Janice,
Again, thanks for orchestrating all of this. You're a workhorse! And thanks to Roger
too.
Graham
(who works at Purdue, the home of the Rosebowl[-losing] Boilermakers)
Janice Freeman wrote:
> Hi everyone,
>
> I'm really pleased at the enthusiasm for the idea of the online workshop. Let me
> clarify, however, what Roger and I have suggested.
>
> 1) The Canadian Caucus will meet as part of the regular 4Cs. (At least I hope we
> can be certain about that. Roger will chair the session; I sent in the proposal
> online yesterday hours before the deadline.) I've asked for a Thursday evening
> slot, which is usually a 6-7 p.m. session. When we get the acceptance form in the
> Fall, there is an opportunity to add names of people who will be speaking. So for
> those of us whose conference funding relies on a speaking role, this is a chance
> to get our names in the program. However, we will have to nominate someone to send
> out "official" letters inviting those people to speak at the caucus. (I did it
> this year, mostly by e-mail and with a little help from two colleagues, Amanda and
> Tracy. I'm willing to work with Roger on it for next year.)
>
> 2) Roger is proposing to book a computer lab at DePaul's downtown campus for us to
> do a Saturday workshop on teaching online. This will be entirely up to us-- with
> no connections to the Cs. However, we can peer review the proposals and send out
> letters to presenters so they can apply for funding. (Graham and I did this for
> several years when we were organizing the roundtable.) Russ and Marcy have said
> they'd like to help out with this, so we can spread the work around.
>
> 3) There will be no official Canadian roundtable-- no one sent in a proposal due
> to lack of timely response on the list. The Caucus will, in effect, become the
> roundtable. Although the session is usually listed as an hour long, we can use the
> room for as long as we need to. (Although not as long as we did this year, I
> hope.... The hungry folks left before we were finished.) So even those of you who
> have proposals accepted in other sessions are free to speak at the Caucus. It's
> also a good place to speak if your proposal is rejected by the Cs committee.
>
> I think that's it-- Roger, please clarify my clarification if I've misunderstood
> anything.
>
> Janice
>
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