******************************* KIDCLUB IRC Saturday, September 11, 1993 ******************************* KIDCLUBS Present: Castelnau ....London, England and their guest from UNICEF, Mr. Will Parks YCIP..........Gothenburg, Nebraska Salisbury.....Salisbury, Maryland hello Hello from Nebraska!!!!!!!! *** PattiW is now known as kristi hello from maryland! are you here for the talk? yes do you have a group of kids with you? I'm a YCIP board member There is one other kid here what does ycip stand for? Youth Community Improvement Program what are you going to do to help your community with telcom? We are still awaiting the day we take irc to the rest of the board for approval *** AFranz is now known as franz what are the things to do in your local community? is there a delay? We are highly interested in recycling and we hold events such as a paint exchange and have a community fun walk annually no, long message what is the paint exchange? ok sorry just thought there was a delay!:-) people bring in used or partial cans of paint and can get other colors to complete smaller painting tasks sounds like something we should try maybe, it has large support and is popular with locals how do you start something like that? We could send you info, to much to explain here ok send it to Mrs. Weeg at 6110 Westbrooke Drive Salisbury, Maryland 21801 ok thanks Mr. Burleigh is on the way but I think he is caught in traffic is there a scheduled agenda? yes there is same as september 4? the agenda for today is to pick a chair person for your group probably seeing we couldn't get a time to talk ? mike b. just called us from london he'll be here in a minute *** mikeb (irc@kids.ccit.duq.edu) has joined channel #kidclub What projects are you doing for kidclub hey from the UK Sorry for being late yet again folks hi mike!! howdee, mike b Hi Kristi the others are here who all is there mike? Will Parks is talking to them about UNICEF what is unicef? We have here..Luke , Dawn, Louis, Luise, Sam and Dennis Louis says United Nations Children's Fund she has just learned this! Will has been to the Solomon Islands He went there to try to stop the logging companies from chopping down the rainforests hello He says that all the forests will have been destroyed in the next 8 years.... that would be cool did it work? this will completely destroy the habit of thousands of species and destroy the islands economy thats sad about the rain forest. i hope we can stop them Luke is here and he is asking who franz is by the way are you logging this patti? *** mikeb is now known as Luke he is a teacher in nebraska. yes we are logging I'm a ycip board member from Nebraska a student are you at Patti's house, Kristi? sorry!!! =-) what are you studying? I'm 14 and in the 8th grade. what is ycip? yes i am at patti's house there are alot of people here. who's there Youth Communnity Improvement Program where are you franz? me, kelli, karen, megan, ann, nada, mike are you on a home computer franz? Gothenburg, Nebraska--Mrs. Wilsons house yes from the newspaper who is mrs. Wilson luke-we are waiting to recieve your article from the newspaper which newspaper?!! we are in quite a few the Early Times.:-) Mrs. Wilson is adult support for YCIP) :-)> :-) it is in the post to Karen we haven't gotten it yet why are you in the ycip? is it the 75 hours community service you have to do? I just want to be , I guess what kind of things do you do? not quite karen, nada and megan have to do community service. why? Recycling , community service projects for school cool for school and graduation requirement (says Louise) we only have to do community service if we have commited a crime not us its a sort of punishment =-) here the freshman now have to do it wow!!!!!!!!!!!!!!lli whats a freshman kelli, ann and i just lucked out. a ninth grade student Luke a freshman is 9th grade here we all have to do 2 weeks work experieence through school how old is that 15 normally 14-15 how did you get involved, franz? franz- you are quick for me!! We have to go in about 5 min. why?? how comes franz is getting the messages quicker than Kristi luke-mrs.patti said maybe we should start! I was choosen by the board when they graduated franz is a quicker typer then me!! $$$$$$$ choosen for what?? the ycip board start what? karen says hi and is video taping us right now. the chat probably yup the serious part is she going to send it to us? aren't we chatting now? ***Salisbury kids broke the connection by accident*** oops! we're back being able to enjoy life as a kid hi *** PattiW is now known as Kristi the right to say what they feel has anyone joined while we were gone? nope a right to be heard.. what are you guys doig? *** franz is now known as Joanne everyone should have the same rights.. black , white, able bodied, disabled We are conscious of on line dollars. boys, girls Should Aaron take anything specific to YCIP board meeting for possible participation in KICLUB? do you have to go? don't understand Specific tasks once a group commits to KIDCLUB? not really irc isn't all thats necessary yes joanne just a commitment to contribute we can send mail to kidproj but we'll just ask Mike... irc is good fun though and educational we should use telcom for the good of our community ???? We have an envelope addressed for Mrs. Weeg and will send the Paint Exchange info luke what are you questioning thanks jo anne Aaron will most likely make a presentation at his YCIP board meeting to see if kids there want to participati in KIDCLUB ..OCT 3 Joanne Mike says Hi Mike weekly contribution to discussions not just irc ***Joanne is now known as franz We can't make it every week. to try and bring in other countries we are working on several different countries thats ok just try to make it when you can principaly Lithuania OK franz Arturas we can write to