Brock MacDonald has informed me that we do, indeed, now have a paid up
list of members. We will convene in Fredericton, hold a conference and
AGM, and decide how to go forward from there.
I have set up a separate email list for those planning to attend the
conference; if anyone else is planning to attend that day, let me know
and I'll add you to the list.
Roger
Roger Graves
Director, Writing Across the Curriculum
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On Mar 6, 2011, at 8:21 AM, Jane Milton wrote:
> 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.
> ________________________________________
> 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
> To: [log in to unmask]
> 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
>
> ----- Original Message -----
> From: Doug Brent <[log in to unmask]>
> Date: Saturday, March 5, 2011 7:06 pm
> Subject: Re: Inkshed conference this year
> To: [log in to unmask]
>
>
>
>> Hi all,
>>
>> 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.
>>
>> 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.
>>
>> 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.
>>
>> Cheers
>>
>> Doug
>>
>> 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.
>>
>> 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.
>>
>> 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
>>
>> ----- Original Message -----
>> 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
>> To: [log in to unmask]<javascript:main.compose('new',[log in to unmask]
>> ')>
>>
>
>>> 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]<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.
>>>>
>>
>>> 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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>>> >
>>> MailScanner has detected definite fraud in the website at "www.ualberta.ca
>>> ". Do not trust this website: http://www.ualberta.ca/~graves1/<http://www.ualberta.ca/~graves1/
>>> >
>>> 780.492.2169
>>
>>
>>
>>
>>
>>
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