New record???

One of the TAB summer reading program participants read enough pages to get 33 prize drawing slips.  (that's 33 x300)  Just this week.






I think her odds of winning one of the NOOKS just jumped.

2nd & 3rd week drawing winners!

You better come to the library and check- that is unless you got a phone call.

Congrats to the first week's winners!

Gus Carlson

Maddie Schwartz

Caitlin Terry

Amy Imdieke

Henry Hutton

Evan Pak

The first 6 TAB reading challenge drawing winners! 

They got to choose a prize from this list:

An OWN THE NIGHT T-shirt, an OWN THE NIGHT Iron on and their choice of 1 of the $5 gift certificates from each of these stores:  Monkey See, Monkey Read; Hogan Brothers, Sketchy Artist and Good Bye Blue Monday!

Every entry slip will be entered in the final drawing for the NOOKS!

TEEN Summer Reading starts NOW!!

OWN THE NIGHT

The 2012 Teen Summer Reading Program- created and sponsored by TAB!

This summer, from May 29^th through July 26^th, read as many books, audiobooks, e-books, graphic novels and other forms of literature as you can.

For each book you read, write down the title and the number of pages in the log.

You get a prize for the first 300 pages you read every week and will be entered into the weekly drawing. Read 300 additional pages during the week and earn another entry into the drawing.

Weekly prize drawings will be held on Thursdays at 2pm. Prizes include $5 coupons to local shops and Own the Night swag.

On July 26 all entries will be merged into one pool for the GRAND PRIZE drawing. There will be 2 drawings for the GRAND PRIZE of a Nook Simple Touch purchased by TAB.  You don’t need to be present to win – winners will be notified.

Next TAB Meeting!!

May's meeting is TUESDAY, May 8th!!  6:30 pm in the YA area!!!

BEACH PARTY TIME!

Spring Break Fun!

Click on poster to enlarge.

February's meeting is coming up fast!

It's Monday, Feb. 6th at 6:30 in the library's meeting room.   Somethings on the agenda will be- weeding YA books, Library Beach Party Plans and viewing the newest books!

Reminder!

The library will be closed on Monday, Jan. 16th in honor of Dr. Martin Luther King Day.

January's TAB meeting----

Our January meeting in Monday, Jan. 9th! (Since January 2nd was a holiday)
Library meeting room 6:30-8.
Topics: New/different magazines for YA area?
Do we want to do Cabin Fever Library Mini Golf?  Expand it to include more games? Like laser tag? Wii??
What are you reading?

See you on the 9th!

Do you write poetry? Here is your chance to be published!!

Click here for info--

WOW about 1,700 people came to the library during Winter Walk!

December's TAB meeting is Monday, Dec. 5th!

The model library TAB made for the

2010 Winter Walk



TAB's Train from 2009



TAB's Train 2008

6:30-8 pm

-prepare for Winter Walk Th. Dec. 8th

-prepare our train for Winter Walk

-Plans for 2011, Cabin Fever Library Mini-Golf?



Mylar Maze at the Haunted library!

Sorry it's tilted!

TAB's VP in the news!

http://northfield.patch.com/articles/northfield-high-sophomore-makes-money-to-buy-gifts-for-animals

Minutes For 10/3/11

Minutes For 10/3/11

Northfield Public Library

Members Present: Jasper, Ryan, Emma, Maddie G, Maddie S, Nate, Seth, Chen, Will, Olivia, Emma, Elizabeth(via text) and New Member Maia Garcia!

1. Welcome Maren Levad from Minnesota History Society & TAB Introductions

Maren Levad shared some free teen workshop options such as State of Me, Steampunk History, Minnesota Myths, Minnesota Comics, Bandolier Bags, and Etiquette School for Young Ladies. TAB had interest in Steampunk, Minnesota Comics, and Etiquette School for Young Ladies. Will tell the winner when announced.

2.Teen Advisory Board Roles & Responsibilities (copied from By-Laws)

OFFICERS

A) The officers shall be a president, a vice president, a secretary and a treasurer elected from the members of TAB. All officers should make a special effort to attend all meetings, programs, and special events sponsored by TAB.

B) The president of TAB will work closely with the TAB advisor to organize TAB meetings. The TAB advisor will assist the president in creating the meeting agenda and will preside over TAB meetings. The president will act as the contact person for other TAB members who want items added to the agenda.

C) The vice-president will serve as the president in his or her absence. The vice-president will serve as membership coordinator, keeping track of active and inactive members and new applications. They will be in charge of promoting and recruitment of new membership. The vice-president will inform and remind all members of upcoming meetings, programs and special events.

D) The secretary will keep minutes of TAB meetings keeping them available to all via email and on the TABleau Blog on the library’s website. The secretary will be responsible for the attendance sheets at all meetings and inform the vice-president of absent members at meetings. The secretary will read the highlights of the previous meeting’s minutes at the beginning of each meeting. The secretary will keep track of all votes taken at each meeting. The secretary will serve as the president in the absence of the presiding president and vice-president.

