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//Note: This page is a **temporary** solution (__Alpha phase__) to old articles (last year’s notes, etc.). In the future, there should be archives for every section, not one giant Archive page.//

Old Notes (2009-2010) February 3, 2010

Video asking the kids if they like reading
 * li ming-talk to ms. mcdaniel and ms. jordan to see if we can go
 * also make meeting with them


 * elementary school

have kids hold up signs around different places saying "READ" in different languages
 * make the read posters
 * li ming
 * elementary-flex

videos of reading to the kids in the elementary school
 * ask ms. boyer when she has classes in the library
 * go with them

Possible Song Choices
 * Change-Carrie Underwood
 * Waiting on the World to Change-John Mayer
 * If Everyone Cared-Nickleback
 * I'll Stand by You-The Pretenders
 * Where is the Love- Black Eyed Peas

MAJOR POINTS TO COVER: facts (know) why is literacy important (care) what we can do to help (why)

January 19, 2010 TO DO 1 meet with Mrs. Boyer 2 make presentation for liming (english and chinese) for Mr. Burgess for conference 3 research a library cart 4 meet with Mr. Burgess 5 order library cart and buy books

**Talking to LimIng** Presentation to the headmaster on what your group does
 * speaks about the importance of literacy
 * the importance of kids having access to books
 * <span style="margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0.5em; padding-bottom: 0px; padding-left: 3em; padding-right: 0px; padding-top: 0px;">the importance of libraries

<span style="color: #800000; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px; padding-bottom: 0px; padding-left: 0px; padding-right: 0px; padding-top: 0px;">What you know <span style="color: #800000; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px; padding-bottom: 0px; padding-left: 0px; padding-right: 0px; padding-top: 0px;">What you can offer
 * <span style="margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0.5em; padding-bottom: 0px; padding-left: 3em; padding-right: 0px; padding-top: 0px;">Liming would like books for a library
 * <span style="margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0.5em; padding-bottom: 0px; padding-left: 3em; padding-right: 0px; padding-top: 0px;">a mobile book cart
 * <span style="margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0.5em; padding-bottom: 0px; padding-left: 3em; padding-right: 0px; padding-top: 0px;">stocked with books for grades 1 - 3

**Groups we could work with** <span style="background-attachment: initial; background-clip: initial; background-color: initial; background-origin: initial; background-position: 100% 50%; background-repeat: no-repeat no-repeat; cursor: pointer; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px; padding-bottom: 0px; padding-left: 0px; padding-right: 10px; padding-top: 0px;">[|www.roomtoread.com] <span style="background-attachment: initial; background-clip: initial; background-color: initial; background-origin: initial; background-position: 100% 50%; background-repeat: no-repeat no-repeat; cursor: pointer; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px; padding-bottom: 0px; padding-left: 0px; padding-right: 10px; padding-top: 0px;">[] <span style="background-attachment: initial; background-clip: initial; background-color: initial; background-origin: initial; background-position: 100% 50%; background-repeat: no-repeat no-repeat; cursor: pointer; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px; padding-bottom: 0px; padding-left: 0px; padding-right: 10px; padding-top: 0px;">[]

**Useful websites** <span style="background-attachment: initial; background-clip: initial; background-color: initial; background-origin: initial; background-position: 100% 50%; background-repeat: no-repeat no-repeat; cursor: pointer; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px; padding-bottom: 0px; padding-left: 0px; padding-right: 10px; padding-top: 0px;">[]

**Great ideas** Books on wheels

November 4, 2009 =<span style="font-size: 1.4em; margin: 0px; padding-bottom: 0px; padding-left: 0px; padding-right: 0px; padding-top: 5px;">**The GIFTS club** =

<span style="font-size: 1.3em; margin: 0px; padding-bottom: 0px; padding-left: 0px; padding-right: 0px; padding-top: 5px;">**Team leaders**
**Audrey - Room to Read**
 * <span style="margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0.5em; padding-bottom: 0px; padding-left: 3em; padding-right: 0px; padding-top: 0px;">fact sheet
 * <span style="margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0.5em; padding-bottom: 0px; padding-left: 3em; padding-right: 0px; padding-top: 0px;">promotion kit
 * <span style="margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0.5em; padding-bottom: 0px; padding-left: 3em; padding-right: 0px; padding-top: 0px;">plan fundraising dates (for rest of this year and August to November next year)
 * <span style="margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0.5em; padding-bottom: 0px; padding-left: 3em; padding-right: 0px; padding-top: 0px;">lead discussions of where the money will go

