Writers Guild Meeting Minutes 6/25/2025
There were 14 members in attendance: Betty, Ryan, Mark, Sania, Mikhail, Micah, Jessica Jonathan, Felipe, Jacob, Randy, the other Jessica (Jess), Dale, and Cindy
Our next meeting is July 9 at 4pm in the library room 211.
Later!
Writers Guild Meeting Minutes 06/11/2025
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We all worked on Showing and not Telling which
is a concept Jacob introduced. We practiced doing this skill which is vital in writing
stories.
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Please bring whatever you are working on to the
next meeting as it will be solely a work meeting. We keep saying we don’t have
enough time to work on our stuff, so we are only focusing on that.
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*Important* We need volunteers to work Open
House on Saturday, July 19 starting at 9am till about 11:30am. If you can work
anytime during that slot please let Cindy know.
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You will be telling people about the Writers
Guild
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Also, that day, Writers Guild members are going
to be interviewed on the radio. If you want to speak on the radio, please let
me know asap.
Our next meeting is Weds June 25 at 4pm.
There were 13 members in attendance: Mark, Ryan, Betty, Dale, Chloe, Jonathan, Randy, Madison, Laisha, Jadan, Micah, Sania and Cindy
We found out today that separately we’re sort of ok at writing epitaphs for our weeping angel graveyard, but together, we sounded like we were run over by a bus. We had a lot of fun trying to write them, though.
Separately, we made some good efforts:
Together, we had some difficulty:
These sound like really bad foreign language translations 😊
Our next meeting is next Wednesday at 4pm.
Writers Guild Meeting Minutes 5/14/25
There were 11 members in attendance: Jacob, Betty, Ryan,
Mark, Violet, Jess, Sania, Jonathan, Micah, Maddilyn, and Cindy
New Member - We did a Meet and Greet with new member Betty.
Welcome!
Radio Invitation –
We shared what we have been working on.
We voted on doing a couple of work days during the summer
for the Haunted House.
Our next meeting is on Wednesday, May 28 at 4pm. Make sure
to email Cindy to let her know if you need an online link for the meeting.
See you next time!
Writers Guild Meeting Minutes 5/3/2025
Writers Guild Meeting Minutes 4/30/2025
There were 18 members in attendance: Devon, Tajane, Caleb, Jonathan, Chloe, Kiera, Sheli, Jessica, Jess, Mark, Sania, Violet, Laisha, Jeremiah, Micah, Amare, Madison, and Cindy
We did these things:
1) We briefly discussed what we will buy for the Haunted House
2) We came up with stories that had to use at least 3 genres
3) We are still meeting during the summer, so keep coming! We’ll start working on the Haunted House as soon as we have supplies
4) Here’s the commercial link https://youtu.be/-WnQZpVbsmQ. Let me know suggestions to change anything
5) Next meeting: Weds May 14 at 4pm
See you soon!
Writers Guild Meeting Minutes 4/2/2025
There were 17 members in attendance: Tajane, Cy, Caleb, Kiera, Sheli, Jessica V, Antonio, Jessica T, Chole, Violet, Micah, Jonathan, Sania, Donald, Amare, Madison and Cindy
Then we worked on the commercial and filmed a bunch of
stuff. We will finish at the next meeting.
Then Jessica, the Secretary, wrote “Cindy Storytime.” 😊
Our next meeting is on Wednesday, April 16 at 4pm. Make sure
to let Cindy know you need a Teams link if you want to attend virtually.
See you then!
Hi Creative People!
We have a meeting this Wednesday at 4pm at the library, in room 211.
If you need to attend virtually, please hit reply (not reply all) and let me know you need a Teams invitation.
Agenda:
Writers Guild Meeting Minutes 3/13/2025
There were 14 members in attendance: William, Jess, Madison, Jessica, Jacob, Dale, Mark, Kim, Caleb, Micah, Laisha, Edward, Randy and Cindy
We postponed the vote till next meeting…………next meeting in 3 weeks…………..April 2
See you April 2!
Hi Peeps!
There were 15 members in attendance: Tajane, Devon, Ryan, Antonio, Sheli, Kiera, Mark, Caleb, Allyra, Sania, Violet, Kimberly, Mikhail, Randy, and Cindy
Cindy “forced” us all to create something for Byways. 😊 Then she told them they HAD to register and turn it in. She told them she would stalk them if they didn’t.
Here’s the registration link: https://docs.google.com/forms/d/e/1FAIpQLScf6IOqjIrXtV14gjAjaNa2GFd_ehkDfp8UA0mkqnw9TwgiJQ/viewform
The next meeting is next Wednesday, March 12, because in 2 weeks, we have spring break.
