Whitehead BBQ with UWCers

Those who missed LPC, wanna saw Starfish Bay, met old & new UWC friends, knew more about the UWC book (www.uwcbook.blogspot.com )......went to our BBQ event. Let's see some photos below:

Event Info

Host:James Fong
Type:Party - Barbecue

Time and Place

Date:Saturday, September 13, 2008
Time:6:00pm - 10:00pm
Location:Whitehead, Ma On Shan (next to LPCUWC)
City/Town:Hong Kong, Hong Kong

Final Guideline (x2) for writing UWC book article

Based on the Guideline posted in this blog on 30 June 2008, several amendments (mainly on the language issue) have been made because of some recent updates. They are all on italics. Any party concerned should refer to the following:

1. Suggested format:

i. Interview (written in essay form): you (journalist) interview a selected interviewee (alumni / principals / teachers / students, etc). Suitable for interviewees who need guidance for presenting ideas & who lack time to write articles by himself/herself.
a. Example: http://www.uwc.org/gp_twan
b. You must consider “Tips for your articles” in Point 8 to write your article

ii. Interview (written in dialogue): interviewees & you formulate the content in dialogue format (e.g. Q&A, msn dialogue). A more lively method.
a. Example: Q&A format: http://www.soapsonabc.com/2008/02/02/general-hospital-sarah-brown-q-a-interview/ and MSN dialogue format: http://www.haaretz.com/hasen/spages/812079.html
b. You must consider “Tips for your articles” in Point 7 to write your article

iii. Self-written: alumni / principals / teachers / students write the article with guidance from an editor (of our group). Good for those who can present his/her ideas clearly in written form.
a. Example: http://teampyro.blogspot.com/2006/10/let-me-splain-myself.html
b. You must consider “Tips for your articles” in Point 7 to write your article

iv. Round-table interview: a group of interviewees discuss on selected topic(s). Use this method if interviewees’ interaction can produce spackles & inspiring ideas. A moderator is present and you (journalist) should write the article.
a. Example: http://www.libraryjournal.com/article/CA6261414.html
b. You must consider “Tips for your articles” in Point 7 to write your article

2. Method of interview / information exchange: in person / telephone / email / msn…..any kind you (journalist) think is effective

3. Style: No specific requirement. Should be set according to the way the journalist/writer intend to present and the content of the article. Possible styles can be formal, casual, funny or lively

4. Language Medium: English (in Proper/Formal English) or Chinese (in Proper/Formal Chinese, no Cantonese please!)

5. Presentation way: Words + Photos

6. No of words: about 2,000 – 2,500 words (English without punctuation marks or Chinese characters with punctuation marks included)

7. No of photos: at least 10 (should be very eye-catching!).

8. Graphic design: You (journalist) DO NOT NEED to do any graphic design of your chapter/article. What you need to do is to submit article + at least 10 photos to our designated designer. However, you can help by matching each photo with corresponding paragraph in your article. Tell the designer your ideas in written form. He/she will help you for the design.

9. Tips for excellent articlesAll articles MUST include the following:
i. Creative chapter title
ii. Sub-titles (副題) in between paragraphs
iii. Must-know knowledge (小知識) or Useful tips (小錦囊) like in-depth info, interesting facts, personal insight. E.g. When the article is mentioning about “IB”, we suppose that our readers, who are general public, may not know what it means. So please provide some “must-know knowledge” like a sentence or two about IB and include the official website. Do not put the knowledge in the content but on either left or right hand side of a page, preferably in smaller font.
iv. Figures, tables & charts
v. Interviewees bios (similar to CV but in short form): maximum 10 items (either working experience, educational attainment, award or all of them)

Workflow:Selection of topics (by journalist)
Develop article framework and interview questions (discussion between journalist and editor)
Interview / self-written stage / round table (by journalist)Writing + selection of photos (by journalist)
Draft Submission (from journalist to editor)
Feedback for redrafting (from editor to journalist)Submission to interviewee if necessary (by journalist)
Submission to graphic designer (by journalist) + graphic design (by graphic designers)
Submission to chief editor (by graphic designer)
Feedback for redrafting (from editor to journalist)
Publishing

First draft on 2008.6.25
Updated on 2008.6.30
Last update on 2008.8.19

Pls Join Our BBQ Gathering

We are planning to have our first gathering – BBQ night in Whitehead (still remember Starfish Bay? They are very close to each other!), which is next to LPCUWC.

You can meet other UWCers who are also interested in the book. You can also meet old friends as well as new people to share your recent updates – all the happiness and sadness!

You may play golf (inside the venue) and visit LPC teachers (Li Ping, Esther Chau……).

Details -

Date: 13 Sept 08 (Sat)
Time: 5pm onward (if you come on time, you can see the breathtaking view of Tolo Harbour and the Sunset!)
Venue: Whitehead Club, Ma On Shan (Website: http://www.whiteheadclub.com)
Budget: around $100 to $200 per head
Car Park: Available

All BBQ food are ready for serving.

Welcome to invite other UWCers to come!

Please reply if you are planning to attend.

Davis UWC Scholarship receiver wanted

If anyone of you who are the receiver, you know any receiver, please drop a message here or send an email to jamesfong97@hotmail.com

Thanks!

