I looked at these a few times, but generally "no" I find my context
too different to the one they are writing to.
Rob Irish
>>>>> Betsy Sargent <[log in to unmask]> 12/17/06 7:29 PM >>>
>> Dear Inkshedders (whatever that may mean!),
>>
>> I ended my previous email with a statement of
>> gratitude for the online community of Inkshed and
>> am now hoping for an occasion to be even more
>> grateful, even at this busy time of year. I'm
>> hoping for a simple "yes" or "no" from anyone
>> who's listening (see the question below).
>>
>> Apparently, Canadian organizations are no more
>> prone to introspection than US ones, since WPA
>> (the Council of Writing Program
>> Administrators)--because it is turning 30 this
>> year--is devoting two sessions to introspection
>> at the Modern Language Association Convention
>> (Dec. 27-30 in Philadelphia). Having just
>> finished giving my exams, I'm realizing that I
>> foolishly promised (long ago) to say something at
>> one of these sessions about possible useful roles
>> for the WPA in Canada. If any of you have
>> thoughts on that subject, I'm all ears (on- or
>> off-line), but most important to me right now is
>> a one-word reply to the following question.
>>
>> Has the WPA Outcomes Statement for First-Year
>> Composition been useful to you in your work in
>> Canada in any way, as a CASLL/Inkshed member
>> (that is, a person who is interested in Language and Learning)?
>> Yes or No?
>>
>> I'll paste in below the URL for the WPA Outcomes
>> Statement, but it actually is more useful to me
>> if you just give a quick reply off the top of
>> your head, without checking the statement out (on
>> the assumption that if it's been useful in any
>> way to you so far, you'd already have some
>> impression of it, good or bad--and if it hasn't,
>> you'll know that without needing to invest any
>> time in reading it, whether for the 10th or the first time).
>>
>> Please feel free to just say "no" (if, for
>> instance, you have no idea what I'm talking about
>> or if you have never used the WPA Outcomes
>> Statement for any purpose whatsoever or if you
>> feel neutral towards it or if you feel it's pernicious in some way).
>>
>> Also please feel free to just say "yes" (if you
>> don't have time to go into any detail about how
>> you used it, I can always email you directly for
>> further details, not that you'd need to give
>> them). A quick "yes" or "no" would more useful
>> to me than a decision to wait to respond because
>> you have a lot to say about the WPA Outcomes
>> Statement and no time to say it now (though as I
>> say, anything you have to say about it would
>> interest me--just feel free to do that later, if you don't have time now).
>>
>> I won't be mentioning any names in connection
>> with these "yes" or "no" answers--just doing a
>> quick total (how many answers online within 48
>> hours, how many were "yes," how many were
>> "no"). If you email me anything further about
>> the WPA or its statement, let me know if you want
>> your comments to be attributed to you by name or not.
>>
>> Many many thanks! Betsy
>>
>> ______________________
>> I'm pasting in here a description of and
>> invitation to these two WPA sessions (plus
>> reception) from the WPA website, in case anyone
>> is interested (talk about group identity
>> confusion--I'm a WPA member even though I'm not a
>> Writing Program Administrator):
>>
>> Dear WPA Members and Friends:
>>
>> If you're going to MLA in Philadelphia this year,
>> please note these WPA events on your convention schedules:
>> (more details available at
>> <http://wpacouncil.org/node/532>http://wpacouncil.org/node/532)
>>
>> Panel: “Moving toward Inclusion: Thirty Years of
>> the Council of Writing Program Administrators,”
>> Friday, December 29th, 1:453:00 p.m., Room 307
>> of the Philadelphia Marriott
>> (internationalization is one of the issues being discussed in this session).
>>
>> Panel: “Challenges of the Future: Foregrounding
>> Diversity in the WPA Palette” Saturday, December
>> 30th, noon to 1:15, Room 302 of the Philadelphia Marriott.
>>
>> WPA 30th Anniversary Reception: 5:00-7:00 on the
>> evening of Friday, December 29 at the Hilton
>> Garden Inn (1100 Arch St) in Philadelphia,
>> sponsored by the Council of Writing Program
>> Adge of Pennsylvania.
>>
>> Please join us if you're in Philadelphia!
>>
>> Shirley Rose
>> President
>> ____________________________
>> Below are two URLs for the WPA Outcomes Statement
>> (I hope they both work, but the second one,
>> posted at the U of A Writing Task Force website,
>> should definitely work--if it doesn't, please let me know).
>>
>> http://wpacouncil.org/positions/outcomes.html?PHPSESSID=7cb84e682a3fea1ede1e180f20fbbf7c
>>
>> http://www.uofaweb.ualberta.ca/arts//pdfs/WTF_WPA_Outcomes.pdf
>>
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