad Club

3. Library Tours

a. Chou to update – three library tours are booked, waiting for reply from law library:

1. Tuesday November 24^th at 12:15 University Hospital Medical Library

2. Tuesday December 1^st at 12:15 Masonville Public Library

3. Monday December 7^th Archives tour

4. Mentorship Update – looking for children’s public mentors

- Rebecca to organize a social to meet/mingle at the Grad Club

5. Networking Event – Yimin and Erin working on booking the Masonville Library

6. Speakers

a. Monica to update – contacted Sam Coughlin and will confirm the agreed date of Thursday October 29^th at 4:30pm

b. Any ideas for possible speakers – it was decided that one speaker would be enough for this term because of the many other events we will be having

7. Fundraising

a. Jessica has an idea for all three groups – Jessica suggested tote bags

b. Discussion – Jessica will have more information so can be further discussed at next meeting

c. People to sell buttons on Wednesday – Jocelyn, Yimin

8. Advocacy – Gary has looked into “Freedom to Read” week to be held in February

9. New ideas or items to discuss????

- Jessica and Chou working on the job fair, have meeting with Sharon

- Job fair to be held in February before co-op interviews start and Jessica is trying to book the Atrium for a Saturday

- Sign up for an account from FIMS link for discussion board, the three ongoing discussions are a general discussion, ideas for advocacy and the president’s visit