Volunteers Needed & Job Specification

We have still got couple of enquiries concerning the work about Journalist, Editor and Marketing and publicity personnel. You can refer to the below descriptions. Weclome to copy and paste for any kind of circulation:

1. Journalist: for each article, an journalist has to interview and write 2500 words (English or Chinese). Creating title, sub-title, gathering photos for the article are necessary. He/she has to communicate with his/her editor for interview angle and content.

2. Editor: for each article, an editor has to "supervise" and comment on an journalist's suggestions on angle and content. Proofreading is neccessary. Preferably a reporter / journalist in current or previous full-time job, or having a solid experience in editing.

3. Marketing and publicity personnel: selling" the book, networking for article contribution from other UWCs, helpers recruitment, website updates, negotiation with publisher and graphic designer, etc.

We still need volunteers!

I have recently put an "ad" on Mountbatten UWC Alumni email network on 8 Aug 2008. As we are still recruiting volunteers for help, please try to spread the messages.

Join us: write down how UWC changes our lives!

We are a group of UWC graduates who would like to solicit support (in terms of contributors, writers and editors of articles, coordinators on administration and marketing) from fellow UWCers like you on publishing a book on our common UWC experiences.

The primary objective of the book is, through recording and publication of personal experiences, to share with fellow UWCers, parents and others the benefits of UWC education. We also hope to demonstrate how our alumni do contribute to society what we have gained through UWC education, that was made possible only with the generosity of donors and sponsors.

Having made enquiries of book publishers and given the limited resources available to us given that this is a private (as opposed to official) project, we are aiming at limited circulation of the book in Hong Kong initially, and overseas thereafter (in planning stage). We intend to donate profits (if any) from the distribution of the book to fund scholarships or projects of LPC UWC. [As we do not expect substantial funds to be raised through this book, given its limited scale, we feel that it is more manageable to focus on LPC UWC at this stage.]

The book will be bilingual (Chinese and English). We invite those of you who are interested in contributing to the book to contact us on or before 31 August 2008. Other forms of contribution are also welcome.

Further information regarding this project can be found in www.uwcbook.blogspot.com .

We look to your support (in terms of contributors, writers and editors of articles, coordinators on administration and marketing) to help make this publication a reality - let this be you contribution as well as ours towards advancing the UWC movement.

We look forward to hearing from you.

For and On Behalf of
UWC Book Committee
James Fong [LPCUWC 99, jamesfong97@ hotmail.com ]
Fiona Chung [LPCUWC 99, fionachung@hku. hk ]

More about UWC on Youtube

Some UWC-related videos on Youtube at
http://www.youtube.com/unitedwords

You may be interested in the following:

International Show 2008
The edited version of the Atlantic College International Show from the 2008 Year DVD.




Amnesty International Letter Writing 2008
The edited version of the 12hr non-stop letter writing campaign for Amnesty International from the 2008 Year DVD.



Details here:

Atlantic College Amnesty International Letter Writing Campaign 2008

January 20, 2008

St. Donat’s Castle/19.1.2008 The flame of change burns throughout the night whenever students of Atlantic College come together each year at the beginning of January to participate in the Amnesty International Letter Writing Campaign. The campaign is organised by the AC Amnesty International activity and has already a long tradition. Some 150 students from over 85 countries come and spend one night, from 8pm to 8am, in the college’s library to express their protest against international human rights violations in thousands of letters send to the powerful and influential in the world.

This year students are writing letters to the Iranian Ambassador to the UK, Rasul Movahedian, urging him to stop the execution of Delara Darabi. Darabi faces execution for a crime she committed when she was underage. However the International Convenant on Civil and Political Rights urges states not to impose death sentences for crimes permitted by persons below the age of 18.

Furthermore they call upon the President of Belarus, Alyaksandr Lukashenka, to stop the “obstruction, harassment, and intimidation of civil society activists”, especially concerning the prisoner of conscience Zmitser Dashkevich. Not only the Minister of Health of the Democratic Republic of Congo, but also Bregadier General Avihai Mandelblit, the Military Judge Advocate General of Israel will receive some hundred letters from Atlantic College students. While the Ministry of Health of Congo is urged to provide adequate stocks of essential medicines and medical equipment for women raped by government soldiers, General Avihai Mandelblit is asked to impose a moratorium on house demolitions and forced evictions in the occupied West Bank until the law is amended to bring it into line with international standards.

The student organisers of this year’s campaign, Knut Kitching (Canada), Nabila Abdel-Aziz (Germany) and Izzat Shamroukh (Palestine), see the annual Letter Writing Night as their contribution to the Amnesty International organisation, which was founded in 1961. One of AI’s first action was a letter writing campaign against the imprisonment of two Portuguese teenagers raising their glasses to freedom during a toast. The following active protest of the international community did not only lead to the release of the two Portuguese boys, but also laid the fundament for an international human rights movement that has today more than 2.2 million members. The Amnesty International activity of Atlantic College also plans and realises Street Theatres across the year demonstrating against various issues (eg. Guantanomo Bay, The Wall in Palestine).

The Letter Writing Campaign organisers expect to be able to post around 2000 letters on Monday morning, each envelope containing an appeal to stop human rights violation, an appeal to peace and justice all around the world, an appeal to protect the human.

Valentin Jeutner (Germany, AC06-08)

Source: http://www.unitedwords.org/