1. From: Terri Jessen <terrijessen@hotmail.com<mailto:terrijessen@hotmail.com>>
Date: Sat, 18 Feb 2012 16:39:47 -0800
To: BISS <skrengel@biss.com.cn<mailto:skrengel@biss.com.cn>>
Cc: <priscilla.wong@epc-search.com<mailto:priscilla.wong@epc-search.com>>,
<dvm@candis.com.cn<mailto:dvm@candis.com.cn>>, Carl Doerwald
<doerwald@gmx.de<mailto:doerwald@gmx.de>>, Terri Jessen
<terrijessen@hotmail.com<mailto:terrijessen@hotmail.com>>, Jens Drier
<info@eurohealth-asia.com<mailto:info@eurohealth-asia.com>>,
<admin@rotaryclub-beijing.org<mailto:admin@rotaryclub-beijing.org>>
Subject: Rotary at BISS: Meeting Review
Hi Sheryl,
Was a pleasure to meet you this last Thursday. It seems there is good possibilities for an
Interact Club with BISS, and the Rotary Club of Beijing is looking forward to continuing
our discussions with you.
To summarize our meeting:
On Thursday, 16 February 2012, Carl Doerwald, Priscilla Wong, David van Meerendonk,
and I met with you and Vadisha (student) to introduce ourselves and begin discussions
about the potential for a BISS Interact club. We shared what Interact is about, how a
club begins (at a high level), and the general expectations for having a club including
conducting two major projects each school year, one international and one for the local
community. We also shared the expectation of having by-laws and an executive
committee board along with a dedicated faculty advisor. We provided examples of the
kinds of projects Interact clubs have had and shared how the sponsoring Rotary club
would work with the club to mentor and contribute to the fundraising efforts of the
Interact club. You in turn shared the school's interest in growing the student's
experience and skills in community service work, learning about fundraising and project
management, and that your role at BISS was the Community and Service Coordinator in
addition to teaching design and technology. We were pleased to learn that you already
had experience working in a similar role running a successful mentoring project,
STRIVE, with a Rotary club in the US.
Our next steps are to continue discussions and investigation about the fit for a new
Interact club at BISS. So to support your continued investigations we will do the
following this coming week:
2. * I will contact the Faculty Advisor and executive committee at Dulwich College Beijing
and invite them to meet with you and a few BISS students interested to discuss their
experience.
* Carl, David, and I will send you some information from Rotary International about
more specific expectations for clubs and processes for starting a club.
We would also like to be supportive of Vidisha's project to research/initiate a club, so
please let her know to ask if there's anything we can provide for her.
I will continue to be your main point of contact, so feel free to email or call as ideas or
questions come up for you.
We are sharing this positive experience with our Board and feel complimented that BISS
is interested in Interact.
Terri Jessen Tennant
Rotary Club of Beijing, Interact Coordinator