January 10 WCRC Membership Meeting

Hi Everyone,
I hope you can access this blog. I've tried to post it before without any luck.

We sent the newsletter via e-mail during December. I had to mail 5 copies because those members didn't list an e-mail address. Let Colleen or Deb K. know if you don't have your newsletter by now.

I'd like to schedule a January meeting that will follow our breakfast meeting on the 10th.
Please post to this blog to respond YES or NO.

I'm already thinking about next year and hope to recruit a new board member that would be interested in helping with the newsletter and taking the Vice President/President Elect position so Colleen can contribute in a different capacity next year.
Anyone that thinks they know of an interested candidate, make sure they know how to get to this BLOG.

Hope you all enjoyed the 2 week plus vacation. I sure did. I caught up with my life and still found time to learn how to use my new cross-country skiis and take the pup to Lapham for some great walks.
Kathie

NEWS Flash about our Aug dinner meeting

It was wonderful to get such a good start to our Honor Council requirements.
Somethings we should recap:

Community Service Project for 2008/09:

1. Deb K is going to call the Clothes Closet to see if they will accept our donations of pj's and books, she'll e-mail that answer
2. we're going to set up a display of pj's and books (each of us will donate one set) will advertise our new idea for service in the Waukesha area
   
3. our new community service project position will be discussed at the Oct 11 meeting with our memebership
   

Increasing new membership ideas:

1. the principal letter and gift certificate (attached) needs to be sent to area schools... can someone volunteer to make copies,labels and stamps on them to mail?
2. Colleen is making 3 "participant's certificates" for PDP plans and we'll have a table (manned by 2 of us) at the end of each breakfast meeting.

Our program to reach future teachers/Student Teachers:

1. teachers that bring a ST to the Jan. meeting be entered with one ticket for a special door-prize raffle
2. WCRC give out one WSRA free membership to two STs or students that attends that mtg so they get the reduced rate to go to convention (of was it the cost of the convention?)

Adminstrator's Award:

1. nominee - Dousman Elem principal and the paperwork needs to be given to KM teacher Lea Boyd (Amber)

Award nominations:

1. paperwork needs to be completed if we have nominations for:

• Friends of Literacy nominee Donna Scheil...
  
• President's Award - nominee -Norm
• Celebrate Literacy Award - nominee has to have been in WSRA for 10 yrs - Sue Boquist mentioned
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Sign-up to help on Oct. 11: * we're not going to have Colleen, Amber or Lynn there

1. John Archambalt Book Sale people? (Donna?)
   
2. Someone to set up a table to display PJ's/books and then ANNOUNCE THE NEED FOR a comm. service coordinator and explain our new project called PJ&B (Pjs and books) and pass the bag for monetary donations
3. speaker evaluation sheets (Donna?)
   
4. Bring candy for the tables
5. set up the registration table & nametages (Denise)
   
6. Buy doorprizes (Kathie Pavin)
7. Bring 20 copies of the partcipant's certificates and man the table at the end of the meeting (Colleen will e-mail the original)

Our next meeting is scheduled for: TBA but we hope in late Sept.

Hi Debbie and Colleen,

I'm so happy you accepted my invitation to the WCRC blog. I'd love to show you how it works so we can make one for our WCRC members. Was it hard to figure out how to get a Google account so you can read these entries?
Kathie

July 28, 2009

Hi everyone,

This blog will be great for us to keep each other informed. In the past I would save a word document as an attachment, but now we can add to each other's words and revise or edit by going to this site.

Change of dinner site: The meeting on August 20, 2008 at Waterstreet Brewery in Delafield. Please attend because the board wants to nominate some literacy service people for an award this year. Please come and get the paperwork started. Many of the nomination forms are due November 1.

Also, we need a community service contact person for the executive board. As you may have read, Maggie Burns-Fess is moving out of state and resigned her position. Please ask around and think about retirees or people that would like to help increase literacy in Waukesha County.

I have 2 speakers booked:
Oct. 11 - John Archinald, author of Chicka Chicka Boom Boom
Jan. 10 - Sandra Vander Velden, presenting writing instructional ideas(she's from the speaker's bureau and so WSRA will pay the fees involved)

TBD March 7 - I'm working on getting Sue Boquist to talk about book
introductions and the importance of language and structure with reading.

Hope you enjoyed the avatar I sent with my voice thread. It's been fun creating these internet based sites.