Hi guys, here are the notes from last week's meeting! They'll also be emailed out to you, just in case that's the best way for you to look at them! We absolutely loved seeing so many new faces at our first meeting, and we can't wait to get to know you guys better this year :) Get ready for a great semester! |
PWSA NOTES 8/29/13
-Lots
of new members showed up! Yay! Welcome to PWSA guys! Make sure to pay your $10
dues next meeting. This is a onetime payment (lasts your entire time at OU!)
and we use that money to continue to feed you guys free pizza and any other
activities we decide to do.
-Introducing
officers and advisors! J
-Shelby Edwards- President
-Laura Hernandez- Vice President
-Annie DelSignore- Secretary/Social
Media Chair
-Tia Martinez- Treasurer
-Deborah Chester and Jocelyn
Pedersen- Faculty Advisors
-Name
Game!
-What
we’re planning for this year:
- September
-September 22-28- Fall
Book Drive
We will
start collecting books on the 16th of September and then will set
up a booth
during Banned Books Week and collect more from Gaylord
students.
The books we collect will go to the victims of the Moore
tornado (“More
Books, Moore Love”), and if we have a large amount of
children’s
books collected, we will donate those to PWSA alums who
are
elementary school teachers.
-October
-October 11-12- Turning
Pages Children’s Book Festival
We were
asked to have a booth at this year’s festival. The festival is in
Ada, OK, but
we will have a carpool for those who want to attend.
Basically,
we’ll be promoting children’s literacy as a club and doing
a story
reading for the children attending. More info to come.
-October 18-19- Nimrod
Conference for Readers and Writers
Conference
in Tulsa and we will have a carpool for those interested.
More info to
come.
-October 24-25-
Halloween Bake Sale
Signs up for
food and volunteer hours will be decided when it gets closer
to time.
-October 28-November 1- Neustadt Festival
This
festival is in Norman and we would love to go as a group. More info
to come.
-November
-NaNoWriMo
National
Novel Writing Month. Write a novel (50,000 words) in the
month of
November. More info to come.
-Volunteer at Second
Chance Animal Shelter- TBA
-Zoo Field Trip- TBA
-We
are currently in the process of getting last semester’s anthology published on
Kindle. We’ll let you know when it’s available for purchase! Next semester
(Spring 2014) we will accept more submissions for the next anthology which will
be YA themed. Write about 3,000-5,000 words on anything so long as it fits the
theme. We would love to see your submissions! We’ll also need editors, so
that’s something to consider as well. You can write and edit for the
anthology. More info to come.
-Trivia!
-End
of meeting
Our next meeting: September 12th at 5:30
P.M. in the Gaylord PW Alcoves (3rd floor,
same place as last time).
Make sure to follow us on Twitter (@OUPWSA) and on
Facebook (Professional Writing
Student Association and Friends).
-If you have
any questions/suggestions, please let us know! Have a good week and we’ll see
you at the next meeting!