St. Pius X Craft Fair

We will be participating in the craft fair at St. Pius X School this Saturday, December 10. St. Pius X School is located at:

204 Lawrence Road
Broomall, PA 19008

The craft fair is 10am-2pm. We will be selling pillows, scarves, decorations, and dog treats. Hope to see you there! Santa will be there. :)

December Meeting Notes

Our December meeting was this morning, and here are the notes:

Not in Harry's Name - This campaign may be familiar to some of you. The HPA ran this campaign around this time last year, and it has recently been re-launched. The goal of this campaign is to get Warner Brothers to switch to Fair Trade chocolate for their Harry Potter Chocolate Frogs, or at least show us they are making a significant effort to do so. We have given WB a deadline of 12/31/2011. There are three facets to this campaign.

• Muggle Howlers - In the Harry Potter series, a Howler is a letter that shouts at the recipient, usually because that person has done something wrong. HPA members are encouraged to make Muggle Howlers, YouTube videos asking WB to switch to Fair Trade. While we associate Howlers with shouting, that is not what we are going for here. Be firm, but please be polite.



• Cease & Desist Letters - When someone has a legal right to a copyrighted work, they will often send cease and desist letters to anyone they feel is using that work without the appropriate permission. There have been many cease and desist letters throughout the history of the Harry Potter fandom. WB sent them to fansites, fan artists, and wizard rock bands before deciding those fans were safe to carry on. Now it is our turn to send cease and desist letters to WB. While WB may own the legal right to Harry's name, we own Harry's spirit. We are the ones who have built friendships and a community based on our love of the Harry Potter series. There are two options for HPA members wanting to send a cease and desist letter to WB. You can print out a form letter and send it, or you can write your own. You can find the templates on the campaign website.



• Fair Trade Chocolate Frogs - The HPA set out to see if it is feasible to make Fair Trade Chocolate Frogs. It is. You may purchase the HPA's Fair Trade Chocolate Frogs here, http://bit.ly/hpashop. (Available for a limited time only!)

For more information on everything related to the Not in Harry's Name campaign, please visit the campaign website, http://www.thehpalliance.org/action/campaigns/nihn/.

Mini Yule Ball - We will be having a Mini Yule Ball on Sunday, December 18. It is really just a Chapter Christmas Party, but Mini Yule Ball sounds more fun. ;)

Next Meeting - Our next meeting will be Saturday, January 14.

Dumbledore's Army of Delaware County is a community chapter of the Harry Potter Alliance. New members are always welcome! To learn more or to get involved, please e-mail danielleg@thehpalliance.org. To learn more about the HPA in general, please visit http://www.thehpalliance.org.

December Meeting Reminder

Our December meeting is coming up this Saturday, December 3rd. The majority of the meeting will be devoted to the campaign that the Harry Potter Alliance recently re-launched, Not in Harry's Name. Hope to see you there!

Dumbledore's Army of Delaware County is a community chapter of the Harry Potter Alliance. New members are always welcome! Please e-mail danielleg@thehpalliance.org to learn more or to get involved.