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Hi Graham, Doug, Roger, and all,

Inkshed may be dead, but it died with an estate -- to the tune of several thousand dollars -- and no will. Whether it's this year or some other year,  a group of members (as defined in the Constitution) at an AGM has to decide what to do with that money  - even if they decide to dissolve Inkshed forever. It may seem like "protocol" but really it's the law. 

Jane.
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From: casll-l: Canadian Association for the Study of Language and        Learning (Inkshed) [[log in to unmask]] On Behalf Of Graham Smart [[log in to unmask]]
Sent: Sunday, March 06, 2011 12:29 AM
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Subject: Re: Inkshed conference this year

Doug makes some very good points, I think. However, it seems to me that at present the old Inkshed has pretty much expired, as in 'dead in the water'.  So why would we need to worry about whether it's a 'society' or not or whether it has to or doesn't have to hold an AGM.  It seems to me that we're dancing around a grave, worrying about protocol.  Seems kind of bizarre to me.

Why not simply let go of the old Inkshed and let whatever group of people who identify themselves as 'friends of Inkshed' by meeting for a day after CASDW to support each other's work do just that for a year or two?  Then if the interest and commitment is there, we could create a new organization called New Inkshed or something like that.

Inkshed was a great institution that served vital purposes in the early days of Writing Studies in Canada, and it had a pretty good run. In my view, though, at this point it's become pretty much an historical artifact and not a living reality.

My dismay over Purdue's loss today has been compounded this evening by Carleton's loss--they got thumped by Lakehead--in the championship game of the Ontario men's basketball league.  But I can't hide behind this: what I've written today reflects my views on Inkshed quite squarely.

Graham


Graham

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From: Doug Brent <[log in to unmask]>
Date: Saturday, March 5, 2011 7:06 pm
Subject: Re: Inkshed conference this year
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> Hi all,
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> I initially thought it was odd to be taking membership money for what is currently a phantom organization, and wondered whether we needed any dues at all. But Brock explained that the current rules, including fee structure, can only be changed by a vote of the membership (this is part of the regulations governing a society, I gather). Therefore we have to have some members in order to change anything, and until we change anything, the only way to become a member is to pay $40. We can immediately vote to change the dues to anything we want, including zero, and I guess even vote ourselves a rebate, but the $40 has to come first in order to do business.
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> Of course, given the traditionally consensual nature of the group, I suppose we need only a handful of paying members to vote that consensus into being, but the more members we have at the time, the more authoritative any decisions become.
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> On the other hand, I am in pretty close agreement with Graham on the agenda. Maybe we should have an AGM first, to get the business of dues and such dealt with, and then go on to the more interesting business of supporting each other's research. The lofty existential questions that Graham mentions are sort of interesting to me, but if we only have one day to work and part of it is taken up with some tedious but  essential administrative housekeeping, I think that we need to get down to real business pretty fast.
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> Cheers
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> Doug
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> On 05/03/2011 4:45 PM, Graham Smart wrote:

Hi everyone,
 >
> I've arranged for my flight to Fredericton, allowing for an extra day, May 31, to take part in the null working conference.  I hope it's a day when the participants can provide one another with feedback on work-in-progress, work-in-progress of whatever kind.  We did that last year and I found it extremely useful.
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> To be honest, spending the day asking ourselves questions such as 'what constitutes research in Writing Studies?' and 'what kind of relationship should Writing Studies have with the field of null/null' would be, for me, a total waste of time.  I have no interest in these questions, personally, and I certainly don't see people in the larger field of Writing Studies posing them either.
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> While I intend to participate on May 31, I won't be paying $40 to become a member of null at this point.  I want to know what kind of organization a resurrected null organization/conference will be before I consider joining. To me, the idea of having people buy a membership before there's at least some shared notion of what a new null would look like is way premature.  I realize I won't be able to attend the null during the conference, but as you might guess what what I've said, that's something I can live with.

> When I read what I've just written above, I can see that it's pretty salty in conveying my personal views with little regard for listserv decorum. I think I would have to attribute this to watching my beloved Purdue Boilermakers lose to Iowa this afternoon and blow a chance for a shared Big Ten championship.

Graham
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> From: Doug Brent <[log in to unmask]><javascript:main.compose('new',[log in to unmask])>
> Date: Monday, February 14, 2011 5:39 pm
> Subject: Re: Inkshed conference this year
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> > Hi Roger,
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> > 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.
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> > 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.
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> > Registration
> > To register, email me at [log in to unmask]<https://webmail.carleton.ca/uwc/webmail/java_script:main.compose('new',[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.
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> > 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.
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> > 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).

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> > 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.
> > >
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> > 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.
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> > W. Brock MacDonald
> > Director, Academic Writing Centre
> > Woodsworth College, University of Toronto
> > 119 St. George Street
> > Toronto, ON   M5S-1A9
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> > I look forward to hearing from you and seeing you in New Brunswick.
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> > Roger
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