Minutes
Sigma
Tau Delta
Meeting Minutes from Wednesday, Sept. 20th, 2000
1. Picnic: Sunday, Sept. 24th, @ 2, @Robinson Park
Freshman contacts: Molly has lists of Freshmen to contact. Be friendly and try to talk to
new Freshman/Transfer students at the picnic.
Nametags--Brandy will be bringing nametags to faciliate everyone getting to know each
other.
Game Equipment: Christina will be getting volleyballs and other
equipment from campus rec.
Set-up time: 1:00 PM
Music: The band is possibly not coming--Brandy will bring a stereo and music just in case.
Food:
Kerry-Meat
Molly-buns
Summer-utensils
Kristina: veggies, condiments
Brandy: drinks
Everyone else: bring a side dish, chips, or a dessert
T-shirts: We will be selling them at the bbq. They will be buy one-get one free because we
have lots of 1998 t-shirts. Also, push the t-shirts in your classes. Shawn will be getting
a copy of the designs in the STD box.
*If anyone needs a ride have them e-mail Brandy @ stre0895@uidaho.edu
2. Poetry Slam-Thurs. September 28 @ 7:00
We need posters on campus and downtown. Sarah will be making posters and Summer will
distribute them.
Prizes-1. Gift Certificate, $25.00
2. T-shirt
3. journal
3. Bad Poetry Slam, Oct 13th @ 7:00
Think about bad prizes to bring.
4. E-Bay Update
Christina has looked into prices, but hasn't found anything definite. Some Ray Bradbury
books were sellling for $250, but for early editions. For the Jamacia Kincade, we probably
can't get more than $25-30.
Misc.: Think about having the tea next semester
Hi everyone, here's this weeks meeting minutes--
1. Books and a Buck--Summer's in charge and will be talking to everyone about what we need to do.
2. Convention and Submission Update:
Start thinking about papers to submit and writing them because next month we'll be having a editing session. Look for theme and length specifications on the web site.
3. T-Shirt Sales:
Sell lots of T-shirts because we need lots of money!
4. Other Fund-Raising--
**Christina and John will be co-chairing a fundraising cart in front of Memorial Gym.
5. Halloween Party: Saturday the 28th
Summer will be making flyers and putting them in the box for us to post.
6. The Red Neck Poetry Reading will be November 4th at 6 PM.
7. We will also be having a poetry slam at 7:30 (sign-up at 7:00) on either November 8 or 15.
Prizes--
1. $25 gift certificate to Bookpeople
2. journal
3. t-shirt
Next Meeting: November 1st @ 5:30
. CONVENTION AND SUBMISSION UPDATE:
> Members need to bring their writing samples to the next meeting
>(November 15) so they may have their papers edited. People also ned to
>begin thinking about who we'd like to nominate for scholarships.
>
>2. RED NECK POETRY READING:
> The Red Neck poetry reading will take place at Matt and Rex's
>house. The address is: 422 N. Washington (the blue house right behind the
>Mark IV). The reading will be November 4th at 6 pm. Sarah and Summer
>will take care of the advertising. We need to bring theme related snacks,
>such as cheese whiz. There will also be theme-related decor. If anyone
>has questions, he or she can e-mail Rex at wilk9634@uidaho.edu
or Matt at
>looz9443@uidaho.edu. Hope to see you all there!
>
>3. FUNDRAISING IDEAS:
> a-Sigma Tau Delta plans to sell book plates for Christmas and
>just for fun. We discussed how we would package these book plates. Matt
>Jessop will find out how we might laminate them. We want to have American
>and British literary figures that span over different time spans. We can
>also create book plates of philosophers, historical figures, and any other
>field we can think of. We discussed creating a souvenior book plate of
>this year's conference at Corpus Christi. People need to bring their
>picture of possible book plates to the next meeting (November 15).
> b-Books for Tots-John and Sarah Thompson need to go to bookstores
>in Moscow and set up the procedures of buying the books. We would like to
>have people buy books and donate them for children for Christmas. We then
>need to distribute the books to the area's children. Molly and Brandy
>will cover this aspect of the project.
> c-Trish Thomas thought it would be a good idea to create book
>marks. We could put pictures and/or quotes on these. We need to find out
>how much this would cost.
> d-We need to keep selling t-shirts.
>
>4. POETRY SLAM
> The next poetry slam will be held at Mikey's on November 18 at
>7:30pm. Tim has offered to emcee once again. We will be offering
>prizes. The 1st prize is a gift certificate to BookPeople worth $25. The
>2nd prize is a STD t-shirt. The 3rd prize is a journal. We discussed
>giving Tim an opportunity for a scholarship for all the help he has given
>us.
>
>5. BOOKS AND A BUCK
> Kerry suggested that we plan to leave boxes in two or three
>departments for two weeks. This way professors can drop off their books
>easily. We might leave boxes in the Classics dept, the Foreign language
>dept, the History dept, the Philosphy dept, the English dept, and anywhere
>else we can think of. We also disscussed going to individual homes and
>picking up the books.
