Author: Katie Miller

• Waffle Sale: sign up for raspberries and strawberries and F and G block + send reminders
  • Anna can volunteer during F block.
  • Please send text to those who signed up to bring materials and sign up now if you haven’t already.
• Victoria: Redwood Family House Christmas Party Update
  • Build a Bear?
    • The bears shipped yesterday and the estimated arrival is Friday.
  • Gingerbread men
    • They are going to decorate them and pipe the names of everyone there.
    • Magis is going to bake the cookies prior to the party.
  • Check for right paint for inside balls
    • We were debating between glitter and paint, and, ultimately, the glitter seems like the better option because it is simpler, cleaner, and cheaper.
  • For the party, we need to order Buca di Beppo because it was very successful last time!
• State Convention: Info out
  • Reserve 15 rooms now — best hotel?
    • Natalie is going to call a hotel, but before Magis, Naomi, and Natalie will meet to see which one is best.
• Lorica December Edition
  • Due December 11
    • Sophie S just added the games and Sudoku, but those who are writing articles need to share it with with Sophie S by Friday.
    • Updates about upcoming events, particularly Saturnalia needs to be on the Lorica edition.
• Saturnalia planning
  • Thank you Jack for the tree!
    • Put on lights and snowflake top?
  • Anyone else want to bring treats?
    • Victoria is going to bring drinks and Natalie is going to bring more baked goods.
    • Sophie R and Naomi are bringing cupcakes and Maddie is bringing cookies.
  • Post invite on boards outside classrooms.
    • We will be hanging up a ton of posters around the school!
  • Inviting non-Latin friends?
  • Inviting Menlo alumns?
    • Jeff and his Menlo Alumni friends may come to our Saturnalia party.
    • In addition, Jeff may host his own on December 17th.
  • Reminder to bring candles — especially Morris’ classes
• Meeting for Aequora on Thursday at 3:30 -Nat and Magis
  • Ms. Kelly, Natalie, and Magis are going to figure out when to set up the Aequora meeting.
• Did we submit the website? Anything else submitted?
• Next publicity project – Sophie
  • She just ordered some bookmarks and she is planning to advertise in Martin and different libraries in the area.
  • Portola Valley Library said that they would be interested in working with us.

Saturnalia planning

• Jack might get an Christmas tree for the classroom
• Sophie and Naomi are meeting Thursday morning about our Saturnalia party
• Jeff wanted to host a Menlo JCL party, but we are inviting him to ours

Christmas party – December 13

• Adriana is new coordinator at Redwood Family House
• Bought 10 fake Christmas trees — $54 each
• We will buy more ornaments
• We may do Build a Bear for the kids
• Victoria is looking at the different ornament crafts we can do

Waffle Sale is Wednesday, December 5

• Victoria is requesting the date

State convention: info is out

• We are reserving rooms now – we will reserve 15 rooms

Lorica December Edition

• Due December 11
• Articles:
  • State Convention Heads Up: Natalie
  • Ludi + awards: Ethan
  • Saturnalia: Morgan
  • Donation: Magis
  • Look out for Xmas Party: Sophie S.
  • Club of the Month October + Nov Honorable Mention: Victoria

CAJCL board candidates

• People are deciding by next week whether they want to run

Moving info to shared google docs

• Natalie will talk to tech to see what we can do.

Open Certamen

• Natalie has the file.
• Naomi will talk to Will to see how it works.

Ideas for our website

• Right now it looks pretty good.
• A lot of sites have a calendar, so we might want to add that.

Greece Trip: last deadline is Dec. 20

There is a mosaic/glass fusion place in San Carlos

• This could be a place that we go and do art projects for State

• Waffle Sale sheet and reminders
  • Non perishables need to be at the Waffle Sale before school.
  • Anna will help out at the Waffle Sale during F block.
• Saturnalia planning
  • Preferably, we want to do the Saturnalia Party during the JCL Tuesday lunch on December 11th?
  • It is optional, so anyone is JCL is welcome to attend!
• Clean up from Halloween
  • Everyone who brought containers, please retrieve from Magis’ room. They are clean and ready to go!
  • Magis still needs to put in the Buca di Beppo expenses from the Halloween Party.
• Redwood Family House Christmas Party
  • The December 7th date for the Christmas party is tentative, but still possible.
  • Typically, we go to cut down a few Christmas trees and bring the to the shelter to decorate.
• Natalie & Will: Open Certamen Report
• Sophie: Publicity Update
  • We won our Miscellaneous Halloween Prize.
  • If anyone has photos from Valpo Bowl, please send them to Ahna.
• Ludi Preparation?
  • There is a canned food drive, so please bring in canned foods, even if you are not going to Ludi.
    • Most needed foods: tuna, chicken, salmon, low-sodium chili, stews, nut butters (e.g. peanut butter, Nutella).
  • Bring layers! The city gets cold in the morning.
• State Convention
  • Officers must attend March 29-30.
• CAJCL January Meeting
  • Contact Chris Sapyta?
  • We just need her there for set-up on Jan. 12
  • Conference Room confirmed
• Constitution: Ethan
  • The Constitution cannot be amended until March.
  • Ethan should email the Parliamentarian for CAJCL about amendments.

