October 6 Meeting Notes

Attendence: Meghan Adams, Sarah Brown, Taylor Childs, Kevin Clause, Dakota Gibson, Cecily Parell, and Michael Smith were absent. We have one new member, Kaitlyn Thiede. The Council is now locked, meaning that no new members can join.As Michael was Absent, Anastacia was tonight's acting President.

- Harry Potter Pizza Discussion:A display has been placed in the YAZ, and flyers will be distributed to MHS for this event. We have tentatively rescheduled to Monday Oct. 19, due to expected poor turn out if the event were on the Friday of Fall Break.Unfortunately, Monday will not work. We need to decide between Tuesday and Wednesday. It is noted that many churches meet on wednesday nights. Thoughts?

- Book Choice for Teen Book Club & Suzanne's reply for Invisible Monsters:
We cannot justify choosing such a graphic book as Invisible Monsters for a Teen Book Club, so our runner up, 13 Reasons Why by Jay Asher, is now the pick. The book for October is Pride and Prejudice by Jane Austen, and November is The Absolutely True Diary of a Part Time Indian, by Sherman Alexie.

- Teen Coucncil Tee-Shirts:At the next meeting (November 3rd), members may submit designs for our Teen Council Tee Shirts. We voted to make them Tshirts as oppossed to long sleeved shirts.

- As Meghan was absent, we could not recieve updates from her.

- Great Pumpkin Fest:This event will be on Saturday, Oct. 24. It is a Friends of The Library fundraiser. We need people to rent booths to sell items, as well as 4+ Teen Council Members to volunteer to run the Children's Area. Members may also donate baked goods for the sale. It was noted that these funds could be allegated to negate the individual members paying for the Tshirts. Eric Frandsen's band will be preforming.

- Spring Programing/Teen Tech Week.Teen Tech Week is in March. We will view Book Trailers at our next meeting, and possibly make some to be aired at MHS during TTW.

- Issues from the Floor:

Suzanne: United Way called about the Youth Leadership Initiatives. Applicants who are selected would attend a Youth Leadership camp and be paired with an organization wishing to have a youth representitive on their board. Anyone interested should e-mail Suzanne.

Kyle: Meeting off base? The idea came up while Molly and I were at dinner. I thought it would be refreshing to meet somewhere other than the Children's Room sometimes. Hong Kong was suggested and approved by the group due to it's closeness and relative privacy. Members would of course have to pay for their own dinner. Suzane suggested this be an end-of-the-year meeting.

Suzanne: The Jazz from The Yaz. We voted to change the name to "The Abstract". This was unanimously approved by present members, and President Smith was telephoned to confirm. He approved. The next issue will run as The Abstract. It was noted that this coincides with our "new look".

- Removing Books from The YAZ:The Council removed a number of old, unread books from the Young Adult Zone.



Post with questions and comments, as always.

-Kyle Casteel, Scribe