FLEX FLASH
FLEX FLASH NOVEMBER
 
Hello FLEX Fans!
What has happened, since you last heard from us:
We had our First Conference and it was great!!!  Close to 100 people showed up, a lot of information was presented, handed out and knowledge was shared.  Thanks again everybody for coming, helping, presenting, sharing, speaking, attending.....a special thanks to all the helpers, vendors and speakers!  (We will put a short summary of information on the website later this month).
 
Looking back...  Looking forward...
we took a look at the information we have shared with you over the last few month and we would like to give you a quick update on things:
* FLEX Fans ... we have about 50 people signed up to receive the newsletter
                     ... we hope each one of you can send their newsletter to a friend
* Feedback ... about 1%
                     ... would like to see about 10-20%
* Summer Picnic ... great, lots of fun and about 70 people attended
                     ... have one every summer with about 50-100 families
* Summer Camp category... were not able to complete
                     ... we hope for a volunteer to help us research and
                     set it up for '08
* Non profit... we found that there are many in the area, we did not want to add to it
                     ... networking works well right now and we will continue with it
* Home schooling card... nobody seemed interested in it
                     ... there are some organizations offering a card with
                     their membership
* Guest speakers... we presented 11 at the conference (groups, co-ops, etc.),
                     ... we would like to present additional ones at a vendor fair in
                     April/May of 2008
* Name list for center... people have not shown an interest in creating a center, we have heard people talk about it, but nobody has signed up with us or contacted FLEX
                     ... will try to approach individuals again and see if we can get a
                     committee together
* Approaching the City... due to the lack of interest, we have dismissed contacting the city at this point
                     ... once we have a committee, we will try to approach the city 
* Fee for childcare... there was no fee for childcare at the conference
                     ... for future events their will be donation request to cover
                     materials and adult supervision
                     RSVP for children will also be mandatory!                              
* Calendar ...changed due to the amount of events displayed, with it the format became less appealing 
                     ... we are hoping to change the calendar on the FLEX site to a different
                     format. We are looking for sponsors to do so.
                     So if you would like to advertise or know of anyone who would like to
                     advertise on FLEX to help sponsor the site, please contact us!
                     www.ccwa-flex.org
                     ($50 for a year or $30 for six month)
* Info on the website... all the information on the site has been researched by FLEX.
                     ...we only had a few people contacting us and sending us
                     information that they would like for us to post on the site.
                     Please feel free to send us things that are going on in you
                     group, co-op, etc.
* Help... we have asked in almost every newsletter if anyone would be interested in helping FLEX.
                     ... we hope that in 2008 there will be some helping hands on the horizon.
                     It would be great if people could let us know if they would like to be
                     approached to help at an event, to help edit the website, to research new
                     things, to write the newsletter, to make flyers, etc.
                     We could take the information down and contact them, when needed.
 
 
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Inga Galbraith has been a major force behind the Family Learning EXperience.  She wants more than anything to bring families together to make our homeschooling experience the best it can be. Inga has sought out classes and other information that she feels will benefit us all, while homeschooling her own children.
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Well, that is all for now, we don't have any special events scheduled for November. In December we will have our last FLEX meeting for 2007, which will also be our annual one. So if you would like to attend, please let
us know. (December 4th, at 10:00 a.m., place will be announced later).
 
Have a great day and hope to hear from you!
Your FLEX team!