>
>6. LECTURES
> STD might invite lectures to come to the University and present
>guest lectures. Summer, as PR chair, would let the alumni associate know
>so that they might provide coverage of the event in a newsletter. We
>should also let the Argonaut and the Moscow-Pullman newspaper know of any
>event, as well as the radio stations.
>
>
>***THE NEXT MEETING OF SIGMA TAU DELTA WILL BE HELD ON WEDNESDAY, NOVEMBER
>15TH AT 5:30PM IN THE COMMONS CONFERENCE ROOM***
>
Minutes, November 15, 2000
Minutes for Wednesday, November 15th
>
>1. Because of scheduling conflicts, the poetry slam at Mikey's this Sat.
is cancelled. However, from now on we will be having a slam the third
saturday of every month, so you will have a chance to read your poetry soon!
>
>2. Book Plates:
>
>Send your ideas for book plate pictures to Rachel Tompkins at either
venus_mantrap@hotmail.com or tompk932@uidaho.edu. You can send her the web
address where the image is located or the image itself. We are planning to
sell these at both the bookstore and the convention, so we need lots of
ideas, specifically pictures relating to prominent British or American
writers.
>
>3. Tales for Tots
>
>So far Hastings, Bookpeople, and UI Bookstore have all agreed to help with
this project. Melissa is working on getting posters to advertise for this
and I am getting some boxes together to put the books in so that we can get
these in the stores before Thanksgiving.
>
>4. STD Historian
>
>Due to an extremely busy schedule, our historian needed to resign. If you
or anyone you know is interested, please contact Brandy.
>
>5. Distinguished Alumni Lecture
>
>We will be starting a Distinguished Alumni Lecture Series in the Spring
beginning with Laura Gruber's Dad (?) who is a professor at Emory (?)
University. One idea was to combine this with the Freshman/Transfer Tea and
Membership Drive. In the future, we would like to invite more English
alumni to give lectures and enlist the help of the Alumni Association.
>
>6. Convention and Paper Submission: The paper submission deadline is
quickly approaching! You need to have your papers in by Dec. 15.
>
>
>Thats everything! If I left anything out let me know.
>
>Have a great Thanksgiving!
>
>Sarah
>
Minutes, November 29, 2000
Hi everyone, here are the minutes for the Wednesday, November 29th.
1. Tales for Tots
A. Collection: All the collection
boxes are now in the stores.
Summer is working on publicity. Someone will be going by once a week to
check the boxes at each store. We will have a gift-wrapping party December
20th at 5:30 at Brandy's house.
2. Poetry Slam:
This month's will be Sat. at December 16th.
Sign-up will be at 7
and the Slam will start at 7:30. There will be prizes given to the best
poems.
1st place: Gift certificate to Book
People for $25
2nd place: T-shirt
3rd place: journal
3. Book plates: Give your ideas to Rachel!
4. Books and a Book:
Summer has gotten some books for various living
groups and will be
putting a box in the bookstore for old textbooks. She also has a box in the
history and foreign language departments.
5. We still need a historian!
6. Check out the website. Shawn has done a great job updating it.
7. Please have your essays done by Wednesday, Dec. 6. We will be having a
revision party that night at 5:30 in the Academic Programs Conference Room
at the Commons.
8. Our next meeting will be December 13th at 5:30 in the TAAC conference
room.
Minutes, December 13, 2000
Hi everyone!
Here are the meeting minutes for Wed., December 13:
1. Tales for Tots:
Collection--Several of us will be meeting at
the Tower Plaza on
Wednesday, December 20th at 4:30 to go collect books for the wrapping party.
The party will be held at Brandy's house the same night at 5:30. Her
address is 1425 S. Mountainview, Apt. A4. Everyone is welcome to come help
us wrap the books. If you do come, please bring a few excess Christmas
cards so that we can write Thank you's to those who have helped us this
semester.
Distribution: Evenstart will be helping
us with distribution.
2. The Poetry Slam will be held this Saturday at Mikey's. Sign up starts
at 7:00, and the slam will begin at 7:30. Prizes given will be a gift
certificate to BP for $25, one of t-shirts, or a journal. We have
advertised pretty heavily for this one, so hopefully we'll get a good
attendance. Don't forget to bring a $1 and a can of food or $2 if you plan
to read your poetry.
3. We are selling book plates at the price of $7 for twenty plates. Forms
will be in the English Dept. boxes soon.
4. Books and a Buck is still going very well. Summer has received many
books from the history dept.
5. Brandy thought it would be a good idea to create a section of our
webpage with pictures of members doing their other activities, such as
teaching, playing in marching band, etc. If you have any pictures, please
bring them to the next meeting.
6, Next Semester:
Next semester we are
trying to have the freshman transfer tea as
well as a membership drive. Please start thinking about ideas for these
activities.
If you have any questions, please e-mail me or call me at 885-7636.
Have a Merry Christmas!
Sarah