That's great news Roger, I booked a return flight June 1, so if we can meet earlier in the day - I should be able to make it.
Kathryn
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From: Roger Graves <[log in to unmask]>
Date: Monday, February 22, 2010 3:42 pm
Subject: Re: Inkshed 2010
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> Tuesday, June 1, the day after the CASDW conference, which
> starts on the Saturday (29th) and runs on the Sunday and Monday.
>
> Roger
>
> Roger Graves
> Director, Writing Across the Curriculum
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> http://www.ualberta.ca/~graves1/index.html
>
> On Feb 22, 2010, at 1:32 PM, Theresa Hyland wrote:
>
> >Roger, this would be fine for me. Are we talking about
> June 1st or May 31st? Theresa.
> >
> >Roger Graves wrote:
> >>While registering for the CASDW conference the other day I
> started to think about booking airfare, and that made me
> consider dates for my return flight. We had talked on this list
> about an Inkshed conference this year (see Brock MacDonald's
> message below) and perhaps drawing upon shurli macmillan's ideas
> (1-4) for the program:
> >>
> >>1. a space to share drafts with other writers working to
> get an
> >>article publication-ready
> >>2. an opportunity to meet with others working with a particular
> >>theoretical framework or concept or method intrinsic to their
> research>>3. an opportunity to bring a pedagogical practice for
> a test-run and
> >>discussion
> >>4. inkshedding and discussion in response to CASDW
> papers or panels...
> >>
> >>I checked into renting a meeting room at a hotel, and the
> costs worked out to $640 ($500 plus taxes) for the room plus
> whatever food and drink we wanted to order (approximately
> $40/person for a buffet lunch). With 20 people attending the
> room cost would be roughly $30 each; the room plus lunch would
> be about $75 per person based on 20 people registering. The room
> holds 36 people and can be set up with round tables.
> >>
> >>Is there any interest in doing this? We need a decision before
> people start booking tickets, I think.
> >>
> >>Roger
> >>
> >>
> >>Roger Graves
> >>Director, Writing Across the Curriculum
> >>[log in to unmask]
> >>http://www.ualberta.ca/~graves1/index.html
> >>
Kathryn Alexander, PhD,
Assistant Professor,
Writing, Rhetoric and Professional Communication,
Faculty of Arts and Humanities,
University of Western Ontario,
London, Ontario
(519) 661-2111 ext. 80472
http://www.uwo.ca/writing/
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