Yes, bravo to allI Inkshedders and especially to those early leaders.
Andrea
On Mon, Apr 10, 2017 at 3:10 PM Natasha Artemeva <
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> This is heart-breaking...
>
> Natasha
> --
> Natasha Artemeva, Professor
> School of Linguistics and Language Studies
> Carleton University, Ottawa, ON, Canada K1S 5B6
> Tel. +(613) 520-2600 ext. 7452
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>
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>
> On Apr 10, 2017, at 2:36 PM, Paré, Anthony <[log in to unmask]> wrote:
>
> As a participant at the first Inkshed conference, a regular attendee for
> 13 years in a row, an Inkshed conference organizer (twice), an early *Inkshed
> Newsletter *editor, and a frequent newsletter contributor, this news
> makes me feel sad and nostalgic. The community was absolutely central to my
> development as a teacher and researcher. And, most importantly, as a human
> being; no other scholarly collective in my experience was so welcoming of
> me as a whole person.
>
> But I do reluctantly support the Board’s decision. I think Brock is right
> on in his analysis; all things must pass.
>
> Thanks to Brock, Clare, Kim, J. Barbara, and Dena for steering the ship to
> shore.
>
> Anthony
>
>
>
> From: "casll-l: Canadian Association for the Study of Language and
> Learning (Inkshed)" <[log in to unmask]> on behalf of Brock
> MacDonald <[log in to unmask]>
> Reply-To: "casll-l: Canadian Association for the Study of Language and
> Learning (Inkshed)" <[log in to unmask]>
> Date: Monday, April 10, 2017 at 7:57 AM
> To: "[log in to unmask]" <[log in to unmask]>
> Subject: Farewell to Inkshed
>
> Hi, all.
>
> (I’m sending this message to both the CASLL and CASDW lists, in the hope
> of reaching all former Inkshedders. Apologies for duplications!)
>
> The announcement Roger Graves recently sent out re the latest book from
> Inkshed Publications makes this a timely message . . .
>
> This is the second year in a row without an Inkshed conference. None of
> our efforts to reboot and reinvigorate the conference in the years 2012
> through 2015, though sometimes moderately successful as one-off meetings,
> have generated the collective commitment needed to truly revive Inkshed and
> keep it going. Taking stock of this situation, the CASLL Board of
> Directors has decided that it’s finally time to face the music and accept
> that Inkshed and its parent association aren’t coming back. (Re the
> association, it effectively no longer exists: for several years now there
> have been no paid-up members apart from some of us on the Board and
> Margaret Procter, who manages the Inkshed/CASLL website.)
>
> No doubt there are a number of reasons for this situation: one is the
> growth of CWCA in recent years, based on its great success in bringing
> together the Canadian Writing Centre community; another is the way that
> CASDW has become a big tent association for Canadian writing studies and
> writing pedagogy in general since its metamorphosis from CATTW. Most
> pertinent of all may be the fact that a great many (almost all?) of
> Inkshed’s founding generation of members have retired in recent years: the
> core of the community that once sustained the conference and its parent
> association just isn’t there any more.
>
> I’m sure many of us will feel some sadness about this, remembering how
> significant Inkshed has been in our professional lives. However, although
> the Board has decided that it’s time to shut CASLL down, this isn’t an
> absolute ending. The Board proposes to transfer the remaining funds in the
> CASLL bank account, roughly $7000.00, to Inkshed Publications. Unlike the
> Inkshed conference, Inkshed publications is very much alive: besides the
> recently published *Cross-Border Networks in Writing Studies, *it has two
> more books coming out in the near future, following which it will still
> have sufficient funds to produce perhaps one more. The infusion of the
> funds from CASLL will make possible up to four more books over the next few
> years, following which new funding will be needed, perhaps from CASDW and
> CWCA. According to its Constitution, the purpose of CASLL is "to provide
> a forum and common context for discussion, collaboration, and reflective
> inquiry in discourse and pedagogy in the areas of writing, reading
> (including the reading of literature), rhetoric, and language.” We on the
> CASLL Board feel that devoting the association’s remaining funds to
> supporting Inkshed Publications, the one and only Canadian imprint
> devoted to work in our field, is the best way to ensure that CASLL’s
> dissolution is in keeping with its fundamental purpose.
>
> Regarding the association's online presence: it's currently (and rather
> awkwardly) in two cyber-places, the Inkshed newletter/blog site that
> Margaret maintains (http://www.inkshed.ca/blog/) and the older Inkshed
> site (http://inkshed.ca/), now essentially an archive of material from
> the association’s earlier years. Ideally all the association’s records
> should be brought together on one site, either under the aegis of CASDW or
> as part of an independent Inkshed Publications site (which would be
> effectively a repurposed version of the Inkshed newsletter site, where
> Inkshed Publications currently has its online presence). The key thing is
> that the association’s archive needs to be maintained by an active
> organization to ensure its long-term viability. This will be on the agenda
> for discussion at the CASDW AGM at Congress. As for the CASLL list serve,
> once the association has been dissolved it would be shut down.
>
> I should say something regarding the constitutional aspects of dissolving
> CASLL. The one explicit mention of dissolution procedures in the CASLL
> constitution is a clause that says "In case of dissolution of the
> association, the profits and liabilities of the association will be shared
> equally among all of the paid-up current voting members.” The Board’s plan
> to transfer the association’s remaining funds to Inskhed Publications is in
> effect an agreement among the paid-up current voting members to use
> their “shares” that way, rather than simply cashing out (!!).
>
> As for the decision to dissolve the association, while there is no
> specified procedure for this, the constitution does say that "The Board
> of Directors of the association shall have the responsibility of carrying
> out the management of the association. This responsibility should be
> carried out with the knowledge and cooperation of the membership.” In our
> view, in the absence of any specific clause re dissolution, it clearly
> comes under “management of the association.” As for "the knowledge and
> cooperation of the membership," as I’ve already mentioned, at present the
> membership is effectively non-existent, leaving the Board on its own.
> However, in keeping with the spirit of the constitution, the Board agreed
> that this notice should be sent out: we hope it will reach all former CASLL
> members and prompt some discussion, from which we further hope will emerge
> general agreement in support of the decision we’ve taken.
>
> If there is strong opposition to the Board's decision, those opposed would
> need to take a number of steps to give their opposition effect, starting
> with paying fees in order to become current CASLL members and thus be
> entitled to vote on the Board’s plan. If a sudden flood of membership
> payments materializes, obviously we’ll have to think again! However, we
> sincerely hope that this will not happen — that everyone will agree that
> it’s best to bid CASLL and Inkshed a fond farewell and let them rest in
> peace.
>
> Best wishes,
> Brock
>
> On behalf of the CASLL Board of Directors (membership as of 2016, when we
> met and made this decision): Clare Bermingham, Kim Garwood, J. Barbara
> Rose, and Dena Taylor
>
>
>
> W. Brock MacDonald
> Vice-Principal
> Director, Academic Writing Centre
> Woodsworth College, University of Toronto
> 119 St. George Street
> Toronto, ON M5S-1A9
> (416) 978-0246
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