September Meeting Minutes

9/28/2010, 4:59 PM
SLIS Lounge

•Faculty Meeting Recap:
oChelsea attended the last meeting at beginning of September and they discussed:
•Possibility of LIS undergrad minor and potential major
•New faculty position pending approval (archival management, digital preservation focus)
•New SLIS website under construction
•Building construction continuing and student lounge is in danger of extinction

•LISSO Events Recap:
oGood turnout at picnic, lots of people showed up. Book Drive was also a success.
oTrivia night was a great turnout, LISSO team won trivia/gift card. Next trivia night we will buy pitchers/appetizers round for people with gift card.
oThursday Night Live not a great group event, hard to navigate through crowd.

•Future LISSO Events:
oWe discussed the following events:
•Halloween Party
•Need location, possibly rent a community space. If anyone has ideas for a location, please contact LISSO!
•The party will be held October 30th. The downtown Thriller parade starts 7:00 PM.

•Downtown Events during WEG
•Keeneland Fall Meet
•There is interest for a Saturday at the track in conjunction with a library tour.
•Possible Transylvania Special Collections Tour or Nohls (sp?) Tour at EKU
•Chelsea will contact Susan Brown at Transy to schedule a possible tour for a Saturday (probably October 6th, 9th, or 23rd)

oThe following events were put on the Calendar:
•Trivia Night set for October 14th at Winchell's (on Southland Drive). Trivia starts at 8:00 but come early for a seat and if you'd like to get a bite to eat!
•Friday at Five at Charlie Brown's (located at 816 Euclid Avenue, Lexington, KY) on either October 8th or the 22nd (will be scheduled for the opposite week the Transy tour will be scheduled).
•Comps Orientation scheduled for October 29th @ 5:00 in SLIS conference room. Dr. Carrigan will be heading the orientation.

•Survey:
oChelsea will be sending out a survey with the minutes email to get feedback on event suggestions.

•Vice President Opening:
oInterested persons should send a little blurb to lissouk@gmail.com which will be compiled and sent to the listserv for a voting procedure.

•T-Shirts:
oStill interested but no ideas sent yet. Please send t-shirt ideas to lissouk@gmail.com by the next meeting. We will then post ideas on flickr for a vote. Depending on graphics, t-shirts will probably be around $5.

•Next Meeting:
oOctober 26th @ 5:00pm (we will probably meet in the conference room on the 3rd floor; location will be finalized and sent out in email closer to time).
•Lisa will be taking comps and graduating! Way to go Lisa! However, the communications officer position will becoming open for the spring. It will be discussed more in depth throughout the semester, but interested persons can consider the idea for next semester (build your resume!!).

•Distillery Trip!
oWoodford is closer, but costs $5. Perhaps schedule this event after comps?
•Lexington Public Library Friends Book Sale coming up. Become a Friend and attend the sale! LISSO will research for the date and post on Facebook.

9/28/2010, 5:38 PM