Reforma-El Paso Chapter Calendar of Events
January 2009
The chapter started the new
year with its monthly meeting to discuss this year's plans for events.
December 2008
The chapter held a very
festival holiday gathering at the popular Cattleman's Steakhouse at the Indian
Cliffs Ranch. Those who attended the holiday dinner participated in
Christmas gift exchange and a game of White Elephant.
Happy
Holidays
everyone!
October 2008
The chapter had a booth at
the Annual Border Regional Library Association (BRA) Fall Workshops. We
handed out chapter literature and membership applications and we also sold local
chapter T-shirts as well as the commemorative RNCIII t-shirts that were left
over from the conference.
September 2008
Reforma National Conference
III was held in El Paso, TX; September 18-21, 2008. It was a great event.
As part of the Local Arrangements Committee, the local chapter board members
received many compliments on how well the conference was organized, very
educational workshops, and great entertainment and food.
July
2008
New officers were elected
for 2008-2009:
Bill Lockhart President
Suzanne Marrufo-President-Elect
Martha I. Andrade-Treasurer Liaison, Chapter Webmaster, Secretary and Membership
Delma Valtier-Treasurer
Fernando Racelis-Hospitality
Gloria Bolton-Publicity
June
2008
The chapter attended its
first Teen Fest08 at the Cohen Stadium. Jorge Lara sold t-shirts and gave
out chapter literature to the teens, young adults and parents.
April 2008
This year at Día de los Niños, Dia de los Libros
we played Loteria and gave out the Reforma library activity coloring books, Bilingual, Spanish and English books, as well as toys to the children.
December 2007
We held our first potluck
holiday dinner at the Clardy Fox Branch Library for chapter and family members.
September 2007
The chapter had an
information booth at the Border Regional Library Association (BRLA)/Southwestern
Book Fair at the Main Library. We sold several Reforma-El Paso Chapter
t-shirts and we registered new chapter members that day as well.
August 2007
New officers were elected
for 2007-2008:
Jorge Lara President
Bill Lockhart President-Elect
Martha I. Andrade-Treasurer Liaison, Chapter Webmaster, Secretary and Membership
Delma Valtier-Treasurer
April 2007
This year at Día de los Niños, Dia de los Libros
we played Loteria and gave out the Reforma library activity coloring books, Bilingual, Spanish and English books, as well as toys to the children.
March 2007
The chapter had a fundraiser and the invited guests were
the authors Denise and Susan Abraham Gonzalez who will discuss their influences
in writing both the Cecilia’s Year and Surprising Cecilia.
The authors have been invited to speak at the annual Texas Library
Association and for those library professional who cannot attend TLA, will have
the opportunity to hear them speak at the
December
2006-January 2007
In late November, the local chapter was informed that
December 29, 2006
Late December, the chapter gathered at Jaxon’s on Airway
to celebrate the holidays. We had a
great turn out with several of the attendants were new members to the chapter.
The chapter continued with its annual membership
drive.
The chapter participated in the annual BRLA Fall Workshops
by displaying an information booth. After
the workshops everyone was invited to the home of Bill and Martha Lockhart for a
cookout. The grilled steak, chicken
and hot dogs were delicious! It was
a great turn out, the chapter recruited new members and current members had the
opportunity to socialize with fellow librarians.
July 2006
The new president for the chapter was announced and Suzy
Marrufo who is the manager of the Clardy Fox Library Branch was elected
President of Reforma-El Paso Chapter 2006-2007. Congratulations
Suzy!
April 2006
This year at Día de
los Niños, Dia de los Libros we played Loteria and gave out the Reforma library
activity coloring books, Bilingual, Spanish and English books, as well as toys
to the children.
April 2005
The chapter awarded its very first
“$500.00 Collection Development Mini-Grant” to the Fabens County
Library. The library will purchase English, Spanish and Bilingual
library materials.
The chapter along with Austin and Dallas were awarded a grant by the Texas Council for Humanities to sponsor a library program during National Library and our special guest was Benjamin Alire Sáenz. The event was very well attended and the chapter sold various titles of the author’s works.
The chapter also
helped the Armijo Branch Library staff and Pat Mora kickoff Día de los Ninos,
Día de los Libros. We were asked
to sell several titles of the author’s books at the presentation.
There were about 300 attendants at the event.
This year at Dia de los Ninos, Dia de los Libros we played Loteria and gave out
the Reforma library activity coloring book; Bilingual, Spanish and English books
for all ages, as well as toys to the children.
