September 29 Meeting Notes

Attending Members: All Members were in Attendance

*Elections:
The following were chosen by Teen Council to serve in administrative positions:

Michael Smith, President
Anastacia Jensen, Vice President
Kyle Casteel, Scribe
Sarah Brown, Second Scribe

*Book Choice for Teen Book Club:
"Invisible Monsters" by Chuck Palahniuk was chosen as the next book. As it may not be approved by Suzanne, "13 Reasons Why" by Jay Asher is next in line.

*Activities for Teen Read Week:
A tape of Ms. Walker's Book Talks will be taped and aired on Mooresville High School's announcements to advertise for Read Week (Oct. 18-24)
Ideas presented to increase participation included:
-Independent Picks by the Teen Council and/or it's members
-Book Discussions
-Suggestion Box for Teen Book Club (it was noted that this is a good idea independent of Read Week)
-Food at events

An event was created tonight by Teen Council, a Movie/Book Night at the library after hours on the 23rd. We will be serving pizza and screeening "Harry Potter and the Prisoner of Azkaban", followed by a discussion comparing and contrastig the movie to the book. The screening is set to begin at 3:30.

*Program Updates:
-Oct. 16th: Mystery Dinner. This is limited to adults, as it is the first time the library has attempted such an event. If all goes well, it may be opened to teens in the future. Our very own Michael Smith and Caleb Taylor will be participating, however.
-Oct. 23rd: iGhost, the paranormal investigation team, will be visiting the library. This will follw the Movie/Book Night described above, in the Community Room.
Suzanne will be telling scary stories at the park following the events.

*New Jazz Look: The new look of the Jazz, our library's newsletter, includes real students at Moorseville, and is printed in color. The hope is that this will attract more students.

*Spring Programming:
Programs being continued as of this meeting:
-Teen Council
-Art Classes (now avaliable to all students 4-12)
-Knitting
-Teen Book Club (books will be chosen by Council, voted upon from Council ideas and the suggestion box)
The green crafts program will be decided upon at a later date.
Games for the Gaming Program will be kept/discarded based on turn out.
The Writing Workshop may be dropped or kept based on interest.
Anime/Manga Club has seen a declining interest. It may be dropped. The next movie being shown was picked, "Grave of the Fireflies".



Ideas, Questions, and Concerns may be posted here. I will make a note of what is deiscussed and bring it up at the next meeting so we may vote/discuss formally.

-Kyle Casteel, Scribe