ALDPES NEWSLETTER
Wednesday, November 9th, 2016
Alpha Lambda Delta | Phi Eta Sigma
The University of Texas at Austin Chapter
Hey members,
Some of you were probably worrying. Everyone was wondering what was going to happen in November. Well… Study hours are making their triumphant return on November 17th from 6:00-9:00 pm! Study hours never take a break!* One more chance for the semester to hang out with your spectacular secretaries while studying for tests! Also, there’s other officer stuff. There’s a public Facebook page for new members! You can like it Here. It would really improve our self-esteem. The Gigglepants social is this Friday, November 11th! Meet us on the steps of the Tower at 6:40pm and walk with us to the show! ALDPES is also volunteering at Pleasant Hill Elementary for Texas Kids Read November 14th at 6:00pm! Sign up Here! Caring For Camo is also a service opportunity that can happen at any officer’s office hours! Stop by and write letters! Banquet is approaching, and a sign up will be available soon! Also, if you only joined one organization (ALD or PES) but want to join the other too, just email the ALDPES email below! Missed meeting point opportunities keep piling up. Another opportunity came up just after this meeting. Just bring two items from the GMT donation list below during office hours before the next meeting! Our next meeting will be Wednesday, November 16th, 2016 at 6:00 pm in CAL 100 (South of the Tower). Hope to see you all there.
*Except when they do
Best,
Christian Rivera
Phi Eta Sigma Secretary
Fun Fact of the Week: Subliminal messaging only works if you’re already self-motivated. Just in case someone starts subtly bringing up Chipotle more than the average person. That would be in excess of three times a week if you need a reference.
Guest Speakers of the Week
Gigglepants
Improv comedy shows. It could happen to any of us. This week it happened at our meeting. Gigglepants is UT’s exclusive short form improv group! Watch their shows for completely unique experiences every time! You can find their website Here!
Microfarm
Prove you’re just as capable as a farmer at microfarm! Volunteer with the group for lessons on sustainability and generally just making yourself ready to farm at a moment’s notice. Check out their Facebook page Here, and their website Here.
Guests of Speakers Past
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 PancakesHere! Join or donate Here!
Lingering Opportunities: 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
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!
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 writing letters for Caring for Camo
Social Events
Gigglepants
Many came out of our meeting this week and thought, “I need more Giggle pants in my life.” So there’s a Gigglepants Social on Friday, November 11th at 7pm. It will be just like the meeting except the content, crowd and generally everything will be different! That’s the power of improv! Meet us on the steps of the tower at 6:40!
Food truck social
There’s gonna be food from trucks. I just don’t know how to sell you on this if it’s not appealing to you, except by saying that its good food from trucks. Come eat at the food trucks on the corner of 26th and Rio Grande on November 16th with ALDPES! Its right after the meeting (7pm)!
Mt. Bonnell
Sometimes, you just got to hike a small mountain. This is that time. Really earn that social point with ALDPES on November 20th. Time coming soon!
Banquet
ALDPES is having its banquet at Brick Oven Pizza December 2nd at 7:00pm! Banquet is free for active members! Be a part of the last opportunity to eat pizza with ALDPES for the year! Maybe look fancier than usual doing it too.
Service Events
Texas Kids Read
Come volunteer with us at Pleasant Hill Elementary School! At 6pm on Monday November 14th we will be sorting donated books for Texas Kids Read, an organization that supports early childhood literacy. You can earn one point per hour you volunteer! Sign up Here.
Caring For Camo
Come write letters to our nation’s soldiers for Caring For Camo! We’ll be having letter writing at all Office Hours for the rest of the semester so stop by to get a point! 3 letters = 1 point!
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! 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