November
5-6, 2004
Author
Alisa Valdes-Rodriguez was the guest speaker at the Annual El Paso Public
Library Association Fundraiser at the Camino Real Hotel in downtown El
Paso. Her presentation focused on her new book Playing with Boys
and also discussed how she came up with the characters for the book The Dirty
Girls Social Club. On Saturday, Nov.5th she gave another presentation
at Irving Schwartz Library. The chapter sold her books at both events.
September
25, 2004
The chapter
sponsored a Border Regional Library Association (BRLA) Fall Workshop
session. We invited Miriam Rodriguez of the Dallas Public Library to give
a presentation on Innovations in Reference Services to the Non-English
speakers. Mrs. Rodriguez did great, she was very informative and well
prepared.
August 23-24, 2004
The chapter participated in the
eighth annual Dia de los Ninos Dia de los Libros at Washington Park.
The day will filled with games of Loteria and the prize was the Reforma
activity book.
April 24,
2004
The chapter participated in the
eighth annual Dia de los Ninos Dia de los Libros at Washington Park.
The day will filled with games of Loteria and the prize was the Reforma
activity book.
April
14, 2004
Gary Soto was invited by El Paso
Community College in partnership with Public Library and to visit El Paso. He talked about why he became a writer. The chapter sold the following books:
Chato’s
Kitchen, Chato and the Party Animals, Buried Onions, Baseball in April and other
stories, and Too Many Tamales.
October 16-17, 2003
On October 16th , John Rechy came to El Paso to help kick
off the city's Read-As-One program and to help the EPPL's anuual fundraiser.
On October 18th, he gave a presentation at Richard Burges and talked about The
Miraculous Day of Amalia Gomez, this years pick for the Read-As-One in El
Paso. The chapter sold his books: City of Night, The Miraculous Day of
Amalia Gomez, and The Life and Adventures of Lyle Clemens. He offered
a writing workshop on Saturday, October 19th at the Clardy Fox Branch.
September
27, 2003
The chapter sponsored a workshop at this year's BRLA. "Spanish
for Librarians" conducted by Moises and Norma Koube. Bill Lockhart,
President of the Chapter conducted a workshop on Consumer Health Reference on
Line. Leslie Trich gave two workshops on Basic Book Repair and
Advanced Book Repair. Martha I. Andrade, Fernando Racelis and Patricia
Hernandez manned the chapter's booth and sold books: City of Night, The
Miraculous Day of Amalia Gomez by John Rechy; and Orange Candy Slices
by Viola Canales; and other books.
June
29th, 2003
The Chapter gave three scholarships away this year. The
recipients are Bea Ruiz, Sara Puentes, and Saidah Ochoa. All three are
attending the on-line library science program offered by UNT(University of North
Texas). Congratulations!!
April
26th, 2003
Dia de Los Ninos, Dia de los Libros was a great success!
Members who volunteered to work the Reforma booth played Loteria all day long.
The child who yelled "Loteria" first received a Spanish/English
library related activity book along with crayons. Thanks to our very own
Angie Garcia for creating the activity book. Special thanks to the following members for volunteering: Bill Lockhart,
Martha I. Andrade, Mary Helen Michals, Karl Kingan, Ivonne Jimenez and her son,
Pedro, Patricia Hernandez, and Leslie Trich Humble.
January
9th, 2003
Author, Victor Villasenor visited El Paso and gave a presentation
two library branches. The first branch he visited was Memorial Park
Library at 10:00a.m., located at 3200 Copper and then at Armijo Branch at
2:00p.m., which is located at 620 E. 7th St. He lectured on his
experiences as a writer and signed copies of his books. The chapter sold
his books: Rain of Gold, Lluvia de Oro, and Wild Steps.
October
17th, 2002
Sandra Cisneros came to El Paso to discuss her new book Caramelo.
The chapter sold her books: House on Mango Street and Caramelo
with a portion of the proceeds going to the chapter's scholarship fund.
The El Paso Public Library is trying to raise funds to buy new furniture for the
new Main Library expansion project. The turn out was spectacular,
Cisneros' presentation was very energetic and comical.
September
28th, 2002
During the BRLA Workshop, the chapter sold the book: House on
Mango Street and Caramelo in order to prepare for the El Paso Read As
One program and for Sandra Cisneros' scheduled visit for October.
June
30th, 2002
The chapter gave away its first local Reforma Scholarship to Martha
C. Ramirez. She is attending the UT Austin-EL Paso Library Science
Program. She was awarded a check for $300.00. Congratulations!!
April
28th, 2002
The chapter participated in the Dia de Los Ninos, Dia de los Libros.
At the Reforma booth children played Loteria and prizes were given out to
the winners.