Pasadena Public Library, Teen Advisory Board, 1/22/2018
Present: Brittany, Chris, Denisse, Enrique, Faith, John, Jonathan G, Kristina, Maya, Sophie, Thomas
Focus of January meeting: STEAM, succession plan, SRC graphics
Agenda
Discussion (45 minutes)
STEAM
- Makey Makey for kids Feb 28 (starts 5pm) – Chris, Jonathan G, Denisse
- Gamemaker for teens Apr 11 (starts 5pm) – Kristina — Who else can help with this? Kristina, please send a draft of your lesson plan.
- Tour of new “Game Room”
- Culminating event Jul 28 – Robotics competition – Sophie and Kristina will contact high school robotics club presidents
Succession plan
- Jane L is graduating – need TAB member to take over the role of Volunteer Relations Chair; must be someone who’s able to give bi-weekly new volunteer orientations
- Maya and Penelope are graduating – will transition Brittany and Faith to take over Instagram
- Kristina is graduating – will need someone to take over Blog Manager role — possibly current Copy Editor (Ioana) or Blog Assistant (Faith); Blog Manager must be able to communicate consistently and be able to post at least once a week.
- Our primary homework helper Sophia is graduating; will need another regular weekly homework helper in the Fall; must be dependable, work a weekly shift of 4-6 on Tue or Thur, and be good and patient with kids
- All of our regular general weekly volunteers are graduating; will need to recruit replacements; weekly volunteers must be dependable, have a wide skill set including attention to detail, intermediate web searching, data entry skills, good dexterity for crafts, and basic graphic design
- Along with the general weekly volunteers, Kristina, and Maya graduating, we’ll need new Teen Zine graphic designers; will recruit again
- Need a backup to help facilitate book club; do we think this should continue during the school year?
- Need more game room monitors (4-6pm on a weekday, probably Friday)
- Need one TAB member age 13-14 to be a member of the Young Readers League selection committee
Action Items (15 minutes)
Vote – Summer Reading graphics
Information items (30 minutes)
Upcoming:
- Youth Network – Feb. 7, 4-6pm – This meeting will be devoted to mental health. Please see the attachments and the message below for more info. I hope some of you will attend.
- Meeting with Youth Council re. State of the Youth – Feb. 7 – 6pm – immediately after the Youth Network meeting. Youth Council is opening up their meeting to us to discuss the upcoming State of the Youth event.
- Writers Meetup Jan 25 – Genevieve & Taleen
- E-Textiles – Feb 14 & 21, 5-7pm
Program leaders:
- Book clubs – Sofia
- Writing meetups – Sophie (backups: Genevieve & Taleen)
- Movie Night – Genevieve & Penelope
- Game Night – moving to Game Room + Teen Central; by Game Room Monitors
- Homework Help – Jonathan H
Mental Health – Genevieve, Penelope, Thomas
Marketing committee – Maya, Penelope
- Instagram review
- L.A. Parent or other online calendars – transition to weekly general volunteer
- Flyers & posters in Teen Central – transition to Teen Central Assistant
- Blog/Zine articles – tracking & goal – transition to Teen Blog Manager
- Tracking promotional power of TAB – what has been shared by TAB in the past 2 months?
Blog & Zine – Kristina, Faith
Volunteer Relations – Jane L, Lauren, Jonathan G
- TAB onboarding list
- Youth Network liaison – Jonathan G
Y.E.S. Grant – Lauren, Jonathan G, Brittany, Jonathan H
STEAM 2018 – Sophie, Kristina, Chris, John, Jonathan G, Denisse
- Game Room – John
- MaKey MaKey, Wed. Feb 28 at 5pm – Chris
Young Readers League – need someone that’s age 14 or younger in 2018 to help select our book
Past agendas:
Teen Advisory Board — December 2017
Teen Advisory Board — November 2017
Teen Advisory Board — October 2017
Teen Advisory Board — September 2017
These notes are for record purposes only. For more information about attending events, please see our website: http://ww5.cityofpasadena.net/library/teens-services/#menu3
To join the Teen Advisory Board, the application and description can be found on our website: http://ww5.cityofpasadena.net/library/teens-services/#menu4