Tosh,
I've been digging around in my old files from when I did this a couple
of times, and can send on some samples if you'd like.
As I recall, we used to request *both* a caucus session and a regular
session, which we dubbed "The Canadian Roundtable". We found over the
years that it is much easier to get on the program as a caucus than in a
regular session. And if you plan it well and get everyone's abstracts
early, the caucus takes on the flavour of a round table. (And people's
names appear in the program.)
It seems that the last time I did this was for the Atlanta conference,
which I didn't attend. Does anyone remember if we met as a caucus there?
(Because if we didn't, don't follow my model!)
Here are the salient points of the proposal:
DESCRIPTION OF SESSION (one sentence):
The Canadian Caucus meets annually at the CCCC to exchange news, ideas,
job information, and to plan the theme for the following year's
roundtable session.
Part C: Brief Descriptions
7. Briefly describe the purpose of the proposed session (or for
Individual Proposals, summarize the abstract). For Workshop, SIG, or
Caucus, please specify, in addition, meeting day and space needs.
Canadians, a small constituency at a large conference, meet at the
annual caucus to exchange news, ideas, job information, and to plan the
theme for the following year's roundtable session. This session is
important to us because it allows Canadians from all over the country to
maintain connections with people they may otherwise rarely see. The
session is also an important opportunity for Canadian composition
specialists to network and exchange ideas with our American colleagues.
We require a session on either Thursday or Friday evening in a room
large enough for approximately 30 participants.
***
Some of the people on the proposal form were Henry Hubert, Aviva
Freedman, Julia Carey, and Christine Adam. Perhaps some of them can
remember whether they presented at the caucus....
Janice
Janice Freeman
Instructor, Centre for Academic Writing
University of Winnipeg
515 Portage Ave.
Winnipeg, MB
CANADA
R3B 2E9
204-786-9173
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Until two years ago, many of us from the CASLL list were able to get
together at C's through Canadian Caucus and the subsequent dinner
(thanks to Roger). I personally miss the caucus and our small
get-together, and other Canadians I spoke to at the conference share
my sentiment.
I am willing to do the organizing work for Canadian Caucus at C's
next year, but I would like to get some ideas of what people might
have available for the next year's C's so that I can write a proposal
by the deadline (which is coming up -- yikes!).
Tosh Tachino, M.A., B.A. Honors
Ph.D. Student, Iowa State University
Rhetoric and Professional Communication
E-mail: [log in to unmask]
http://www.public.iastate.edu/~tosh/
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