November Events!

Hey everyone! To get you all up to date about what we discussed on Monday...

November 5- The Fall Conference! If you signed up for the conference, don't forget to pay by this Friday, $30! Julia will be on campus, so be sure to find her! Be sure to wear your AGS shirt and bring your notebooks and binders to take notes! Also don't forget to bring some money for dinner that night (: The Conference is from 9 AM-3 PM at West Hills College at Lemoore! For those of you that signed the sheet for the conference during the meeting a while back and paid, your seat will be on the bus with us! Meet at 5:30 AM (early I know!) at Mission at the cul de sac. If you need to find a way to get to the conference, please contact us right away and we will figure something out!

November 8- Gamer Day! Time for another Gamer Day, peoples! It will be in the Campus Center from 10 AM-6 PM, so if you can drop by to help for an hour or two, then feel free! I will definitely be helping out again! (:

November 12- Renew the Zoo! If you need to carpool, be sure to contact us! Be at the SF Zoo by 7:30 AM-8 AM at least because that's when it starts! Afterwards, you get free access to the zoo until closing time which is around 5 PM, so this is a great opportunity!

November 19-Child Development Center! The CDC needs help in moving the toys from the old center to the new one, we're basically going to be cleaning up the toys or whatever else they need help with! It's 10 AM-1 PM at Mission College!

Our meetings will now be biweekly, so our next meeting will be on Monday November 14! Mark your calendars! (: Oh and I did put up a lot of points recently on ANGEL, so if you see I made a mistake or anything, please contact me and I'll get it fixed right away! And if you paid for your membership fee for AGS and you're not in our ANGEL group, please contact me at ags.mission@gmail.com and I'll get you the password right away! (:

If you have any questions about any of these, you know where to find me! (:

Ellen Trieu,

Secretary/Points Officer

Blood Drive Tabling!

Hey everyone! For those of you that were at the meeting on Monday, we discussed the blood drive tabling times that we were going to do. The tabling started on Monday instead of last week and we are going to do tabling this week until next week Wednesday! The times we are going to do are 11 AM-2 PM and 3 PM-7 PM, Julia decided these are the times when students are mostly active at school. The first shifts, 11-2, are in the cafeteria and the second shift is in the main building! It would be awesome if you have a laptop and bring it with you when you are tabling so people who are interested in donating blood, can sign up right there and then! Or a smartphone would work too or an ipad! Julia should have put a sign up sheet at the table, so please sign in your hours whenever you are doing tabling, there is also a drop box on ANGEL to log in your hours, so please do that as well in case I can't get a hold of the hard copy! And that's about it! Oh and if you do decide to donate blood, please tell me or Julia and we will give you some extra points! (: Hope to see everyone at the Blood Drive next week! Don't forget to sign up on ANGEL if you're interested in volunteering for the Blood Drive!

Ellen Trieu,

Secretary/Points Officer

Renew The Zoo and SVACA Orientation

Hey everyone! There are two things going on on October 8!

First is Renew The Zoo which is 8-11 AM at the San Francisco Zoo! A few of us went to Renew the Zoo last semester and it was very fun, considering we got free access to the zoo! I've never been to the zoo before that, so it was a good experience! Highly recommended to go! (: Renew the Zoo is on the second Saturday of each month, so you can go whenever you want to!

The second thing is the cat orientation for SVACA! It's from 10 AM-12 PM! It's right near Mission College, so it's not that far! Here is the address, in case:

3370 Thomas Road

Santa Clara, CA 95054

Be sure to sign up for the orientation before going, here is the site to sign up: http://svaca.com/community/volunteers.html

There is also the dog orientation on Sunday October 9, if you're interested!

You don't have to do both, since the times overlap, so be sure to do one or the other, if you can! I will probably be putting up an assessment on ANGEL, so whoever is interested in renew the zoo, just sign up there and if you end up going, be sure to tell me because I'll be going to the orientation instead. I will be sending out more ANGEL passwords later on this week, I need to collect the applications from the ASB Office to get your emails, so hang on tight! Hope to see you at the orientation! (: Oh and if you need to carpool, be sure to contact us!

