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Miriam, what are the other things that need to come to light?  Can you tell
us what you found, briefly?

Thanks,
Marcy

On Sat, Sep 20, 2008 at 3:25 PM, Horne, Miriam <[log in to unmask]> wrote:

> Here's my two cents worth...
> I appreciate the enthusiasm with which people are responding in favour of a
> regular Inkshed conference.  Like Anthony, however, I think it's time to
> gather the membership to figure out what's happening with Inkshed.  The
> decreasing numbers over the past few years, despite the enthusiasm of those
> who do go, may suggest other issues that need to be addressed.  Timing and
> funding play into those decreasing numbers, but I think there may be other
> things at play that also need to come to light.  In addition, I can't help
> but wonder how having two full conferences in a row will affect the program
> of either Inkshed or CASDW, and I suspect I'm not the only one who doesn't
> have the means (financial, time, or mental stamina) to be able to manage 6
> days worth of intense conference going.
> Miriam
>
>
>
> Miriam E. Horne, PhD
> Faculty, Core Division
> Champlain College
> Burlington, VT
> 05401
> 802-383-6694
>
>
>
>
>
> -----Original Message-----
> From: CASLL/Inkshed on behalf of Anthony Paré, Dr.
> Sent: Fri 9/19/2008 9:41 PM
> To: [log in to unmask]
> Subject: Re: Inkshed 2009
>
> 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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