ALDPES NEWSLETTER
Wednesday, October 4th, 2017
Alpha Lambda Delta | Phi Eta Sigma
The University of Texas at Austin Chapter
Hey ALDPES-ers,
Alex’s takeover didn’t last long, but I have a feeling the War for the Newsletter may not be over just yet. Stay tuned next week for an update on the struggle.
Thank you to everyone who came to the meeting today and listened to our presentation on safety and health. It is not a light topic but is very important to cover.
If you are interested in making a legal submission to TULR, check out an updated message from Muhtadi below!
Our next meeting will be two weeks from today, Wednesday, October 18th in FAC 21 at 6:00 pm (in the basement, same place as this week). See you then!
Best,
Alan Stepchinski
Alpha Lambda Delta President
Previous Guest Speakers
Best Buddies – 9/20
Afshan Irani talked to us at the meeting about Best Buddies, an organization that fosters friendships between UT students and people with intellectual and developmental disabilities. If you have any questions about the program, feel free to contact Afshan (afshan.irani@utexas.edu), who is super friendly and happy to talk to people about the organization.
Texas Undergraduate Law Review – 9/20
One of our very own members, Muhtadi Choudhury, spoke about the TULR at UT. Staff applications are now closed, but they are still looking for legal submissions for this semester and next month’s TULR monthly. If interested, check out their website here! Submissions for this round close on October 16th. If you have any further questions, email Muhtadi (muhtadiachoudhury@utexas.edu).
Texas THON – 9/6
Johnathon and Aleesha spoke about Texas THON a few weeks ago. THON runs year-long fundraising for the Dell Children’s Medical Center and ends with a 12-hour dance marathon. They are seriously an amazing organization, and they are close to raising their first cumulative $1 million this year! For more information, check out their website here or email texasthonstudentorgrecuitment@gmail.com to join.
Miscellaneous Events
Workshop Ideas
Pleeeeease fill out this survey to let Alex know what kinds of workshops you’re interested in. Have fun while you get your miscellaneous point! 🙂
New t-shirts
Our brand-new ALDPES t-shirts are in!!!!! See the front of the shirt here and the back here. Shirts are $15, and you can buy them at office hours or the general meetings. We have sizes S-3XL.
I also want to give a shout to last year’s Historian, Alex Roper, for designing this awesome shirt!!
Chipotle Profit Share
Our favorite profit share from last year is returning on November 5th from 5:00 – 9:00 pm! Flyers will be handed out closer to the date of the event. Money from profit shares will go right back to you guys for scholarships, so be sure to show up and bring your friends!
Points
Points are here! Points will probably be updated on Fridays, so don’t panic if your points haven’t shown up and it’s only been a few days. If you have any issues with the points sheet, just email the ALDPES account and include “Points” in the subject of the email.
We will be adding people to the sheet as you earn points; you won’t be on the sheet if you haven’t earned any points yet.
Office Hours
Building 2609 University Avenue (UA9) room 2.112 located right behind SSB
Monday 10:30-11:30 am Historians
Monday 12:00-1:00 pm Senior Ambassador & Pillars Coordinator
Monday 1:00-2:00 pm Social Coordinators
Monday 3:00-4:00 pm Outreach Coordinators
Tuesday 9:30-10:30 am Liaison
Tuesday 11:00-12:00 pm Service Coordinators
Tuesday 4:00-5:00 pm Treasurers
Wednesday 10:00-11:00 am Presidents
Wednesday 2:00-3:00 pm Vice Presidents
Thursday 2:00-3:00 pm Media Coordinator
Friday 1:00-2:00 pm Webmaster & Secretary
Social Events
IM Dodgeball!!!
We will be playing IM Dodgeball this semester. Play begins in two weeks! (Monday, October 16, 2017 at Bellmont Hall (BEL Room 628)).Answer the Facebook poll or interest form to help us decide which time works best for everyone!
