meat-ing

we had another staff meeting today! here's what has come out of that:
 - we will be printing the zine EN COLOR
 - we have received a donation that will allow us to finally purchase our personalized ZINE CLUB BRACELETS, made for us by Aoife at teenqueens.bigcartel.com!
 - we have just been notified that another Etsy shop (it's a secret) will be donating items for the GIVEAWAY at the LAUNCH PARTY!

we will be working hard this week to get the bulk of the zine finished so that we might have copies available by the next meeting(!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!).

Zines will be available for (roughly) a dollar each, as will bracelets (depending on when we get them). All proceeds go right back into the next session of ZINE CLUB!!

ALLLLLLSSSSOOOO
If anyone has any artwork/other thingys that they would like to sell or display at the Launch Party, please email us at gohszineclub@gmail.com!

thank you for all of your greatness.
Alyson

1234

can I just start by saying that I logged on today and it said that our blog had 1234 views? yes, big number, but it's also MAGICAL. just do something magical tonight/tomo before you sell your soul to finals on Thursday and Friday.

really wanted to tell you guys that we are all bummed out about not being able to see you this week because modified day on Thursday = no lunch time! we will do something in place of the holiday thingy we had planned, so not to fret ;).

dates to be determined regarding the group meeting happening the second week of break. all staff should attend and any other person who wants to hang out and participate in the putting together of the ACTUAL ZINE is totally welcome!!

s/o to Tiara for donating to the cause! she is the lone contestant in our raffle . . . donate $2 or more for the chance to win some etsy goodness for yourself! also, always shouting out to anyone who has previously donated. you is smart, you is kind . . . :)

please keep creating. creation is nature and its seeds must be constantly blooming, or else it slowly becomes extinct.
DONT LET IT GO EXTINCT!!!

love love LOOOOVVVVEEE,
Alyson

editor meeting

Shaylie and I are meeting up for the FIRST TIME in like months TOMORROW and it is going to be AWESOME. Not just for us, but for YOU TOO . . . because we are finally getting our act together!

Although there isn't much to inform you of until AFTER our little rendezvous, we just wanted to keep you updated on all of our shenanigans and know that we haven't abandoned you in the tumultuous (but even more so ANNNNNOOOYYYYINNNNGGG) tornado that is FINALS. Ew, we would never.

Just reminding you to keep an eye out for a white elephant gift for the meeting in two weeks (#12; this Thursday's will be #11). We have had outstanding participation in activities in the past, so let's keep it up! Unlike Friendsgiving, where you can kind of sneak by and take other people's food that they brought EVEN THOUGH YOU DIDN"T BRING ANY YOURSELF (it's alright, we love you anyways), the white elephant gift is completely based upon group contribution! The gift can be quirky, cool, whatever. You needeth not spend more than $10.

**** IF YOU CANNOT FOR ANY REASON CONTRIBUTE TO THE WHITE ELEPHANT GIFT EXCHANGE BUT REAAALLLY WANT TO, JUST TEXT US/EMAIL US AND LET US KNOW!!! WE ARE HERE FOR YOU AND LOVE YOU AND WANT TO HELP YOU!!!***

please, don't be shy! We KNOW that the holidays mean tight pennies for MANY PEOPLE, so just let us know and we will hook you up!

hope to see you on Thursday for meeting #11!
Alyson

showtime

I was going to title this post "That's A Wrap", because the deadline has passed and . . . yeah. But then I realized that this, issue one, is hardly anything but wrapped. We may have just closed submissions for issue one, but all that means is that the real magic is just about to happen with the actual putting-together of the zine, the launch party, and a few more surprises ;)

yes, it is indeed SHOWTIME.
what does SHOWTIME include?

- organizing the zine
- printing the zine
- selling/advertising the zine
- planning launch partay
- having launch partay
- distributing zine online via our zineclub.bigcartel.com
- OTHER STUFFFFF

updates to come.

for now, the one thing that can definitely get accomplished is our $$ goal. We are a bit over $20. Our goal is $50. With a minimum of 32 people at every meeting, and the enthusiasm of 100, we should definitely be able to achieve this goal. without the dough, the zine's a no-go.
"can we do it?"
"YES WE CAN!"

also available on our zineclub.bigcartel.com is donations! If you have $1 or so left on that old Visa gift card and are feeling charitable (or just want to get rid of it!), help us out.


in other news, Happy Birthday to our secretary, KATIE COMBS! I would also like to thank any of you who wished me a happy day of birth, as well ;) :)

Katie being cute.

There is a lot more news to come, but we don't want to jump the gun on anything just yet. thank you ALL for contributing, especially our friends in other parts of the world, and stay tuned!

more posts to come,
Alyson