TSA Chapter Holiday Party!

Well, it's that time of year again! The holiday season is here, and that means it is time for our annual Howell High School TSA Holiday Party! This party is open to all TSA members and will be held directly after school in room # B109 on Wednesday December 12.

Also, please also bring some type of food, snack, or drink with you to make this party as fun as possible! If you have any questions concerning the holiday party please see Mrs. Roses in room B109.

Happy Holidays!

New Jersey TSA Leadership Conference

Last week, our Howell High School chapter officers attended the 2007 New Jersey TSA Leadership Conference at The College of New Jersey. At this event, our chapter officers, as well as the other TSA chapter officers throughout New Jersey, met with our New Jersey state officers and had activities to get to know each other better.

After initial greetings, we were all shown how technology is used by a variety of people, including magicians. And a guest magician appeared to demonstrate how technology was used in his career (which was very surprising to many who were there).

And to end the day, the attendants participated in a technology challenge (though I will not elaborate on the details of the challenge in case Mrs. Roses or the other Technology Design teachers, chooses to re-use the activity in one of their classes).

I would also like to mention as a side-note that there could possibly be a chapter TSA meeting sometime next week. Though this is entirely unofficial at this time. Once the date of the meeting is determined a post will be made here and a newsletter will be sent out, to those whom subscribed.

November 5: TSA Meeting Minutes

Here are the minutes (highlights) of the TSA Meeting which occurred on Monday November 5, 2007 as they were recorded by our chapter secretary, Andy Runyon:

• Meeting begins at: 2:14PM
• [October 10: TSA Meeting Minutes were read and were accepted as true in a vote of 23 approving the minutes as true -0 rejecting the minutes as true -1 abstaining to vote]
  
• [Funds] for Haunted House were discussed
• Special Elections [for the positions of Parliamentarian and Historian were held]
• Kimmy Reigh became the newly appointed historian
• Chris Magnesun became the newly appointed parliamentarian
• Discussed fund raising ideas
• Motion to have an outdoor drive[-in movie] was made made by Rebecca and seconded by Shane
• Motion passes [with a vote count of]: 15 for the motion -3 against the motion -6 abstain
• Costs of drive-in [were discussed]
• Anton motions [for a] 24' X 36' [screen to rent and] Shane seconds the motion
• Votes passes with 14 votes for the motion -1 vote against the motion -9 abstained to vote
• Motion [was made to] serve grilled food at drive-in [by Brian and seconded by C.J.]
  
• Votes passes with 15 votes for the motion -0 votes against the motion -9 abstained to vote
• [Possibility of] video game tournament fund raiser was discussed
• [Possibility of] TSA Computer Repair Team fund raiser was discussed
• Meeting adjourned at: 3:54PM
• [Date of next meeting was not specified]

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Haunted House was a Success!

I am very pleased to announce that our Howell TSA Haunted House was a complete success! Thanks to everyone who came and helped with this nicely done event! We did so well, that this year's Haunted House earned over $400 more than our Haunted House did last year! Thanks once again to everyone!

TSA Meeting Delayed

Update (10/30/2007): Due to unforeseen issues, the meeting to which this post refers, has again been postponed until Monday November 5 and will take place after school in room B109.
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The TSA Meeting, which was originally intended to take place today, was postponed, as many of you already know. However, the meeting has now been set to be held on October 25, in room B109 after school. It is during this meeting that elections for the positions of Historian and Parliamentarian will be held (as these positions were reinstated at our last meeting).

Also, keep in mind that there will be a meeting tomorrow (10/19/2007) for those in the Haunted House Courtyard Committee only, after school in B109.

October 10: TSA Meeting Minutes

Here are the minutes (highlights) of the TSA Meeting which occurred on Wednesday October 10, 2007 as they were recorded by our chapter secretary, Andy Runyon:

• Finished sign up for Haunted House Committees
• Brittany discussed a Logo competition held at the state level
• Kimmy talked about Ronald McDonald tab collection
• [Motion made to] reinstate old Officer Positions. (Historian and Parliamentarian)
• Historians provide DVD/CD chapter yearbook
• Parliamentarian keeps meetings flowing, stating whether motions can be placed or made
• New positions, Frank made the motion for adding both positions and Joe Filipkowski seconded the motion
• Vote: 41 in favor; to oppose 1, passing the motion
• The chapter was shown the 2007 State TSA Conference Video
• Meeting Adjourned at: 4:00pm
• Next meeting [is on] October 18th

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The Howell High School TSA Chapter News and Events Page!

Hey Howell TSA, how do you feel!?

This is your chapter reporter, Matthew Goldzman, letting you know that you can find all major TSA announcements on this page and through our newsletter, exclusive to Howell TSA chapter members. On this page, you will get the minutes as they are recorded by our chapter secretary, Andy Runyon, for every chapter TSA meeting. All important announcements are included here, and everything that is posted here will automatically be sent out to everyone signed up to our newsletter.

If you are a Howell TSA Chapter member, and would like to receive the newsletter please see me at the next TSA chapter meeting.

You can also subscribe to get all the content from this page on our RSS and Atom feed here!

Update: The RSS/Atom feed is now compatible with the iPod Touch and iPhone's web browser, for your convenience. iPhone users should note that the page will load rather quickly, even when using the Edge network (which on average runs at speeds between 12kbps and 60kbps). This way our chapter's TSA content can be quickly accessible at all times!

Why did I make this page black?

Well, it has recently been proven that computer monitors require more energy to produce white displays than black displays, so in an effort to save electrical power, we have decided to make the Howell TSA Chapter site black.
Even though the energy savings are small, it will add up to to a lot of savings over time. Not to mention that black pages also cause less irritation on the eyes.
Other sites on the internet have also taken notice of this, by making their pages black. One such site known as Blackle, features a Google Search with a predominantly black background. And this site has already had an estimated 248,596.864 Watt hours of energy conserved so far, (as of 10/12/2007) and counting!

To find more ways to help conserve the environment, you can check out these sites:

- Blackle Tips
- TreeHugger.com
- Black Google Would Save 750 Megawatt-hours a Year