Arturas you can leave messages on Kidproj any time you can make it there are kids in japan and russia who write to mrs.weegs kids do they have computer acess? they can't do irc though can they access Kidproj? but they can send messages nice talking to you, see ya bye if so , why haven't we got any messages? byebye!!! bye!!! *** Signoff: franz (Leaving) *** Kristi is now known as Ann is there anyone else coming on tonight ? hi not that we know of hi luke isn't Rob comming on? have you seen our page on kidproj Kidproj Rob's at a barmitzvah sorry his or someone elses? yes mrs. weeg printed it for us someone else's did you see dawns letter yes, after the chat I'm sending her a message on e-mail when will it arrive here? before we leave we're going to call you on the telephone Dawn says she is happy now!! it will arrive after the chat....tell mr. b not to lose it I'm glad when you got knocked off the line, we were talking about children's rights what did you say about them? we gave franz a list of what they are or so we think a list of the rights? can we have it too? is this from unicef Louise is putting a file on Kidproj thanks it is what we think all kids are entitled to our mike has a list of rights from unicef that he'll send you the file will be just a list that we made up tonight thanx mike is that the mike that dawn talked to on the phone?? yes hi mike from dawn we have a newspaper for kids called "school zone" is it written by kid or just for kids?? we need to be doing things for ourselves I'm going to try to write a column for them both a column about kidclub *** A-MarkH (mark@kids.ccit.duq.edu) has joined channel #kidclub is it ultimately up to the adults what gets published hi mark about what we do when we meet and what we talk about where are you from hi mark Hi Luke... I totally forgot you were chatting today... sorry who are you I think anadult is the editor I'm Mark Hunnibell... the administrator (as it were) for this system typical an adult is the editor I'll leave you now *** A-MarkH has left channel #kidclub you should run a take-over bid an adult is the editor but it's not really censored you should show people that you can do what you want to do what the kids write gets published....it's just a matter of having someone to put it together thats OK then is there anything specific that we are going to discuss? that will be our project...writing a column for the paper....I want to be a journalist so I'll probably write it did you like our idea of a sleep over what should we include from your end...a quote from the man from unicef to get connected at a convenient time for obscure countries he'll be back soon great idea he's just gone to play with the photocopier :') tell him to come back >:-) from dawn hi dawn hi ann and everyone else where are my letters } after the chat }:') from Louise what did the unicef man talk to you about they have just dicovered thes miley faces about child rights he showed them some photos about what they're doing in 3rd world countries tell me a few of the most important rights Louise says there are some sad photos which countries and there was a horrible one with an injection ...Lou doesn't like injections nor does dawn Cambodia Guatamalaan Afganistan Ethiopia Thailand Tanzania what about somalia Phillipines Nepal Chile Bangladesh Mali Indonesia Sri-Lanka Uganda Yugoslavia Bolivia but not somalia nothing against Somalia, you understand:-) what is the gmt that you would talk to australia its down to them we haven't had a reply from Delwin yet do you want to interview the man from unicef?.. we're going to call you on the phone.. but on the different line yes definitely no i mean on the comp. when??? right now we have the modem plugged in they've just got through we're calling you on a different line everyones just rushed off apart from me , that is has everyone gone from that end I still want to interview the man from unicef on the comp is there anyone listening? everyone's on the phone except for me is that ann ? yes luke? hi the man from the uicef is here interview? he wants to talk to you.. if you want to listen! good yes I do ***Will did not change the nickname but I have changed it for clarity*** do you want to ask questions? yes go on tell me about your job I visit school in the UK doing what? talk to kids and kids talk to me about the work of unicef worlwide do you know what unicef stands for? tell me about the work of the unicef yes what are the goals of unicef? unicef provides projects for water, health, and education for kids of 3rd world countries of 3rd world countries yes which countries have the greatest need for help used to work in europe, but unicef now works in 3rd world good question many countries in Africa, South America Asia have you ever met Butros Ghali no ;-) do you work only within the schools? governments of these countries ask for fundingg and expertese what is your name to help set up water resources< health centres and schools in areas where there are none of the above in the UK unicef gets kids in school to talk about and learn about kids Rights my name is will but most people call me bill good project...I wish we had that in my town what is your last name Parks yes, i wish you did have it in your town do unicef people talk to kids in American schools kids in UK schools can now learn about poverty, disease, famine, drought, and lack of schools in the 3rd world and what kids in the UK can do to help the 3rd world do you visit other countries yourself do you have a map handy? hold on okay we have one i visit countries in the south pacific Papua NEW guinea, Soloman isles near australia Fiji Vanuatu and i work in Australia and New Zealand also my own work is helping parents to care for very young children in rural areas there a lot of need in those is there a lot of need in those