My understanding is that Inkshed Publications is a separate entity;
there is no mention of it in the CASLL Constitution. Traditionally,
Inkshed Publications has been given a subvention by CASLL to
underwrite the publication of books. The revenue from sales of those
books has gone directly to Inkshed Publications. I have written to the
editorial group asking for a report and will circulate one if I
receive one before the AGM.
Roger
Roger Graves
Director, Writing Across the Curriculum
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http://www.ualberta.ca/~graves1/
780.492.2169
On Mar 7, 2011, at 3:08 PM, Margaret Procter wrote:
> Dear Inkshedders:
>
> I've paid and signed up too, knowing that we will have to face up to
> technical legalities in the AGM, but also hoping for continuation of
> the colleagiality and focus on teaching issues described so warmly
> by Susan.
>
> One other constitutional question is what will happen with Inkshed
> Publications. Are they still a going concern? (I hope so, given the
> importance of even the backlist.) How are they related legally to
> CASLL? If that isn't explicit yet, let's make it so.
>
> Roger, is someone coming who can speak for the Publications group?
> If not, can we commission a report to be distributed by email?
>
> Margaret
>
>
>
> On 07/03/2011 4:34 PM, Betsy Sargent wrote:
>> Dear all,
>>
>> First of all, I'm happily sending off my membership dues to Brock
>> today--so Roger, do add me to the list.
>>
>> Second, I just want to support Jane's point about legalities and
>> ask a question. I've spent a lot of time this fall helping a
>> struggling academic organization revise it's by-laws, run an online
>> election, update its website and membership directory, and apply
>> for official tax-free non-profit status in the US (it's official
>> home is in the States, for tax purposes, even though it has members
>> from all over the world).
>>
>> One of the requirements in applying for non-profit status as a
>> scholarly organization was that the by-laws had to specify what
>> other non-profit organization would receive our funds if our
>> organization died. I'm assuming from Jane's email that the by-laws
>> of Inkshed don't contain such a specification (the equivalent of a
>> will)?
>>
>> So my suggestion at the AGM is that we think about including that
>> detail in any revised by-laws, if we do plan to continue as an
>> organization. Otherwise, we'll need to make a decision about which
>> other scholarly organizations or projects we can legally donate our
>> funds to (depending on the legal status of Inkshed's treasury,
>> there may be restrictions on how those funds can be distributed).
>>
>> Thanks for the work on sorting all this out and organizing a
>> meeting at Congress.
>> Betsy
>>
>> At 12:16 PM 3/7/2011, Roger Graves wrote:
>>> 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
>>> [log in to unmask]
>>> http://www.ualberta.ca/~graves1/
>>> 780.492.2169
>>>
>>> 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
>>>>>> [log in to unmask]<https://webmail.carleton.ca/uwc/webmail/java_script:main.compose('new',[log in to unmask])
>>>>>> >
>>>>>> 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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>>>>
>>>>
>>>>>
>>>>> --
>>>>>
>>>>>> Dr. Doug Brent
>>>>>> Social Sciences 312
>>>>>> University of Calgary
>>>>>> Department of Communication and Culture
>>>>>> 2500 University Drive N.W.
>>>>>> Calgary, Alberta, Canada T2N 1N4
>>>>>> Voice: (403) 220-5458 Fax: (403) 210-8138
>>>>>> http://www.ucalgary.ca/~dabrent<http://www.ucalgary.ca/~dabrent>
>>>>>
>>>>> -------------------------------
>>>>> Graham Smart
>>>>> Associate Professor
>>>>> Carleton University
>>>>> School of Linguistics &
>>>>> Language Studies
>>>>> 215 Paterson Hall
>>>>> 1125 Colonel By Drive
>>>>> Ottawa, Ontario
>>>>> Canada K1S 5B6
>>>>> ------------------------------
>>>>>
>>>>> --
>>>>> Dr. Doug Brent
>>>>> Social Sciences 312
>>>>> University of Calgary
>>>>> Department of Communication and Culture
>>>>> 2500 University Drive N.W.
>>>>> Calgary, Alberta, Canada T2N 1N4
>>>>> Voice: (403) 220-5458 Fax: (403) 210-8138
>>>>> http://www.ucalgary.ca/~dabrent<http://www.ucalgary.ca/~dabrent>
>>>>
>>>>
>>>>
>>>> -------------------------------
>>>> Graham Smart
>>>> Associate Professor
>>>> Carleton University
>>>> School of Linguistics &
>>>> Language Studies
>>>> 215 Paterson Hall
>>>> 1125 Colonel By Drive
>>>> Ottawa, Ontario
>>>> Canada K1S 5B6
>>>> ------------------------------
>>>
>>
>> M. Elizabeth (Betsy) Sargent
>> Director of Writing Initiatives and
>> Interim Director, Writing Studies (OIS)
>> Professor, Department of English and Film Studies
>> University of Alberta
>> Edmonton, AB T6G 2E5
>>
>> (780) 492-0457 (office)
>> Humanities Centre 3-79
>> [log in to unmask]
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>> http://www.writinginitiatives.ualberta.ca/en.aspx
>> http://www.ois.ualberta.ca/nav01.cfm?nav01=89519
>> "You've got to jump off cliffs all the time and build your wings on
>> the way down."
>> --Ray Bradbury
>>
>>
>>
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