[CBW_Exec] FW: Changes to CBW page

Thu Mar 26 13:32:17 CDT 2009

Sorry, Liz. I must have too many conversations in front of me. I'm confusing
myself, too! 

Yes, I like the idea of your putting the Editorial Board for BWe at the blog
as well. 

Thanks!

On 3/26/09 1:28 PM, "J. Elizabeth Clark" <lclark at lagcc.cuny.edu> wrote:

> Hi Shannon--

Sorry, not following you!  What idea do you like?  Is there
> something
else you want me to do?  Are you saying I should be the editorial
> board
on?  Just trying to follow all of the comments!  Let me know.

Here's
> what I've done:  changed BWe to Basic Writing e-journal (the
tag), added
> Kelly, added the mission/information from the "about us"
page that you
> (Shannon) e-mailed the group yesterday.  What else should
I do before we
> "announce"?

I'm glad you like it.  I think it's going to be a good resource!
> It's
also very, very easy to update--so no worries!

Liz

J. Elizabeth Clark,
> Ph.D.
Professor of English 
LaGuardia Community College--CUNY
e-mail:
> lclark at lagcc.cuny.edu
Phone: 718.482.5665 

>>> Shannon Carter
> <Shannon_Carter at tamu-commerce.edu> Thursday, March
26, 2009 1:42 PM >>>
I like
> that idea, Liz. It is a tiny bit buried in the current
configuration
of the
> website and I don't quite know a good solution to that. One
great one
would be
> to repeat it at the blog.

Regarding whether it should be separate page or
> not: whatever you
think. I'm
game!

Also: once you have it configured in
> response to these suggestions and
whatever else you think it needs, what do
> you think about announcing
this
great resource to our various lists?

Perhaps
> even with an echoing of the call for new membership that Kelly
put
out after
> CCCCs? 

We keep rolling this fabulous stuff in front of everyone we are
> bound
to
force that productive visibility within the CCCC (and outside) that
> we
were
talking about. 

Thanks, 
Shannon

On 3/26/09 12:36 PM, "J.
> Elizabeth Clark" <lclark at lagcc.cuny.edu>
wrote:

> Hi,

I updated the
> mission/about us information.  I didn't put the
> editorial
board information
> on.  Should I?  If so, should I make it a
> separate
page?  What do you
> think?

Liz

J. Elizabeth Clark, Ph.D.
Professor
> of English 
LaGuardia
> Community College--CUNY
e-mail:
> lclark at lagcc.cuny.edu 
Phone: 718.482.5665
> 

>>> Shannon Carter
> <Shannon_Carter at tamu-commerce.edu> Thursday, March
26,
> 2009 12:50 AM >>>
Hi,
> all--

Liz: I LOVE the blog! It looks wonderful and it
> really is so easy
> to
navigate. Loaded with fabulous information. Thank you
> SO much
> for
doing
this! What a great service to the organization.

 Got my
> butt in
> gear to get revision suggestions to Sylwester (for the
website). I
> see these
> two spaces as working together already, but I¹d
love
for us to
> chat some over
> the coming about how to make the best use
> of
the
relationship. I¹m new to
> blogs and totally excited about Œem now!
> But
still
pretty ignorant
> there.

All: I¹m sharing the changes I sent to
> Sylwester to be added to
> the
CBW
pages, and I suspect those will be ready in
> the next couple of
> weeks.
Any
other updates/suggestions would be
> appreciated.

I¹m thinking it
> might be quite useful to duplicate some of the
> info at
the
blog. What do you
> think, Liz? Are these additions others can
> help with?
I¹m
so new to all this.
> Changes to the website are cumbersome, so
> changes
are
often a little slower.
> Quick with blogs, right Liz?

On the CBW
> Workshop: Hannah and I are visiting
> soon and will begin
sharing a
flurry of
> drafts with you again in the next
> couple of weeks.

