Gettazine Blog!

Hey everyone. Congratulations on getting through the first semester! Enjoy your month off.

Make sure to check out the Gettazine blog for updates about our radical event happening in February: http://gettazine.blogspot.com . Please share the link with everyone and make sure everyone knows about it. If you know anyoen who would like to have a table to sell their zines, or do a live performance have them email me here ASAP.

In the meantime, have a great holiday! I will be in touch after Christmas to let you know about our next group zine project which we will get right into in early January.

Gettazine has its own blog!

For all the latest news about Sheridan's greatest event, go to:

http://gettazine.blogspot.com/

Update on the Year so Far

First semester went really well! We have a lot of new members. I know its hard to get everyone out to meetings but I'd say we've had a pretty successful beginning to the year.

Cut and Paste party in September generated some energy within the group. And Our trip to Canzine was interesting to say the least.

We have tons of zines made by group members now, thanks to our 2 week zine project! Congratulations to everyone who published their first zine this year :)

Coming up we will begin work on On the Cusp #2, and preparations for Gettazine in February.

If anyone is interested, we will be meeting in the zine library at 12 noon tomorrow for an hour or so to fix up the zine library, and discuss plans for Gettazine and next semesters schedule for the Sheridan Self Publishers. Anyone who is interested is welcome to attend with their input.

If I don't see you tomorrow, hopefully I will see you at our last meeting. We will have one more meeting before Christmas and then it is right into Gettazine, full force.

Don't forget to sign up for the mailing list if you'd like to receive regular updates, or join our Facebook group!

Next meeting!

Hi everyone!

Our next meeting will be Monday November 10 at 6pm in room A137

Things to bring:
-your 10 strange and interesting photocopies
-small change to make more photocopies if you need to and buy zines
-your printed zine if you did it yourself
-scissors, glue, black and white media
-food and friends

We will be:
-getting updates on Canzine and the Toronto Small Press Fair
-Having a radical time making our collage zine
-Introduce our next zine project (On the Cusp #2)
-Beginning brainstorming for Gettazine
-trading/buying/ looking at each others 14 day zines! (I have Printed Thea's, Brock's, David's, Nick's and Erin's)

Also:

I have decided to buy one full year of advertising for the Sheridan Zine Library in Broken Pencil Magazine. this is costing 75$. We can tlak abotu ways we can raise this money, also, as soon as I get the specs, we will have a design contest to design the ad for anyone who is interested. Winner wins a copy of the latest and greatest book available on zine making: MAKE A ZINE (read abotu it here: http://www.microcosmpublishing.com/catalog/books/1202/ )

Well thats it for now!
See you monday!
Thwere will be lots of new cool zines to read!
Lots of fun to be had!

i know its a super busy time of year but i hope you can afford a few hours to unwind and cut stuff up!

good luck!

Jen and Thea

NEXT MEETING

hey everyone.

next meeting is this Friday at 6pm in room A137. Dont forget your photocopies. I'll bringt he printed zines and we will bind them up, and have a fun time working on our collaborative zine. Bring food, drink, music, friends etc. This is going to be a fun meeting.

Also: for those of you interested in Canzine: I have cancelled the bus, If we are unable to organize a carpool we will take the Go Train together and save our receipts and I will try and get everyones travel expenses compensated. (October 26)

See you Friday!

Jen

need help with zine library

if anyone is interested, we will be setting up the new furniture for the zine library and adding allt he new stock
(close to 400 new zines) on monday and we will need help. if youd like to volunteer , meet us around 3:30pm in the atrium at the library (the room with all the plants and chairs and things) this monday. hopefully it will be done in time for the meeting at 6pm.

THANKS!

jen

Next meeting

hey everyone

next meeting is this monday at 6pm in room A137.

bring your completed 2 week zien project and we will have some fun.

ALSO: check out the new zine library on tuesday! we will begiving it a complete overhaul on monday! take care!

Canzine

There is a big ZINE FAIR in October called CANZINE.

read about it here: https://id408.van.ca.siteprotect.com/brokenpencil/canzine/index2.php

We will be taking a bus from SHERIDAN COLLEGE to the GLADSTONE HOTEL on QUEEN STREET WEST on Sunday October 26 in the morning, and returning in the late afternoon.

the trip will cost 4$ per person.
this is significantly cheaper than public transit.
enjoy the zine fair. enjoy toronto. enjoy the day.

CONTACT ME ASAP to reserve your spot on the bus.

its gonna be hella fun!

LOVE JEN

Selling Your Zines

If anyone has zines they would like to sell please ntoify me of this ASAP.

