ALDPES NEWSLETTER
Wednesday, November 30th, 2016
Alpha Lambda Delta | Phi Eta Sigma
The University of Texas at Austin Chapter
Hey members,
It was the last general meeting of the semester! Thanks Rowdy the Therapy Dog and his Trainer Julia! Banquet is approaching, and sign up is due Thursday night! Sign up Here. Have some fancy Pizza with ALDPES before exams! Letters for Camo is also the final community service opportunity available for active status before banquet! Turn in your letters in any of the Thursday office hours for the point! Additionally, the deadline for ALDPES SCHOLARSHIPS AKA FREE MONEY is November 30th, TONIGHT, and application links can be found below! Can’t win if you don’t apply! The applications are brief, and can be done in one night! ITS NOT TOO LATE, yet. 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 Friday! Our next meeting will be Next Semester. Hope to see you all there. Good Luck with Finals and have a nice break!
Best,
Christian Rivera
Phi Eta Sigma Secretary
Fun Fact of the Week: Movies dating back to the 20’s and 30’s were typically black and white. However, this is actually misleading. The world still had color during the old timey movies era. Sometimes modern movies like Nebraska or Clerks are also black and white, but these are usually motivated by budget/pride.
Guest Speaker of the Week
Austin Dog Alliance
Support dogs being rad and helpful and stuff! Mostly rad and helpful at the same time! The Austin Dog Alliance works with various causes utilizing the awesome power of dogs! Causes include teaching kids to read, helping people through illness, and assisting people with PTSD! You can find Austin Dog Alliance Here if you’re interested in investing Time, Treasure or Talent. If you’re a fan of Rowdy, the dog at our meeting, like his Facebook page Here.
Guests of Speakers Past
Professor Speck
In a world with an evolving economy, Creativity is America’s greatest asset! Professor Speck described everyday ways we can improve our creativity and his UGS class on creative problem solving! He also told us what he’s reading these days: Wired to Create (which you can find 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!
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.
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
*There are no office hours on the days when no classes are held. Officers got places to be too.
*Bonus: get a service point by writing letters for Caring for Camo
Social Events
Banquet
ALDPES is having its banquet at Brick Oven Pizza on Red River Street 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. Sign up Here.
Service Events
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! You can also write letters in Study Hours!
Scholarships
Princeton Review Scholarship
Members can apply to get a half off a Princeton Review course Here. Applications are due November 30th! Additionally, 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! Get the application Here.Application due November 30th.
Senior Book Award
Graduating this year? Feel like you did awesome? Earn some money by believing in yourself! The Senior Book Award is given to the graduating senior with the highest GPA who applies. To apply, just send an email to utaldpes@gmail.com with your name, EID, and a screenshot of your online grade report by November 30th at 10pm!
Other Things
ALD Student Member at Large Position
Anyone who is a member of ALD and is willing to commit three years can apply to be one of three ALD Student Members at Large. The At Large representatives go to national meetings and conferences throughout the year and help shape ALD National policies. If selected, you will also be a member of our officer board! Your local duties would mostly be to contribute to our board’s leadership, not anything in addition to national duties. For more information email us at utaldpes@gmail.com and we will get you the application. Application is due on December 15th.
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