See you next week!
Writers Guild Meeting Minutes 02/19/2025
There were 20 people in attendance: Madison, Logan, Tajane, Devon, Chloe, Sheli, Kiera, Trynity, Jacob, Caleb, Amare, Mark, John, Jessica, Kimberly, Violet, Maddilyn, Sania, Jonathan, and Cindy
We talked about:
· Byways. Here’s the link. Enter, please. 😊 (See, I’m not that scary). https://www.ctcd.edu/academics/library/byways/
· Cozmic Con
· We voted to do an activity and will discuss at the next meeting playing some type of puzzles at the event and selling the rest of our hacky sacks.
· · We did a Meet and Greet for our new members
· · Chess
· We talked about the Chess Tournament coming up April 10
· Attending the chess lessons at the library, Feb 27, March 6, March 13, March 27 and April 3 from 5-7pm
· American Sign Language Class
· If you’re interested in attending the Sign Language class, either let me or Trynity know. Email me at coser2@ctcd.edu for more info. We’ll post a flyer in Discord.
Then we did several things……………………………………….
· Chose a song, wrote about it or drew something that was inspired by the song.
· We worked on Byways entries
· We brainstormed what we would put in a commercial to market the Writers Guild
Next meeting is March 5. Tentative agenda:
· Discussion of cost of material for Haunted House
· Making money
· Byways
· Tee shirts -who has been to at least 5 meetings and helped out with an event? If this is you and you don’t have a tee shirt, let me know.
· I think Jonathan has ideas and also remember to send me agenda ideas so I can get them to Jonathan
Later gators!
Writers Guild meeting minutes 2/5/2025
There were 26 members in attendance: Maria, Devon, Tajane,
Jacob (Treasurer), Logan, Ryan, John,
Chloe, Sheli, Kiera, Dale, Violet, Jayla, Sania, Jessica (Secretary), Haven,
Laisha, Donald, Amare, Maddilyn, Kimberly, Jonathan (President), Mark, Randy, Jess
and Cindy.
1) We did a meet and greet for our new members and for some
we haven’t seen in a while. Welcome and welcome back!
2) We created a very bizarre story about sheep, wizards, cannibals,
sharks, Tik-Tok, and an arms dealer and then a very funny announcer with an
Australian accent retold the newsflash.
3) Then we broke into clans and shared what we are working
on in music, poetry, writing, artwork, and video/photography.
4) Byways was discussed briefly with more badgering to come.
Here’s the link with info: https://www.ctcd.edu/academics/library/byways/
Note: We discovered that if you need to meet with
us online, please email Cindy the morning of the meeting and let her know you
need to get into Teams. She can only invite one person at a time and not the
list as she regrettably found out yesterday.
Remember to join via
app and not browser.
Our next meeting is Wednesday, Feb 19 at 4pm. See you then!
Writers Guild meeting minutes for January 22, 2025
There were 12 members in attendance: Tajane, Chloe (new
member), Devon (new member), Caleb, Allyra, Sheli, Kiera, Dave, Amare, Cindy,
Sania and Jo (come to visit us again) 😊 Welcome new members!
We did the meet and greet, then talked business stuff:
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We needed volunteers for Welcome Bash. Thank you
Tajane, Laisha, Jayla, and Amare! (Hope I didn’t miss anyone). They recruited
about 30 more people!
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We need volunteers to be in a play on Feb 19 at
noon. Caleb volunteered to play MLK Jr., a new member, Trynity wants to
volunteer also. Does anyone else want to play Malcolm X, Harriet Tubman, Rosa
Parks, or Toussaint Couverture? ESOL Professor Dianna Ramos will give you a script
that you can read.
We did an activity where we practiced pulling in the reader.
Many of you write and forget the reader can’t picture what you see. So, we worked
on not just telling a story, but to make a story relevant to the reader.
The next meeting is Wednesday
February 5 at 4pm in the library, room 211.
Please send activity ideas for the upcoming meetings.
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People asked if we could do a Guild War again
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Another idea is to create a commercial for the
Guild
Important! I am working on getting Teams to work during our
meetings. I promise I will get the link right for the next meeting.
Writers Guild Meeting Minutes 01/09/2025
There were 10 members at the meeting: Jacob Sania, Ryan,
Tajane, Mark, Gerald (new member), Violet, Caleb, Jonathan, and Brandi (substituted
as sponsor because Cindy was out)
At the meeting
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We had a meet and greet
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Jacob, our Treasurer talked about the budget and
a fundraiser
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Members talk about what they created during the
break.
