[CBW_Exec] CCCC 2008: CONFERENCE ON BASIC WRITING:

[Gregory Glau]

Hi, all,
 
I think the WPA breakfast runs longer than 8:00 -- I know that they try to end so people can get to the main opening session, which starts at 9;00 or 9:30, I think -- so 8:00 might be a little early.  If folks don't mind missing the opening session (I don't) then 9:30 might be a better meeting time.
 
Thanks,
 
 
 
gg

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From: cbw_exec-bounces at tamu-commerce.edu on behalf of Susan Bernstein
Sent: Sat 2/2/2008 2:19 PM
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Subject: [CBW_Exec] CCCC 2008: CONFERENCE ON BASIC WRITING:



Greetings everyone!

It's almost that time of year again.  2 months from today we will
reconvene at the CBW workshop in New Orleans.  Kathleen and I will
talk soon to draft an agenda.  Meanwhile here are some items for your
consideration:

1) Executive Board Meeting:  Let's plan a date/time for this meeting
before our dance cards get too full.  I'd like the propose that we
meet at Thursday April 3 at 8 AM.  This date/time will allow folks to
attend the WPA breakfast -- and will help out those of us who won't be
able to stay for Friday or Saturday.

If this time/date doesn't work for you, please suggest another.

2) Last year Kathleen and I attended a dynamite session on Mina
Shaunessy's legacy at CUNY.  I believe it was Mary Soliday who
reminded us that Mina Shaughnessy used to assign her colleagues to
attend CCCC sessions related to Basic Writing so that they could
review together important trends in the field.

Kathleen and I agreed that we wanted to try this strategy for 2008.
So we'd like to propose that each of us on the Executive Board choose
at least one session to attend and to briefly review.  We would like
to publish these reviews in a forthcoming issue of BWe.

To find a session of interest to you, please complete the following steps:

--Go to the CCCC searchable program at http://www.ncte.org/CCCC/program/

--Go to KEY WORD  and type in BASIC WRITING.  You can also go to FOCUS
and scroll down to BASIC WRITING.  However, KEY WORD will yield more
sessions-- and happily there are a lot of them this year.

--Write back to Kathleen and me by February 22 stating which session
you would like to
review.  We'd like to request that you not review your
own presentations (wonderful as those will be!)-- but to choose
something that is perhaps new to you or outside of your area.  This
way we'll be able to cover a good cross section of the interesting
work that our colleagues are doing across the country.

Thanks so much for your continued committment to CBW.  Kathleen and I
look forward to hearing from you soon!

Peace and happy Groundhog Day,

Susan Naomi Bernstein
Co-chair, Conference on Basic Writing
LaGuardia Community College, CUNY

PS For those of you who don't know yet-- due to the confluence of many
serendipitous circumstances-- I am now living and working in Queens, NY.
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