[CBW_Exec] CBW EXEC BOARD April 3, 9 a.m. in New Orleans

[Kathleen Baca]

I forgot one other thing Susan and I discussed.  In addition to reviewing
one or more BW sessions for BWe, we request that you also review a portion
of the CBW preconference for BWe.

Going down the list of members who I think will be there, we have

Peter
Hannah
Greg
Alan
Bill
Sugie

Please let me know if others of you WILL be at the precon, and if you are
listed above and will NOT be there.

We have a full morning with
Writing after “the Storm”:  The Changing Realities of Teachers and
Students of Basic Writing after a Traumatic Event - Teachers affiliated
with the Greater New Orleans Writing Project
and then three shorter sessions in the afternoon:
First-year Experiences Changed through Peer Facilitated Writing Tutorials,
Learning Literacy by Studying Literacy, and
Creating a National Database about Basic Writing Programs, Students, and
Faculty

If each attending board member could do one review, we could advertise our
preconference and share what we learned this year.  Please volunteer, so I
don't have to draft you. I shudder to even say that word, so please,
please do volunteer!

Thanks, and again, see you soon.  Sarah and Barbara, we'll miss you.  kb

> Greetings, everyone, from windy New York City.
>
> I write with a gentle reminder about our Executive Board Meeting on
> Thursday April 3 @ 9  a.m. at CCCC in New Orleans.  Let's meet outside
> of the CBW workshop room at 9 and then find a nook or cranny close by
> conducive to serious and fruitful business.
>
> And now, the following items for your consideration:
>
> 1) Please RSVP for the meeting!!!!
>
> 2) Please send agenda items to Kathleen and me ASAP.
>
> 3) Please note that Barbara Gleason and Sarah Kirk are on hiatus this
> year, but are planning to join us for the 2009 meeting in San
> Francisco,  Congratulations to Sarah and her spouse Shannon Gramse on
> the birth of their daughter Frances Scout Gramse in January!
>
> 4) Please, please note the following CFP for BWe.  I've already sent
> it to the CBW list.  Would you also circulate it to other lists that
> you are on?  Also-- PLEASE consider writing a review yourself.
>
> 5) Anything I'm leaving out or forgetting?  Let me know!
>
> Safe travels and warm wishes,
>
> Susan
>
> CFP for Basic Writing Electronic Journal
> Last year CBW co-chair Kathleen Baca and I attended a dynamite session on
> Mina
> Shaunessy's legacy at CUNY, now featured in the current issue of the
> Journal of Basic Writing.  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 implement this approach for CCCC
> 2008.
> So we'd like to propose that conference attendees write a review  of
> at least one Basic Writing-related session.  We plan to publish these
> reviews in a forthcoming issue of BWe.
>
> Reviews should be 500-700 words long and should be sent to Susan Naomi
> Bernstein at sbernstein at lagcc.cuny.edu by June 15, 2008.
>
> To find a session of interest to you, please complete the following steps:
>
> --Read through the sessions in this brochure and/or the CCCC program.
>
> --Find a session that you would like to attend. 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. The session you
> attend should be BW-focused or should focus on a related category,
> such as urban education, innovative pedagogy, education for social
> justice, ESL learners, learners who are differently abled, and so on.
>
> -- Please send submissions by June 15, 2008 to Susan Naomi Bernstein
> at  sbernstein at lagcc.cuny.edu .
>
> --Please feel free to email me in advance if you have questions or
> concerns or would like to suggest a session to attend.
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Kathleen A. Baca
English and Communication Department
Doña Ana Community College
MSC 3DA
PO Box 30001
Las Cruces, NM 88003
575-527-7626
kbaca at nmsu.edu