Meeting Minutes
Oregon SCALA
Smith Memorial Union, Portland State University
March 21st, 2014, 5pm
Members Present:
Gina Bacon, Matt Giroux, Jennifer Rogers, Katherine Pitman, Gary Furuyama, Chris Evans, Berenice Prado, Tami Chapman, Jamie Foster, and Pete Schreiner
Discussion Topics:
- Bookdrive: “Liberty Through Literacy”
o Kickoff Event
- 6:30pm April 12th at Hubers in downtown Portland
- Decided against purchases appetizer platters
- No-host
- If we don’t fill the area, there is a possibility that Hubers will seat there.
- Donation bins/jar for $
- Pete will have a car that night to transport donations to Gina’s basement
- Raffle?
- Looking into possible donations of baskets: Whole Foods, Portland Nursery, etc.
- Take photos for blog/Facebook/etc.
o Dropoff Locations (please get specific info to Pete ASAP for collateral material)
- Pete: Newspace (Portland)
- Gina: Wholefoods (Portland)
- Katherine (2 locations in Salem)
- Jamie (south Sound area)
o Collateral: Pete
- Poster for kickoff party
- Handbills about drive (not party) with dropoff locations
- Include SCALA email address on materials
o Other advertising
- OR-LIBS Listserv – Gary and Chris to post details and invite library community
o Donations
- Books (keep a count of any received)
- Paperbacks preferred
- Popular, recent titles
- Textbooks
- Friends of Library could take books that can’t be donated
- Cash donations
- Deliberated and decided to accept donations, though the focus should be on books
- Donation Bins:
- Create your own for your dropsites (make sure it doesn’t look like a trash can J)
o Cutoff Date: May 12th.
Action Items:
- Next meeting: Friday, April 11th.
o Discuss logistics behind book delivery
- Keep a count of any donations received
Minutes submitted by Jennifer Rogers, Secretary