I will not be in Fredricton this year but would appreciate it very
much if you kept me in the loop.
Natasha
On 07/03/2011 2:16 PM, 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
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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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>>>
>>>
>>>
>>>
>>>
>>>
>>>
>>>
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>>>
>>>>>
>>> --
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>>>> Dr. Doug Brent
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