New Executive Positions for the 2014 - 2015 year.

It is about to be that time of the year again. We want to continue this amazing club so if you want to be one of the executives of the uOttawa Bookworms for the upcoming school year, please send us an email at uottawabookworms@gmail.com.

Let us know a bit about yourself and why you want to help organize our little group

Positions Open:
1) Vice-President:
We are looking for someone who loves to read and has great leadership capabilities. Your role, if you choose to accept it will be to take on the responsibilities of the Co-Presidents in their absence, which include: 

1. monitor the Club's email account, 
2. update and create interesting content for the Club's website and Facebook page, 
3. Construct book recommendations list and curate the monthly reading poll.   
4. promote the club in person and online.
5. willing to have fun! :)

2) Treasurer
In our previous years as a club, the uOttawa Bookworms never utilized any financial subsidies provided to us by the SFUO. This year, we would like someone to take on the responsibility of Treasurer and manage the club's finances. If you have experience with managing simple finances, WE WANT YOU. For a start, we would really like you to look into obtaining a bank account for the club: SFUO Bank Account. In addition to that endeavor, a treasurer should also oversee all financial dealings in relation to the club, including keeping a record of each dealing. . 

Do either role sounds like it may fit you? Don't hesitate to send us an email at uOttawaBookworms@gmail.com if you're up for the job. The deadline to apply is August 31st, 2014.

Meeting Place Change

Hi Bookworms,

Do you like surprises? I sure do. So, apparently Community Life Services, the place where we pick up the keys to our booked room, works from 8:30 am to 3:30 pm. Imagine the look on my face when I went there at 4:00 pm to pick up our key for UCU301.

I'm so sorry about this booboo; instead of meeting in an actual room, our Sunday meeting will be held outside of Room UCU206/207 (where the lounge chairs are located.)

I promise not to deliver anymore scary surprises like this in the future.

See you soon!

(The very, very sorry) Stella

See you on Sunday, May 18th

Hi bookworms!

Thank you for taking the time to vote on when we should meet for our next Bookworms meeting!

As you can see by the title of this post, we will meet on Sunday, May 18th, from 2:00 - 4:00 pm. in UCU 301. This is a different room from where we usually meet and is located one level above the Tim Hortons in UCU.

We cannot wait to see you!

The uOttawaBookworms Team.

May Meeting Time

Hi Bookworms!

You guys have chosen to read Cinder by Marissa Meyer for the month of May. You had me at cyborg cinderella.

We are trying out a new polling system this month, utilizing Doodle to organize the meeting time poll. For those who haven't used Doodle before, simply do to the doodle link below and check off all of the times that suits you. The one (or two depending on how many people votes) that get(s) the highest vote will be our May meeting time!

So summarize the time options,
I didn't know which date you guys would like to meet so I left it pretty open. You can vote for any date between May 15th - May 31st.

Mondays and Wednesdays: 3:00 pm to 5:00 pm
Tuesdays and Thursdays: 2:00 pm to 4:00 pm
Fridays, Saturdays and Sundays have 3 times to choose from:
10:00 am to 12:00 pm
12:00 pm to 2:00 pm
2:00 pm to 4:00 pm

Here is the link to the poll. Make sure you expand the page so you can see all of the available options.
Doodle will ask you for to submit your name, just your first name, or even nickname is fine. We're not serious people here, so if you want to be Bilbo Baggins for the day, you can! :) Voting ends Thursday, May 8th at 10:00 pm.
http://doodle.com/2yazxws7w8wdctd9

Also, I would really appreciate feedback on this new polling method.

We can't wait to see you guys again. Happy reading!

The Bookworms Team.

Bookworms, get ready to read in May

Hi Bookworms! We've received some very exciting recommendations this May for our bookworm meeting. Here is the list of books you guys recommended, along with a few sentences on what that book is about. Once again, we have the poll up on our website and you're allowed to choose more than one book if you cannot pick a favourite. (Yes, they all sound so spectacular!) Voting starts today and ends on May 3rd, Saturday night at 11 pm. 

Heaven Can Wait by Cally Taylor: Lucy is a ghost stuck in limbo, but as it turns out, limbo is a grotty student-style house in North London. She has 21 days to help her geeky friend find a girlfriend, or she'll never be with her fiance, Dan, again.

The Rosie Project by Graeme Simsion: A lonely genetics professor sets out to look for love when he meets Rosie, who is looking for a DNA expert to help her find her biological father.

The Swan Gondola by Timothy Schaffert: Romance at the 1898 Omaha World Fair between a ventriloquist and an actress at the Midway's Chamber of Horrors.

The Glass Castle by Jeannette Walls: A memoir of the Walls children as they struggle through life with an alcoholic father and a mother who doesn't want a family.

Cinder by Marissa Meyer; Cyborg Cinderella in a dystopian setting.

Watership Down by Richard Adams: Story of a band of rabbits fighting against the intrusion of man and the destruction of their home.

Next week, we will have another poll up for you to vote on when our meeting shall be!

Talk to you soon!

The Bookworms Team

Bookworms in the Summer

Hi Bookworms! We haven't spoken to each other for quite some time and we've all missed your faces.

I hope all of your exams are going well, and you are in a mood to read more books. Why? Because the uOttawa Bookworms will continue to meet throughout the summer!

We have received two recommendations so far for what should read in May. If you have any other books that you want to read, be sure to fill out a Recommendations form on our website! Or post on our Facebook Page wall with your recommendations

Click on the titles below to read what each book is about.

1) Heaven Can Wait by Cally Taylor
2) The Rosie Project by Graeme Simsion

See you guys in May. :)

The uOttawaBookworms Team.

Our Meeting in March

Hey guys, some good news and some bad news regarding this month's meeting.

I just heard back from Gwen, the clubs coordinator at the SFUO, that rooms on March the 15th are all booked up. With that said, Sunday, March 23rd is still a go!

If you guys have another time in mind to hold our second meeting within the month, please let us know immediately so we can book another room at another time. If not, we will be having only one meeting this month.

As of right now, our meeting in March will be on:
Sunday, March 23rd. 12:30 pm - 2:30 pm, in UCU 206