[Bookstoprisoners] Meeting & discussion items

[Suzanne Linder]

I would like to talk about donating books to the Danville prison (via Sara
who has been volunteering with us recently and teaches there).

Suzanne

On 10/5/06, Sandra Ahten <sandra.ahten at gmail.com> wrote:
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> Books to Prisoner will be having a meeting on Saturday October 14 at 1pm.
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> We are anticipating that it will last 1.5 hours -- long time since we met.
> Lots to talk about!
> Please look over the agenda items so far... If you are keystaff... please
> look them over early, so you can be thinking of solutions.
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> Agenda items so far:
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> 1a. Upcoming Books Sale and dividing up responsibility for it.
> promo to calendars
> fliers
> radio and tv
> schedule of workers/ hours
> getting volunteers (contacting Lincolns Challenge, Volunteer Illini,)
> making signs
> accounting / Books
> dumpster/cleanup
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> 1b. Romp Stomp Slam Jam event
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> 2. Job Description of potential paid worker proposed
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> 3. Jail Library
> (Susan B. can you call Nancy and tell her we need an answer re satellite
> jail)
> bookmark
> stamping books
> budget for buying books
> how to staff satellite
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> 4. Report from those who went to visit Dwight Prison
> how to do outreach to Dwight & other women's prisons
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> 5. Accounting
> - Report on Amazon Sales
> - Report of expenditures and balance
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> 6. Work-day procedure
> how to manage large crews
> how to get a procedure manual/training together, that is easily changed
> and followed
> how to accommodate different needs while working (music vs quiet)
> (experienced workers matched with untrained workers)
> should we continue to file? (how will be ever weed files?)
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> Packaging Labels: Jennifer has volunteered to make labels for packages,
> (so packagers just have to fill in prisoner name and number) who can get her
> list of prisons that we ship to and keep that list updated for her (which
> are individual/ which are bulk?)
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> She has also volunteered to regularly call the mail rooms of each
> prison...can we agree on a list of what she should be asking?
>  -- do they take hardback; will they accept "bulk"; will they accept
> boxes?; will they accept padded envelopes?
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> 7. Misc:
> Book donations are slowing down: do we want to ask Honors sorority to do
> another book drive? Find a prominent place in Champaign for drop off? Who
> will pick up monitor it?
> Who will make general flier?
> How can we keep track of volunteers/ recognize them?
> What should be next priority with computer system. (be able to search by
> order #?, books sent?)
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> What else?
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> Sandra Ahten
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