We have an opportunity to sell zines at Conspiracy Comics (across from the Go Station). I will begin collecting zines to sell immediately. You will be payed upfront at wholesale cost. Contact me for more information.

Next Meeting - Mon Sep 29

IF YOU MISSED THE LAST MEETING

COME TO MONDAY'S MEETING
-Monday September 29, 2008 @ 6pm in A137

IF YOU DID COME TO THE MEETING AND WANT TO TAKE PART IN A FUN LETTER WRITING ACTIVITY
-Show up at 7pm (Mon Sep 29, A137)

IF YOU WOULD LIKE TO HELP WITH THE WEBSITE WE WILL BE CREATING

find us in the learning Commons Area at 4pm on the same Monday (Sep 29)

MEETING TODAY

Sorry for the late notice,

Our Next Meeting is TODAY (Monday September 22) at 6 pm in room A13, Hopefully you can make it!!

To apologize for my tomfoolery, I will be having the SAME MEETING next week, the 29th at 6pm in room A137. You can either attend todays meeting, or next weeks. THEY WILL BE THE SAME.

see you soon, sorry again.

Jen + Thea

GO TEAM!

hey, SO, cut and paste!!! 

GettaZINE 2008

A Video that I just discovered! from last years Gettazine 2008!

enjoy! 

2008-2009 Overview of Events and Activites

this is jen. i can't figure out how to delete this post or make it so that everything isnt UNDERLINED.

PLEASE IGNORE THIS POST. I WIL TRY AGAIN LATER.

Yesterdays Meeting - Minutes

Yesterday's meeting went very well. We had 8 people in attendance. Below is a brief recap of the things we discussed for those of you who missed the meeting.

OUR MEETINGS FROM NOW ON UNLESS OTHERWISE NOTED WILL BE ON MONDAYS AT 6 PM. I'M SORRY FOR ANY INCONVENIENCE.



Thursday September 11th - First Meeting of the Year

Introductions

We all introduced ourselves and talked about our history with zine culture and what we are hoping to gain from the club.

Overview of Last Year

We went over our year with Sheridan Self Publishers last year, and talked about the different things we did and how great it was.

Overview of This Year

We went over things to expect for this year. Meetings will be approximately every other week at 6pm on Monday (room to be announce depending on activity). We will have guest speakers, field trips, film viewings, 3 group zine projects (maybe more) and of course Gettazine 2009 will take place in February. There is more, too! You're gonna love it! (see the next post for more details)

What is a Zine?

Brief history of zine culture. We discussed what a zine is, why people make zines, and why zines are great! We looked at some great examples of all the zines we got donated to us this summer!

Best time for meetings.

We took a vote and decided the best time for meetings would be Mondays at 6pm. Sorry for anyone this doesn't work for.

News and Announcements

NEXT WEEK - Thursday September 18 - we will be having a Cut and Paste Party Fundraiser in the lounge above the Connection from 10am-2pm

NEXT MEETING - Will take place on Monday September 22 at 6pm. Room to be announced. We will be discussing layout and begin the 24 hour zine project.

Canzine

The Sheridan Student Union has helped us to procure a bus from Sheridan's Trafalgar Campus to Canzine! All who are interested need to email us as soon as possible to make sure you get a spot! 

Please email sheridanzinelibrary@gmail.com to RSVP! 

Canzine Information

Check it out!

'We make Zines' is an awesome new online community for zinester. Join if you are interested in making contacts, becoming more involved in zine making, promotions or just to see what people are up to. 

WE MAKE ZINES

meeting time changed

Due to circumstances out of our control, the meeting for this next week is being changed from monday to Thursday. 

the meeting will be on THURSDAY SEPTEMBER 11 at 6PM in room A137

sorry for the short notice

J + T 

first meeting + :)

Hey Everyone!

Welcome to a new year at Sheridan, and a new, even more radical year with the Sheridan Self Publishers.

We are going to be doing a LOT this year. Group zines, individual zines, field trips, guest speakers, zine fairs and MORE! I am very very excited and I hope you are too.

I will tell you all about this upcoming year at our first meeting.

The first meeting will be very informal, I am going to let you know what to expect over the semester, and then we are going to pour over all the many many donations we got for the zine library over the summe r(200-300, i think).

This will give you a good introduction to what zines are, and hopefully get you all fired up for the year ahead.

THE FIRST MEETING WILL BE MONDAY SEPTEMBER 8, 2008 at 4:00 pm in room A137.

see you there!

If you have any questions, email back or call me at 905-510-1963.

Take care!

Jen

Welcome!!!