The agenda for this month’s meeting consisted of:

• Announcing the TAC Member Administrator for our Teen Library Blog, Bonfirebooks. We are slowly redistributing the power of posting. Soon this blog will have posts contributed mostly by members of our TAC.
• Fine-tuning the events and rules for our Anime Convention for Spring Break in April. We have planned for four programs Mon.-Thurs. focusing on Japanese culture and watching anime.
• Examining and discussing Anime Membership card templates.
• Evaluating Teen Area for improvements

For the first half hour we hung out until the rest of the group arrived. We talked about the disgusting taste of chocolate-centered Oreos (which was one of our snacks), the new season of Full Metal Alchemist, and I found one about this jewel: discountanimedvd. One of our goofy guys “came back” to the group and brought new jokes and laughs. I was proud to see everyone getting along, considering the past couple of months have been tense within the gang. Because they were able to put aside past annoyances, it felt just like the old days, when everyone was hesitant, new, and there was no drama.

During the meeting I’ve found that if they are allowed some physical movement, they are more active in their participation and ideas. This observation was obvious after a brief out-of-the-blue push-up contest. With this in mind, I took them to the back workroom for comments and changes to the anime advertisments and to the teen area for further criticism. We hope to implement some changes in the teen area and if they are a-okd then I’ll describe them later.