[CBW_Exec] cbw board minutes

[Kathleen Baca]

The list may not like the attachment I just sent of the minutes, so I'm copying 
them here, which obviously will not be great in terms of formatting.  Hopefully 
the attached version will arrive to you all soon, since it will be much easier 
to read.  

Please read the minutes with care, and 
please send me corrections, especially to the "actions/tasks" which you will 
find under each agenda item.   

Once we've approved these, especially the work we've agreed to do in the coming 
months, then we'll attack the bylaws and our social 
justice policy statement, and very soon, the precon submission and SIG 
submission. 

Thank you all for the excellent discussion of issues and possibilities thus 
far, and thank you, Shannon, for creating this vehicle for ease of 
communication.  kb 

Conference on Basic Writing Executive Board Minutes
Thursday, March 22, 2007
10:00 a.m. - 12:00 noon
New York Hilton (outside Exhibit Hall)

•	Welcome/Good News 
Sharing around the table—active board with positive results: Bill’s book has 
been published, Sugie continues success with integration of reading and 
writing, Sarah is collaborating with other departments at her university, 
Peter’s CC is mainstreaming some BW into FYC, Hannah received tenure, Alan’s 
Reading and Writing Program has pass rates up, Karen Uehling (past board member 
and guest to bring up issue today) shared that Tom Peele received tenure and 
her university is implementing a stretch program, Marcia says that no bad news 
is good news, Greg’s university is hiring and he has a text in publication, 
Susan announced that the 3rd ed of Teaching Developmental Writing is available, 
and she has an article accepted for publication in Journal of Basic Writing, 
Kathleen is finishing up a year of sabbatical.  Shannon and Barbara arrived 
just after this.  


•	Additions/Changes to Agenda
Karen (guest) asked that we consider posting CBW-L survey results, book 
suggestions, etc. on COMP FAQ, and that credit for BW courses be supported by 
CBW.

Actions/Tasks:  This item was discussed under BWe and the social justice 
policy; see below.

Greg asked that we consider an award for Bedford St. Martin’s at next year’s 
SIG.

Actions/Tasks:  Board agreed to discuss this further and plan it for 2008.

Bill suggested highlighting scholarly work, possibly through a CBW “exemplar 
award.”

Actions/Tasks:  Was there an action plan?

Alan suggested that we encourage roundtable format, with choice of subjects, 
for next year’s precon

Actions/Tasks:  This was discussed under the precon, and it will be mentioned 
to the presenters as a successful workshop format, but will not be required.


•	Updates in contact information

Kathleen A. Baca (co-chair)
Doña Ana Community College
English and Communication Dept.
MSC 3DA, PO Box 30001
Las Cruces, NM 88003
505-527-7626
kbaca at nmsu.edu 
	Susan Naomi Bernstein (co-chair)
University of Cincinnati 
College of Applied Science, Center for Access and Transition 
P.O. Box 210205 
Cincinnati, Ohio 45221-0205
513-556-1687
Susan.Bernstein at uc.edu

Peter Adams  PAdams2 at ccbcmd.edu
Community College Baltimore County 
7201 Rossville Boulevard 
Baltimore, MD 21224 
410-780-6513  

Hannah Ashley  hashley at wcupa.edu
West Chester University
Department of English 
551 Main Hall, West Chester University 
West Chester, PA  19383
610-738-0499

Shannon Carter  Shannon_Carter at TAMU-Commerce.edu
Texas A&M University-Commerce 
PO Box 3011 
Commerce, Texas  75428 
903-886-5492  

Greg Glau  gglau at asu.edu
Arizona State University
Director of Writing Programs
Department of English – 0302
Tempe, AZ 85287-0302
480-965-3898 

Barbara Gleason   GlsnBarb at aol.com
City College of New York 
English Department  
138th St. at Convent Ave.   
New York, NY 10031 
212-650-6329

Sugie Goen-Salter  sgoen at sfsu.edu
San Francisco State University 
1600 Holloway Ave 
San Francisco, CA 94132 
415-338-7031

Sarah Kirk  afsjk at uaa.alaka.edu 
University of Alaska Anchorage
Coordinator of Basic Writing
3211 Providence Dr. ,  BMH 121A
Anchorage, AK 99508
907-786-6851

William B. Lalicker   wlalicker at wcupa.edu
West Chester University 
Dept. of English, West Chester University 
West Chester, PA 19383-2124 
610-436-2268

Alan Meyers  ameyers at ccc.edu
Harry S Truman College
Chair Communications Department and Director of Assessment 
1145 W. Wilson Avenue 
Chicago, IL 60601 
773-907-4438


Marcia Ribble  ribbleml at UCMAIL.UC.EDU
University of Cincinnati
4412 French Hall West ML0205 
Cincinnati OH 45221 
513-556-5360

Laura Gray-Rosendale (absent)
Northern Arizona University 
Box 6032 
Flagstaff, AZ 86011-6032 
928-523-0956 
Laura.Gray-Rosendale at NAU.EDU

Tom Reynolds (absent)
270 Appleby Hall
128 Pleasant St. SE
University of Minnesota
Minneapolis, Minnesota 55455 
612-626-0065
reyno004 at umn.edu


•	Board Issues
o	Membership - Susan and Kathleen brought up issues of new members on the 
board and increasing our diversity, and the by-laws issue of nonparticipating 
members.  There was discussion of an email to CC’s soliciting CBW membership, 
and TYCA and WPA, and question of having a CBW person/officer in charge of 
recruiting/membership.  Can there be a link on BWe to membership?  Can BWe 
include a list of coming events, or could that be a monthly posting on the CBW 
list-serv?  Discussion of reaching out to possible board members with potential 
funding.

