[Bookstoprisoners] drop off bins

[Holley K]

Can you get bins that are locked with a slot?    You don't want people picking out the best books and putting a buck in.  After all you are selling books on amazon to pay for rent and packing supplies.  Frankly I don't think if people pick out a book from a donation bin,   they will care if there is a sign "do not take" .  If bins are too expensive how about using an appliance box or something that is taped shut and cutting out a slot large enough for a large book?   
  Holley

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Today's Topics:

1. Re: BooksToPrisoners Digest, Vol 24, Issue 19 (adiaz25 at uiuc.edu)
2. National BTP Conference (Suzanne Linder)
3. April's suggestion re jail requests (yvette scheven)


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I agree with Niloofar, and I think it's kind of appalling that people think that it's ok to steal books from the donation bins. Inmates don't have the same kind of access to books as everyone else-- If the people at Strawberry Fields or wherever want books and don't want to pay for them, I don't see why they don't just go to the library. I think the best solution to the problem would be to make the donation sign bigger, and specifically put a sign on the bins that says "Please do not remove books from bins." People may think that it's ok to take a few books, but if many people think that, it can significantly drain our resources. And, of course, it is probably the best books that they're taking (both in terms of interestingness and in terms of resale value). I don't understand why anyone would want to do this to a non-profit that is trying to help disadvantaged people, and I think that such a sign on the bins would help to deter theft. 

-April

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>Date: Wed, 30 May 2007 12:09:50 -0500
>From: "Jacqueline Hannah" 
>Subject: [Bookstoprisoners] just an idea . . .
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>Hello all,
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>I am a lurker, I use to be involved in packing parties years ago now and I
>am hoping to get involved again soon. Just wanted to share an insight -
>
>I use to work at Strawberry Fields and now work at Common Ground Food
>Co-op. Both of these stores are drop off sites for BTP. I can tell you
>from working at both that people "shop" the drop off bins. Many feel guilty
>about it, but everyone does it. What I have heard over and over, though, is
>that folks wish there were a donation envelope they could pick up or
>something to send BTP some money for the books they pick up. Of course, you
>probably don't want to encourage the book "shopping" at the drop off bins,
>but if there were just a little envelope on the side of each drop off box
>with pre-addressed envelopes and simple donation cards (photocopied, cheap)
>inside it might encourage more donations both from the shoppers and the
>grateful book donators (of which I am often one) who appreciate somewhere to
>take these books so they don't go to landfills.
>
>If the sounded like something BTP would like to pursue and the help was
>needed, I would be happy to design a basic donation reply form to fit into
>standard envelopes and get them copied and cut. If this doesn't sound like
>it would work for BTP or isn't something practical to impliment at this
>time, that's fine too. Just thought I'd share what I had been hearing from
>dozens of community members.
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>- Jacqueline Hannah
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>From: "Brian Dolinar" 

