Hello Leaf Members!

Welcome back to school (yay…) and hope that everyone had a restful winter break! Over the break, our officers have been working hard to prepare for a strong 2023 spring semester.

New changes are being implemented to Leaf as we are becoming more of an established organization! Here are some important ones: 

• A organized App Development Project Team 
  • As our work on the project ramps up, we will have a separate team that works specifically on the app development project. More information and applications will come out soon. 
• We’ve got a website! http://leaf.digital.uic.edu 
  • There is a member resources section where you can find all the weekly updates in one place as well as a calendar of our events
  • There you can also find the link to our new progress tracker! In this place, you’ll be able to see tasks, record your own progress, and also see what others are working on. More information will be given out about that soon
• Fridays 3-4pm will be our set general member meeting time
  • During this time we will be hosting events, lessons (either finance or app dev!), or having a fun activity
  • The location will usually be the WiCS room, but may vary

Upcoming Week Events: 

• Welcome Back Party!!
  • Friday 3-4pm meet in EIEP room
  • Join us for pizza and board games for a jumpstart into the new semester! We’ll also be going over organization updates and explaining the semester plan
  • Please RSVP in order to attend: https://forms.gle/RVXHr6P7rPquHM8T6 

What you should do: 

• Fill out the Leaf Member continuation form
  • Filling out this form will help us compile member information
  • Please fill out this form saying yes or no: https://forms.gle/6WnoURM8G3jAFNw37 
• Start thinking about if you’d like to be on the App Development Project Team
  • This will be a much larger time commitment than being a general Leaf Member
• Mark your calendars for Leaf each Friday 3-4pm:)
• If you are interested in the progress tracker, put your name in one of the [name] slots
  • Progress Tracker Link

Also! Another part of us becoming ~official~ is that we have a designated email for Leaf. From here on, you’ll be receiving these weekly email updates from leafproject.chi@gmail.com 

Have a wonderful first week of school, 

Angela Xu Leaf President

Hello Leaf Members!

Happy first week of school! We hope that you are enjoying your classes so far, the calm before the storm 🥲

Also, we will begin sending out our emails using this email address leafproject.chi@gmail.com!

Here are some quick updates:

Upcoming Week Events: 

• Membership Drive
  • We will be hosting our Membership Drive on Friday, January 20th! Please spread the word
  • The location will be announced at a later date, so lookout for an email with more information!

New Updates:

• New General Meeting Time + Location
  • We have changed the meeting time to 3:30 pm – 4:30 pm and the location is now in the EIEP Lounge (Room 2063 in SELE)!
  • We will be using this space for our general meetings
• Discord 
  • In order to get access to our Discord Server, you must react to the message in the #welcome-chat with the leaf 🌱emoji
  • This is to help increase security within the server once it becomes public, so please do it asap (:
  • Here is the Discord link for our server https://discord.gg/gttfK3nPNy

What you should do: 

• If you haven’t already, fill out the Leaf Member continuation form
  • Filling out this form will help us compile member information

https://forms.gle/6WnoURM8G3jAFNw37 

• Mark your calendars for Leaf each Friday 3:30-4:30pm:)
• If you are interested in the progress tracker, put your name in one of the [name] slots
  • Progress Tracker

Have a great weekend!

Marianne Hernandez

Leaf Secretary

Hello Leaf Members!

Congrats on making it through the second week of school! Here are our quick updates and reminders <3

Remember that we are now sending our emails using this email address leafproject.chi@gmail.com! They probably have a “***SPAM***” message in the subject line, we’re trying to figure out how to get rid of it. 

Upcoming Week Events: 

• Roth IRA Workshop
  • Come join us in the EIEP Lounge (Room 2063 in SELE) from 3:30 pm – 4:30 pm!
  • RSVP form: https://forms.gle/4iX4MgJDG8wiVJX56 
  • Learn how Roth IRA’s work, how to set it up, and how to manage your account.

New Updates:

• We had our Membership Drive today!
  • We had a great turn-out, thanks to everyone who attended!
• Discord
  • Here is the Discord link for our server https://discord.gg/gttfK3nPNy

What you should do: 

• If you haven’t already, fill out the Leaf Member continuation form
  • Filling out this form will help us compile member information

https://forms.gle/6WnoURM8G3jAFNw37 

• Interested in joining our App Dev team? Please fill out this form ASAP (:
  • https://forms.gle/42oz3gamvt89uoHy7
• If you are interested in the progress tracker, put your name in one of the [name] slots
  • Progress Tracker

Have a great weekend!

Marianne Hernandez

Leaf Secretary

Hello Leaf Members!

Welcome to Week 5! Here are our updates from last week.

Upcoming Week Events:

• Valentines Fundraiser
  • This will be a cute Valentine’s event to help us raise funds for our organization!
  • Friday, Feb 10th
  • 3:30 – 4:30 at ERF 1043 Conference Room
  • RSVP: https://bit.ly/valentines-day-event 

New Updates:

• Thanks to everyone who attended last week’s Discussion Night!
• Discord
  • Here is the Discord link for our server https://discord.gg/gttfK3nPNy

What you should do: 

• If you are interested in the progress tracker, put your name in one of the [name] slots
  • Progress Tracker

Have a great weekend!

Marianne Hernandez

Leaf Secretary

Hello Leaf Members!

Welcome to Week 6! Here are some small updates.

Upcoming Week Events:
Member Updates + Free Talk event
Join us tomorrow, Friday Feb 16 at 3:30 – 4:30pm in the EIEP lounge (meeting room in the back)
We have some updates to go over regarding officer changes, more general member involvement, and a free talk event!
No need to RSVP for this event (:

New Updates:
Discord
Here is the Discord link for our server https://discord.gg/gttfK3nPNy
Don’t forget to check out our website! We have resources available for all of our members.
http://leaf.digital.uic.edu/

What you should do:
If you are interested in the progress tracker, put your name in one of the [name] slots
Progress Tracker

Have a great weekend!
Marianne Hernandez
Leaf Secretary

Hello Leaf Members!

Welcome to Week 7! Midterms are coming right around the corner, so please don’t forget to take care of yourselves as well! Here are some updates from last week.

Upcoming Week Events:
Jeopardy! – Finance Edition
Join us Friday Feb 24 at 3:30 – 4:30pm in ERF 1043 Conference Room
Come test out your knowledge on finance! Split up into groups for a fun gaming activity (:
RSVP here: https://forms.gle/xa4mg87KcEKjENWt6

New Updates:
We are looking for members to join our *NEW* Event Planning Committee!
Have ideas for events we should hold? Want to help promote our events? Interested in designing our posters/social media posts?
Please reach out to Niharika (npati2@uic.edu) if you’re interested in joining (:
Angela is studying abroad in Paris now!
I’ll be stepping in as Interim President while she’s gone
Don’t forget to check out our website! We have resources available for all of our members.
http://leaf.digital.uic.edu/

What you should do:
If you are interested in the progress tracker, put your name in one of the [name] slots
Progress Tracker

Have a great weekend!
Marianne Hernandez
Leaf Secretary | Interim President