August meeting date change

The next meeting will be held Wednesday, August 27 @ 5:00 not August 20th

Minutes: July 16, 2014

2 attended
agenda

• July and August Activities still open
• the following activities still have space
• ice cream 7/17
• owl pellets 7/24 @ 2:00
• photo scavenger hunt - list available online 7/24 @ 5:00
• bouncy balls 7/28 @ 11:00
• art of the wing 7/31 @ 3:00
• smartypants trivia game 8/6 @ 2:00
• apples to apples game 8/14 @ 2:00
• balloon art 8/4 @ 2:00
• movie 8/11 @ 6:00
• Fall ideas
• currently on the schedule
• animal world experience's hunger game program
• weekly doodle class
• live action clue
• lock-in for October
• Teen read week
• Teen Reading Week
• activities
• late night scavenger hunt
• page to screen movie event
• lock-in (do the above events in an all night lock-in)
• could we hold two lock-ins - the standard Halloween lock-in and then a lock-in only for those teens who participate in Teen Read Week (a super-lock-in)?
• What about a sleepover???
• program
• program hasn't done well here the past couple of years
• run teen read week without a reading program
• was thinking of not doing a reading component but giving away prizes for those who post to the Teen Review during that week
• teens seem to still want the reading portion
• need incentives - the super lock-in could be an incentive
• ideas tossed around
• recycle book art - (2 votes yes)
• fortune teller or mentalist or hypnotist
• magician
• art classes - program by Jen Niles or mixed media art
• Zumba dance - (no votes)
• put on a play for the younger kids
• looking at doing a version of Goldilocks and the Three Bears
• a two part play Goldilocks at the bears home and the bears in Goldilocks home
• will work on a script
• monthly movie
• depends on the movie - show something new
• possible show the old time cartoons
• use movie as a filler for months we can't come up with stuff to do
• book club
• want to keep book club
• option of making book club online or through skype
• don't want it only online - could we combine in person and online? possibly
• Dates for Advisory Meeting 
• request to think about availability for the fall
• do we keep the Wednesdays at 5:00 - (votes - yes)
• recruitment is going to be necessary
• possibly send out a flyer to the schools (upper elementary 5th grade, middle and high school)
• Teen Newsletter
• do we still want to publish - yes
• new layout - making it a single page double sided
• front side will contain the feature article, new to the shelf, book talk, fun & games, and maybe a bit more if it fits.  The back side will be the list of the events for each season (3 months worth).
• prefer this to the large library newsletter - we want to find our stuff quickly and not have to look though all the other stuff
• idea - could we make the fun & games section a challenge so that if you complete it and bring it in you can get a prize?  Could but all the prizes might be a problem financially but we'll look into it.
• Next Meeting - August 20 @ 5:00

Minutes: June 18, 2014

1 attended
meeting

• Events: 
• BN recap - teens purchased 113 books for the collection
• For your attention
• Bruins Multi-Media Summer Library Teen Challenge - Miss Renee has the information if anyone is interested in this.
• Idea toss for fall
• live action clue (mystery night) would like to have happen again
• lock-ins
• Next Meeting: July 16 @ 5:00

Minutes: May 16, 2014

3 attended
special meeting


This meeting was entirely dedicated to filming the summer reading ad

         

Minutes: April 16, 2014

5 in attendance
agenda

• Events
• Catching Fire on 4/24 still has room
• Telestrations and Letterboxing are planned for May
• event ideas
• smartypants game requested again
• we can hold in September
• Library Sleepover
• would have to get permission
• combine with the October Lock-in, held afterwards that way you could sign up for the lock-in and go home or sing up for both and stay
• Magic the Gathering
• any information on this 
• very popular
• generally for ages 10-18
• hold in a manner similar to the way LEGO club is held 
• programs already in the works for the fall
• archery demo in September
• hunger games survival program for November
• lock-in definite for October
• TAB only activities
• summer ad we'll be doing in May - combination of puppets and live action
• Barnes and Noble Event scheduled for May 30 unless issues arise
• Next meeting May 21 @ 5:00
• this meeting will be filming and editing of the summer ad

Minutes: March 19, 2014

4 attended
agenda

• Upcoming events 
• April - lock-in, McDonalds fundraiser, movie night
• May - telestrations, letterboxing
• Movie Theater trip - we can't do this year due to a lack of funding
• TAB only events
• Barnes and Noble visit - member want it in May, see if its possible to purchase a mix of media (books, cds and dvds)
• Vernal Pool Hike at Buffumville in April - going Wednesday, April 9, if you're interested in going let Miss Renee know by April 2nd 
• Ideas
• Fall - 
• programs - science magic, lockins, minute to win it, craft: button pins,
• Play for the little kids - Goldilocks and the 3 bears - script currently being written, will discuss further in August.
• Summer
• preview summer program and calendar
• script for ad is in the works
• attempt a TAB only event this summer - go to the beach
• Buffumville beach vs. Ocean beach

• Newsletter
• library is putting out a larger newsletter which will include teen events - this makes the Teen Scene obsolete
• what do you want to do with the other parts of the Teen Scene (book talk, fun stuff, new to shelf and feature)
• 2 options - get rid of it all together, or shrink it and make it an insert in the larger library newsletter
• members voted to make Teen Scene an insert.
• Fundraisers: does the TAB want to be able to some fundraising?
• Members voted yes
• to do this TAB will have to become junior Friends ($1.00 membership dues)
• fundraising ideas: read-a-thon, put a librarian in the display case, raffle items
• members decided it would be best to fundraise only for a specific program rather than raise funds with nothing particular in mind.
• Will come back to this for further discussion.
• Next Meeting
• April 16
• please note there was a mistake on the agenda - there will be a meeting in April