patth@ccnysci.UUCP (Patt Haring) (02/08/89)
US-USSR Computer Camp Exchange
between
International Children's Computer Camp
Institute of Program Systems (USSR Academy of Sciences)
Pereslavl-Zalessky, USSR
and
New England Experience
Avon, CT USA
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In this second year of the International Children's Computer Camp at
Pereslavl-Zalesski, there will be an exchange of Soviet and American youth.
A description of the 1988 session can be found:
as CAMP.TXT in Compuserve's DL (LIB) 1 of EDFORUM.
as a topic in PeaceNet conference cdi.sovsis.
Attendance at the Soviet camp is open to Americans aged 12-16.
Acceptance doesn't necessarily depend upon computer experience because in
addition to, and complementing the program proposed by the staff,
participants should expect to teach and learn from their peers in order that
this be a successful cross-national experience.
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Dates: 01-29 July 1989
Possible 2 July departure if airplane space opens. Travel to Moscow planned
for 04 July; so 1-2 nights will be spent in Brussels. At this writing, the
Brussels-Moscow flight is full, but Aeroflot states it is "almost certain"
they will add aircraft space.
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Full cost: $2135 based upon departure from Boston
Number of participants: 15
Accompanying adult staff: 2
one teacher from NE Experience
one person (Eric Fenster) with 8 years'experience in Soviet exchanges
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Location: On Lake Pleshcheevo, 6 miles from the historic town of Pereslavl-
Zalesski (founded 1154) and about 100 miles north of Moscow. Pereslavl is
part of the Golden Ring of historic Russian towns and has its own monuments
to visit. From Moscow to Pereslavl, one passes the monastery complex of
Zagorsk, and continuing north is Rostov-Veliky, which campers visited in
1988. Lake Pleshcheevo was used for war games by Peter the Great when he
founded the Russian Navy. For the campers, it has another use as a well-
studied ecological system. Several days will be spent in Moscow.
Housing is in all-weather buildings in 4-5 bed rooms. Besides the Soviet
teachers, there are live-in staff to look after practical needs of the
campers. Three full meals and a snack are served daily. Medical and emergency
(fire and security) personnel are on hand at the camp and the host institute
has international telex access. Interpreters are assigned to each national
group to assist with communication, and many staff and participants are
multi-lingual.
There are about 150 campers and nearly as many computers. In 1988 people
came from the USSR, USA, Czechoslovakia, Italy, W. Germany and Bulgaria.
These and/or other countries may be represented in 1989. Campers select one
of the "departments" to belong to during the session: ecology, music &
language, mathematics & physics, logo-prolog, databases and so on. For
example, the ecology department has laboratory equipment and facilities for
lake field trips. The computers can be used for analysis of data, for
modelling, etc. There is a program of lectures and demonstrations offered by
the staff and by invited Soviet specialists.
The camp has soccer field and basketball and volleyball courts which are
used for free recreation and tournaments. There is an art studio. There is a
full program of social activities and entertainment (by invited guests and by
campers), a "mathematics olympics," etc.
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COSTS: The basis of the exchange is that the American group will have all
expenses in the USSR covered by the Soviet hosts (except for personal items
like souvenir and gift purchases). The Americans will contribute to the costs
the New Emgland Experience incurs when receiving the Soviet group at its
camp. In addition to the camp, the Soviet group will live and tour in the
Boston area for about one week. While they are expected to be housed with
families, there will be costs for transportation, events, pocket money.
The breakdown is therefore expected to be:
Air fare, Boston-Moscow (inc. taxes & customs fees) $ 1,006
Soviet visa 15
NE Experience camp hosting cost 600
Additional exchange hosting cost 150
Toward travel costs of accompanying staff 100
Organizational fee 150
Misc. (eg., postage & materials, hotel & meals in Brussels (excess
refunded) 114
Total $2,135
This doesn't include cost of obtaining a passport or of travel to/from the
Boston (or other) departure point.
Transatlantic travel is anticipated on Sabena Airlines to Brussels, changing
to Aeroflot for the flight to Moscow. We MAY be able to make special arrange-
ments for travel originating in New York, Detroit, Chicago, Atlanta, Los
Angeles or San Francisco. Accompanyng staff will only be on the Boston
flight, but the other flights will be met on arrival in Brussels.
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Completed forms and $200 deposit due by 10 March. (Forms can be sent ahead by
EMail to 71450,1223 on Compuserve or efenster on PeaceNet.) Check or money
order should be made payable to: TEPC Travel Courses.
TEPC Travel Courses
681 W. Hancock
Detroit, MI 48201
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Organizer: Eric Fenster, PhD
Telephone inquires: (313)831-8364, until midnight EST.
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Final selection will be made by the end of the March. Deposits of candidates
who cannot go on this trip will then be refunded in full.
Additional information will be sent to participants, along with instructions
for final payment. This payment will be due in full by money order or certi-
fied check late in April so that flight and other costs can be paid on time.
Since there are likely to be more applicants than spaces, acceptance cannot
be guaranteed. Nevertheless, applicants should consider applying for
passports in any case. The passport MUST be available at the time of final
payment in April because visa applications will be due at the same time.
Processing of passports can be slow in the spring, and waiting to apply can
mean the extra cost of Express Mail for "Rush" processing. Many post offices
have passport application forms and can tell explain how to apply, but it
will probably not be possible to apply by mail. A copy of the birth
certificate will be necessary.
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Patt Haring
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patth@ccnysci.BITNET