Hey everyone! I'm currently working our "Blog Alert" system. Because it is inevitable that some of you will occasionally miss meetings, you may be missing out on a lot of important information. We don't want to keep any of our members in the dark, so we will post a summary of what we talked about at each meeting on this blog. It's meant to be a resource for the people who did not attend and a little something to refresh the memory of those who did.

THIS DOES NOT MEAN YOU DO NOT NEED TO ATTEND THE MEETINGS!

Attendance at our meeting will factor in to your Participation grade at the end of the year. You will receive either an A (Active), a M (moderate), or a S (Seldom) for Participation. This is the grade that will appear next the "MAD Club" on your transcript. Your participation grade will be heavily based on how many events you attend (details about those requirements at the first meeting on September 20th at 3:45 in Room 233.), but please keep in mind that your attendence will count. We will not have meetings unless we have something important to discuss, so it is crucial that you attend every meeting.

Since we will not be holding meetings every week, you will be notified ahead of time to our meeting dates. Be sure to keep an eye out for announcements in the Weekly Bulletin, over Radio Lowell (Wednesdays and Fridays), on fliers posted around school, and most importantly, on our blog. You'll get the most up-to-date information here. Since good communication with our members is crucial to the success of MAD Club, we will be asking you for your e-mail addresses at the first meeting. You will be added to our mailing list, hosted at Google Groups , and will receive an e-mail containing any new information we add to our blog as soon as we publish it. If you change your e-mail address at any time, or were unable to attend our first meeting but is interested in Making A Difference, please contact us through e-mail (all contact info is on top of page) or Blogger's commenting system.

All of the information posted on our blog will also appear on our Google Groups page. You do not need to create a Google account in order to be a part of our mailing list. If you would like to change your settings, please contact one of the officers and we will be happy to take care of it for you.

We will be repeating this information at our first meeting. If you have any questions, you may contact us now (through e-mail or comments) or wait to ask in person on Tuesday, September 20th at 3:45 in Room 233.

I hope to see you there!