The Pouch

Kang Guru Connection Bulletin October-December 2007
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News from KGRE - Review of KGRE Connection Clubs

 

Over the past five or six years a big part of Kang Guru has been the Connection Club network. There have been hundreds of clubs and many thousands of members from all over Indonesia during that period. The Kang Guru Connection Club began in 2003 with just a few clubs joining the network. Before long, over one hundred clubs had joined KGCC. It was a hectic time at KGRE for sure. Since those early days the number of clubs has, on average, been around 60 or so. At the moment there are 72 clubs. As far as Kang Guru can see, some of these clubs are very active and that is fantastic. We really appreciate their hard work and enthusiasm. However, many of the current KGCCs are not active, or should we say, not interactive with Kang Guru. Maybe these clubs and their members are just too busy these days? Let’s look at some figures below for the past 6 months and you will see that the POUCH, for example, and perhaps the KGRE/KGCC relationship in general, is just not active enough.
POUCH edition
Competition
Number of KGCCs who entered
Total number of KGCCs
Jan/March 2007 Debate topics
10
63
April/June 2007 Poster Competition
11
67
  Environmental Plan
7
67
  Environmental Info Exchange
14
67
July/Sept’2007 New KGCC Sticker Design
3
72
  Language Activity. Task 1
1
72
  Task 2, SMS Competition
300 entries - no. of individual clubs represented however is unknown
72

As no clubs or members have joined the KGRE Yahoo e-mail group we have decided to cancel the account with Yahoo.

Please understand that the staff at KGRE put in a lot of time and effort on the KGCC network – POUCH, visits, letters and emails, website information, free materials, regular competitions, magazine news, prizes, feedback, etc. It appears to us that the POUCH, for example, for most clubs anyway, is a one-way type of interaction. Due to this apparent lack of interest with the POUCH, Kang Guru regrets that we will stop producing it until further notice.

Note: Between now and the end of 2007, no new language clubs will be admitted into the Connection Club network although applications can still be sent to KGRE.

English Enthusiast Bevy (KGCC#059)

English Achievement Club (KGCC#087)

Kang Guru December 2007 Magazine

The theme for the December KGRE magazine is FOOD. Yum! There will be all kinds of articles about interesting, delicious food and drink from different regions of Indonesia, unusual Australian food, the Joey’s and other peoples’ favourite and least favourite food and food trends of the future. Write, email or sms KGRE about the best food you have ever eaten ( or the worst) or about a typical meal from your area. Maybe your letter will be
used in the magazine!
Please send stories need to Kang Guru before November 9th.

 

 

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News from KGRE - Review of KGRE Connections Clubs

Kang Guru December 2007 Magazine

Clubs of the Month

 

Message from Maggie:

Club Activity Reports (CARS)
Club News
KGCC Visits to Clubs
Recent Competition Winners

Vocabulary - Gerak jalan / marching

KGRE Radio Highlights for October - November, 2007