Hi Roger,
I intend to be there. It`s too early for me to have formulated definite
thoughts on what should be on the agenda, but certainly an AGM to settle
some of the thorny issues should be on it -- perhaps as the first order
of business.. If we put it last, we may lose any remote semblance of quorum.
Doug
On 09/02/2011 1:22 PM, Roger Graves wrote:
> We're in the beginning stages of planning this year's Inkshed meeting
> in Fredericton, NB on *May 31*, the day after the CASDW (Canadian
> Association for the Study of Discourse and Writing) ends, and we'd
> like to invite Inkshed members, former members, and others interested
> in issues related to research and teaching writing in Canadian
> contexts to attend.
>
> *Registration*
> To register, email me at [log in to unmask]
> <mailto:[log in to unmask]>. I'll create an email list of those
> who are interested in attending and we'll go from there. Registration
> is free to members; non-members are welcome and whatever fee we
> ultimately charge will only be to cover food costs for lunch and coffee.
>
> *Program*
> The initial plan will be to follow the format of last year's one-day
> conference. Sixteen people attended, and the program emerged from
> email discussions held amongst those who planned to attend. This was a
> "working conference": the focus was on discussion and exchange, with
> presentations used sparingly and as a way to prompt discussion. This
> year we also have ideas that were proposed at last year's meeting:
>
> *
>
> *What counts as research/Scholarship:*Session at next conference
> people presenting the theoretical perspective for looking at
> this—statement from CASLL, CASDW, and CWCA on “Teaching and
> Scholarship in Writing Studies”—audiences: inside Writing
> Studies plus administrators, committees in other disciplines
> that Writing Studies work in: Intellectually rigorous,
> theoretically-based, inter-disciplinary, Canadian context;
>
> *EAL/ESL relationship to Writing Studies*: a discussion
>
> *Another topic exchange/development discussion for research
> projects *that participants are working on. Last year at least
> three of the projects discussed at this meeting were submitted
> for SSHRC Standard Research Grants and the PIs found the session
> useful to them as they developed their proposals
>
> These are, of course, only ideas and those who indicate an interest in
> attending this year's conference will ultimately decide what we spend
> our time working on.
>
> *The CASLL AGM*
> Action items identified at the end of last year's meeting included the
> following:
>
> * Future of the Inkshed (online discussion began and will
> culminate in CASLL AGM meeting at this conference)
> * Do it again next year in this format (this message starts that
> process)
> * Keep the google group private; put a link on the Inkshed website
> (did keep it private; no link put up)
> * Contact Russ to move it or take it over (we have established a
> site called inkshed.ca that is independent of a university and
> copied the files to that site)
> * Contact Patricia G-P re. budget (budget account has been
> transferred to Brock MacDonald; new memberships have been
> solicited; the Board will be elected at the AGM).
>
>
> We'll schedule the AGM during the day sometime--it will be up to the
> conference participants to decide exactly when. Only members will be
> allowed to attend that session, however.
>
> *Membership*
> To become a member, please send $40 membership dues f($20 for grad
> students) to Brock MacDonald at the address below. Make your check
> out to CASLL, or in full, the Canadian Association for the Study of
> Language and Learning.
>
> W. Brock MacDonald
> Director, Academic Writing Centre
> Woodsworth College, University of Toronto
> 119 St. George Street
> Toronto, ON M5S-1A9
>
> I look forward to hearing from you and seeing you in New Brunswick.
>
> Roger
>
> Roger Graves
> Director, Writing Across the Curriculum
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