Dear Lisa and Joelle and all listening :-)
Thank you for your comments. There are around 500 members interested to establish some alumni association and activity. My assumption is 150 to come. This is also saying, the main topic/question will be around how should the alumni look like and work. There is a big demand for networking. My plan is to send out an e-mail with our suggestions for the topic and ask their suggestions. And from this and then we will create the letter of invitation. Joelle, you are right, the first thing I want to prevent is - letting them go back in their study groups. Let me reflect, what has touched me: First of all, thank you for your encouragement!! Lisa, it's been a long time anybody has told me to be proud of me. It has touched my heart a lot. This is the time when I am not sure of the linguistic and emotional value of the words. In Hungary these words are told to kids, who first make a good effort to do something, even if they fail. (Let me say another example: When I first heard from an American guy in Budapest, that "I will treat you!", I did not understand the words, so he had to tell me, it means: "I will pay your bill in the reataurant..." ) So these are my limitations of English and culture. >From your suggestions comes to me an idea to make a big "user's guide" for latecomers with the principles and law and also to suggest to ask from the others, to help them to join. Unfortunately being late is part of the "culture", so the voluntary help might work. In the introduction I will suggest those present, to take care of the latecomers. Logistics - my idea is to make an ongoing buffet with sandwiches, fruits and vegetables and beverages and without a formal lunch, though the restaurant might be open where everybody can buy warm food, if they wish. In terms of convergence, I like the idea to let only a sample of people talk about their feeling. Quite a creative idea - I don't know, how it will work - to let everybody vote on the topics on the bulettin board and close it by - say - midnight. And the most important is to let them volunteer to take some responsibility for whatever they want. One more question - What do you think about telling them: "The space is closed by 15:00, but if something is not over, is not over. There is the time and space for you up till midnight to discuss further, you were engaged and submit your reports by tacking on the bulettin board."? Gyuri * * ========================================================== [email protected] ------------------------------ To subscribe, unsubscribe, change your options, view the archives of [email protected], Visit: http://listserv.boisestate.edu/archives/oslist.html