Actions/Tasks:  Shannon offered to set up a listserv for the CBW board to 
facilitate discussion and ease of communication.  Kathleen offered to post 
board minutes and updated contact info on it.  Peter will be ready to approach 
Bedford St. Martin and possibly other publishers to sponsor people to come to 
CCCC, after further discussion by the board.

o	Board Bylaws – Kathleen outlined reasons for changing the by-laws and 
the major changes, including selecting co-chairs in advance, adding position of 
past-chairs, and new board duties.  

Actions/Tasks:  The board approved the by-laws in general and will work on 
wording and additional changes in the coming months, via the board listserv. 

o	Budget – Greg announced that there is $1,937 in the account.  

•	Awards 
o	Innovation Award – Greg announced that this year’s two awardees will 
speak at the SIG, and that we need a board member to serve on the committee 
with Greg and Linda Adler-Kassner; Susanmarie Harrington is going off the 
committee.  

Actions/Tasks:  Sugie will join Greg on the selection committee for the Inny 
for 2008.

o	Fellowship – Shannon seconded Susan’s suggestion that the committee do 
online coaching/mentoring to improve the quality of the applications.  There 
was discussion of revising the criteria/procedures.

Actions/Tasks:  Shannon will continue to chair this committee, and Hannah, 
Barbara, Alan, Peter, and Sarah will also serve, revising materials as needed 
and reviewing applications and mentoring/providing online coaching.  

•	BWe – Susan had a handout calling for submissions for the Fall 2007 
issue.  Discussion of the differences between BWe and JBW.  All board members 
will be reviewers (see bylaws) and they will be blind reviews.  Formatting 
and “housing” issues  will be handled by Shannon and Greg.  Hannah had a 
handout with current and possible links to BWe.   Discuss of how to best make 
information on basic writing accessible.  Could there be a discussion of 
assignments and syllabi in BWe?  Would that be a good place for that?
 
Actions/Tasks:  Hannah and Greg will work on links to BWe through JBW (as 
outlined in Hannah’s handout).  Hannah will work on links to BWe through the 
Basic Writing Portal and ERIC.  Shannon will add an entry for BWe in 
Wikipedia.  Who???? was going to put BWe info on CompFAQ?  Susan will ask, on 
the CBW board listserv, for interests/expertise of board members.  BWe will 
follow CCC guidelines for student submissions (articles with student work).  

•	Basic Writing social justice policy – Susan presented a handout with 
the draft of a Basic Writing and Social Justice Policy.  Lengthy and animated 
discussion followed: should we do a survey on CBW-L about the state of BW in 
each state, what are state laws on BW, how is financial aid affected by BW 
coursework, is BW coursework counted as a credit, elective or toward 
graduation, PELL grants, TANF, should Alan come up with a list of questions to 
be sent to Susan and eventually to go on the CBW-L, would we agree to this 
statement “No institution of higher education shall charge for any course for 
which graduation credit is not awarded,” what are students rights to their own 
language, could Lynn Troyka’s grad students gather data, should we propose the 
position statement on Susan’s handout or some version of it.

Actions/Tasks:  Board will further discuss this issue via the newly created CBW 
exec listserv, and all agreed that this is of vital importance.  Bill will 
speak to Juanita ?????  Barbara will talk with Lynn Troyka.  


•	CCCC 2008 New Orleans 
o	Discussion of Thursday or Friday requests for CBW SIG – Barbara has a 
conflict with the Thurdsay SIG; Susan worries that many people will not have 
funding to stay through Friday so suggests a Thursday SIG.

Actions/Tasks:  Kathleen will request more discussion from the board on when to 
request the CBW SIG and will apply for Thursday or Friday based on the outcome.

o	Susan said that the two Inny 2007 award winners have been asked by Greg 
about presenting for the CBW Preconference, and one for sure wants to, and the 
other one hopes to be able to.  She has also contacted the New Orleans Writing 
Project people, and there is initial interest in presenting.

Actions/Tasks:  Susan and Kathleen will continue the contact and will apply for 
the CBW Preconference 2008.


•	SIG 2007 agenda - Susan and Kathleen said that Greg will present the 
Innovation Awards and Shannon will present the Fellowship; each awardee will 
give a brief presentation.  We will also brainstorm possibilities for proposal 
topics for CCCC 2008 and encourage more BW proposals, and there will be info on 
submitting BWe articles and on the CBW-L.


Kathleen A. Baca
Doña Ana Community College
MSC 3DA, PO Box 30001
Las Cruces, NM 88003
505.527.7626
kbaca at nmsu.edu