• Menlo Study Abroad is copying us by hosting their own Waffle Sale and using our waffle irons.
• Waffle Sale:
  • $644
  • Next date?
    • We want to host another Waffle Sale before Christmas so that we can raise money for the Christmas Party at the homeless shelter.
    • We could possibly sell right after Saturnalia, but it is still a tentative date.
  • Waffles for Paradise?
    • We also want to help raise money for the fires in Northern California, possibly by doing a Bake Sale, another Waffle Sale, or just collecting money.
    • As a community, we feel as though making waffles or baked goods brings us together because we are putting in true effort rather than just donating our parents’ money.
    • At the end of the lunch period, Natalie, Ethan, Victoria, and Magis are going to meet about raising the money for the fires.
• Saturnalia planning: Who is in charge?
  • We need a small subcommittee to help plan Saturnalia.
  • Sophie R and Naomi have both volunteered to plan.
• Clean up from Halloween and bring up Xmas boxes
  • We cleaned up and put away all the Halloween decorations. Now it is time to put up the Christmas decorations!
• Victoria: Redwood Family House Christmas Party
  • Food?
    • Lulu’s or Celia’s are great for catering in large portions and serve delicious Mexican food!
  • Suggestions for ornaments?
    • Magis has bought 9 packages of 50 ornaments so far.
• Morgan: Turn in Ludi registration money
• State Convention: Info out
  • Reserve rooms now
    • We need to reserve rooms now so that we have sports for our homeroom and discussions.
  • When to send out registrations?
    • We need to send registrations right when we find out the deadline.
• Metamorphoses at Berkeley 
  • Best time: Friday, Sat., Sun?
    • Everyone has voted on Saturday!
  • Eat first/after?
    • Eating first would be preferable!
  • Invite others at school?
    • We could invite other schools and clubs and extend outside of JCL.
• Natalie:
  • Open Certamen report
    • Natalie was able to contribute to a win!
  • Setting up Google Share
    • We are continuing to work on a team google drive folder, but we need to transfer ownership of documents for when Magis retires and students graduate.
• Ludi
  • Thank-you Note
    • Please everyone sign the thank-you note because St. Ignatius hosted a wonderful convention!
  • Debrief
    • Anna, Natalie, Ethan, Morgan, and Sophie R played a good basketball game!
  • Awards
    • We earned several awards for events such as Open Certamen.
  • Send pictures to Ahna
    • Please send whatever pictures you took to Ahna so that we have plenty of photos for the Scrapbook.
• CAJCL January Meeting
  • Jan. 12
    • The meeting will start at 10:30 and will be over by 2:00.
  • Food suggestions
    • Lulu’s would be a great for catering.
  • Come audit if you are interested in running for state office
    • Sophie R, Ethan, and Sonia

• Lorica Update: thank you Sophie!
  • This month’s Lorica came out beautifully!
  • All of the articles were turned and and compiled on time.
• Redwood Family House Halloween party report
  • Although the party started at 6 pm instead of 5pm, the party was a success!
  • The kids thoroughly enjoyed the pumpkin carving, especially putting stickers on the pumpkins.
  • Also, the cookie decorating was very popular because the kids could put their own unique twist on a tasty treat
• Send pictures from Halloween party now!!
  • Make sure to send pictures from the Halloween party to Ahna because she has a deadline coming up soon.
  • All of the old material from the past updates must be properly archived
• Victoria needs to send the link to Mr. Healy that we won club of the month.
• Sophie S needs to share this months Lorica with Mr. Olson so publicize Menlo JCL activities.
• Date for the RFH Christmas party 
  • Victoria is still in the process of finding a date that would be compatible with all of our schedules, preferably on a Friday.  
  • December 7th is the most compatible date because it is before break and finals.
• Open Certamen Registration program update
  • Program works beautifully in Python, currently being translated to a binary file
  • Should be done soon!
• Saturnalia Brainstorm
  • In the Middle School, the students did a candle exchange, which was very fun for everyone
  • Participants need to bring cupcakes, ice cream, candles, and ornaments for the tree.
• Waffle Sale
  • Organize sheet
    • We need to make a sign-up sheet for people to bring cooking materials and work the Waffle Sale.
• Scrapbook update
  • The historians are currently working on the officer pages right now.
• Meme dream NJCL?
  • If anyone has a funny meme that they have made, then please share it with us for NJCL!
• Get your t-shirts!
  • Please all students who are attending Ludi need their t-shirts for convention so that we can easily identify each other and represent Menlo JCL.
• JCL Halloween Party!

