ALDPES NEWSLETTER
Wednesday, January 24th, 2018
Alpha Lambda Delta | Phi Eta Sigma
The University of Texas at Austin Chapter
Hey ALDPES-ers,
Thank you all for a great opening meeting! This semester has gotten off to a quick start, and so have we! With that, we are very excited to bring you some awesome new opportunities this semester, so check out our upcoming events below!
Our next meeting for this semester is two weeks from now, Wednesday, February 7th at 6:00pm in CPE 2.214! For those that were unable to attend the first meeting, the CPE is one of the engineering buildings in the northeast corner of campus. You will enter the building on floor 2, so the room is on the floor you walk in on. Hope to see you there!
Hook ’em,
Matthew Fawks
Alpha Lambda Delta Secretary
Previous Guest Speakers
Texas THON – 1/24
I want to thank Aleesha Toteja for speaking today about Texas Thon! In case you missed it, this awesome group is a student-run philanthropy organization that helps to raise funds and awareness for the Children’s Miracle Network Hospitals at Dell Children’s Medical Center of Central Texas. They offer many ways to get involved, and have recently surpassed their $1M (yes, a 1 with 6 zeros after it!) benchmark! For more info, please visit txthon.weebly.com or email texasthonstudentorgrecruitment@gmail.com.
Miscellaneous Events
Cabo Bob’s Profit Share – February 1st, 6:00-9:00pm
Come out to the best burrito place in the world and help us make some money! Seriously, if you haven’t tried this place, you need to.
Study Hours
Join your favorite Secretary for Study Hours sometime in the next two weeks! More details coming in the next newsletter.
Points
Points will be here soon!
Office Hours
Building 2609 University Avenue (UA9) room 2.112 located right behind SSB
Monday 11:00-12:00 pm Media Coordinator
Monday 12:00-1:00 pm Service Coordinators
Monday 3:00-4:00 pm Outreach Coordinators
Tuesday 2:00-3:00 pm Historians
Wednesday 11:30-12:30 pm Pillars Coordinator
Wednesday 1:00-2:00 pm Vice Presidents
Wednesday 2:00-3:00 pm Presidents
Wednesday 4:00-5:00 pm Social Coordinators
Thursday 10:00-11:00 am Liaison
Friday 10:00-11:00 am Secretary
Friday 1:00-2:00 pm Treasurers
Social Events
Union Underground Bowling on Wednesday, January 31st at 7:30pm-9:30pm:
ALDPES will be bowling (hopefully with bumpers if you’re like me) Wednesday night in the union. If you’re interested, please fill out the interest form as soon as possible so we know how many lanes we need! Sign up here: Bowling Interest
Community
Cinema: Groundhog Day on February 2nd at 6:30pm-10:30pm:
Come watch Groundhog day ON Groundhog Day at Community Cinema. Each week Community Cinema puts on a movie at their outdoor amphitheater to give the community a unique experience. Help support Community First Village, a development of Mobile Loaves & Fishes, which is a transformative residential program that empowers chronically homeless and disabled Austinites. Check out their Facebook event here.
Interest
Form: Community Cinema
Texas THON
Pancake Night on February 8 from 7pm-9pm:
Texas THON is hosting their semesterly pancake night at Pi Kappa Phi (2411 Longview St.). For $5, you can enjoy as many pancakes as you’d like and help support an amazing cause! If you have friends who participate in THON, you can donate in their name. We’ll be meeting outside of the location at 7pm so that we can eat A L L T H E P A N C A K E S together!!
Service Events
2nd Annual State of the Uterus
On January 26 from 6pm-11:59pm, Cheer Up Charlies is hosting a party for progress. Join ALDPES in raising money for nonprofits invested in reproductive justice, menstrual health and community health by purchasing a $5 ticket here. For a service point, send proof of purchase to the ALDPES email account. Earn up to 3 service points for buying a ticket, attending the event, and wearing your ALDPES shirt while dancing your butt off and learning about FUNdamental human rights! Be sure to take pictures for proof and to add to the scrapbook!
Mardi Paws
On February 10 from 1pm-6pm, ALDPES will
assist Grocery Pup with set up and clean up, and watch the Mardi Gras-esque dog
parade in between! Proceeds from this event will benefit Austin Dogs Rescue and
Cutie PITooties Pitbull Rescue. Spots
are limited, so sign up soon! Sign up here!
2018 Austin Marathon
On February 16 from noon-4pm, join ALDPES in handing out packets to Austin marathon runners at Palmer Events Center. A FREE t-shirt and snacks will be provided! Sign up online by Feb 9th here to volunteer with Austin Marathon AND here so we know who you are.
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.)
Scholarships
Alex will be giving out scholarships later in the semester, so check back then!
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.
2. 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!
3. 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!
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 secretary 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.
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 profit shares, 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
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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The University of Texas at Austin Chapter
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