**Emily - School literacy activities**
 * <span style="margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0.5em; padding-bottom: 0px; padding-left: 3em; padding-right: 0px; padding-top: 0px;">peer reading program (volunteers who read with struggling readers)
 * <span style="margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0.5em; padding-bottom: 0px; padding-left: 3em; padding-right: 0px; padding-top: 0px;">lunchtime reading activities (book performances in the elementary library and in classes) - reading theater group

**Kimber -School liaison (LiMing**)
 * <span style="margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0.5em; padding-bottom: 0px; padding-left: 3em; padding-right: 0px; padding-top: 0px;">why is literacy something we should all support
 * <span style="margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0.5em; padding-bottom: 0px; padding-left: 3em; padding-right: 0px; padding-top: 0px;">plan - design a proposal to present to Ms Jordan
 * <span style="margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0.5em; padding-bottom: 0px; padding-left: 3em; padding-right: 0px; padding-top: 0px;">what does LiMing need right now?
 * <span style="margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0.5em; padding-bottom: 0px; padding-left: 3em; padding-right: 0px; padding-top: 0px;">How can we help them create a library
 * <span style="margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0.5em; padding-bottom: 0px; padding-left: 3em; padding-right: 0px; padding-top: 0px;">reading activities between LiMing and SAS

**Annice**
 * <span style="margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0.5em; padding-bottom: 0px; padding-left: 3em; padding-right: 0px; padding-top: 0px;">advertising and design

**Current plan**
 * <span style="margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0.5em; padding-bottom: 0px; padding-left: 3em; padding-right: 0px; padding-top: 0px;">work on individual goals
 * <span style="margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0.5em; padding-bottom: 0px; padding-left: 3em; padding-right: 0px; padding-top: 0px;">begin the advertising for your club (t-shirt, bulletin board, posters, rap song)
 * <span style="margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0.5em; padding-bottom: 0px; padding-left: 3em; padding-right: 0px; padding-top: 0px;">

October 30, 2009 I was reading the Room to Read information about the becoming a chapter and I am a little confused. I found that if we were to become the chapter we would be the Chapter Leaders which entail that we would have to do all the work. Wouldn't that just give us the same problem we already have? Or because we are a part of the foundation, they would tell us what we need to do? I am confused. I am afraid that becoming a chapter will be hard to manage. However, Emily and I were talking and thought that maybe our school and the club (we are going to form) would be the chapter. So it would be kind of like Habitat, where its a club but its also a part of an organization. Then we don't have to do all the work by ourselves. I also added our notes from the meeting and a couple more links and notes on the links. Can you post the edited action plan on either this page or the what we do page please? The information on the PDF file is really good. It will be helpful for the workshop. We also want to send an email to the Room to Read people before we apply for a chapter because we are unsure how they will respond to a group of kids running the it. I get the feeling they encourage kids to donate and not run the group. We have a list of some information we want to put in the email but we are not quite ready. Thank you so much for working on the wiki. -Kimber

p.s. since the conference is in Hong Kong and there is a chapter in Hong Kong we can help encourage them to work with the already existing chapter. we should go around to other school in hong kong and give our presentation=] Letter Points · Who we are · Why we want to start a chapter in Shanghai · Are there any issues with setting it up here? · What are there thoughts · Is there a problem how we’re kids

Issues · Do we have to be group leaders

October 28, 2009 · Want to give people a better life but not just throw money at them · Public information sharing venue=wikispace o Easy for people to access and understand o Look at point of view that people are lazy and don’t want to read slabs of information, but just stuff that jumps out at them o Front page, pictures and maps § Can have a running banner

OUR PROBLEM WE HAVEN’T DECIDED WHAT WE WANT TO DO! · Want to give people the tools they need to get them out of poverty · Know we can get the money and know we can get the books · DON’T KNOW HOW TO MAKE IT SUSTAINABLE

Cannot just give them money because we don’t know what they will do with it Cannot just give them books because there’s no where to put it

Know that we libraries are necessary Know that we HAVE TO WORK WITH THE CHINESE GOVERNEMENT

Could…. Just buy books and then give them the books, say that we did the best we can and then work with room to read *migrant school who are official are entitled to a library “raising money is not a problem, its creating a program that is sustainable” fundraising is not service need a specific lesson plan and go over and read use money to buy books for a reading club with li ming

some of the things we are doing we have to do within the government’s allowance

different tenticles fundraising DONE literacy activities within our own school literacy activities with li ming

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WHAT WE DO: Promote literacy in our own school Promote literacy in school in shanghai

Raise money to give to an organization who provides books to other