Meeting
Notes for 2006
November 28, 2006
I. Summer Reading Program
We are going with the theme “Take it to the Next Level,” which will be designed around gaming, technology, movies, and action.
We need to choose one program to work on as your summer project. We need to come up with a name for this program.
We also need to come up with more suggestions for programs to do over the summer. Teens suggestions included:
The program the teens chose to work on was the Teen Open Forum. Suggested titles for this program were:
A final decision on the title will be made at the next meeting.
II. SRP-Teen’s Night Out
-We need to come up with a theme and a name for this year’s Teen’s Night Out party.
Possible themes were Japanese themed, Time Warp theme, Celebrity theme, and Music theme. Time Warp and Music were the favorites, with suggested titles being: Just Like Music, Back in Time, Time Warp, Music Thru the Ages, Music from the Past Present and Future, Music Now and Forever, and Stones, Bones & Headphones. This issue will be further discussed at the January meeting.
October 24, 2006
I. Summer Reading Program Theme
The possible theme for children’s SRP for 2007 is Superheroes. We are looking for some type of theme for teens that would somewhat go along with that theme.
Something else that has been suggested is a gaming theme. Possible titles are Take it to the Next Level and Break Out of The Box.
-Teens liked Take it to the Next Level
Other Suggestions included: One Last Level; Level Up; One More Level; Summer Gaming; Get Your Game On; Extreme Gaming!!; Play it Right; Play it to the Extreme; Be in the Game; also suggested-partner with YMCA?
Program suggestions?
-DDR, gaming tournaments; arcade games; Eye Toy; Monopoly tournament; basketball arcade; video game character costume contest; contest-create video game storyboard; contest-create board game; guest presenter-Orlando Magic or Orlando Predators; Guitar Hero-PS2; draw favorite video game character contest; display books that have video games; cell phone games; logic puzzle tournament; Big Brain Academy; using the controller program
What do you want the logo to look like?
-game control w/ words “Just Push Play”; phrase circled in lights; TV in a dark room with grim reaper crawling out of TV to grab controller (who’s controlling who?); book that looks like video game console; person playing games with stuff from game behind him.
September 26, 2006
I. Teen Read Week-SuperSize Me Program
-Went over obstacle course that we made up last month.
-We need to come up with how to present the gross food facts section.
Decided to do Would You Rather for this
-Do we want to have any food? If so, what kind?
-yogurt, granola, 100% juice, water, apples, grapes
II. Summer Reading Program Theme
The possible theme for children’s SRP for 2007 is Superheroes. We are looking for some type of theme for teens that would somewhat go along with that theme.
-Suggested Titles: Reading for Justice; Super Summer Blast; Super Sonic Summer, Slam Your Face in a Book, Teenage Mutant Librarians
-Program suggestions: pop-culture trivia-cartoons/comics; movie days-superhero movies; create your own superhero contest; superhero costume contest
-Flyer-superheroes-marvel, DC, Dark Horse, graphic feel; flyer outside modern, inside vintage: POW! BAM! BOOM!
August
22, 2006
Super Size Me Program ( Featuring):
Games
Obstacle Course ( Hula Hoops, Jump ropes, push-ups ,ect.)
Categorizes
of Activities for the Program:
1.
Icebreaker
2.
Trivia Section
3.
Obstacle Course (time the game)
*
For each question they get wrong, for trivia, they have to wear
weights, or they have to start late (time is deducted from their
game time.)
Icebreaker:
Do a verb mad lib where everyone has to act out what they say.
Obstacle
Course:
Hula Hoop (5 or 3 hoops)
Jump Rope (10 times)
Crab Walk
Mini-bean bag Basket Ball toss
(5) push-ups & (5) sit-ups
Slither Crawling
Crawl around cones on knees
Yoga Break!
Spin Ten Times
(10) Jumping Jacks
Finish
February
28, 2006
I. Finish Discussing Teen
Summer Programs
-Finish going through the list of teen summer programs to see
what they think of the different ideas.
II. Teen Summer Reading Program
-For the summer reading program, the teens get to plan one program.
Last year, the teens planned the Toga Party, which was the opening
event for the SRP. This year do the teens want to plan a Mystery
Night? This will be a big commitment from them.
-Discuss script/concept of previous Mystery Night.
-If they don’t want to do mystery night, they need to choose
another program to work on for SRP from the list.
III. FanFic Contest
Explain that we are going to do a FanFic Contest for teens this
summer. Explain what it is, and tell them they need to come up
with the rules. Show rules from other contests, and have them
come up with a list of rules.
IV. Middle School Reading
List
-Vote on which idea they want to use: newspaper vs. website. If
website, have them come up with titles for the categories.
V. Next Meeting: March 28th, 7:00pm
- Make sure no one has any unresolved issues or comments or things
they would like to cover for our next meeting.
January
24, 2006
EXTRA
EXTRA!
We
began with more creative ideas for the Middle School Reading
List. Ideas for the layouts ranged from newspaper type folds to
poster board folds. We all agreed on a booklet fold for the reading
list.
Also
we discussed the following article ideas:
Comic
section
Mystery/thriller
Sci-Fi
Love
APRIL
FOOL'S DAY
Next,
we came up with possible ideas for teen programs in April....
Joke
Day
Music
Genre
Express
Yourself (art, music, drawing)
Mythbusters
SUMMER
PROGRAMS
Lastly, we were shown the new logo for the summer theme of "Uncover
the Secrets." Also discussed were the programs for the summer.
Our
next meeting will be on February 28, 7p.m.
Orlando
Public Library, Library Central