Here's the 99 Percent

"What it boils down to is one percent inspiration and ninety-nine percent perspiration."

--Thomas Edison

And here's our perspiration--peeled, minced and boiled down into little doable tasks:

Blog Writer & Photographer:  

Be our historian, our record keeper, our voice for the community; update the blog regularly and write for an audience who is interested in creating their own zine in their classroom or at their school. 

Parent & Student Recruitment:

Recruit new parents and students; orient and integrate them into Fried Eagle. 

Accountant:

Document all spending and keep receipts; sort sponsorship money into petty cash envelopes; safely keep petty cash and disperse when necessary; safely keep zine sales cash until it can be deposited; have interested students deposit zine sales cash into a bank account through the Umpqua banking program at school; at the end of the school year, withdraw all zine sales cash and donate to the school.

IPRC Contact:
Contact IPRC to schedule date/time for students to assemble their own personal zine; notify students and parents of relevant educational workshops and sign up those who are interested.

Principal Contact:
Communicate with our school's principal regarding zine updates and special requests; schedule quarterly meeting with principal to review final copy of Fried Eagle for approval; have editors present the final copy of the zine to the principal for review.

Documart Contact:
Contact Documart to publish two rounds of zines per quarter within budget; collect petty cash from accountant and give accountant receipts; pick up zines and place in storage closet.

Supplies Contact:
Shop for and replenish supplies as needed and within budget (8.5 x 11 paper, 11 x 17 paper, #10 manilla envelopes, double-sided tape, regular and ultra-thin markers, flip chart paper, large paperclips, pencils and erasers); collect petty cash from accountant and give accountant receipts; place and organize supplies in storage closet

Snacks Contact:
Organize snack sign-ups; identify allergies; email reminders to snack providers.

Sponsorship Facilitator:

Organize sponsorship request field trips with interested students; collect money and digital logos from sponsors and give money to accountant; work with students to create sponsorship advertisement pages in zine; work with Blog Writer to place sponsor's logos on blog; think "outside the box" for new ways to generate revenue through sponsorships.

Celebration Party Facilitator:  

Facilitate the wrap-up party with a group of interested students; have students create certificates and plan party within budget; shop for supplies or have students ask local businesses for sponsorship of party in exchange for advertisement in Fried Eagle (if latter, work with Sponsorship Facilitator to place advertisement in zine).

Editor Facilitator:

Work with editors to review and approve articles; collect and safely store final articles in storage closet; have editors create Letter from Editors and Table of Contents; have editors number pages and add "final touches" to zine; work with Principal Contact to schedule date/time for editors to present final copy of zine to principal; give approved zine to Documart Contact for the first round of publication.

Zine Sales Facilitator:

Organize and schedule classroom presentations for students; give list of presentations to Principal Contact for approval; assemble individual student sales sheets and envelopes for the Fried Eagle staff; print out Fried Eagle envelope order forms for the student body; have responsible students collect orders and give money to accountant; have students organize ordered zines and place in teacher's in-boxes.

Lead Facilitator:

Ensure that the zine machine keeps rollin'; ensure that all articles and tasks are accomplished within deadline; email updates and reminders regularly to the group; lead weekly meetings or schedule facilitators to lead meetings based on the zine's needs.