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Opportunity: The Zine Lab Program

Hey Book and Media Studies students!
 
Are you interested in self-publishing or zines?  The John M. Kelly Library is launching The Zine Lab program.  It is an opportunity to learn about zine history and zine-making as well as create your own zines.  Zine-making supplies are provided to BMS participants, all you need to bring is your enthusiasm and ideas! 
 
Participants that complete the full program will receive a co-curricular record in the process.
 
For more information, visit: https://sites.google.com/site/thezinelab/

 

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BMSSA Fall Elections!

Dear BMS students,
 
Just a gentle reminder that starting today (Friday Oct. 3) until Wednesday Oct. 8, BMSSA will be accepting nominations for the BMSSA Fall Elections!
 
We are looking for:
Second Year Representative (1)
Third Year Representative (1)
Fourth Year Representative (1)
Member at Large (1)
 
Year Representative:
– Enrolled in the Book and Media Studies Major or Minor program
– Shall act as a liaison between BMS students in their respective year and the BMSSA exec to promote BMSSA events, connect with the students, and communicate any issues, queries, and/or suggestions
– Shall give general assistance to other members of the executive as required
– Shall participate in exec meetings and sub-committees
 
Member at Large:
– Enrolled in 0.5 FCE of Book and Media Studies courses
– Shall act as a liaison between BMS students in their respective year and the BMSSA exec to promote BMSSA events, connect with the students, and communicate any issues, queries, and/or suggestions
– Shall give general assistance to other members of the executive as required
– Shall participate in exec meetings and sub-committees
 
In-person voting will take place next Thursday Oct. 9 (7-10pm) and Friday Oct. 10 (10am-5pm). Any student in the program or taking a BMS course is eligible to vote. Election results will be announced on Tuesday Oct. 14
 
To self-nominate, please submit the following information to bookandmedia@utoronto.ca:
– Full name as you wish it to appear on the ballot
– Position of interest
– Indication of eligibility (program or course)
– A brief statement of intent (which will also appear on the ballot) of no more than 300 words telling us a bit about yourself, why you’d like to serve on the BMSSA and any relevant qualifications for your position
 
All nominations must be submitted by Wednesday Oct. 8 at 11:59pm
 
Please feel free to send us a message if you have any questions or concerns.
 
We hope to hear from you and best of luck to all nominees!
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A General Meeting and A Journal Fair.

Hello BMSers and welcome to our fourth week of classes. Can you believe its already been a month?! Your Executive team has been able to meet up a few times this month (find our meeting minutes) and have some great things planned already! This week:

Our General Meeting: Is to be held in Carr Hall Room 107 from 3-5. Take this time to come out and meet the Executive and fellow program members, ask questions about the program, get some free food and drinks, and get to know the great program that you are involved in. Also, if you are interested in being a year rep, this is a great place to familiarize yourself with some of what could be your responsibilities.  If you can’t make it right at three, you are still more than welcome to come out. We look forward to meeting you!

The Undergraduate Journals Fair: is this Wednesday (Oct. 1) from 11-1 in the Kelly Cafe. Come out to see last years journal (the first of its kind!) and find out what you can do to be published in this years! This is a great oppourtunity to get some of your own work published, which can be useful when making portfolios to take to interviews in the future.

Guidelines for submissions include:

– 6-10 pages, must be written for a BMS course, deadline for submissions is December 3rd.

Have a great week and we hope to see you at one of these events. Happy Monday!

 

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2014-2015 Elections: Year Reps and Member at Large

Hi there,

Are you looking to get involved? We want to hear from you!

BMSSA is looking for its first ever 2nd, 3rd, and 4th year representatives and a member at large. Year reps and the member at large will represent and act as the liaison between BMS students and the BMSSA exec by visiting BMS classes to promote BMSSA events, connecting with students, and communicating any issues, queries, and/or suggestions.

To apply, please send your name, position, and a brief description of why you want this position and what you can bring to BMS (this will go on the ballot) to bookandmedia@utoronto.ca. Applications will be accepted from Friday, October 3, 2014 until Wednesday, October 8, 2014. Please note, year reps must be students in the major or minor program while the member at large can be any student taking a BMS course.

In-person voting will take place on Thursday, October 9, 2014 at our social/pub night from 7-10pm at the Fox and Fiddle (280 Bloor St W) and on Friday, October 10, 2014 from 10am-5pm in the Kelly Cafe of the Kelly Library.

If you any questions or concerns, please feel free to send us a message.

We hope to hear from you and best of luck to all candidates!

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Meeting Minutes September 19, 2014

Meeting Minutes

Friday September 19, 2014

In Attendance: Lily Ren, Ken Kongkatong, JessiKa Wu, Victoria Greco, and Hailey Parliament

At Kelly Library Cafe, 3:30pm.

Topics of Discussion:

  • Book Sale Volunteers needed, for set up and take down of St. Micheals College Book Sale October 24th and 25th

  • Office Hours scheduled to begin in October

  • Speech to be made to BMS classes starting next week, September 22.

NEXT MEETING IS THE GENERAL MEETING ON SEPTEMBER 30th AT 3:00pm IN CARR HALL 107!