Dodgeball interest form: Dodgeball
Mount Bonnell Picnic on October 8 at 2:30pm: Spend a nice, cool (fingers crossed) afternoon with ALD/PES and join us for a picnic! Bring your favorite picnic-ky food and hang out! We’ll meet outside of the ALD/PES office at 2:15, so we can sort out rides! Sign-up here if you’re interested in joining: Mount Bonnell Picnic
Wonder Woman on October 19th at 6pm in the Texas Union Theater (UNB 2.228): Come watch Wonder Woman with ALD/PES at the free screening in the Texas Union Theater! Meet outside of the Union Starbucks at 5:40! Wear your shirt for an extra point!
Halloween Movie Night on October 26th at 7pm at Jessica and Katelynn’s Apartment! Come watch a spooky movie with ALD/PES in preparation for Halloween! We’ll have spooky snacks. Wear your ALD/PES shirt OR a costume (we recommend) for an extra point! Address location will be in later email! Fill out this form if you’re interested: Halloween Movie
Please answer the Facebook poll about which IM sports you are interested in playing this semester!
Service Events
Our service coordinators would greatly appreciate if you took this survey to let them know how you like to volunteer!
Street Youth Ministry
The Street Youth Ministry is dedicated to serving the homeless youth of Austin by providing them with food, clothing, and community. On Tuesday, October 10th from 6:30 – 9:00, ALDPES will be helping the Street Youth Ministry host a game night. This event is the perfect opportunity to make a direct impact on the lives of people in our community while also playing games and just having fun! The event will be held at the Congregational Church which is located across the street from the University Co-op.
Sign up here!
Mobile Loaves & Fishes (even though the plural form of fish is fish)
Community First! Village is a 27-acre master planned community that provides affordable, permanent housing and a supportive community for the disabled, chronically homeless in Central Texas. On Friday, October 20th from 7:15 – 9:45pm, we will serve with MLF as a concession crew in the Community Grille to help make the movie night for their disabled and chronically homeless residents a success!
Sign up here!
Blood donations
Anytime throughout this semester, you can donate blood at any local blood center and earn a service point with some form of proof (ex: non-graphic pic, donor receipt, screenshot of appt confirmation, etc.)
Ongoing opportunity: Breakthrough Central Texas
BT CTX is a non-profit organization serving students and families in Austin and surrounding areas. Their main goal is to help 1st generation college students from 6th grade forward be the first in their families to graduate from college. Volunteer opportunities with Breakthrough include: after-school tutoring, high school or college application coaching, and helping out with special events. For more information contact Katelynn Hobbs at mailto:kah4242@utexas.edu or visit during her office hours Tuesdays at 11-12 pm.
Scholarships
Apply for a chance to win free money soon!
Other Things
Scrapbook
We are always working on the scrapbook for ALDPES. If you attend any event this semester or cherish a specific meeting speaker/ice breaker, email ALDPES your pictures and captions! Point allocations are still being decided at this time.
UTALDPES Follow Train
If you follow @TXALDPES on Twitter you can earn a half point. You can also earn a half point for following txaldpes on Instagram. Put them both together, and you earn yourself a whole point! Just email our account with your usernames during the last few weeks of class.
T-shirts
We are still selling red shirts for $10 but only have L and XL left. New shirts will be coming later in the semester! (Sadly, only treasurers can accept cash, but any officer can take check or credit card.) Wearing a shirt to any event will earn you an extra point, so these help a lot in becoming active.
Graduation Cords
If you’re really ahead of the game, 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
Stop by any of the officer’s office hours to pay by credit card for all your ALDPES purchasing needs. Be warned: there is a convenience fee! Prices (subject to change) 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
- MEETINGS
- Meetings are worth 1 point each.
- If you wear your ALDPES shirt to a meeting you get an additional point.
- DRIVING TO AN EVENT
- Get 1 extra point for volunteering to drive other members who need rides to an event.
- You 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 to show up, you will lose a point!
- EVENT PICTURES
- Earn 1 point for submitting 4 pictures from an event.
- Or, earn 1 point for submitting 2 pictures with a caption from an event!
- 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 secretary 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
- 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)
– At least 1 miscellaneous point (we recommend study hours or workshops, but a separate social or service event can count as well)
- Old members need 12 points, new members need 9 points
- DONATION POLICY
• We are looking into this policy for this year. More details in the next newsletter.
- 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: @TXALDPES
- Instagram: txaldpes
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Alpha Lambda Delta | Phi Eta Sigma
The University of Texas at Austin Chapter
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