ALDPES NEWSLETTER
Wednesday, October 19th, 2016
Alpha Lambda Delta | Phi Eta Sigma
The University of Texas at Austin Chapter
Hey members,
LONGHORN HALLOWEEN. OCTOBER 30th. Sign up Here! Help our booth for a service point, wear a costume for respect (and another point).There’s a public Facebook page for new members! You can like it Here. It would really improve our self-esteem. You can also check out our new member info session October 27th at 4:00pm to talk us up or learn more about the organization. Did we mention Longhorn Halloween is approaching, and ALDPES is running a booth?! Missed meeting points are available! Just bring two items from the GMT donation list below during office hours before the next meeting! Our next meeting will be Wednesday, November 2nd, 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: The ALDPES newsletter is not the only source for Fun Facts. Anyone can have a Fun Fact! Even people like Craig! Well…maybe not Craig. Fun Facts are exciting but let’s not lose our heads here.
Guest Speakers of the Week
Texas Thon
Supported by college students’ passion for pancakes and dancing, Texas Thon is funding children’s hospitals across the nation! Devote some of the energy you already spend on pancakes, dancing and making children’s dreams come true to Texas Thon! Eat some Pancakes Here! Join or donate Here!
Guests of Speakers Past
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!
Lingering Opportunities: Ducky’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
*Bonus: get a service point by being crafty with the Longhorn Halloween Booth during these office hours
Social Events
More Coming soon! The social coordinators are currently plotting. The nefariousness of the plot is unknown.
Service Events
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. Sign up Here. 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! Support our potential Paranormal Paper Planes booth!
Other Things
New Member Info Sessions
Feel like justifying your decision to join ALDPES, or have questions yourself? New member info sessions are happening on:
October 20th Parlin room 105 at 4pm
October 24th in the CMA room 3.114 4pm
October 27th Parlin room 105 at 4pm
$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! Your presence is the best present for a MOM…award!
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!)
Credit Cards
Credit cards are now being accepted! Stop by any of the officer’s office hours to pay by credit card. Be warned: there is a convenience fee! Prices for payment by credit cards are $10.28 per shirt, $13.37 per cord if you’re active, or $26.74 for both cords, and $18.51 per cord if you’re inactive, or $37.02 for both cords.
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.
2. 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!
3. 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.
4. 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 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
2. 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.
3. 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.
Contact Us:
• E-mail address: utaldpes@gmail.com
• Our website: https://sites.utexas.edu/aldpes/
• Facebook Group: Alpha Lambda Delta/Phi Eta Sigma
• Twitter: @UTALDPES
• Instagram: utaldpes