Dear CASLL members, In late October I issued a Call for Proposals for "A Northern View: State-of-the-Art Technical Communication in Canada." I thought I would re-issue this Call, with a reminder that the deadline for proposals is January 5, 2001. I hope some of you will think about submitting a proposal. Though this project is being initiated by the Society for Technical Communication (Manitoba Chapter), you do not have to be a member of STC to send in a proposal or article. The editorial board is willing to look at a broad range of materials by or about technical/professional communication, written by practitioners and teachers/academics. Please e-mail Amanda Goldrick-Jones if you have any questions (see .sig below). And one more time, here is the Call for Proposals: ======================================================================= CALL FOR MATERIALS for a unique STC Project: "A Northern View: State-of-the-Art Technical Communication in Canada" The overall goal of STC is to advance the theory and practice of technical communication. STC Manitoba is also mandated to encourage research and stimulate the exchange of information through publications as well as meetings and conferences. To further this goal, our chapter seeks to publish a combined print and online anthology of work intended not only to inform each other but the public about state-of-the-art technical communication in Manitoba and Canada. The collection will highlight the work of STC members, but non-STC practitioners, educators, and trainers are also invited to submit materials. We aim to provide a good balance of communication practices, theoretical perspectives, and teaching or training strategies, as well as represent a variety of genres and formats. This anthology promises to be a unique and "state of the art" project for STC. It will not only combine print and online media and a variety of formats, but will also present Canadian (and possibly other non-American) perspectives about the increasingly important role of technical communication in our professional lives. Genres and topics may include but are not restricted to technical reports, proposals, public-interest writing, documentation and/or instructions, specialty journalism, training materials, academic or theoretical analyses of technical communication, cross-cultural work, and exemplars of document design, graphics, and illustration. An online supplement to this book will showcase web-based projects and documents. By 5 January 2001, please submit by e-mail or in hardcopy a completed article, document, or artifact, or a 250-word proposal outlining a work-in-process to Amanda Goldrick-Jones, Vice-President, STC Manitoba Centre for Academic Writing, University of Winnipeg, 515 Portage Avenue, Winnipeg MB, R3B 2E9. Office Phone: 204-786-9453 ; Fax: 204-774-4134 E-Mail: [log in to unmask] If you wish to send an e-mail attachment, please convert your material to RTF or to Microsoft Word 98. Note that all works-in-process must be completed by 1 March 2001. Please put all contact-information on a separate page or e-mail message, not on the proposal or work. All materials will be blind-reviewed by an interdisciplinary panel of STC Manitoba members between 1 March and 30 April, 2001. Notifications of acceptance will be issued by 1 May. _________________________________________________________ Amanda Goldrick-Jones Secretary-Treasurer, Canadian Assoc. of Teachers of Technical Writing (CATTW)/ Association des professeurs de rédaction technique et scientique (ACPRTS) Vice-President, Society for Technical Communication, Manitoba Chpt. University of Winnipeg 515 Portage Avenue Winnipeg, Manitoba CANADA, R3B 2E9 [log in to unmask] Phone: 204-786-9453 . . . . . . . Fax: 204-774-4134 ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ http://www.uwinnipeg.ca/~caw/agjhome.htm ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ -=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=- To leave the list, send a SIGNOFF CASLL command to [log in to unmask] or, if you experience difficulties, write to Russ Hunt at [log in to unmask] For the list archives and information about the organization, the annual conference, and publications, go to the Inkshed Web site at http://www.StThomasU.ca/inkshed/ -=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=- -=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=- To leave the list, send a SIGNOFF CASLL command to [log in to unmask] or, if you experience difficulties, write to Russ Hunt at [log in to unmask] For the list archives and information about the organization, the annual conference, and publications, go to the Inkshed Web site at http://www.StThomasU.ca/inkshed/ -=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-