Thanks!
Shannon

--
> 
Shannon Carter, PhD
Associate Professor
> of English
Department of Literature
> and Languages
Texas A&M
> University-Commerce
Commerce, Texas
>
> 75429-3011
Shannon_Carter at tamu-commerce.edu 
>
> 
http://faculty.tamu-commerce.edu/scarter/ 
http://www.shannoncarter.net 
>
> 

------ Forwarded Message
From: Shannon Carter
>
> <Shannon_Carter at tamu-commerce.edu>
Date: Wed, 25 Mar 2009 23:41:40 -0500
To:
>
> Sylwester Zabielski <sylwesterz at me.com>
Conversation: Changes to CBW
>
> page
Subject: Changes to CBW page

Hi, Sylwester--

Can you make a few
> changes
> to the CBW pages? I know you have a couple
other
projects in front
> of this,
> but perhaps first thing after we return from
the
South Central
> Writing Centers
> Association conference next week?

1. Changes to
>
> http://orgs.tamu-commerce.edu/cbw/Contact.html 

A. At top of page. change
>
> ³Contact Information² to ³CBW Executive
Board²
B. Add Kelly Ritter to our
>
> Executive Board

>> Kelly Ritter (Chair, Membership Committee)
>> Director
> of
> Composition Program
>> Associate Professor of English
>> University of
> North
> Carolina-Greensboro
>> karitter at uncg.edu 

2. Changes to ³Editorial
> Board
> Members² 
> (
http://orgs.tamu-commerce.edu/CBW/BWE_-_Board_Members.html)

(I¹ve
>
> attached several changes representing the new configuration of
our
editorial
>
> board; see ³editorial board²)

3. Changes to Home Page
>
> (http://orgs.tamu-commerce.edu/CBW)
A. To ³News²

   * Visit the new
>
> Conference on Basic Writing Blog!

[add link  http://cbwblog.wordpress.com/
> 
> ]

    *New publication opportunities at BWe

[add link to
>
> http://orgs.tamu-commerce.edu/BWe/Issue_8.1.html)

    *BWe welcomes new
>
> Associate Editors!
[add link to (revised) Editorial Board page
>
> at
http://orgs.tamu-commerce.edu/CBW/BWE_-_Board_Members.html)

B. to Awards
>
> (no changes needed)
C. to ³Events² 

Revise to say 
*³Join us for the 2010
> CBW
> Workshop in Louisville, KY, next March²
*²Join us for the 2010 CBW
> Special
> Interest Group in March²

For now, link both to
> http://www.ncte.org/cccc/ 

We
> are working on proposals for both now, so
> those will be ready by May
and
we
> can post the new proposals there (and/or
> at the blog?)

4. Changes to
>
> http://orgs.tamu-commerce.edu/cbw/Membership.html (see
attached for revised
>
> text, called ³Membership²)

5. Search terms
You might want to work with
>
> Michael on this, though I can show you how
to
get into the code and monkey
>
> with this. (Okay, I can¹t. I¹m looking at
the
code now and I don¹t know
> where
> the labels go. Liz?

Here¹s the problem: When you google ³Journal of
> Basic
> Writing² or 
³BWe²
(etc), our pages don¹t come up. We need to fix
> that. Google
> ³Conference
on
Basic Writing² and you get our page now. But
> folks need to be
> able to
find
our publications too.

Thanks,
> Sylwester!

--Shannon

Shannon
> Carter, PhD
Associate Professor of
> English
Department of Literature and
> Languages
Texas A&M
> University-Commerce
Commerce, Texas
>
> 75429-3011
Shannon_Carter at tamu-commerce.edu 
>
> 
http://faculty.tamu-commerce.edu/scarter/ 
http://www.shannoncarter.net 
>
> 

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> Carter, PhD
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Department of Literature and
> Languages
Texas A&M University-Commerce
Commerce, Texas
> 75429-3011
Shannon_Carter at tamu-commerce.edu
> 
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http://www.shannoncarter.net
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Department of Literature and Languages
Texas A&M University-Commerce
Commerce, Texas 75429-3011
Shannon_Carter at tamu-commerce.edu
http://faculty.tamu-commerce.edu/scarter/
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