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11/22/17 Newsletter

ALDPES NEWSLETTER

Wednesday, November 22nd, 2017

Alpha Lambda Delta | Phi Eta Sigma

The University of Texas at Austin Chapter

 

Hey ALDPES-ers,

 

The semester is (finally) coming to an end, and unfortunately so are our events for the semester! We had a great last meeting earlier tonight, and there are only a few events left to become active. All info will be below. If you’re looking for an easy last few points, try following ALDPES on Instagram and Twitter, or submitting pictures or a caption from any ALDPES event!

 

Finally, our end of semester celebration, the ALDPES Banquet is on Friday December 8th! Active members eat for free, so get those last-minute points, and sign up in the form below!

 

Thanks for an amazing semester 😊

 

Best,

Alex Adams

Alpha Lambda Delta Liaison

 

Previous Guest Speakers

 

UT Magic Club- 11/29

Whether you believe in magic or not, these guys put on a pretty great show! A great send off at the end of a great semester!

 

Gigglepants – 11/15

Our favorite UT improv troupe performed some hilarious skits. These people are really talented at what they do! Gigglepants puts on free shows every Friday night, and their last show for the semester will be December 1st, so check them out while you can!

 

Miscellaneous Events

 

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!!

 

Points

 

Points are here! Points will be updated on Friday, 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.

 

Please check your points after this Friday, and let us know if you see anything wrong! This is how we will determine if you are active for the semester!!

 

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

 

Game Night on Dec. 6th from 6pm-8pm at TBD: We’ll be holding one last social event before Friday’s banquet during Wednesday’s typical meeting time. Come out and play some board games with ALD/PES. Feel free to bring your own board game (BYOBG, heh)!

 

Fall Banquet on Dec. 8th from 6pm-8:30pm at Brick Oven: Please fill out this interest form to helps us determine the types of pizzas you would like: Fall Banquet Interest form

 

Service Events

 

Cards for Hospitalized Kids

CFHK distributes cards to Children’s Hospitals across the United States in all 50 states! Stop by any officer’s office hours Nov 13th – Dec 1st to make and decorate cards to send to kids in hospitals around the country and earn a service point. This will be your last opportunity to earn a service point this semester, so don’t miss out! There is no sign up, but there will be a sign in when you arrive and we ask that you make at least 3 cards.

 

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 appointment 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

 

All our applications have closed for this semester, but thank you to everyone who applied! Winners will be announced at Banquet, so make sure you’re there if you applied!

 

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! You will receive one point for sending in either two pictures with a caption or four pictures total.

 

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.

 

Retro ALDPES T-shirts

We are still selling red shirts for $10 but only have L and XL left. (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

 

  1. MEETINGS
  • Meetings are worth 1 point each.
  • 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.
  • 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!

 

  1. 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!

 

  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 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

 

  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)
– 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

 

  1. DONATION POLICY
    • We are looking into this policy for this year. More details in the next newsletter.

 

  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.

 

Contact Us:

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Alpha Lambda Delta | Phi Eta Sigma

The University of Texas at Austin Chapter

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