Meeting Minutes, March 21, 2014

Meeting Minutes 

Oregon SCALA

Smith Memorial Union, Portland State University

March 21^st, 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 12^th 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 12^th.

Action Items:

• Next meeting: Friday, April 11^th.

o   Discuss logistics behind book delivery

• Keep a count of any donations received

Minutes submitted by Jennifer Rogers, Secretary