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Update for All
Project Staff, 1.19.07 (Updated 1.24.07)
January 19, 2007
Good afternoon, everyone!
Please read this e-mail as soon as possible and ask team
and squad members who do not have e-mail to read this at our Web site,
www.mymontebello.com, clicking on
"Project Instructions".
You are right, there is much here! But consider that we are
taking adult roles and operating our project like an adult business, doing a
needed service for the community as we strengthen our college, scholarship, and
job applications.
Van Ajemian
project_teacher@mymontebello.com
323.720.1022, office and voice mail
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DO YOU KNOW YOUR SQUAD'S
ACTIVITY?
Activities are described at our Web site,
www.mymontebello.com. Click on
"Project Instructions" in the left margin and then click on your team's
document:
document 5, "Instructions for E-News Team 1,
1.16.07" or
document 6, "Instructions for E-News Teams 5
and 9, 1.16.07" or
document 7, "Instructions for E-News Team
13, 1.16.07".
If your team does not have instructions there, please
contact me at
project_teacher@mymontebello.com.
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KEEPING IN TOUCH
Unfortunately, we do not have class time to talk, so we
have to communicate in other ways. How?
1. By e-mail. Below, under item 7, you will see a list of
new, professional e-mail addresses for us to use in our project. I check my
e-mail at least twice a day, seven days a week, and I ask that you do the same.
2. By voice mail. I work at Montebello Paralegal, 813 West
Whittier, Suite D, 323.720.1022, across the street from the CVS drug store. You
may leave a voice mail at any time. I check voice mail when I am at the office,
usually between 11 and 5 weekdays. Also, I check voice mail in the morning,
evening and on weekends when I am not at the office.
3. By Web site. I will post information at
www.mymontebello.com. Click on "Project Instructions" in the left margin of the
home page. Then click on the pertinent document. What I am sharing with you in
this e-mail will be called "Update for All Project Staff, 1.19.07".
4. By meeting. See the staff agenda of
1.16.07, a copy of which is at
www.mymontebello.com. Click on "Setting an
Example" in the left margin of the home page and then click on document 5.
Would you like to meet on the weekend? That, too, is
possible. See item 3.3 of the staff agenda.
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PAUSE. WHY ARE
WE DOING THIS?
5. Through our project, you will have the chance to apply
what you are learning in class. You will produce solid work which you can share
with colleges, scholarship foundations, and employers. Also, people in our
community need what you will be doing. So, your work will be important for you
and for others.
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BEING PROFESSIONAL
6. We are learning to work in the "adult subculture". We
wish for adults to take us seriously, so we are adapting to the adult
subculture. Another way of saying this is that we will do our activities
professionally. If you would like details about adapting to the adult
subculture--in order to be successful in an adult world--go to the Web site,
click on "E-NEWS Textbook" or "Oil Textbook", then click on chapter 5. In
chapter 5, read until you get to "End part 1 of chapter 5".
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OUR PROFESSIONAL E-MAIL
ADDRESSES
7. We will be using professional e-mail addresses. You type
in your professional e-mail address according to this chart (by the way, please
correct me if I have put you in the wrong team or squad; also, Roxanna, Dana,
Elizabeth R., Ashley, and Alexandra have not been assigned to a team; if you are
not on a team by Monday, please call me at the office):
E-NEWS team 1, squad 1, Aaron, Karla,
announcements1@mymontebello.com ;
E-NEWS team 1, squad 2, David, Johnny, Adriana,
