British MGs in China

The Regional Read program workshop went well this morning and we had quite a few people in attendance. I had heard on the way in another example of flattening on NPR. The British motor company that manufactured MGs dismantled their manufacturing plant and shipped everything to open a plant in China. The first car had just rolled off the assembly line. Here is a link to the story:
http://www.npr.org/templates/story/story.php?storyId=9177078

Thoughts on Project GAIN

I was thinking this morning how our participation at the Morrisville Public Library in Project GAIN almost 15 years ago allowed us to take advantage of the promise of the internet to flatten the world for the better. The technology of the internet (rudimentary as it was at that time) allowed the people in our small rural community to offer their ideas, make global connections, and impact technology policies and law in own country and places as far away as Australia. Our involvement was one of those magic moments of synchronicity.

And in another magical synchronous way, last Thursday, Jean (Armor Polly) was at Mid-York for the Tech Atlas worskhop and we had a nice visit - she had the vision to make Project GAIN possible. I always learn so much from her. Perhaps we can get a copy of the Project GAIN video for the RR.

My first Regional Read Programming post

This is my first posting regarding the programming process for the Mid-York Library System's Regional Read 2007 featuring Thomas Friedman's The World is Flat. On this blog I hope to document our efforts at providing a forum for the varied points of view related to the themes presented in this book. I also hope this blog will serve as a model for others who would like to record their participation in this year's Regional Read.

Here is a link to the RR 2007 programming Wiki which we hope will become a rich resource with plenty of ideas to help with activities related to the Regional Read.

http://rr2007program.pbwiki.com