1. Deliver (in person or by mail) your $1,000 nonrefundable payment to Cal Poly CE AND your passport to them so they can copy it by December 20, 2006. (If you mail it in, be smart and prudent and send it certified mail where they sign for it since your passport will be the envelope!)

2. Make at least three (3) responsive comments on the central blog by 5:00 pm on Friday, December 15.

3. Create your own blog to link to the central blog no later than Friday, December 15, 2006 at 5:00 pm. Remember that when you set up this individual blog, make sure to use settings that make it easy for people to comment (e.g., don’t use a setting where folks have to log in and/or sign up for a service to comment – instead go with “anonymous” or “other” comment options). Test this feature to make sure it works!! Once your blog is up and running, promptly email mba@calpoly.edu so my student assistant can in turn create a section on the central blog listing and linking to everyone’s individual blog.

4. Movie Night — Watch the Canadian Broadcasting Corporation’s “China Rises” feature by 5:00 pm of Friday, December 15. By that date you must also log onto the October 26, 2006 blog post and make a comment re: your thoughts and impressions of this feature (this comment does NOT count as one of your three per quarter required comments!).

5. If you have not already done so, come in to the Grad Programs Office right away and sign the document Vicki Walls is holding in our office verifying that you have read and understand the extensive FAQ document and syllabus that we handed out to you earlier in the Fall.

6. By 5:00 pm of Friday, December 15, you will need to post your first book review on your individual blog under an “Assignments” heading/link that I can easily see access.