announcements2@mymontebello.com ;
E-NEWS team 1, squad 3, Salvador, Eddy, Marvin,
announcements3@mymontebello.com ;
E-NEWS team 1, squad 4, Cindy, Gabriela, Alma,
announcements4@mymontebello.com ;
E-NEWS team 1, squad 5, Berta, Chris, Aracely,
announcements5@mymontebello.com ;
E-NEWS teama 4, Deana, Daniela, Raymond,
management1@mymontebello.com ;
E-NEWS team 5, squad 1, Viviana, Elizabeth, Yesenia,
Edward, Tiffany, Angel, Lupe, innovations1@mymontebello.com ;
E-NEWS team 5, squad 2, Jennifer, Nicole, Bianney,
Jeannette, Michelle, Cecilia, Grecia, innovations2@mymontebello.com ;
E-NEWS team 5, squad 3, Jessica, Darla, Stephanie
D., Scott, innovations3@mymontebello.com ;
E-NEWS team 6, Helen, Vitalina, newsletter@mymontebello.com
;
E-NEWS team 7, squad 1, Victor, Maria R.,
circulation1@mymontebello.com ;
E-NEWS team 7, squad 2, Steve, Mario P.,
circulation2@mymontebello.com ;
E-NEWS team 7, squad 3, open, circulation3@mymontebello.com
;
E-NEWS team 7, squad 4, Ian, circulation4@mymontebello.com
;
E-NEWS team 7, squad 5, [Ian],
circulation5@mymontebello.com ;
E-NEWS team 7, squad 6, Diana,
circulation6@mymontebello.com ;
E-NEWS team 7, squad 7, [Diana],
circulation7@mymontebello.com ;
E-NEWS team 8, Alfonso, Samantha, Eric, ask me about an
address;
E-NEWS team 9, squad 1, Ana, Denisse, Denise, Viviana,
lessons1@mymontebello.com ;
E-NEWS team 9, squad 2, Bianca, Melissa, Ricardo, Vanessa,
Ernesto, lessons2@mymontebello.com ;
E-NEWS team 9, squad 3, Andrea, Nancy G., Nancy C.,
lessons3@mymontebello.com ;
E-NEWS team 9, squad 4, Nayeli, Laura, Julian, Darling,
lessons4@mymontebello.com ;
E-NEWS team 10, squad 1, Nicole, Edgar,
website1@mymontebello.com ;
E-NEWS team 10, squad 2, open, website2@mymontebello.com ;
E-NEWS team 10, squad 3, open, website3@mymontebello.com ;
E-NEWS team 10, squad 4, open, website4@mymontebello.com ;
E-NEWS team 10, squad 5, open, website5@mymontebello.com ;
E-NEWS team 13, squad 1, Karen, Arlene, Jenny,
generations1@mymontebello.com ;
E-NEWS team 13, squad 2, Anthony, Stephanie, Jackie, Celene,
generations2@mymontebello.com ;
E-NEWS team 13, squad 3, Cindy, Iris, Stephanie,
generations3@mymontebello.com;
E-NEWS team 13, squad 4, Reymond, Elida, Joe,
generations4@mymontebello.com ;
E-NEWS team 13, squad 5, Sharon, Ariana, Amanda,
generations5@mymontebello.com ;
E-NEWS team 13, squad 6, Nicole, Steven, Jahayra,
generations6@mymontebello.com ;
E-NEWS team 13, squad 7, Maria, Susie, Brenda,
generations7@mymontebello.com ;
OIL team 1, squad 1, Ingrid, Judy,
surveysandgrants1@mymontebello.com ;
OIL team 1, squad 2, Elizabeth A., Margaret,
surveysandgrants2@mymontebello.com;
OIL team 1, squad 3, Stephanie H., Rosalinda,
surveysandgrants3@mymontebello.com ;
OIL team 4, Vi, Michelles, Yasmin,
management2@mymontebello.com ;
OIL team 6, Judith, Sandra, Arsenia, Eriberto, Blanca,
currencycontrol@mymontebello.com ;
OIL team 7, squad 1, Rosemary, Teresa,
collaborations1@mymontebello.com ;
OIL team 7, squad 2, Gabriela, Alexandra P.,
collaborations2@mymontebello.com ;
OIL team 7, squad 3, Cynthia, Jennifer H.,
collaborations3@mymontebello.com ;
OIL team 7, squad 4, Christine L., Denisse R.,
collaborations4@mymontebello.com ;
OIL team 7, squad 5, [open],
collaborations5@mymontebello.com ;
OIL team 7, squad 6, [open],
collaborations6@mymontebello.com ;
OIL team 7, squad 7, [open],
collaborations7@mymontebello.com ;
OIL team 10, Ruben, Ellen, website6@mymontebello.com .
If I have missed your name, discu'lpame. Please let me
know.
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WHY THESE PROFESSIONAL
ADDRESSES?
1. Each of us has a personal e-mail address which is
creative, like looking_for_elvis@yahoo.com . We must not use that when
communicating with adults. Recall that we are trying to adapt to their
subculture. We want them to take us seriously. A creative e-mail address might
give an adult the wrong impression, 'Just a kid e-mailing me'.