E) Treasurer oversees the management and reporting of TAB’s finances. TAB’s funds will be established with a TAB account at a bank. Duties include:

· Bank account maintenance – co- signing checks/debit card

· Financial transaction oversight – Being knowledgeable about who has access to the organization’s funds, and any outstanding bills or debts owed, as well as developing systems for keeping cash flow manageable

· Budgets – Developing the annual budget as well as comparing the actual revenues and expenses incurred against the budget

Reports – Keeping the board informed on a monthly basis via the agenda

3. Elections and Swearing In!

With The Ballot Ready and Elizabeth Texting in her speech, we only had to do a re-vote for President between Elizabeth and Chen. Election Results were:

Chen Ye: President

Maia Garcia: Vice President

Maddie Guyott: Secretary

Ryan Pritchard: Treasurer

Officers were sworn in on a really cool, hundred year-old book about the history of the bible.

4. Haunted Library

TAB decided to do a Creepy Carnival Theme for the Library

TAB is changing!

Hi there! I'm Chen, the new TAB president, and I'll be highlighting a few of the changes we'll be making in the near future.

First and foremost, you might notice our new and update online presence--we've changed the design of this blog considerably (though things are still subject to shuffle around a little as we add polish here and there), and there's a completely new facebook page for all you to follow, right here! We're planning to be considerably more active online from now on, so keep updated!

Secondly, you might have noticed important internal reshuffling going on in TAB. We've decided to adopt an official series of rules and bylaws, which include the election of officers. I am pleased to report that your new TAB officers are:

Chen Ye (myself) - President

Maia Garcia - Vice President

Maddie Guyott - Secretary

Ryan Prichard - Treasurer

Elections will be held once a year, and we expect this change to allow for TAB to react and perform much faster, not to mention to have more productive meetings :-).

There are a few other minor changes that TAB has adopted just to streamline and update things, which I'm sure you'll find welcoming.

Well, that's really all for this post. I'm really excited to say that this is the beginning of a new era for TAB, and that we hope to become much more professional, effective, and well known throughout Northfield.

Enjoy the ride!

Chen Ye

TAB President

TAB is featured in an article in the Northfield News!

Click here to read the article

This photo is from the 2009
Haunted Library.

ELECTION results!

Meet the first ever TAB officers!
Left to right- Ryan Prichard: Treasurer, Maddie Guyott: Secretary, Maia Garcia: Vice-President and
President Chen Ye.

The theme of the HAUNTED LIBRARY to be Sunday, Oct. 30th from 6:30-8 will be CREEPY CARNIVAL.  Think Jesse James Days carnival only with zombies, creepy clowns and games of skill.

Official Notice of TAB election!

Description of TAB Officer duties adopted 9/12/11.
Election will be held at the next meeting Monday, Oct. 3 at the NEW START TIME! 6:30.

 NEW MEMBERS WELCOME!!

4.  OFFICERS

                A) The officers shall be a president, a vice president, a secretary and a treasurer elected from the members of TAB.  All officers should make a special effort to attend all meetings, programs, and special events sponsored by TAB.

                B) The president of TAB will work closely with the TAB advisor to organize TAB meetings.  The TAB advisor will assist the president in creating the meeting agenda and will preside over TAB meetings.  The president will act as the contact person for other TAB members who want items added to the agenda.

                C)  The vice-president will serve as the president in his or her absence.  The vice-president will serve as membership coordinator, keeping track of active and inactive members and new applications.  They will be in charge of promoting and recruitment of new membership.  The vice-president will inform and remind all members of upcoming meetings, programs and special events.

                D)  The secretary will keep minutes of TAB meetings keeping them available to all via email and on the TABleau  Blog on the library’s website.  The secretary will be responsible for the attendance sheets at all meetings and inform the vice-president of absent members at meetings.  The secretary will read the highlights of the previous meeting’s minutes at the beginning of each meeting.  The secretary will keep track of all votes taken at each meeting.  The secretary will serve as the president in the absence of the presiding president and vice-president.

                E) Treasurer oversees the management and reporting of TAB’s finances. TAB’s funds will be established with a TAB account at a bank. Duties include:     

• Bank account maintenance – co- signing checks/debit card 
• Financial transaction oversight – Being knowledgeable about who has access to the organization’s funds, and any outstanding bills or debts owed, as well as developing systems for keeping cash flow manageable
• Budgets – Developing the annual budget as well as comparing the actual revenues and expenses incurred against the budget
• Reports – Keeping the board informed on a monthly basis via the agenda.

F) Officers will serve a term of one year, from September to the following July.

G) Each September a new election will be held.  Officers may serve in the same office for up to 3 years.

5.  MEETINGS

                A) The regular meetings will be held once a month on the first Monday of each month at 6:30 pm ending by    8 pm.

                B) Special meetings may be called by the TAB advisor and/or president to complete tasks as needed.