Nominations

Hey Existing and Potential TAAP Members-

 As you all know the start of fall 2010 has already kicked in, and so we are looking foward to hearing from yall about fulfilling the officer positions for TAPP. Were looking for members to write 5-10 sentences stating your personal, academic, and TAPP goals as nomination for your interest in holding an officer's position.

Teaching Academy Program Peers

Officer Position’s duty List

President

-Attend meetings and activities

-Help set annual goals for the group

-Arrange meetings and activities and prepare meeting agendas

-Conduct meetings

-Appoint and release committee chairs

-Ensure that TAAP is represented at campus or community events as needed

Vice President

-Assume the duties of the President when the latter requests or is absent

-Confirm rooms for meetings and locations for activities

-Ensure that meetings and activities are publicized

Treasurer

-Help advisors maintain and monitor financial records

-prepare the annual financial report

-Make deposits and withdrawals on behalf of the organization

Secretary

-Record minutes of all meetings

-Maintain membership records

-Handle external correspondence (emails, announcements, etc)

-Keep members informed of group activities

-prepare the annual report with the President

Executive Assistant

-Assist the President and Vice-President in their duties as needed

If for any reason you cannot fulfill your position as an officer, please let us know so we can make arrangements for the status of that officer, Thank you!

Also, TAPP held two meetings this week in order to understand our members schedule. Our meetings were held in the student Loftin Center on Wednesday and Thursday from 1215-115, so please specify in your nomination which days work best so we come up with a set meeting schedule. 

Lastly, another reminder to yall about enjoying our next fundraiser event which will be the Antojitos Festival on September 22nd from 9-2. Were hoping members can volunteer anytime between those hours to keep our booth open for the festival. TAPP will be selling cokes, water, and sport drinks, so if for any reason you cant help with the event then helping with donations of these items would be a HUGE help, as well! Donations can be delivered to any of our sponsers' office located in the Gonzales Hall. Ms. Bernal, GH 209B, Ms. Coleman, GH 223C, and Ms. Gonzales, GH 131B. 

Due to deadline expectations were hoping to hear from yall about nominations as soon as possible, Monday even Tuesday if possible.  Were looking forward to hearing from yall and getting this year started, Thank you!

The direction in which education starts a man will determine his future life.

                                                                                                   Plato

1st TAPP Meeting

TAPP members: If you would like to consider continuing as a member for 2010-11, please make every effort to attend one of the two first fall meetings to be held next week. If you would like your name to be removed from the TAPP list, please let me know. After our first meetings, we be better able to prepare which day would work out best as our regular meeting days. You only need to attend one next week but are certainly welcomed again.



Meeting Dates:
Wednesday, 9-8, 1:00-2:00p.m., Loftin Student Center, Fiesta Room (downstairs) and


Thursday, 9-9, 12:15-1:15pm.m. Loftin Student Center, Craft Room (upstairs)

Agenda: Club officer nominations/election


Antojitos Festival fundraiser -- We will sale sodas/water bottles/sports drinks


Planning activities for the fall

Meetings, Nomination, Fundraisers

Dear Current TAPP Members and Faculty Co-sponsors,

Please make an effort to come by my office Gonzales Hall 131B MWF 11:00-2:00 or T/TR 12:15-2:00 or send me an email at:  ncruz-gonzales@alamo.edu

Even if you were not an active member last year, we would still like to hear from you.  Also, let me know if you are interested in an officer position.  Our V-P, Josey Lopez, from ’09-’10, is willing to help again in that officer position.  Other positions are:  President, Treasurer, Historian, Executive Assistant to the President.  It’s important you email me some facts about yourself and your goals as an officer if you are interested.  I’ll then be able to coordinate the information so that other members may have a chance to vote on officer nominations.  Be aware you can nominate yourself as well as someone else.  We need to have our student officers in place no later than Sept. 12 so that I can send that information to the Student Life Office.

Let me know a good time/day at which MOST of us can meet.  We cannot obviously all be available at the exact time.  In the past we have met usually on Wednesdays 1:00 or 2:00.  We’ve also met on a Tuesday 1:30 and sometimes 2:00.  It would help me to settle on a time and place to meet the week of Sept. 9-13 so that we can make plans for the campus-wide event Hispanic Heritage Week and our first annual fall fundraiser (I think Sept. 25, Wednesday.  I don’t know yet what we’ll be allowed to sale, but I’ll send a message to Student Life, Tyler Archer, asking for more details on the fundraiser.

However, first we need to make sure we have enough members on hand to help us out since the fundraiser runs usually from 8:00a.m. (to set-up) through 2:00p.m. or later (to close-up).  We will need to make sure we have enough people on hand. 

Thanks!

FALL 2010

Dear current TAPP members, please begin thinking about nominating yourself or a current member for an officer position. We have some members who were active last year and may wish to retain their previous officer positions, but again we cannot assume they may wish too. Therefore, please send in your own name if you’d like to consider becoming a club officer or would like to continue in the same position for 2010-2011.

The positions are:

President Vice President Secretary Treasurer Historian Executive Assistant to Officers

Also, please consider meeting your faculty co-sponsors the second week of classes Aug. 30-Sept. 3. If any of you will be available for a general organizational meeting in the afternoon (I can meet as early as 12:00 up until 2:15p.m.), please send me an email with a specific time/date on which you can meet. I’ll look forward to hearing from you!

Feel free to contact me at: ncruz-gonzales@alamo.edu

Your faculty co-sponsors would like to hear from you!