It's not clear to me what a blog (e.g., Wordpress) offers that
we don't already have here:
http://inkshed.ca/
(Leaving aside the fact that inkshed.ca was never actually
designed visually, but assembled by someone who only deals with
text.)
I'm especially interested in making sure that the archive of
Inkshed Newsletters remains accessible (and I'd be even more
interested in making the scanned pdfs from 1982-94 more
accessible). My understanding of FB and blogs suggests that the
past sinks inexorably down into oblivion . . . but I've been
wrong before.
-- Russ
> Hello friends!
>
> I would like to suggest a free blog as a Newsletter medium.
>
> I thought of this because I am currently in the process of setting up a
> WordPress blog for another association's newsletter.
>
> A blog would not replace the "insider" discussion on the CASLL list, but
> would be a more public addition to it (unless you want to go for a
> private blog that requires a subscriber's log-in to view, but that would
> basically duplicate the listserv's level of privacy and lose the
> benefits of having a public blog).
>
> The CASLL list email address or its members could also be set up as a
> subscriber and could automatically receive & distribute blog posts as
> they are posted.
>
> As an optional, additional form of distribution for a public blog
> newsletter, setting up a Facebook "Page" (different from a Facebook
> "Group") with an automatic Blog feed that mirrors the blog is useful for
> a % of members who are Facebook members and who may prefer to
> view/interact with a blog via Facebook. But this need not be a feature
> of a blog-newsletter.
>
> this email got too long ... So here is the introduction to a public blog
> post that contains the rest of my suggestion:
>
> *"WordPress blogs as organization and association newsletters."*
>
> A functional option today for an organization's newsletter is to set
> up a free public blog on http://wordpress.com/ or to host a
> WordPress blog on your own website (if you have one, or may
> eventually have one).
>
> Blogs are quite professional nowadays (no longer merely online
> diaries). They are respectable forums for academic associations. The
> Rhetoric Society of America has a blog (The Blogora) at
> http://rsa.cwrl.utexas.edu/
>
> Blogs are even used by many nonprofit organizations as the basis for
> free websites. See this example of a website -- the Trent Centre for
> Community-based Education http://www.trentcentre.ca/ -- you wouldn't
> even know it's based on WordPress software unless you scroll down to
> the very bottom and see the notice "proudly powered by WordPress."
>
> The rest of the post explains how it can work for your association,
> why WordPress is a good choice, and how it can be used to
> automatically distribute content to members who may prefer to browse
> its content or stay up to date via Facebook or other social media
> platforms rather than (or in addition to) an email subscription to
> your blog.
>
> Read more at http://edurhetor.wordpress.com/
>
> Tania Smith
>
>
> On 08/06/2011 6:47 PM, Margaret Procter wrote:
> > I'm with you on boycotting FB for public purposes too, I'm afraid.
> > When I volunteered to be newsletter editor, I was thinking of a simple
> > HTML display that could go on the Inkshed website, with a PDF version
> > also given for people to print out if they prefer to read that way.
> >
> > The biggest need of the newsletter is of course content! I am inclined
> > to kidnap (but I'll ask nicely) Susan Drain's minutes from the meeting
> > in Fredericton as a first item. Anybody else want to write up a note
> > summarizing or responding to a topic discussed there? As someone who
> > had to miss the afternoon session to catch a plane, I'd be interested
> > in knowing more and maybe extending those discussions.
> >
> > Margaret
> >
> >
> >
> >
> > On 08/06/2011 8:11 PM, Tyler Evans-Tokaryk wrote:
> >> Add my name to the list of those reluctant to use FB for CASLL
> >> communication.
> >>
> >> Dr. Tyler Evans-Tokaryk
> >> Lecturer, RGASC
> >> University of Toronto Mississauga
> >> --Please excuse the brevity; this message was sent from my BlackBerry.
