We need you!--Call for member committees for YES!

[Youth, Educators, and Storytellers Alliance]

Some people have expressed needs to be more involved with the Youth, Educators, and Storytellers Alliance.

Each YES! Board member heads certain areas so we can further the use of storytelling inside and outside the classroom.

Are you interested in any of the following member committees?

1. YES! Newsletter Committee--interview people inside and outside YES! so we can promote and celebrate our projects that support youth and educators

2. Projects Committee--receive specific project such as assisting in Perpetual Youth Teller Fund and in the creating the Boy Scouts of America storytelling merit badge

3. Membership Committee--connect with worldwide members and voicing their ideas so we can put them into action

4. Youth Clubs Committee--help build and maintain these clubs through how-to guides or actual leadership

5. Resources Committee--collect materials, lesson plans, and research that support YES! goals that could then be posted online

6. Or let us know what you would like to do!

You may express your interest by commenting on this discussion. Or you can email us at [e-mail]. Feel free to ask questions.

[Rachel Hedman]

Some results so far on our member committees--(you can still be part of the action)

Newsletter Committee (under the direction of Easter Christopher, Newsletter Co-Chair)
1. Diane Cox, [e-mail]
2. Joyce Geary, [e-mail]
3. Mary Inman, [e-mail]
4. Bruce Campbell, [e-mail]

Communications Committee (under the direction of Pat Nease, Communications Chair):
1. Ann Scroggie, [e-mail]
2. Anne Wallace, [e-mail]
3. Lois Sprengnether Keel, [e-mail]

Project Committee (under direction of Nancy Fraleigh, Project Chair):
1. Pat Nease, [e-mail]
2. Feriel Feldman, [e-mail]
3. Lana Bowes, [e-mail]
4. Betsy Fleischer, [e-mail]
5. Octavia Sexton, [e-mail]
6. Lisa Eister, [e-mail]

Youth Clubs Support Committee (under the direction of Kathy Palermo, Youth Clubs Support Chair)
1. Lynette Harris, [e-mail]
2. Elise Krakower, [e-mail]
3. Mary Jo Huff, [e-mail]
4. Mary Ann Schmidt, [e-mail]
5. Marni Gillard, [e-mail]
6. Anne Wallace, [e-mail]
7. Lisa Eister, [e-mail]

We could also have people in the Resource Committee and in the Membership Committee.

Until we tell again,

Rachel Hedman
Co-Chair of Youth, Educators, and Storytellers Alliance