Meeting Minutes, February 21st, 2014

Meeting Minutes

Oregon SCALA

Smith Memorial Union, Portland State University

February 21^st, 2014, 5pm

Members Present:

Kim Olsen-Charles, Matt Giroux, Jennifer Rogers, Katherine Pitman, Gary Furuyama, Chris Evans, Berenice Prado, Tami Chapman, Jamie Foster, Pete Schreiner, Alanna Colwell, and Sara Moore

Discussion Topics:

• Bookdrive Kickoff Event
  • Date: March 22^nd (1^st choice) or April 12^th (2^nd choice)
  • Locations Brainstorm: Kim, Jamie, Tami to research.  Looking for large, Ihopefully) free, space
    • Tugboat
    • Rotary/Elks Club
    • Lucky Lab
    • McMenamins: Baghdad Backstage Bar, Annex
    • See See Motor Coffee Co.
• Create flyer/poster: Pete
  • Agreed to spend about $25 on printing
  • Maybe a couple larger posters for drop off locations and a lot of 8.5×11 flyers
• Other advertising
  • Invite local library community
  • OR-LIBS Listserv
  • Local Libraries?
• Donations
  • Books or $$
    • Popular titles
    • Textbooks?
    • We are OK with money raised to pay back SCALA for any event costs incurred.  All profits raised to go towards books for bookdrive.
• Raffle?
  • Look into possible donations of baskets: Whole Foods, Portland Nursery, etc.
• Keep track of people to thank
  • Perri has thank you notes
  • Jamie created Google group for SCALA officers

Action Items:

• Look for bookdrop locations (coffee shops, etc).

Minutes submitted by Jennifer Rogers, Secretary