This mail contains information about CURE Newsletter 2006. It covers the following:
1. CURE Newsletter: An Introduction
2. CURE Newsletter: Call for Articles
3. CURE Newsletter: Call for Distributors/Volunteers
4. CURE Newsletter: Call for sponsorship
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1. An Introduction
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As per CURE tradition, we will be taking out a newsletter for 2006. We started with bringing out the first newsletter in 2004 and distributing 1000 copies of the newsletters through mail, educational bodies, organisations and in college talks. In 2005, we brought out our second newsletter and distributed 2000 copies of it. Apart from that, the e-copy of the newsletter was widely circulated on email in Delhi and down-south.
Previous CURE newsletter can be accessed from this page:
http://www.noragging.com/cure/newsletter.html
The CURE newsletter has been a great success in bringing the issue of ragging into light at the time when the new academic year starts. We take out the newsletter in end of June and it is widely circulated over the next three months. It covers latest news about ragging, myths about ragging, potential solutions and CURE activities. The newsletter is an eye-opener for the society and also attracts new members.
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2. Call for articles
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The CURE Newsletter till this year has comprised of 4 pages. This year, according to the number of articles, we may expand it to 6 to 8 pages.
The Call for Articles is divided in two parts:
Regular Features: (The newsletter always contains the following Regular Features apart from articles)
Latest News of ragging: All the news about ragging has been disseminated on this yahoogroup over the last one year. It has to compiled and made brief for presentation.
FAQs and Debunking myths about ragging: These are common notions about ragging which are misunderstood. To save oneself from repititive work, one can pick-up myths and FAQs recorded in Newsletter 2005 and see if the person can make additional contributions to it or improve it.
Introduction to CURE and its activities: This section is currently reserved for the founder member.
CURE Chapter Activities: Each Chapter of CURE is requested to send up a write-up on their activities. The write-up shouldnt be more than 180 words.
Laws Against Ragging: This section contains the historic Supreme Court Judgment and other recent laws enacted by the state.
All these sections are open for members to volunteer to write (unless otherwise mentioned). Please let us know if you are writing it to avoid repitition. Mailing details and deadline is given after call for other articles.
Other Articles: Articles explaining any aspect of ragging are invited. They can be on one of the following themes, but are not limited to the
-- Analysis of the psychology of ragging
-- Features of the problem of ragging
-- Solution to problem of ragging
-- The harm of ragging, Tips to juniors and seniors
-- First-hand experiences
-- Legal aspects of ragging
-- Sex and drug related aspects of ragging
-- Debunking a particular myth of ragging in detail
We invite all first-timers, novices and experts to contribute articles to the newsletters. We try to accomodate all articles we receive, but some go through a lot of editting (in loop with the author). We have limited space on the paper version, but an expanded e-version is also published.
Please write for the newsletter, if you think your words can make a difference to the society.
Send an article proposal :
Consisting of: TITLE and a brief ABSTRACT
TO: [EMAIL PROTECTED]
BY: 10th April, 2006
By looking at the proposal, we would be able to inform you if we could accept the article before you put an effort to write it. We will give you suggestions as to what you could include/exclude from the article to make it more acceptable and useful to the society. We will try to accept all proposals.
ALL CONTRIBUTIONS WILL BE ACKNOWLEDGED IN THE NEWSLETTER (INCLUDING REGULAR FEATURES)
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3. Plan this year: Call for distributors/volunteers
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CURE will circulate the newsletter FREE far and wide as every year through its chapters, contacts in various cities. One could also request a free newsletter from the website as always. Thirdly, CURE also publicises its newsletter through the print media of the likes of TOI and HT, and The Campus Paper.
This year we plan to send 5 free copies of the newsletter to more than 50 colleges India-wide. The idea is still fluid and depends on the funding we have/get and if we get volunteers to do it.
To make this project self-sufficient, we could ask the college to request additional copies for distribution at price 1.5 times the cost price of the newsletter.
If anyone thinks he can distribute newsletters to contacts, in his organisation, state, college, etc., kindly send us the number of copies of newsletters you could distribute (Remember it is FREE). This number is NOT BINDING on you and you can change your mind later. It is just to give us a rough idea as to how many copies should go for print.
If anyone wants to volunteer to help get the newsletter printed/distributed/designed, please let us know.
All information, ideas and comments may be sent to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with "NEWSLETTER" in the subject.
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4. CURE Newsletter: Call for sponsorship
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The cheapest version of a 4-page 2-colour newsletter costs us Re. 1.5 per copy. Last year, Mr. Kiran Kumar generously donated Rs. 5000 to CURE, Rs. 1500 of which were used towards the newsletter. We duly acknolwedged his contribution on the newsletter. We again thank him now.
If we go for 8-pages, the newsletter cost will go around Rs. 2.5 to Rs. 3. Apart from that, there is cost involved to courier the newsletter to different cities and people. Thus the total cost comes to about 1.25 times the printing cost.
The number of copies we print and being able to post copies to a mailing list of colleges depends on the amount of sponsorship we get. We will soon send a update on current situation of CURE funds (in a weeks time).
If you could sponsor a part or the whole of newsletter, please mail us at [EMAIL PROTECTED] All contributions will be duly acknolwedged on the newsletter.
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Varun Aggarwal
CSAIL, MIT,USA
BE, NSIT, Univ of Delhi, INDIA
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