[Osta-board] Re: TOST format

Mon Jul 5 17:08:05 PDT 2010

Well done CArolyn- both great ideas!  

Sue
On Jul 5, 2010, at 1:30 PM, Carolyn Clontz wrote:

> I suggested something to Cheryl Kleckner and Tanya Frisendahl. All of the
> people who are taking the MSEF professional development workshops for
> college credit have to write a lesson plan or a lesson unit to get the
> credit. So I thought it would be great to have the people who are reading
> the lesson plans (Donna Rainboth for one) let us know which ones look pretty
> good. Then we can contact them and find out if they would be willing to
> allow us to publish their lessons in the TOST. Cheryl liked the idea so I
> think we should be able to get our hands on some good ones to publish. I'm
> assuming that Cheryl will take control of the idea but I am also going to
> touch base with her again about it. 
> 
> Another thing I suggested to the Bend-La Pine curriculum director (Bill
> Rhodes) when I saw him at the MSEF workshop in Sisters is that the district
> pay for a membership in OSTA for all the people who are serving on the
> district science panel. He seemed to like it so I am hoping that we see
> about 25 memberships come in from Bend. Every school is represented on the
> panel. Some of the people also were in the science grant so they will
> already have a membership but this will keep their memberships going another
> year longer. 
> 
> I kinda feel like I had a stroke of genius while I was helping at the
> workshop last week! Sue and I will begin working this week on the grant
> proposal for an OSTA MSEF grant of $10,000.It has to be submitted in August
> so we will know in September if we got it.
> Carolyn 
> 
> -----Original Message-----
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> [mailto:osta-board-bounces at maillist.peak.org] On Behalf Of bcarlsen
> Sent: Saturday, July 03, 2010 7:19 PM
> To: Jodie Harnden
> Cc: osta-board at maillist.peak.org
> Subject: [Osta-board] Re: TOST format
> 
> Hi Jodie,
>      The files for everything, the membership form, the layout, and  
> everything that Heidi has done should be on the flash drive that she  
> has sent.  You should have received it today in the mail.
> 
>      Now that everything is being handled electronically, you should  
> use a print shop that you can communicate with most efficiently.  If  
> there is no one in Athena or nearby who does this kind of stuff, I can  
> help you find one in the Portland area.  In order to use our OSTA bulk  
> mail protocols, the TOST has always needed to be mailed out at the  
> main downtown Portland post office.
>      Laserquick gave me a pretty good quote last Spring for printing,  
> labeling, and bulk mailing.  My ACS group uses another downtown  
> printer to do the same thing.   Check around your area.  You need to  
> make it as easy and efficient as you can for yourself !
> 
>      Terry Heaton has been our printer for the past 20 years.  He  
> will still do it, and we are used to his operations.  Heidi did have  
> some communication problems with regard to her final few issues.  I  
> don't know whether it was a software or formatting issue.
> 
>      Do open that flash drive asap and see how compatible Heidi's  
> forms and formats are with your computer.    Use as much of her stuff  
> as you can for your first issues!    I'll send you a package of  
> journals from other states for you to look over and possibly find  
> material to use.
> 
>      Get out your whip to use on our board members.  They need to be  
> sending you the good news from their districts and from their friends  
> for EVERY ISSUE !
> 
>      Thank you for all that you do!
>         Best wishes,  Bernie
> 
> 
> Quoting Jodie Harnden <Jodie.Harnden at pendleton.k12.or.us>:
> 
>> Well, if i'm going to do this I see that it is time to remind folks  
>> to send materials for the September edition. I can't include it if I  
>> don't get it. What ever you'd like to see in the September issue  
>> please send right away as a doc or docx file.  I can't do anything  
>> much with files from Macs (well I can, but it is a pain). Pictures  
>> can be sent as other file types, as I have yet to learn which ones  
>> will work for me.  I will let you know if something won't open.
>> 
>> Please note that I do not have files of anything currently, even if  
>> it has been in TOST previously, so send EVERYTHING you want to see  
>> included.  This means forms, letters, blurbs of info.
>> 
>> If anyone has files for the membership form on the back, layout for  
>> the names and positions or other, please send it along. If I have to  
>> make it up you may not like the changes :)
>> 
>> Hope you are all having a nice summer.  Mine is the same as  
>> always...too darn many weeds in the garden!
>> 
>> Jodie
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