The response from Sittisak

From: sittisak
Sent: 2008-03-27 22:50
To: Roger Winkles; Nack; Wanphen Lertapiruk; apichai lertapiruk; Sujitra LAORNUAL; Suchada Promma
Subject: Re: voluntary host family for NACK (Chatchawin)

Dear Mr Roger

Thank you for your recent letter. I am pleased to inform you that we are aiming to send NACK’s application to PAX at the end of March. All students will have to attend to the PAX’s orientation on 5-8 August which is mean that all students will start their school a little bit late. However, PAX staff will coordinate with the school that student will attend about this matter. We will attach the cover letter with NACK’s application to inform with PAX staff about you intention to host NACK. The final decision would depend upon the terms and conditions of PAX.

As you have already applied to be the voluntary host family, please let us know the progress of your application, so we can process to the next step with PAX.

Thank you again for your kind support. We look forward to a successful academic year for him.


Kind regards
Sittisak

What do I do next?

It had been quite a bit of time since we last heard anything about Nack coming to America, so I decided to ask the question.

From: Roger Winkles
Sent: Thursday, March 27, 2008 8:00 AM
To: Wanphen Lertapiruk
Subject: FW: voluntary host family for NACK (Chatchawin)

Hello P’Tuk,

Any update on Nack coming to stay with us? I ask only because the Chandler School district where my kids attend is a year-round school. This means the school year starts in late July. If Nack plans to attend school in the Chandler area, we need to get things moving along.

Regards,

Roger Winkles

Wanphen's Reply

From: Wanphen
To: Roger Winkles
Cc: Sittisak; N ; ack
Sent: Thursday, March 27, 2008 12:05 AM
Subject: RE: voluntary host family for NACK (Chatchawin)

Thanks for being on top of this matter since this should be my job. :)

As I know from the inter-learning school ( In BKK) from Mr- Sittisak - He advised me that all applications from students will be gather and send to Pax all at once by end of March, 08 to avoid losing document. We will have no news as of today.

The application of Nac has completely done and approved by Inter-learning.

I'm copying K. Sititsak and Apichai in the loop if any change from what I know. Thanks.


Khun Roger: Millions thanks for your kind thought and remind me.

Roger gets to work on coordinating efforts

From: Roger Winkles
To: Sittisak
Cc: Nack, Wanphen, Apichai, Sujitra, Suchada, Christi at PAX, Rosemary at Hamilton, George Dorman,
Date: Fri, Apr 25, 2008 at 10:30 AM
Subject: Update: voluntary host family for NACK (Chatchawin)

Hello Khun Sittisak,

Yesterday, my wife received a call from Christi Reynolds, the area coordinator for PAX. She asked that we contact the High School Nack will be attending to ensure that they have room to support another foreign exchange student. I left email and voice messages with Rosemary Gallo at Hamilton High School and I’m waiting for an answer. I’ll let you know more as I know more.

A couple of loose ends that need to get worked on:

Local Community Coordinator: PAX currently does not have a local community coordinator in the Phoenix area. The closest coordinator available is in Payson, AZ, which is 145km away. This is a concern because this is the local coordinator Nack will use if he encounters any problems while in the US. I’ve attached a map to give you a representative example of the distance.

Second Host Family: PAX needs to locate a second family that is willing to host Nack in the event things do not work out with our family. This is a formality from my end, as I do not see any issues here, but they still need someone. Wanphen, I talked to George Dorman and he and his wife are willing to support this requirement. If you have no issues with the Dorman family, I can recommend them to PAX and we can get his paperwork started.

I am also learning that we are working this process somewhat in reverse. Typically, the host family is not identified by the child’s family, but rather by the PAX organization. Doing it the way we are will involve a bit more coordination, but I think we can all handle it.

Contact Information:
I thought I would list all the contact information I have so far, in the event you wish to start communication with anyone on this side. I have also added all of the contacts to the email string so they are aware of the work we are already doing in the background.

That’s all I have for now. Let me know if anyone has any questions for me.

Roger Winkles

The First Email from Inter-Learning

From: sittisak
Sent: 2008-03-09 20:27
To: Roger Winkles,
Cc: apichai lertapiruk; Wanphen Lertapiruk; Suchada Promma; Sujitra LAORNUAL
Subject: voluntary host family for NACK (Chatchawin)

Dear Mr. Roger

We are happy to hear that you are willing to host Chatchawin (NACK) as a voluntary host family. We have to contact with -PAX (Program of Academic Exchange) to ask how's possible for you to host NACK as an Exchange Student. I will keep you infrom ASAP when i get the answer from PAX.

Best Regards

Sittisak Kaewduanglek (Tong)
General Manager
International Learning and Cultural Exchange Ltd.