Next meeting, we will talk about getting volunteers for the
Welcome Bash and Byways
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What is creativity mean to you?
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What would you like to do with your creativity?
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Ideas for this semester's meetings
Out of Group Activity
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Start thinking about what you want to submit to
Byways if you are a CTC student or were one Summer, Fall 2024 or this semester.
Next meeting January
22 at 4 pm.
Later gators!
Writers Guild Meeting Minutes 12/11/2024
We had 20 members in attendance: Tajane, Devon, Ryan, Jacob, Dale, Sean, Sheli, Kiera, Jessica, Mark, Madison, Jayla, Caleb, Violet, Amare, Jonathan, Edward, Sania and Cindy (did I leave anyone out?)
Writers Guild Meeting Minutes – 12/4/2024
There were 20 members in attendance: Jonathan, Jayla, Jennifer, Madison, Violet, Amare, Mark, Tajane, Donald, Dave, Sheli, Jessica, Roman, Gina, William, Jacob, Caleb, Judah and Cindy
We voted in 2 new officers:
Jonathan is President
Jacob is Treasurer
Congratulations!
We want to wish our graduates well and will miss them! We know you will do great in your life journey!
In this meeting, we focused on working on our creative areas and gave feedback.
We discussed preparing for Byways. Here’s the Byways registration and information: https://www.ctcd.edu/academics/library/byways/ Let Cindy know if you have questions.
Our next meeting is on December 11 at 4 pm. Bring snacks to share. I’ll bring some board games and let’s talk and have fun!
Reminder: I will be switching over to using Microsoft Teams and Webex will go away. There’s more members that didn’t get an invitation, so I will be sending those out in the next couple of weeks. Make sure to download it.
2025 info: I attached the 2025 meeting dates. Times still 4-5:30 pm in Room 211 in the CTC Library.
What we think of the National Debt
Growing heavier
Each year on the shoulders of
Our Grandchildren
by Mark R.
The debt grows slowly
Chains tying down the power
Of our nation
by Mark R.
Sunk into the depths
Money spent that was never held
A debt of depths
by Ryan N.
Money Overflows
Debt is insurmountable
It must be stopped now
by Amare D.
Selfishness corrupts
Out comes propaganda from
Illegal funding
by Judah K.
The U.S. Federal debt keeps
Skyrocketing, generation after generation
Society cares more about themselves
Than to the health of the country
by Laisha C.
Neverending Loss
Inflating like a balloon
The National Debt
by Shelianne M.
National Debt weight
is overwhelmingly great
How will we survive?
by Nathaniel R.
Writers Guild 11/14/24
There were 28 members in attendance: Judah, Laisha (new member), Jadan, Madison, Kiera, Sheli, Jonathan, Ryan, Jacob, Logan (new member) Tajane, Christina (our Net Impact friend), Isabella, Gina, Mark, Amare, Caleb, Roman, Jayla, Sania, Nathaniel, Jennifer (new member), Jessica, Max, Sean, Kim, Edward, and Cindy
Announcements were made.
1) We need elves for Lighting of the Bell Tower Dec 3 from 6-8pm.
2) Gina will be graduating, so we will have a Presidential election at the next meeting.
3) The next meeting is on Wednesday Dec 4 at 4pm.
4) Our last meeting on Dec 11 will be a holiday party.
5) Haunted House/Fall Festival people, read the text I sent! I need an answer. 😊
For In-Guild activity:
For Out-of-Guild activity:
Gina suggested that everyone work on answering the college question: “Tell us who you are.”
If anyone needs the Discord link, send a separate email to me. Laisha and Jennifer, I'll send you one.
Amazing thing, I promised:
You are all amazing, inspiring, and creative! We are so glad that you are in our Guild!
Writers Guild meeting Minutes
10/7/24
There were 32 members in attendance: Gina O, Jacob, Judah,
Madison, Sheli, Keira, Caleb, Jonathan, Skyler, Ellie, Jayla, Randy, Jessica T,
Laisha (visitor), Mark, Jeremiah, Edward, Isabella, Thomas, Roman, Gina M., Gina
M’s Mom, Amare, Max, Cody (visitor), Christina (visitor), Nathaniel, Sean,
Sania, Violet, Savannah, and Cindy
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We did a brief introduction
Rotating Student Art Exhibit Contest
Our next meeting is October 30 at 4pm, the library, room 211
See you then!
