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5/4/2016 Newsletter

ALDPES NEWSLETTER

Wednesday, May 4th, 2016

Alpha Lambda Delta | Phi Eta Sigma

The University of Texas at Austin Chapter

 

Hey members,

Happy Hump Day! If you weren’t able to make it to the meeting this week be sure to bring two donations from the GMT donations list to any office hours to make up for the missed meeting point. Our next meeting will be NEXT SEMESTER!

 

Best,

Peyton Busby

Phi Eta Sigma Secretary

Fun Fact of the Week: Its May 4th… May the fourth be with you during finals! (Seriously good luck on finals everyone!)

Points

Points are here!

Office Hours

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

Presidents: Tuesday 3:30-4:30 pm
Liaison/Outreach Coordinators: Monday 12:00-1:00 pm
Vice Presidents: Thursday 11:00-12:00 pm

Social Coordinators: Monday 2:15-3:15 pm
Service Coordinators: Wednesday 11:15-12:15 pm

Historians: Monday 6:00-7:00 pm
Secretaries: Wednesday 7:00-8:00 pm

Treasurers: Thursday 11:00-12:00 pm

Webmasters: Wednesday 4:30-5:30 pm

Social Events

Banquet at Macaroni Grill

Banquet will be Friday, May 6th at 6:45 pm at Macaroni Grill in the Arboretum (9828 Great Hills Trail, Austin, TX 78759)! Dinner will be free for all ACTIVE members. The link to sign up for banquet is here and you must sign up by midnight tonight! Information about rides will be sent outtomorrow. Oh, and be sure to dress business casual!

Service Events

There are no more service events for the rest of the semester.

Other Things

Most Outstanding Member Award:

Have you been really active/are you planning on being active in ALDPES this semester? Then apply for the Most Outstanding Member Award! The award is worth $500 for the member with overall greatest participation and commitment.

Here is the application!

Deadline: May 4th at 11:59 pm

Send your completed application tomary.bea.carstens@utexas.edu

St. Baldrick’s Foundation

You can help fight pediatric cancer by using the following link to donate money to the St. Baldrick’s foundation. Every $5.00 donation will earn you one point, up to a total for five points (feel free to donate more than that though if you have the means and feel passionate about the cause though!) Meebs will be able to see who donates through the link, so be sure to put the name you use for ALDPES! Here is the link!

Senior Book Award

This award goes to the graduating senior in ALDPES with highest GPA. If you believe you are eligible for this award email Mary Bea at mary.bea.carstens@utexas.edu for details. The deadline to apply is Monday, May 2nd at 11:59 pm.

By Stander Intervention Training

This is the training module covering bystander intervention that each UT club must complete. Please use the link to view the presentation and send us an email detailing the three most interesting/important facts from the presentation to receive a point.

UTALDPES Follow Train:

If you follow @UTALDPES on Twitter you can earn a half point. And you can also earn a half point for following utaldpes on Instagram. So, if you follow both you can earn 1 point! (Points will be awarded the last week of class.)

T-shirt special: Buy one red shirt for $10, get a blue shirt for $5! Come by any office hours to purchase shirts (remember cash can only be accepted at the Treasurers’ office hours though!)

Graduation Cords: Cords are $26 for active members and $36 for inactive members(This is for both ALD and PES; individually cords are $13 for active members and $18 for inactive members). Come by any office hours to purchase (remember cash can only be accepted at the Treasurers’ office hours though!)

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 a meeting you get an additionl 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 weeksof 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 service point (i.e. you must attend at least one service event)

– 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. GMT DONATION POLICY

  •  If you miss a meeting, you can bring items from the GMT donation list to OFFICE HOURS to get your missed meeting point.
  • You must turn in the items BEFORE the next general meeting.
  • Missed Meeting Points:

You need to bring 1 bottle of medicine to make up for a missed meeting point.

Or you can bring 2 of the other items (ex. toothbrush, toys, glasses, etc.)

  • Donation Points (you can only receive up to 5 donation points):

2 Medicines for 1 donation point

Or you can bring 3 of the other items to receive 1 donation point (ex. toothbrush, toys, glasses, etc.)

  • Items needed:

Medicines- Kids Multivitamins, Adult Multivitamins, Ibuprofen, Acetaminophen, tums, antidiarrheal, children’s motrin, prenatal, vitamin C, iron, b complex,

Other Items- Stickers, small cars, coloring books, Crayons and small toys (cars, barbies, etc). And also eyeglasses (the pre made prescription ones you can buy at any convenient or grocery store), toothbrushes, toothpaste and floss.

  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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