Doc: You have shared these concerns before. I certainly understand.
John Kenneth E Walter wrote: > > I would not like to extend our programs to the St. Charles area. We do > not have the manpower to take on more responsibility. > Our manpower is insufficient to handle the Shaw area with the Children > and Adult Programs. > I don't like to stiffle new ideas (and certainly encourage them) but > am concerned about our commitments. > KEW > > John House <[EMAIL PROTECTED] > <mailto:john.p.house%40sbcglobal.net>> wrote: > Nathan, > > We're even. I left all my contact info in a car that is in the body > shop. I will try to get them today. > > A group called "Youth in Need" has among its clients foster care > clients. The state of Missouri deems these people from homes where > their parents could not support them "self sufficient" at age 18, just > like you and I were, right? > > I would approach them and determine if classes were appropriate and > really do some exploratory questioning. This could, with Board > approval, become another social service of ByteWorks. > > As I see this, a principal role would be coordination and organization > and the initial leadership. The powers that be in St. Charles are big > on private initiatives, but they can respond with grants or other > support when needed. > > nneff wrote: > > John, > > > > I left all the beautiful notes that I took about your St. Charles idea > > at Byteworks. > > > > I'd like to get the ball rolling, so let me ask you some questions: > > > > What exactly is the target audience we're looking at? If I'm > > understanding correctly, the audience we're aiming at is "trouble" > > teenagers who need some kind of guidance. > > > > How would we recruit students for this class, and what would we teach? > > > > I would like to have more of a programming class, but even the most > > simple programming would probably overwhelm and bore "trouble" teens. > > What kind of schedule are we looking at? I would be available maybe > > once a week, and again, Dave Herholz *may* be interested, but his time > > is limited also. > > > > How would this be affiliated with ByteWorks? > > > > I started a page on the ByteWorks wiki about this idea. > > http://wiki.bworks.org/doku.php?id=saint_charles_programming_class > <http://wiki.bworks.org/doku.php?id=saint_charles_programming_class> > > > > I will get my notes from this Saturday, and see what I missed. To > > summarize, I would like to know what kind of audience I would be > > dealing with. > > > > Thanks, > > --Nate > > > > > > > > [Non-text portions of this message have been removed] > >
