Pls give your comments: Use of Language - Chinese/English/Bilingual

Hofan has sent me a question about the use of language: Chinese/English/Bilingual.

Actually we have talked about this in our previous meetings. Somehow no conclusion has been come up.

And what I write in the draft guideline in previous post here is "Chinese".

WE got a variation here.

Let me explain the reason I suggest "Chinese". As I have talked to a publisher from Commerical Press (who is Eugenia Lo, also a LPC alumni) and we think that we should somehow fit our readers, i.e. local people.

Well, it is a hard decision (not to have English articles) as we also want to let many cannot-read-Chinese alumni to share the book.

However, it is hard for any bookstores in Hong Kong to put a bilingual book on their bookshelf. It is quite ironic - because of this problem. But somehow it is the norm.

Publishing book nowadays are very easy. Therefore bookshops like Page One or Commercial Press can be very selective on what to put on shelf - in order to maximize their profit.

Engenia also suggests that we can publish our book by "self-finance" mode (自資出版). Or we can only target on "insiders" only, i.e. UWCers, LPCers and parents. But this will neglect the public and sponsors. Hence we have come up with the objectives in the first meeting that we would like to let them know more about UWCs through this book.

Hence I suggest it to be in Chinese only.

Would like to hear from your comments, especially if you can consult someone who is also in the publishing field.

Useful website link

UWC official graduate profile: http://www.uwc.org/profiles
Articles about alumni of various UWCs. Divided according to fields, e.g. medicine, non-profit, science, law, etc

Davis UWC scholarship: http://www.davisuwcscholars.org/html/about-story.html
Scholarship from Mr. Davis, a US donor. The scholarship has offered 1424 scholarships of different UWCs with 88 universities/colleges as the project partners.

UWC student magazine: http://www.unitedwords.org/

A newly created online magazine written by current UWC students.

DRAFT ONLY! Guideline for writing UWC book article

DRAFT ONLY!!

In view of some concerns about how to write an article, I (James) have drafted some guidelines for our discussion. Welcome to leave a message here or discuss during our coming meeting.

Guidelines for writing UWC book articles

1. Format:
i. Interview: journalist from our group interviews a selected interviewee (alumni / principals / teachers / students, etc)
ii. Self-written: alumni / principals / teachers / students write the article with guidance from an editor (of our group)
iii. Round-table interview: a group of outstanding interviewees discuss on selected topics. A moderator is present and a journalists should write

2. 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

3. Language Medium: Chinese (No English)

4. Presentation way: Words + Photos

5. No of words: about 2,000 words

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

7. Other tips for outstanding article
i. Creative chapter title
ii. Sub-titles in between paragraphs
iii. Must-know knowledge (小知識)
iv. Reminder (小提示)
v. Useful tips (小錦囊)
vi. Figures, tables & charts
vii. Interviewees bios (in short form)








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)
Publishing
Feedback for redrafting (from editor to journalist)

First draft on 2008.6.25

DRAFT ONLY!!

Details of our Sunday Meeting (29 June 2008)

Let's meet at 7pm in Full Moon (月滿坊) of Elements [Kowloon Station].

During the meeting we will briefly describe the topics and confirm how you particpate (writing/editing/art work designing/marketing......). Items to-be-discussed are listed below.

Agenda (revised today)

1. Report on the meeting with LPC principal and Esther Chau
2. Potiental network and helpers
3. Selection of topics as our book chapters (Please refer to the 1st batch of topics listed below)
4. Discussion on article guideline (will be posted here soon)
5. Supportive system: one journalist one editor system
6. Financial issue (sponsorship)
7. Timetable
8. AOB

Please call James or leave a message here if you haven't told us you will come!

First batch of book topics (10 topics)

Study / life experience by current students / alumni (10 articles x 5 pages per article)

1. Summer Program & Orientation Week + Camping
2. Daily Life (Canteen Life, Dorm Life, Teachers Students – all walks of life + college night rules!)
3. Quai Cai Service (indoor) - Global Initiative Forum (GIF) [student initiated service] & 24-hour drama
4. Quai Cai Service (outdoor) - Chung King Mansion & Coral Monitoring
5. China Week – From Yao Tribe to She Tribe
6. Project Week – North Korea Trip
7. Project Week - Orphanages in Cambodia: one in Phnom Penh run by Happy Tree Foundation, the House of the rainbow Bridge (an AIDS orphanage) & CPCDO (for the poor children)
8. Cultural Evenings (CCE and others)
9. Other UWCs
10. Other UWCs

The details of the contents will further be discussed in the coming meeting on 29.6.2008

References:
UWC student magazine: http://www.unitedwords.org/
Davis UWC scholarship: http://www.davisuwcscholars.org/html/about-story.html

Committee members & Helpers

We are a group of alumni as well as friends who have gone through either local or overseas University education. Majority of us have been working in different fields and setting for several years. Fields includes Finance, Business, Education, Journalism, NGOs, Law, etc. Apart of the core committee in Hong Kong, we are managed to gather some overseas support to our core committee during the preparation and execution stage. Names of our committees are listed below for reference:

Committees:
LPC 96-98： Ricky Lai
LPC 97-99: Fiona Chung, Eric Chan, Isabel Leung, Sally Mui, Shirley Ho, James Fong,
LPC 98-00: Eugenia Lo, Brian Li, Miranda Shek
LPC: 99-01: John Li

Helpers:
Loretta Luk, Ho-fan Chau, Nora Tong, Anna Mak, Polly Chan (currently in Canada)

As at 22 June 2008

Book Contents

According to our previous meetings, the contents will be as follows:

1. The UWC movement, IB and CAS (extra-curricular activities)
2. Life-changing expereicnes at UWCs
3. Alumni Profile
4. Uniqueness of UWC Graduates: Interview with University’s Vice-Chancellors
5. Interesting facts

* Photos + Descriptions oriented

* Interviews, surveys, round-table conference (圓桌會議), newspaper clippings words from founders, students, parents & sponsors, etc

Book Objectives

1. To promote a new kind of education (i.e. UWC mission and vision)
2. To formally record our memories and share to all UWCers & LPCers
3. Generate a profit and donate to LPCUWC for scholarship / project funds
4. Show our UWC sponsors how our alumni are contributing back to society & appeal to potential sponsors

Welcome

Welcome to our UWC book blog.

This blog will serve as a communication channel among committees and helpers.

Hope you will enjoy!