[CBW_Exec] Thanks and additional request for help (cut! To 5000 from 7075!)

Fri May 8 12:04:42 CDT 2009

Hi everyone,

I just spoke to Shannon to confirm.  I'm happy to take on the revision and
final submission.

Peace and good weekend,

Susan

On Fri, May 8, 2009 at 12:50 PM, Shannon Carter <
Shannon_Carter at tamu-commerce.edu> wrote:

>  Hi, all--
>
> I just spoke with Hannah and want to thank her for taking care of just
> about *EVERYTHING* on this important proposal before life intervened a
> couple days ago. We spoke several times about plans, but for me it was April
> that forced me out of pocket with multiple trips back and forth between
> Corpus and Dallas (about a nine hour drive, 16 round trip, x3 last month!)
>
> Hannah drafted the proposal, contacted all of you, got it into the system,
> and everything else commendable and necessary with no help from me. SO
> grateful for that, as I’ve been struggling to catch up and against the pain
> of a recent loss. And other midnight publication deadline, which you’ll hear
> about in a moment.
>
> So THANKS, Hannah! We’ll take it from here.
>
> Of course we are at the deadline, and it looks like I’ll need your help to
> complete the process.
>
> FIRST and foremost: We have FAR too many characters in this draft. We get
> 5000 characters.
>
> *We have 7075!
>
> HELP!!!!!!
> *
> I am SO sorry, but I absolutely cannot cut that to size. Can one or more of
> you get in and hack away? There is no possible way I can do this. Cutting is
> my absolutely weakness and, on top of everything else associated with life
> and the day job, CCC gave me less than seven days to cut 12 pages from an
> article accepted (“as is”!) in 2006. Just about every minute of that time
> span is already spent, and though I’ve been looking for potential cuts in
> every tiny spare moment I’ve had since I learned of the need for such cuts
> I’m only just this minute finding places that might possibly go. (BTW: Her
> hands are tied, as well. Darn reality of budget cuts and last minute
> decisions at levels beyond the editor’s control. Life happens, doesn’t it?)
>
> *Help?
> *
> Also:
>
>    1. SIG: I’ll add the SIG in the system under Hannah’s credentials.
>    Please take a look and let me know if you see any problems with it.
>    2. Workshop: (a) need names for “Discussion Leaders” in a couple of
>    instances. If you are listed as a facilitator but your name does not appear
>    in the prose of the workshop prose itself, please add your name as
>    “Discussion Leader” somewhere in the proposal. If we have anyone listed in
>    one place but not the other, reviewers will count it against us. (b) need
>    names for the National Database presentation (Deborah and Rebecca: would you
>    check on that portion of the abstract?), ( C ) CUT!!!!!!
>
>
> We can include the longer proposal at our website  (and maybe the blog?).
>  Website concern still being addressed. Soon. Very soon.
>
> On the rest: I REALLY need your help!
>
> If you can help, please email all of us here so we know who is doing what
> and don’t get ourselves too tangled up, then get into the system to make
> those cuts directly.
>
> http://www1.ncte.org/cccc/proposals/
>
> username: hashley
> password: cbw2010
>
> I tried to revise the last section and added another several words to the
> end, which is when the system jumped in and said no way.
>
> If we can find space for any of this, it might be useful. But probably not.
> As I said, I’m an adder not a cutter. Sigh. We had a hell of a time getting
> the proposal down to size last year. Whew.
>
> See what you think. ..
> ---------
> Hannah Ashley and Shannon Carter, Large group:  Revisiting: What does basic
> writing stand for? How do we get that into the world? How might
> multimodality help basic writing practitioners, students, and the discipline
> itself get the word out regarding who we are and what we stand for?
>
> In addition the workshops ongoing goals to promote best practices in basic
> writing, CBW 2010 has two key objectives:
> (1) The day's presentations and activities should yield a strong
> infrastructure, contacts, and ideas for acting locally and nationally on
> behalf of basic writing and students called "basic writers" and
> (2)  lead to a revised Social Justice Policy Statement, which CBW
> membership will present to CCCC in hopes of ratification.
>
>
>
>
>
>
> On 5/8/09 9:36 AM, "Ashley, Hannah" <HAshley at wcupa.edu> wrote:
>
> Kathleen--Please do feel free to add yourself as a facilitator in one of
> the interactive pieces/small group pieces and post your info.  There is
> room.
>
> Thanks everyone for doing the update.
>
> SHANNON--Did you do SIG stuff?  Is it under my sign-in or what?  I can
> check but things remain a mess here.  I am starting to dread Mays.
>
> Hannah Ashley, Ph. D.
> Associate Professor, Composition and Rhetoric Program, Department of
> English
