August Meeting Minutes

8/31/2010, 5:00 PM
SLIS Student Lounge

•Great turnout! Over 20 members in attendance!

•Introduction of officers:
oChelsea - President, Sara - Secretary, Leslie - Treasurer, Lisa - Communications Officer
oDavid has stepped down as Vice President; position is open for anyone interested.

•Events:
oWe discussed events of interest and the following were planned:
oFriday at Five, first will be this week, Sept. 3rd, at Lynaugh's located on the corner of Woodland and Euclid next to Cosmic Charlie's.
oPicnic set for Sept. 18th around noon at Woodland Park
•The picnic will be held in conjunction with a book drive for International Book Project. Please bring a book to donate!
oTrivia Night at Winchell's, first one will be Sept. 9th @ 8:00
oThursday Night Live, first one will be Sept. 23rd @ 4:30 - 7:30. We will meet around 5:30 to carpool; Brother Barrett and the Barrows will be playing.
oGallery Hop, November 19th
oThe details of all events (times to meet, what to bring, etc.) will be emailed, added to Facebook, and added to the blog closer to time.

•Survey:
oThere is interest in sending a survey to all students; questions will be decided on and sent out via SurveyMonkey.

•T-Shirts:
oThere is interest in having SLIS t-shirts. Amber suggested through UK as a student group we can get discount T-Shirts and a logo designed by a graphic design student. Please send t-shirt ideas to lissouk@gmail.com.

•Newsletter/New Student Guide:
oThere is interest in LISSO putting together a packet for new students containing things to do in Lexington, tips, "insider information," etc. This will be a project set for completion for the incoming spring students.

•Next Meeting:
oTuesdays @ 5:00 works well for most people. Next meeting will be Sept. 28th @ 5:00.

•Vice President Opening:
oChelsea read the role of the Vice President and any interested parties can email lissouk@gmail.com.

•Dues:
oAll SLIS students are encouraged to pay their $5.00 dues. It's good for an entire year and anyone that pays their dues before the fall picnic will be entered into a drawing for a UK Bookstore Gift Card. The drawing will be held at the picnic.

•Miscellaneous:
oA request was made that the Facebook LISSO link is hard to find, please email.
oThere is interest in encouraging students to meet up for other events outside of LISSO planned happenings. Please email lissouk@gmail.com what you're doing and your contact info and we will put it on the blog calendar for people to meet up outside of LISSO and explore Lexington!
oDr. Carrigan suggested visiting a distillery and other events during October, such as Keeneland because some of us won't be here next fall in this beautiful area of the country! There was a good response to visiting a distillery and possibly Keeneland in the Spring after the WEG and in conjunction with a tour of the library.

•Everyone introduced themselves to the group and meeting adjourned!

8/31/2010, 5:40 PM