>Subject: [Bookstoprisoners] Terre Haute letter
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>Anybody seen where my letter from Terre Haute is?
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>BD
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>Date: Wed, 30 May 2007 16:02:07 -0500
>From: "Jay Schubert" 
>Subject: Re: [Bookstoprisoners] just an idea . . .
>To: "Jacqueline Hannah" , "Sandra Ahten"
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>Jacqueline,
>
>What an interesting idea and solution to this issue! I'm not at all
>surprised to hear that people pull books out of the collection bins (I
>personally also pull the occasional book from the shelves of our packing
>facility) and that they feel like they'd like to be able to contribute
>financially when they do. We enjoy the fortunate position of having no
>particular shortage of books but do have a constant need for funds to ship
>them out. In this way, this idea sounds great.
>
>My only concern would be that, as much as it sometimes may not look to be
>the case, we really try to empty the bins as often as possible and I'd hate
>to give any impression that we're selling books (or offering them in
>exchange for donations) out of the space that these businesses graciously
>offer to be used to facilitate donations.
>
>I'd say that if you keep it as simple as you mention in your email (not
>implying that we're encouraging people to shop the bins), it would be great!
>
>As far as where to send and how to address the checks when people send in
>the card, perhaps Sandra can tell us. She mentioned to me the other day
>that some of our donation info on the web site may be out of date as our
>financial arrangement with the IMC has changed recently. Sandra, can you
>comment?
>
>Thanks,
>Jay
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>On 5/30/07, Jacqueline Hannah wrote:
>>
>> Hello all,
>>
>> I am a lurker, I use to be involved in packing parties years ago now and I
>> am hoping to get involved again soon. Just wanted to share an insight -
>>
>> I use to work at Strawberry Fields and now work at Common Ground Food
>> Co-op. Both of these stores are drop off sites for BTP. I can tell you
>> from working at both that people "shop" the drop off bins. Many feel guilty
>> about it, but everyone does it. What I have heard over and over, though, is
>> that folks wish there were a donation envelope they could pick up or
>> something to send BTP some money for the books they pick up. Of course, you
>> probably don't want to encourage the book "shopping" at the drop off bins,
>> but if there were just a little envelope on the side of each drop off box
>> with pre-addressed envelopes and simple donation cards (photocopied, cheap)
>> inside it might encourage more donations both from the shoppers and the
>> grateful book donators (of which I am often one) who appreciate somewhere to
>> take these books so they don't go to landfills.
>>
>> If the sounded like something BTP would like to pursue and the help was
>> needed, I would be happy to design a basic donation reply form to fit into
>> standard envelopes and get them copied and cut. If this doesn't sound like
>> it would work for BTP or isn't something practical to impliment at this
>> time, that's fine too. Just thought I'd share what I had been hearing from
>> dozens of community members.
>>
>> - Jacqueline Hannah
>>
>>
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Message: 2
Date: Sat, 2 Jun 2007 09:56:45 -0500
From: "Suzanne Linder" 
Subject: [Bookstoprisoners] National BTP Conference
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Hello BTPers--

As some of you have already heard, Urbana-Champaign Books to Prisoners is
going to be hosting a National Books to Prisoners Conference in the fall.
The first national BTP conference was hosted in Philadelphia in 2003 (before
UCBTP existed). People who are involved in prison book projects all over
the country got together for a weekend to talk about the challenges they
face, share solutions and spend time networking and they would like to get
together again. We will be hosting the second conference at the IMC
November 2-4, 2007 and are hoping to add a track for people who are
interested in starting a books to prisoners organization.

I have volunteered to take the lead in organizing the conference and would
like to invite anyone who is interested in helping to plan the conference to
come to Jay and my house for a potluck dinner / initial planning
meeting on Thursday,
June 14 at 6 PM. We will be working to define the scope of the conference
and writing a mission statement / statement of objectives that can be
included with the publicity materials. We will also be discussing fund
raising ideas and hopefully can put together a preliminary timeline of tasks
that will need to be accomplished in order to pull the conference off.
There will be a wide variety of work to be done over the summer and in the
fall (from arranging housing and meals to schedule panelists to transporting
people from the airport to making the IMC look spiffy to contacting library
schools with advertisements...you get the idea) and we would love to have
everyone who is interested in helping join us. Please do not feel that you
need to be key staff or a regular volunteer to help with this effort (in
fact, our key staff have their plates pretty full keeping BTP running on a
day to day basis). This is also only the first of several organizational
meetings, if you don't want to be in on the planning, we can still use your
help with specific tasks over the summer and fall.

Please consider joining us. I am leaving town tomorrow and will not be back
until June 12th. Please reply directly to me if you will be coming to this
meeting but know that I will not be able to reply to you until I get back
into the country. If you have questions in the meantime, you can email Jay
at jay.schubert at gmail.com

Recap:

ANYONE who is interested
Organizational meeting for National BTP Conference
Thursday, June 14th 6 PM
6 Willowbrook Ct, Champaign (Willowbrook is a cul-de-sac on the south side
of Windsor road, three streets west of Neil)
Please bring something to share

Hope to see you there!
Suzanne
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Date: Sat, 2 Jun 2007 11:33:00 -0500
From: yvette scheven 
Subject: [Bookstoprisoners] April's suggestion re jail requests
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Glad you brought that up, April. Before Friday, I filled several 
requests for the Satellite, and wondered how would one know they had 
been filled. Another solution would be to place a printout of the 
requests on the top of each bin, and then check off those found.


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