> Director, Writing Zones 12.5 (www.wcupa.edu/writingzones <
> http://www.wcupa.edu/writingzones> )
> 551 Main Hall, West Chester University
> 610-738-0499, hashley at wcupa.edu
> "If you're not terrified when you are writing, you're writing about the
> wrong things."  --Dorothy Alison--
>
> ------------------------------
> *From:* cbw_exec-bounces at tamu-commerce.edu on behalf of Kathleen Baca
> *Sent:* Thu 5/7/2009 6:24 PM
> *To:* Conference of Basic Writing Executive Board
> *Cc:* Ashley, Hannah
> *Subject:* Re: [CBW_Exec] FW: 2010 CCCC Proposal Submission - Profile
> Username and Password
>
> Shannon and Hannah, thanks for the updates, and especially for putting
> together what will be a great precon.
>
> I would like to be listed as a facilitator, if possible, but I didn't add
> myself since you said there was limited space and because I was listed
> last year. So, if there is room, I can add myself or you can add me with
> the info below (or the info from last year), and if there is not room, I
> won't be on the program.  Thanks.
>
> Happy grading and life to all.  kb
>
> > Apologies if you are seeing this for a second time in just a handful of
> > minutes.
> >
> > I got a strange message from the listserver and am not sure that Hannah’s
> > important message actually got through.
> >
> > Just in case--
> > --
> > 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 <http://www.shannoncarter.net/>
> >
> > ------ Forwarded Message
> > From: "Ashley, Hannah" <HAshley at wcupa.edu>
> > Date: Thu, 7 May 2009 12:42:47 -0400
> > To: <cbw_exec-bounces at tamu-commerce.edu>,
> > <Shannon_Carter at tamu-commerce.edu>
> > Cc: <Steve.Lamos at Colorado.EDU>, <kinloch.2 at osu.edu>
> > Subject: FW: 2010 CCCC Proposal Submission - Profile Username and
> Password
> >
> > VERY IMPORTANT!!!  Please excuse the rush and informality--things in my
> > home
> > life have been a disaster; no need to go into detail.
> >
> >
> > I have pulled together, as best I could given what folks sent me and
> space
> > constraints, our CBW proposal.  I am out of time today, and I need your
> > help!  It is due midnight, Friday, in final form.  See below for getting
> > in
> > to the system.
> >
> > I need everyone to either add yourself as a speaker (Deborah, Rebecca,
> > Bill,
> > Sugie, Susan) or a facilitator (Greg, Marcia) or to check and add to your
> > contact info, if I started your profile (Shannon, Valerie, Steve, Peter?)
> >
> > Please do this TODAY.  If you are not listed on the program, you are not
> > listed on the program, and I don't have everyone's stuff!
> >
> > Hannah
> >
> > Shannon--I didn't deal with the SIG.  Will call you about that.  We need
> > to
> > submit for that right, ASAP?
> >
> > Hannah Ashley, Ph. D.
> > Associate Professor, Composition and Rhetoric Program, Department of
> > English
> > Director, Writing Zones 12.5 (www.wcupa.edu/writingzones
> > <http://www.wcupa.edu/writingzones> )
> > 551 Main Hall, West Chester University
> > 610-738-0499, hashley at wcupa.edu
> > "If you're not terrified when you are writing, you're writing about the
> > wrong things."  --Dorothy Alison--
> >
> >
> > From: cccc at ncte.org [mailto:cccc at ncte.org <cccc at ncte.org>]
> > Sent: Thu 5/7/2009 11:23 AM
> > To: Ashley, Hannah
> > Subject: 2010 CCCC Proposal Submission - Profile Username and Password
> >
> > Thank you for joining the online submission process for the 2010 CCCC
> > Convention in Louisville. Your username and password are listed below.
> > Please keep this information for your records. You will need this
> > information if you wish to return to your proposal to make any changes or
> > revisions before the final deadline on May 8, 2009.
> >
> > Your user name is: hashley
> > Your password is: cbw2010
> >
> > You can login at the link below with your username and password to
> create,
> > view, edit, or delete your proposal submissions. You can also modify your
> > username and password.
> >
> > http://www1.ncte.org/cccc/proposals
> >
> > If you have questions about your CCCC proposal submission, please contact
> > us
> > by using our online form at http://www.ncte.org/contact. After you have
> > filled in the requested information, please choose Convention for the
> > appropriate department to receive your inquiry.
> >
> > For additional information about CCCC (i.e., featured information, ideas
> > and
> > strategies, meetings and professional opportunities, and leadership
> > opportunities) please visit the CCCC Web page at
> http://www.ncte.org/cccc.
> >
> > Thanks,
> > The CCCC Convention Planning Team
> >
> >
> > ------ End of Forwarded Message
> >
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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
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> --
> 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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