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10/05/16 Newsletter

ALDPES NEWSLETTER

Wednesday, October 5th, 2016

Alpha Lambda Delta | Phi Eta Sigma

The University of Texas at Austin Chapter

 

Hey members,

Things keep on happening! There was a meeting! There was a social! There was a public Facebook page for new members! You can like it Here. It would really improve our self-esteem. A ridiculous amount of social and service stuff is happening, including Inside Books which is taking sign-ups Here! Some of our old speaker’s stuff’s deadlines have passed. However, some of them just keep lingering around, waiting for you to realize they’re the opportunity you always wanted even though they’re Duckie, your quirky childhood best friend. [Volleyball] is taking sign-ups Here! A totally new set of missed meeting points are available now! Just bring two items from the GMT donation list below during office hours before the next meeting! Our next meeting will be Wednesday, October 19th, 2016 at 6:00 pm in CAL 100 (South of the Tower). Hope to see you all there.

 

Best,

Christian Rivera

Phi Eta Sigma Secretary

 

Fun Fact of the Week: Duckie was originally written to get the girl at the end, but focus groups thought that was lame. Got too real with Duckie. Pretty in Pink was the equivalent of team Edward winning. Or team Peeta winning if he exploded part of the family. An absurd amount of movies are actually Pretty in Pink. Probably. I’ve never seen it.

 

Guest Speakers of the Week

 

Princeton Review

Looking to take the next step in your life or hide from the real world in grad school for a while? Princeton Review is here to help for $200 dollars less than usual for ALDPES members! Help for all the tests at all levels of intensity are available!

 

 

Guests of Speakers Past

 

Research Student Advisory Council

The council is looking for new undergraduate members, and their application has just opened. All majors are welcome! The application is found Here! It is due September 23rd! RSAC is dedicated to improving the undergraduate research experience across all colleges at UT. Specifically, RSAC advises the Office of Undergraduate Research and communicates the needs of UT’s student researchers. Members of RSAC meet twice a month to discuss innovative avenues and opportunities for student research. RSAC also facilitates independent member projects including outreach initiatives and event planning. As a result, RSAC has many leadership opportunities available for motivated members. If you have any questions, please feel free to contact RSAC at researchstudentadvisorycouncil@gmail.com.

 

Texas 4000

 

Frustrated by cancer to the point that you felt like biking to Alaska from Austin, but then thought better of it about 19 miles outside of the city because you did not know how that could help stop cancer or how to get to Alaska? We’ve all been there. Texas 4000 is forming teams for bike rides from Austin to Alaska to raise money for cancer research! Applications are due September 30th and can be found on their website Here. No fitness, training, geography, cartography, or even bike skills required to apply!

 

Lingering Oppurtunities: Duckie’s Dreams

 

Muscular Dystrophy Association

Interested in being an awesome person and learning more about muscular dystrophy?  That’s so crazy because the Muscular Dystrophy Association was just at our meeting to tell us how to do that exactly! The MDA is looking for people to volunteer in various aspects of their organization including an epic summer camp extravaganza for children with muscular dystrophy! Learn more about their organization on their Facebook page Here

 

Points

 

Points are HERE! Check out that color coding. You’re welcome. Let the secretaries know if you have any problems.

Office Hours

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

Presidents: Tuesday 1:00-2:00 pm
Liaison: Wednesday 10:00-11:00 am

Outreach Coordinators: Thursday 4:30-5:30 pm
Vice President: Tuesday 9:30-10:30 am

Social Coordinators: Monday 1:00-2:00 pm
Service Coordinators: Wednesday 12:00-1:00 pm

Historian: Wednesday 4:30-5:30 pm

Webmaster: Wednesday 2:00-3:00 pm

Secretaries: Thursday 3:30-4:30 pm

Treasurer: Wednesday 3:30-4:30 pm

 

 

Social Events

 

Intramural Sport

Come support ALDPES at [Volleyball]! Our [Volleyball] team has plenty of games left for you to play in or spectate for social points! See how great this section could be? ALDPES needs your help to make it a reality. Donate your time to fill out a survey and join the [Volleyball] team. Survey is Here.

 

Old Member and Potential Member Social:

October 13th. 6pm. Starbucks in the Union. Come out and justify your decision to join ALDPES to strangers! Remember you get 2 points just for coming to meet the new members and another point if you wear your shirt! Get an easy 3 points! The new potential members would love to meet everyone!

 

Starbucks

Craving your 36th coffee at 7:00 pm, wondering if you have a problem? Suppress those feelings by drinking coffee with ALDPES October 19th after the meeting! It’s not a problem if you don’t drink alone! (Disclaimer: It might be a problem)

 

ALDPES Social: Domesticated Wilderness Edition

On October 23rd, ALDPES is going to be hanging out in front of the capital building like it’s a 1970’s protest against the war. Except without the social unrest, protesting, or really any features of a 1970’s protest. Maybe the tension of some people wishing we weren’t there. Basically were just hanging out in front of the capital building. There’s going to be games and food.

 

 

Service Events

 

Inside Books

Think you have really good taste in books but always wanted to prove it with a captive audience? On October 16, 2016 from 7:00-10:00ALDPES will be volunteering at Inside Books, a non-profit organization that matches prisoners with books! First, you read letters from prisoners detailing their dream books. Then you gather books from a donated library to achieve those dreams! Afterwards, you get the opportunity to explain why your book choices were awesome in a response letter! Sign up Here! Additionally, ALDPES is accepting books for donation points at a rate of ½ point per book! (1 BOOK + 1 BOOK = 1 POINT)

 

Longhorn Halloween

On October 30th from 1:30-5pm we’ll be running a booth at Longhorn Halloween. Longhorn Halloween is an event put on in the Frank Erwin Center for the children of UT faculty and staff. A sign up will be coming soon. If you sign up we encourage you to volunteer in costume! Also feel free to stop by our office hours Wednesday from 12-1pm to help us work on the booth!

 

Other Things

 

$200 Off Princeton Review

ALDPES members never have to worry about being exactly $200 short of the list price of a Princeton Review package. MEMBERSHIP BENEFITS. Mention ALDPES when negotiations start.

 

Most Outstanding Member (MOM)

Want another reason to be active? YOU could be our Most Outstanding Member! It’s a $500 award given at the end of the semester. Just showing up more than the others is half the battle!

 

Scrapbook

We are always working on the scrapbook for ALDPES. If you attend any social or service event this semester or cherish a specific meeting speaker/ice breaker, email ALDPES a two to three sentence quote for half a point! Also, if you send in four quality photos you can receive another half 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! 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 GMT Items to office hours BEFORE the next meeting.
  • If you wear your ALDPES shirt to a 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

 

  • If you sign up to drive and fail spectacularly, you will lose 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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