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 > >> > > >> > >> > >> -=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=- > >> To leave the list, send a SIGNOFF CASLL command to > >> [log in to unmask] or, if you experience difficulties, > >> write to Russ Hunt at [log in to unmask] > >> > >> For the list archives and information about the organization, > >> its newsletter, and the annual conference, go to > >> http://www.stu.ca/inkshed/ > >> -=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=- > >> > > > > -=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=- > > To leave the list, send a SIGNOFF CASLL command to > > [log in to unmask] or, if you experience difficulties, > > write to Russ Hunt at [log in to unmask] > > > > For the list archives and information about the organization, > > its newsletter, and the annual conference, go to > > http://www.stu.ca/inkshed/ > > -=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=- > > > > > -=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=- > To leave the list, send a SIGNOFF CASLL command to > [log in to unmask] or, if you experience difficulties, > write to Russ Hunt at [log in to unmask] > > For the list archives and information about the organization, > its newsletter, and the annual conference, go to > http://www.stu.ca/inkshed/ > -=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=- > > -=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=- > To leave the list, send a SIGNOFF CASLL command to > [log in to unmask] or, if you experience difficulties, > write to Russ Hunt at [log in to unmask] > > For the list archives and information about the organization, > its newsletter, and the annual conference, go to > http://www.stu.ca/inkshed/ > -=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=- > > > -=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=- > To leave the list, send a SIGNOFF CASLL command to > [log in to unmask] or, if you experience difficulties, > write to Russ Hunt at [log in to unmask] > > For the list archives and information about the organization, > its newsletter, and the annual conference, go to > http://www.stu.ca/inkshed/ > -=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=- > -=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=- To leave the list, send a SIGNOFF CASLL command to [log in to unmask] or, if you experience difficulties, write to Russ Hunt at [log in to unmask] For the list archives and information about the organization, its newsletter, and the annual conference, go to http://www.stu.ca/inkshed/ -=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-