Ellen Trieu,

Secretary/Points Officer

Health Fair

Hey everyone! I just received an email concerning the health fair! Here is more info about it:

Date: Thursday October 6, 2011

Timeline: *9 AM-10 AM- Set Up, tables will be labeled.

*10 AM-2 PM-Health and Student Success Fair. Please be prepared to stay through the duration of the event.

Location: Main Building, Center Space. The weather forecast predicts possible rain.

We Will Provide:

*Bottled water and 1-2 lunch tickets (redeemable at the cafeteria)

*Table and chairs

You are encouraged to bring the following items:

*Handouts/Brochures describing your organization

*Tablecloth

*Giveaways (candy, marketing toys, pencils, etc.)

That's about it! If you are interested in volunteering for the health fair, I set up an "assessment" on ANGEL, so just go under content and click on health fair then type in the times you want to volunteer! If you paid and haven't gotten an email from me with the ANGEL password, please leave your email and I will send you it asap! Thank you!

Ellen Trieu,

Secretary/Points Officer

FREE POINTS!

Who doesn't love free points? :D Ok, so Julia thought of this up. We want more people to use our blogspot, so basically, if you sign up for our blog, then you get .5 points. In order to sign up, you have to click on join this site under followers, it's somewhere on the left over there <----

Anyways, then you enter in your info, it would be helpful if you had a gmail since blogspot kinda connects with gmail, but if you don't, there are other options to join too! Also, if you can get others to join, then you will get 1 full point and that person will get .5 points for joining! Be sure to get them to comment on this blog post saying _____ sent me! Easy right? But there's a catch, this only lasts till September 30 which is like 3 more days, so hurry hurry! :D

Ellen Trieu,

Secretary/Points Officer

I felt a need to put my name at the end of the blog post so you can see who's posting! Most likely it'll mostly be just me, but I love to just have a signature at the end (:

Going Live with ANGEL!

Hey everyone! If you were at Monday's meeting, we talked about going live with ANGEL, so I sent out emails to members who already paid with the password to log themselves in, so if you have already paid, please check your emails! If you already have and didn't get an email from me, please tell me! We're still working on setting everything up, I didn't realize we still have a lot of stuff to put up on ANGEL, but we're getting there! Once we have all the members sign up, it should be running more smoothly!

I know this doesn't have much to do with ANGEL, but I have gotten a few questions about the points system and how it works. Ok, so first off I did put the points chart up on ANGEL under content, so whoever is logged into ANGEL in our AGS group, be sure to check that out! It does depend on the person on how many points you need to accomplish. The points are NOT per weekly, it's in totals. Basically, if you have to do let's say 40 hours then you can do them over the course of the next 3 months or so and they are due by the end of the semester. To read the points chart, it depends on how many units you are taking and how many hours you work, if you have a job. Let's say you're taking 12 units, but working 0 hours, that means you have to do 40 hours, which is 40 points total. Don't forget one hour equals one point. I have been updating the points of the people who are in the ANGEL group slowly, so if you see I made a mistake, please tell me! I don't want a riot forming at my door or something if I mess up. I have also posted the community service forms under content, they are for people who decide to do community service outside of AGS, so get those filled out by whoever is in charge of what you're doing (: We will be posting up "assessments" where people can sign up for the times they choose to volunteer in the ANGEL group, so stay turned for that! And I think that's about it! If you have any questions about anything then be sure to email us!

Hope to see you all soon! :D

Ellen Trieu,

Secretary/Points Officer

Club Day!

Hey everyone! As most of you know, Club Day is coming up! On Tuesday September 20, to be exact at 11 AM-2 PM! For our little event to support AGS, we will be having a bake sale! We will be selling cupcakes and candy bags and a few other goodies, so drop on buy to show your support for AGS! There will also be a biathlon and debate as well so come and support AGS for that! We hope to see you all there for Club Day! (: Until next time!

