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9/16/2015 Newsletter

ALDPES NEWSLETTER

Wednesday, September 16, 2015

Alpha Lambda Delta | Phi Eta Sigma

The University of Texas at Austin Chapter

 

Hey ALDPES Members,

I hope everyone’s week is going well! Our next meeting will be Wednesday, September 23 at 6:00pmi n ETC 2.108. If you bring $10 you can buy one of our awesome shirts, which get you an extra point every time you attend a meeting or an event wearing it! Also, every member of ALDPES gets a certificate for being inducted into the club, so come by office hours to pick up your certificate! We have a service event this weekend with Autism Speaks! This is a great opportunity to get some points early in the semester and help out with a great cause. Details and sign-ups are under Service Events! Have a great week and Hook’em!

 

Best,

Peyton Busby

PES Secretary

*Song of the Week: Sunday Morning by Maroon 5 because it’s my favorite song and it was raining today!

 

Points

Will be updated soon!

Office Hours

Building 2609 University Avenue (UA9) room 2.112 located right behind SSB

Presidents: Monday 1-2pm Senior Ambassadors: Wednesday 4-5pm Liaisons: Thursday 4-5pm Vice Presidents: Tuesday 2-3pm Social Coordinators: Monday 5-6pm Service Coordinators: Tuesday 4:30-5:30pm

Historians: Tuesday 12:30-1:30 pm Secretaries: Wednesday 7:15-8:15pm

Treasurers: Monday 3-4pm

Webmasters: Thursday 9:30-10:30am

Social Events

This semester ALDPES will have an Intramural volleyball team! If you are interested in joining the team, here is the GoogleDoc link to sign up for more information! The deadline to sign up is THURSDAY (tomorrow!) at MIDNIGHT! Teams will play once per week at the RSC (Rec Sports Center)

https://docs.google.com/document/d/1aF-rLhyjdERaMYUVkEncXrno9eUVimWIzLNl1Zbt6qk/edit?usp=sharing

Breakfast Tailgate!

Come join all of your fellow ALDPES members to get ready to cheer on UT to a win against Oklahoma State. We will have those amazing Hook’em Horns donuts! The FUN will start at 11:00 am on Saturday, September 26th, location TBD!

Be on the look out for an announcement about Study Hours!

Service Events

Autism Speaks Walk is THIS SUNDAY, September 20th! The walk will be held at Camp Mabry. Registration begins at 10:30amand the walk starts at 12:00pm. Be sure to wear your baby blue ALDPES shirt to support Autism Speaks and earn an extra points Also, if you drive people to the event you can earn an extra point! AND if you take eight pictures and email them to the Historians you can earn another point!

Here is the link to our team’s fundraising/walk page!

If you would like to sign up to drive people to the event, or if you need a ride to the event sign up on this spreadsheet!

Point Opportunities

  1. MEETINGS
  • Meetings are worth 1 point each
  • If you miss a meeting you can make up the point by bringing two canned goods to office hours BEFORE the next meeting.
  • If you wear your ALDPES shirt to meeting you get an additional point.
  1. DRIVING TO AN EVENT
  • Get 1 extra point for volunteering to drive other members who need rides to an event
  • Must tell the officer in charge if you can drive BEFORE the event to get a point
  1. EVENT PICTURES
  • You may receive 1 point for turning in 8 quality photos for each service and/or social event you attend.
  • You can choose to turn in a total of 16 quality photos for a maximum of 2 points per event.
  1. POINT CORRECTIONS
  • An updated points list will be sent out on a regular basis, to give ALDPES members a chance to check that all their points have been counted correctly. Any discrepancies or mistakes must be reported to the secretaries within two weeks of the spreadsheet being sent out. After the two-week deadline has passed, no changes can be made to those events/points.

 

Important Policies

  1. POINT POLICY
  • Of your points, in order to be considered an active member, you must have the following:

– At least 1 social point (i.e. you must attend at least one social event) – No more than 5 donation points

  • Old members need 12 points, new members need 9 points

 

  1. CANNED GOODS POLICY
  • If you miss a meeting, you can bring 2 CANNED GOODS to OFFICE HOURS to get your missed meeting point.
  • You must turn in the canned goods BEFORE the next general meeting.

 

  1. WEEKLY NEWSLETTER
  • Instead of getting a ridiculous number of emails for sign-ups and meeting reminders, we will be sending out a weekly newsletter every Wednesday!
  • Sign-ups and everything else you used to get weekly will be linked in the weekly emails.

 

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