I will be there.
Karen Smith
On 07/03/2011 5:50 PM, Jane Milton wrote:
> Add me to the list, please, Roger.
>
> Jane.
> ________________________________________
> From: casll-l: Canadian Association for the Study of Language and Learning (Inkshed) [[log in to unmask]] On Behalf Of Roger Graves [[log in to unmask]]
> Sent: Monday, March 07, 2011 3:16 PM
> To: [log in to unmask]
> Subject: Re: Inkshed conference this year
>
> 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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> 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
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>>>
>>>
>>>
>>>
>>>
>>>
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>>>> University of Calgary
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