> >>
> >> ------------------------------------------------------------------------
> >> *From: * Betsy Sargent <[log in to unmask]>
> >> *Sender: * "casll-l: Canadian Association for the Study of Language
> >> and Learning (Inkshed)" <[log in to unmask]>
> >> *Date: *Wed, 8 Jun 2011 14:50:50 -0400
> >> *To: *[log in to unmask]<[log in to unmask]>
> >> *ReplyTo: * "casll-l: Canadian Association for the Study of Language
> >> and Learning (Inkshed)" <[log in to unmask]>
> >> *Subject: *Re: Facebook Group: Newsletter Site
> >>
> >> I'm with Russ and Susan on this one--my privacy settings on Facebook
> >> are the highest possible and I use it only for family.
> >> Betsy
> >>
> >> At 12:34 PM 6/8/2011, Russ Hunt wrote:
> >>> I've drawn a ring of fire around my Facebook site: only my immediate
> >>> family are allowed in. So I'm with Susan. I'm not clear what the
> >>> advantages of using FB for a newsletter would be.-- Russ
> >>>
> >>> Sent wirelessly from my BlackBerry device on the Bell network.Envoyé
> >>> sans fil par mon terminal mobile BlackBerry sur le réseau de Bell.
> >>> *From: *[log in to unmask]
> >>> *Sender: *"casll-l: Canadian Association for the Study of Language
> >>> and Learning (Inkshed)" <[log in to unmask]>
> >>> *Date: *Wed, 8 Jun 2011 18:23:53 +0000
> >>> *To: *<[log in to unmask]>
> >>> *ReplyTo: *[log in to unmask]
> >>> *Subject: *Re: Facebook Group: Newsletter Site
> >>> I quit Facebook four years ago: if we use it for the newsletter,
> >>> please let's have another medium too.Susan
> >>>
> >>> Sent wirelessly from my BlackBerry device on the Bell network.Envoyé
> >>> sans fil par mon terminal mobile BlackBerry sur le réseau de Bell.
> >>> *From: *Michael Ryan <[log in to unmask]>
> >>> *Sender: *"casll-l: Canadian Association for the Study of Language
> >>> and Learning (Inkshed)" <[log in to unmask]>
> >>> *Date: *Wed, 8 Jun 2011 13:59:27 -0400
> >>> *To: *<[log in to unmask]>
> >>> *ReplyTo: *"casll-l: Canadian Association for the Study of Language
> >>> and Learning (Inkshed)" <[log in to unmask]>
> >>> *Subject: *Facebook Group: Newsletter Site
> >>> Dear All:
> >>>
> >>> I mentioned that I have created [June 2009] a "group" on
> >>> Facebook - called - INKSHED. It was meant to hold the name.
> >>> However, there are some imitators. Roger Graves has suggested this
> >>> could be a site for the newsletter.
> >>>
> >>> To all who are members of CASLL and FB, I suggest you join. It
> >>> is free and supposedly painless.
> >>>
> >>> Best regards,
> >>>
> >>>
> >>> Michael J. Ryan
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> >>> command to [log in to unmask] or, if you experience difficulties,
> >>> write to Russ Hunt at [log in to unmask]
> >>>
> >>> To view or search the list archives, go to
> >>> https://listserv.utoronto.ca/cgi-bin/wa?A0=CASLL-L -=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-
> >>
> >> 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
> >> CANADA
> >> (780) 492-0457 (office)
> >> Humanities Centre 3-79
> >> [log in to unmask]
> >> www.dhlsna.com
> >> <http://www.dhlsna.com/>http://www.sargent.nelson.com/
> >> http://www.writing.ualberta.ca
> >> <http://www.writing.ualberta.ca/>http://www.writing.ualberta.ca/WAWN.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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> >>
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> >
>
> --
> Dr. Tania Smith
> Communication& Culture
> University of Calgary
> 2500 University Dr. NW
> Calgary, AB T2N 1N4
> Office: 403-220-7774
> SS326 (Social Sciences Tower)
> http://people.ucalgary.ca/~smit
> blog: www.edurhetor.wordpress.com
>
>
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Department of English
St. Thomas University
http://www.stu.ca/~hunt/
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