After the very low turnout to last year's meeting, I thought the question of whether or not Inkshed has a function had become central. Since there's already been talk of folding the organization, I was under the impression that next year's meeting was a special session dedicated to looking at the future, re-defining Inkshed, and considering its relationship to (and difference from) other Canadian Writing Studies groups. That doesn't sound all that boring to me, and if we don't address those questions now, there might be no more Inkshed conferences not to be bored at. And isn't there also concern that Ottawa-based folks might not be able/willing to organize a full 2 1/2 day conference?
Marcy, if duration is a criterion for travel money, stay on for CASDW. It would be great to have you there.
Anthony
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From: CASLL/Inkshed on behalf of Margaret Procter
Sent: Fri 9/19/2008 10:10 PM
To: [log in to unmask]
Subject: Re: Inkshed 2009
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 <http://www.ualberta.ca/~graves1/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/~graves1/Welcome.html> >
>>>>
>>>>
>><http://www.ualberta.ca/%7Egraves1/Welcome.html
>>
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