countries what were you saying about writing an article ? yes for school zone...a column will it be a regular? hopefully bill do you work with computers at all a little in your unicef not as good as you :-) not at the moment but you are talking to me just as i am starting a brand new project using computers in schools to do what? to talk about child Rights throughout the world what schools?...where? do you want to know more about those countries? tell us more about the project so we can spread the word yes well, I hope to connect KIDLINK with UNICEF so that schools in UK can link with schools on KIDLINK how are you going to do that Another good question! I am hoping to involve Mike Burleigh in preparing information on 'Child Rights' so kids can discuss what children have and do not have in their own country great idea! Thanks! But it is people like yourselves who will does anyone do this in the usa hopefully have better ideas Not at the moment, Perhaps you could contact UNICEF-USA it seems like the usa is slow to involve kids in anything and suggest this to them how would i do that I'm afraid to say many countries are slow to act for children! Let me think how you can approach UNICEF-USA. Perhaps to begin with you could find out about 'Child Rights' is there an address for unicef-usa? Louise A has just sent you some information on Child Rights on e-mail? on KID-PROJ UNICEF-USA should have an address which you can find in any UNICEF publication/advert (in magazines) in USA Sorry I can't help anymore with address. Would you like... to know more about the South Pacific countries I visit? why doesn't the unicef-usa have projects like you have in the uk yes The project in UK HAS ONLY JUST BEGUN!!! You're perhaps the first.. young person to talk about it because schools are still on... holiday here! yes but no one from unicef talks to schools in the usa Neither in the UK yet! but you do! I'm just about to start this project here... along with about 30 other adults who are either.... teachers or UNICEF workers like myself It's all HOT OFF the press! I thought you had already talked to kids in schools *** DanW (irc@kids.ccit.duq.edu) has joined channel #kidclub*** ***DanW is now known as A-Dan Hi ann i'm interviewing a man from unicef Ah! Yes I have but this project is much larger than.. he's in london go right ahead my own work how long do you think your project will take to set up *** Signoff: A-Dan (Leaving) Goodbye Dan! Would you like to know more about South Pacific? yes I would The countries I visit are covered in Tropical Rainforests.. very hot! and many different tribes live in the forests and along the coast what are the names of the tribes yes, it's very hot (about 32 degrees centigrade) Well in Papua New Guinea the tribes have names... how hot is that in fahrnheit like the Chimbu, Gnau, Gimi. All speak different languages about 95 degrees unfortunately the rainforests are disappearing very quickly in Papua New Guinea they speak over 700 different languages... yes in south america too WOW! which represents over 45% of the world's languages! that's amazing Unfortunately I can't speak all of them! why not?;-) I only speak Pijin English which is a sort of national language is that like the english I speak? Pijin is quite similar to English but has other words from other languages added into it. It's tremendous fun say something in Pijin English Words are taken from German, French, Dutch hello...we thought we had been cut off is that like the language they tried to start in Europe? Like Esperanto what's that? the language you just mentioned in Europe! sorry I didn't recognize the name! To say some words in Pijin... Good afternoon is... Gut apinun.... What's your name... Wanem nem bilong yu A cow is... cow na bull meri (cow and bull female) that's neat....is it hard to learn? No very easy and great fun! Especially to speak to the tribesmen, women and children... in their own langauge are the kids from the youth club still there?...just wondering yes but they are going to get some chips. Would you ... like to talk to them again? in a little bit... I want to keep talking with you, if that's ok Unfortunately we all have to go but I will be... is there some way I can keep in touch with you after this interview? yes but I need to sort out an address. You will be able.. to keep in touch with me via this address for the time being what address? Tell Patti Mike will send on my E-Mail address thanks No problem, nice to talk to you I appreciate you letting me interview you! Pleasure are you logging off now? *** Luke is now known as dawn hi dawn we are going now so here we go once again louise says byebye bye louise and dawn luke denis sam and louise says bye dawn and louise k are now saying bye. dawn, look for my letter later on in mr. b's file bye see you next weeks o.k i will same time yes okay bye we are goping to get fries now yum ! okay say bye to everyone for me mike says same time next week o.k that's fine bye from dawn and lou take care going now bye! bye BYEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEE !!!!!!!!!! you go first! > dawn? *** dawn is now known as mikeb hi mr. b they have all gone we must go also...... I'll put Mrs. Weeg *** Ann is now known as Patti we have a lot to talk about before Bill sets off for home tomorrow he is leaving early so we will be up late tonight talking This was great! Yes....we must publicize their interview *** mikeb is now known as Will Tell me all about it, gentlemen ;-) Wish I were with you. Ann likes to write...let's keep her going on this Mike, I look forward to hearing about your views on Child Rights etc... Good idea, she certainly asks good questions - she will make... a good interviewer She's standing right here and says thanks ;-) =========================================================