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August 16, 2006
The Boy Scout comes through
As I've mentioned before, I'm working on a project at Reading Public Library to revive the Netguides program. Netguides is a program where volunteers (mostly teens) are recruited and trained to be one-on-one technology help for patrons.
The Boy Scout (who has taken on the Netguides revival as his Eagle Scout project) has finally received approval from the elders, which means we can finally get started.
The Boy Scout will serve as a jack-of-all-trades in this project in roles that will more than cover the leadership requirement for Eagle Scouthood. He will help us assemble the physical manual as well as the content of the manual, which will contain policies, procedures, and forms; help to formulate a marketing campaign for the program, including logos and flyers; recruit fellow boy scouts and other teens to apply to the program; assist in choosing from the applicants; and assist in the Netguide training process. Once this is all set, we'll have an established program that helps the community, and he'll be released to his Eagle Scout nest.
We had all hoped (The Boy Scout, my boss, me, The Boy Scout's Mom) that this project would be accomplished over the summer, so that we could have the program in place for the fall, but the approval process took all summer. So, the current plan is to have The Boy Scout start on the manual and recruitment portion now, and plan on training teens over the winter break for launch in January/February.
The Netguides program will dovetail nicely with my upcoming class schedule, allowing me to offer a wider variety of courses while the Netguides cover Mousing Around, Basic Internet, as well as offering one-on-one help in the Geek Out Don't Freak Out classes. It will also work nicely with the Statewide Database and Promotion LSTA grant (scroll to the bottom of the page to see the abstract) we received to promote databases, freeing up time for me to work on the grant classes, and possibly assisting us in the grant classes or providing grant class follow up help.
So. Very. Excited. I'll keep you posted.
August 16, 2006 11:04 AM