Santa Clara Art and Wine Festival

Hey everyone! Our AGS president, Julia, received an email from the people over at the Santa Clara Art and Wine Festival! Here is the email:

Hello,

The annual Santa Clara Art and Wine festival will be held on September 17th and 18th at Central Park in Santa Clara. SVACA will once again be joining in the fun by bringing many of our adoptable animals out to meet folks and spread the word about the good work that we do.

There are 4 volunteer spots open for each day, please sign yourself up in Volgistics if you are able to lend a hand that day.

Please contact Mike or Jennifer if there are any questions.

Thanks for all that you do for the animals!

So if you want to volunteer for this, please contact Julia so she can contact Michael by Monday or you can comment on this post and I'll make sure Julia knows that you want to volunteer! (:

Important Reminder!

Hey everyone! We just got word that in order for our club to keep going every year, we would have to sign in on the club sheet! So Julia, our AGS president, will be passing around the club sheet at our first meeting, which is Monday September 12, so don't forget to sign in to keep our club going! Oh and don't forget, in addition to the membership application, you must pay the fee, which is $15. The fee won't be due until 2 weeks after the first meeting, so be sure to meet our deadline! Hope to see you all at the first meeting! (:

Alpha Gamma Sigma Intercollegiate Bonfire!

Hey everyone! So AGS is having a bonfire, so we can mingle with the other AGS chapters in the Bay Area! The Bonfire will be on Sunday September 25 around noon till 11 PM or whenever it ends. The Bonfire will be held at Ocean Beach, Point Lobos Avenue/Great Highway in San Francisco, so we hope you all can make it! There will be food, games and a chance to meet everyone from the other AGS Chapters! (: Here is the facebook event, if you're ever on facebook: http://www.facebook.com/event.php?eid=155868261163556

Be sure to RSVP on facebook, so we can get a good idea of how many people are going! We hope to see you there, AGS members! (:

Welcome Week!

Hey everyone! As you can see, this is our new blogspot, so a few things before we begin, first off, if you have a blogspot or a gmail or yahoo or AIM or whatever options they give, you can follow us on this blog, the followers button is on the left side and just click join this site then follow the onscreen instructions (: By following our blog, you will be able to get live updates from our blog as they come up, so you won't be able to miss anything important! Second, if you don't want to follow our blog for some reason, you can always subscribe to our blog via email, it's also on the left side. By subscribing to our blog via email, everytime we post something up, it'll email you a copy of that post, so you won't miss anything either with this option! So be sure to check out our blog once in a while, we will be posting upcoming events and anything else you can think of! Ok, so onto welcome week!

Welcome Week runs from the first day of school which is August 29 to September 2nd! Welcome week is basically welcoming new students to the school and helping them get used to the school and welcome week is also for welcoming returning students as well! Since Monday, Tuesday, and Wednesday are over with, and thank you for those who volunteered today! Onto Thursday and Friday! (: Here is the schedule for the rest of the days:

Thursday Scavenger Hunt

*Snacks & Drinks [9am - 11am] [WELCOME CENTER]

*Book Exchange [1pm - 3pm]

[QUAD/OUTSIDE CAFETERIA] Pizza/Drawing [1pm]

[QUAD/OUTSIDE CAFETERIA] Live Music [1pm - 3pm]

[QUAD AREA] *Popcorn [4pm - 6pm]

[LOBBY] Telescope Night [8pm - 9pm]

Friday

*Snacks & Drinks [9am - 11am] [WELCOME CENTER]

Ok, so that basically covers welcome week! We are still looking for volunteers for Welcome Week so if you have any free time on your hands be sure to volunteer! You can also get points early for volunteering for welcome week and don't forget to wear your AGS shirts, previous AGS members to earn extra points! That's about it, so until next time, AGS members! (:

DON'T FORGET, OUR FIRST AGS MEETING WILL BE ON MONDAY SEPTEMBER 12, SO COME BY THE CAMPUS CENTER ROOM 219 AT 2:15 PM!

And to all the new students out there, welcome to Mission College! :D