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I'm curious: is there anyone on-line who would be interested in taking on the job of editing a print newsletter? As Doug points out, it is a labour-intensive task. But, like Doug, I'd like to see us preserve some print forum, since the genre enables some things that electronic text doesn't, or not easily. Anthony. At 01:07 PM 1/12/99 -0700, Doug Brent wrote: >I think that the print newsletter has a place, both for the reasons Russ >cites and as a venue for more semi-formal non-refereed articles. Those >seem to have died off quite a bit since the print newsletter stopped >flourishing, but I think that they do a good job of provoking a slightly >more deliberate set of responses than the quick back-and-forth of e-mail >is likely to do. It is, however, more expensive in terms of labour as >well as postage. I'd like to see it kept but would be understanding if >it folded--we are all stupidly busy these days. >-- >Doug Brent >Co-ordinator, Undergraduate Program in Communications Studies >Associate Dean, Academic Programs and Faculty Affairs >Faculty of General Studies, University of Calgary >(403) 220-5458 >Fax: (403) 282-6716 >http://www.acs.ucalgary.ca/~dabrent > > Anthony Paré Chair Department of Educational Studies Faculty of Education McGill University 3700 McTavish Street Montreal, Quebec H3A 1Y2 514-398-5600