• Morgan: mail Ludi forms
  • Morgan is preparing to mail Ludi forms soon.
• Halloween party: Victoria
  • We have eight people attending the Halloween Party, which is enough to help out with all the activities.
  • The volunteers are wearing the new JCL shirts for the Halloween Party!
  • Food ordered
  • Pumpkins ready
• We won Club of the Month: Congrats to Victoria and everyone!
  • Natalie’s club won Club of the Month! This was our first time entering and, because of the waffle sales, community service, and activities that we offer, we stood out as a great club!
  • Send the info to Than
  • Send to Shane  
• Lorica update: Sophie
  • Write-up status: Caesar Maximus, Progressive Supper, first waffle sale (include where proceeds go), word-search
    • Sophie S still needs Anna, Naomi, and Sophie R/Victoria’s write-ups.
  • Magis needs to write something
  • We could possibly put a background section on our Lorica
• Google team drive: Natalie
• National FPM: Natalie
  • Natalie is the Communications Coordinator and recently went North Dakota for National FPM; besides work, she met some of the other officers and overseers of National Convention.
• Aequora
• Push/work with Will to get the Open Certamen Registration program working: Naomi?
• Scrapbook: They have started!
  • They have started the scrapbook and are now available to meet twice a week.
  • Historians are planning on doing more artistic creativity rather than just little designs.
  • Natalie and other officers can help out with the scrapbook until convention.
  • Show t-shirts
    • The t-shirts turned out beautifully! 
  • When should we hand them out?
    • If we hand them out right before Ludi, it will ensure that no one has lost them.
• Meeting about the money from Convention: Nat and Naomi
• Bylaws: We are ready to vote.
  • Naomi’s motion: to vote for approval of the Bylaws.
• Greece trip
  • Magis needs the Greece forms as soon as possible.
• Mock conference call with Natalie and Naomi: We had it.
  • Mock Conference call about CAJCL; by not flying, we would save money.
  • Naomi and Natalie to plan follow up meeting
• Publicity: Sophie R
  • Because CCS for sports are starting, it would be a good idea to put up posters during the game.
  • Also, we could make a Menlo JCL Twitter page in order to promote more on social media.
• We are having a Waffle Sale on November 7th to compensate for the money we spent on the costumes.
• Possibly the students who went to Menlo Middle School can help plan a Saturnalia event 

• For the scrapbook, they have ordered the paper to work on it, but they need to reprint the pictures because they were fuzzy. They are going to try a different store.
• Ethan will find someone to fix the light on the scrapbook from last year
• The middle school ice cream social was successful and the kids really enjoyed it. We shouldn’t do it on a Friday again, because not many high schoolers could come and help (only 4 people were there). We also need easier clues next time, since most of them were sixth graders. We also couldn’t tell who was in Latin and who just wanted ice cream because the middle school teacher wasn’t there quickly. We could do ice cream after, but the kids are really hungry after school.
• We finally got an email back about the costumes for the Halloween party. The case manager is working on getting a list of costumes. We have candy already, and Victoria and Magis will meet to plan food.
• The next waffle sale is November 7, Magis will get the sign up list out
• Ludi forms are due tomorrow, October 17, so we need to make sure everyone turns them in!
• We are introducing the bylaws at this meeting and voting on them in the next meeting. Most of the changes are small edits.
• When we are finished editing the constitution, we will get a printout and sign it.
• Morgan is working on NJCL registration, there is a  broken link on the website so he was unable to finish.

• Morgan: work on membership in NJCL
• Lorica update: Sophie S
  • Write-up on Caesar Maximus, Progressive Supper, first waffle sale (include where proceeds go)
  • Jokes sent by Magis by Magis, Naomi, and Elise
• Google team drive: Natalie
• T-shirt update: Historians
• Start scrapbook: Historians
  • Ava printed out the photos for the Scrapbook.
• MS Ice Cream Social
  • Clues written: check a few of them now
  • Copy Clues
  • Text to remind people to bring in stuff by Thursday.
    • Anna can help out after school on Friday.
  • We will have four teams of six so it is all even.
• Stickers: Victoria
  • The stickers finally came! Everyone should put them on their laptops, water bottles, etc. to publicize JCL.
• Halloween party: Victoria
  • Victoria says that the director of the homeless shelter will send her information by 10/11.
    • We might have another waffle sale to raise money for this event.
  • What do we buy?
    • We need to figure out what kind of food to bring
    • We will most likely end up buying the pumpkins and bringing them to the homeless shelter
  • What do we ask kids to bring in?
    • Most likely, we will have a waffle sale and use that money to pay for the order of costumes online.
    • Essentially, the waffle sale will be after the party and will pay for the costumes that we used our JCL money on.
• Ludi: Get forms and money in no later than next Wednesday!
• Greece trip
  • Greece trip forms need to be turned in as soon as possible.
• Bylaws: Ethan
  • Ask the Treasury about funds for financial aid.
  • Anyone can make changes or add to the Bylaws, but mostly everyone is done.
• Mock conference call with Natalie and Naomi to be rescheduled.