2. You can access your professional e-mail address from
home, the library, and even school. (Please do not tell this to anyone outside
of our project. We do not want our addresses misused or disallowed.)
3. Your using a professional e-mail address helps me
determine the quantity and quality of your team's or squad's participation in an
activity, and that quantity and quality are two factors in my evaluation of your
team's performance. (For more about evaluation, go to the Web site, click on
"E-NEWS Textbook" or "Oil Textbook", then click on chapter 17, "Evaluation of
Staff Performance".
4. We all benefit from having a place to store our and
others' communications. Our professional e-mail accounts automatically store our
outgoing e-mail, and each of us can create a folder to store incoming e-mail.
(The one downside is that the e-mail service seems to be
slow when using Microsoft Internet Explorer as the browser. It seems that the
service is less slow when the browser is Mozilla Firefox.)
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HOW TO USE THESE
PROFESSIONAL ADDRESSES
You may access your e-mail account from home, library, EVEN
school! First, you go to
www.webmail.1and1.com (there is one "el" and two number ones there).
Second, when you type your team's or squad's address, you
must type a password, also. Ask your team leader to e-mail or call me, so that I
give him or her the password. I am not printing passwords, so that they not be
seen by others and possibly misused.
Third, when sending an e-mail, always state something in
the subject field so that the recipient know that the e-mail is from you, like
"Message from Team 10, squad 1". If you include "TIMELY" in the subject field, the recipient should look at the e-mail the
same day; if you say "URGENT", the recipient should look at the e-mail as
quickly as possible.
"TIMELY" means that you have a question, comment or
information which will affect your work or that of another staff. If you want an
answer, it is good enough that the recipient reply within a day.
"URGENT" means that you have a question, comment or
information which will affect your work or that of another staff, but that you
need for the recipient to read and, if you request, reply to your e-mail as
quickly as possible.
Now, if you do not use "TIMELY" or "URGENT", you are providing information, a comment or a suggestion for which
you are not expecting a reply from the recipient.
If you use "TIMELY" or "URGENT", it is a good idea to back
up your e-mail with a voice mail to the recipient, giving your name, team number
and squad number, and saying that an e-mail had just been sent. This is important because e-mail is NOT 100% reliable. If, upon
hearing your voice mail, the recipient not see your e-mail, he or she should
call you. (Already, E-NEWS teams 6 and 7 has learned about the
unreliability of e-mail when communicating with adults.)
Fourth, if your professional "Inbox" and "Sent" boxes start filling, create folders and classify the e-mail, so that it take less time to find what you need. To create a
folder, click on "Folder" in the tool bar, then on "New". To put an e-mail in a
folder, click on "Mail" in the tool bar.
Fifth, my browser has a "pop-up blocker", which does not
let me open or write an e-mail using my professional address, unless I hold
down "Control" and "Z" when I click on what I want. To write an e-mail, click on
"New" in the tool bar.
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RULES FOR OUR
PROFESSIONAL E-MAIL ADDRESSES
1. When communicating with one another or with adults about
our project, we always use our team's or squad's professional e-mail address,
except as stated in item 6 below.
2. We check e-mail AT LEAST twice a day. This is part of
being professional.
3. If your team's or squad's password is compromised,
notify me right away, because, as the administrator, I will change the password.
4. Our professional addresses may be used for our two
community projects, E-NEWS and Montebello Oil, and nothing else. No personal
incoming or outgoing e-mail. Be wary of incoming e-mail
from outsiders, so that a virus not infect your address, computer, and spread to
others.
5. Always contact me at
project_teacher@mymontebello.com, unless your e-mail bounce back, in which
case send it to vanajemian@hotmail.com and leave me a voice mail, 323.720.1022,
telling me of the bounce-back.
6. Do NOT delete incoming or outgoing e-mail, as the
contents of your "Inbox", "Sent", and any folders which you create will help me
in evaluating team performance, explained in chapter 17 of the E-NEWS textbook,
which is at www.mymontebello.com.
7. We are to keep our personal e-mail addresses in the
staff roster and use those only as a backup for our project work, in case our
professional addresses not function. However, it is a good idea that, when
sending somebody an e-mail from your professional address, you send to your
personal address, so that you be sure that the e-mail went through.
We will NOT use school e-mail addresses at all for our
projects, because those addresses have been unreliable.
Thank you.
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