New Meeting Time/Updates

Hey everyone! As most of you know, Tuesday was our first meeting for the Spring 2012 semester! I know it went well, even though I wasn't there. So yes, our new meeting times for this semester is on Tuesdays, it'll be every week for at least this month then we'll probably change it to biweekly like last semester. So Tuesdays, around 12:30pm-1:30pm, same meeting room as last semester! Unfortunately not a lot of people showed up on Tuesdays because the letter telling people that they're eligible to join AGS has not been e-mailed out yet. I think it's due to some technical problems, so hopefully we see some new faces at the meetings soon! I, unfortunately, have class around those times, so please bare with me if I won't be as informed or as organized this semester, just turn in all your paperwork to Julia and she'll transfer them over to me, or leave them in her box and I'll take it from there! If you have any questions, be sure to e-mail me at ags.mission@gmail.com or if you have my facebook, to message me! If you can't make it to the meetings, like me, Julia will have the agendas posted up on ANGEL if you're in our ANGEL group! Oh and we might have possible conference meeting calls, like on Skype or something, for those of us who can't attend, so more updates to come on that!

I deleted all of the points from last semester, so it's a new clean slate on there now and I just added the points for Tuesday's meeting.

And as for the applications this semester, since I deal with most of the applications, it'll be so much easier for me if you could print out your current schedule and your transcript because the current schedule will confirm the number of units you have while it doesn't show that on the transcript and some people do make some mistakes on their applications, so yes current schedule and transcripts please! I did post a member packet on ANGEL, it includes the application, a points chart, and an employment verification form. I just thought it'd be easier to have all of those instead of a bunch of separate things, so don't be alarmed when you see the packet! And be sure to keep the points chart, I was asked a lot of questions last semester on how the points system works!

And I will try to post more updates on here this semester, but everything will be on ANGEL, so once you pay, please please sign up on there if you're a new member! I will try to clean up the roster, so whoever isn't joining this semester will be removed, just to make it a bit more cleaner!

That's about it...hopefully I see you all again this semester and some new faces as well! Let's have a great semester everyone! (:

Ellen Trieu,

Secretary/Points Officer

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