I'm afraid the wither/whither topic sounds pretty boring to me too, even
though I care. It wouldn't allure new people either. If Inkshed has some
real functions, it must surely have some real topics to discuss, not
just itself.
Margaret
Marcy Bauman wrote:
>Well, I wouldn't get travel money for it, that's for sure . . .
>
>Marcy
>
>On Fri, Sep 19, 2008 at 9:41 PM, Anthony Paré, Dr.
><[log in to unmask]>wrote:
>
>
>
>>Hi folks,
>>
>>I had imagined a one-day session with a single topic - Wither Inkshed? -
>>with both meanings of that topic as an either/or decision by day's end. We
>>might have break-out groups - and inkshedding, of course - but focus our
>>attention sharply on the organization's future.
>>
>>Does that seem too drastic?
>>
>>Anthony
>>
>>Anthony Paré
>>Centre for the Study and Teaching of Writing
>>Integrated Studies in Education
>>Editor, McGill Journal of Education (http://mje.mcgill.ca/index)
>>McGill University
>>514-398-5600
>>
>>________________________________
>>
>>From: CASLL/Inkshed on behalf of Roger Graves
>>Sent: Fri 9/19/2008 5:38 PM
>>To: [log in to unmask]
>>Subject: Re: Inkshed 2009
>>
>>
>>
>>Marcy,
>>No thread-jacking apology necessary! As for the Inkshed theme, I'm not
>>sure. The program committee consists of the following people:
>>
>>Doreen Starke-Meyerring
>>Anthony Pare
>>Julie-Ann Stolodny
>>Natasha Artemova
>>Heather Graves
>>Roger Graves
>>Graham Smart
>>Jaffer Sheyholislami
>>Russ Hunt
>>
>>The (very) tentative plan is to hold Inkshed on the Thursday evening
>>the 21st, Friday the 22nd, and Saturday the 23rd of May, with CASDW
>>Sunday the 24th and going until Tuesday the 26th.
>>
>>Perhaps this is a good moment for CASLL members to enter the
>>discussion about a) whether to hold the conference in this timeframe,
>>and b) what might make for a good theme.
>>
>>Roger Graves
>>
>>
>>CASDW is at Carleton in Ottawa in 2009; it is in Montreal the year
>>after that.
>>Roger Graves
>>Director, WAC and Acting Director, Centre for Writers
>>[log in to unmask]
>>http://www.ualberta.ca/~graves1/Welcome.html<http://www.ualberta.ca/%7Egraves1/Welcome.html>
>>
>>On Sep 19, 2008, at 2:59 PM, Marcy Bauman wrote:
>>
>>
>>
>>>So Inkshed is in Montreal next year? What's the tentative theme?
>>>
>>>(Sorry to hijack the thread, Roger, but I may very well take your
>>>suggestion
>>>about attending both conferences . . . )
>>>
>>>Marcy
>>>
>>>On Wed, Sep 17, 2008 at 10:43 PM, Roger Graves <[log in to unmask]>
>>>wrote:
>>>
>>>
>>>
>>>>Deadlines for proposals for the first annual conference of the
>>>>Canadian
>>>>Association for the Study of Discourse and Writing are approaching
>>>>fast. The
>>>>theme of the conference is "The Territoire/Places of Writing
>>>>Studies in
>>>>Higher Education: Canadian and International Perspectives." Of
>>>>course, we
>>>>will also include papers on all other aspects of discourse and
>>>>writing
>>>>studies. There has been some talk of holding the Inkshed conference
>>>>on the
>>>>days prior to the CASDW conference, so if you are planning to
>>>>attend one or
>>>>the other perhaps you'll be able to attend both. In addition, we
>>>>hope to
>>>>attract presentations, roundtables, workshops, and papers on writing
>>>>centres. As an acting director of a writing centre (Roger), I can
>>>>assure you
>>>>that the program committee has a strong interest in this theme!
>>>>
>>>>To review the call for papers, follow this link:
>>>>
>>>>http://cattw-acprts.mcgill.ca/en/cfps.htm
>>>>
>>>>September 20 (for possible SSHRC travel funding) is the deadline for
>>>>proposals; September 30 is the deadline if you do not want to be
>>>>considered
>>>>for travel support.
>>>>
>>>>We look forward to receiving your proposals and to two wonderful
>>>>conferences.
>>>>
>>>>Heather Graves and Roger Graves, Co-Vice-Presidents and Program
>>>>Chairs,
>>>>CASDW 2008-9
>>>>
>>>>Roger Graves
>>>>Director, WAC and Acting Director, Centre for Writers
>>>>[log in to unmask]
>>>>http://www.ualberta.ca/~graves1/Welcome.html<http://www.ualberta.ca/%7Egraves1/Welcome.html>
>>>>
>>>>
>><http://www.ualberta.ca/%7Egraves1/Welcome.html
>>
>>
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