Hello All, I am new to the list and to CASLL. Last July I became Director of the new Writing Centre at St.Mary's.Previously I was at Dalhousie for three years where I introduced a retention credit-based courses-- "Foundations for Learning" and "Foundations for Science Learning" and before that taught for a number of years in the Writing Program at Rutgers University. I am writing today with a request for information concerning the types of appointments held by other Writing Centre Directors. My position is an administrative professional appointment reporting directly to the VP Academic&Research. The Faculty Union here has challenged the nature of the position arguing that it should be an Academic ( not a faculty one--something more like our University Librarians hold) appointment, and thus covered under the collective agreement. There appear to be advantages for each type of appointment, and it is not yet clear what the result of Union's challenge will be. I am wondering if there is any consistency in the types of appointments Directors at other institutions hold, and would appreciate any information or reflections on the issue you might be willing to share. Thanks and I hope to meet many of you at Inkshed in May. Pat -=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=- 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, its newsletter, and the annual conference, go to http://www.stu.ca/inkshed/ -=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-