[CBW_Exec] Something to consider before our meeting in Louisville

[Rebecca Mlynarczyk]

That's a very nice idea, Marcia. I'll ask the board's advice/approval on
this idea and will be glad to pass the hat at the SIG if everyone agrees.

Rebecca

On Sat, Mar 13, 2010 at 7:24 PM, Ribble, Marcia (ribbleml) <
ribbleml at ucmail.uc.edu> wrote:

>  Rebecca,
>
> Making sure that all the years of hard work invested in JBW remain
> available online is a project
> most of us would gladly contribute to.  Could we pass the hat at the SIG?
> Or designate a place/
> person to whom contributions could be sent?  Would you be willing to accept
> the responsibility
> of collecting the money, given that you seen to be connected with all the
> main players, Rebecca?
>
> Marcia
>  ------------------------------
> *From:* cbw_exec-bounces at tamu-commerce.edu [
> cbw_exec-bounces at tamu-commerce.edu] On Behalf Of Rebecca Mlynarczyk [
> rebecca.mlynarczyk at gmail.com]
> *Sent:* Saturday, March 13, 2010 8:21 AM
> *To:* Conference of Basic Writing Executive Board
> *Cc:* HopeKCC at aol.com
> *Subject:* [CBW_Exec] Something to consider before our meeting in
> Louisville
>
>   Dear Board Members,
>
> Thank you all for your good wishes on the e-publication of *Basic Writing*by George Otte and me. It's exciting to see the work of many years available
> at last. We are so pleased that the book is available free to anyone who
> wants to read part or all of it.
>
> Meanwhile, I'm writing to ask you to consider another longstanding project
> related to basic writing. For several years, we've been trying to make all
> the past issues of  the *Journal of Basic Writing* available online, open
> access, but we need a small amount of money to hire a tech person to get
> this to actually happen. At the moment, here's where we stand: Mike
> Palmquist of the WAC Clearinghouse has enthusiastically agreed to host the
> archive on their site. A librarian at our college has carefully scanned most
> of these issue into searchable PDFs. But we need to hire a tech person here
> in NYC to work with the Clearinghouse to get this archive up and running. I
> think our wonderful editorial assistant Corey Frost would be able to do this
> in the spring or summer for about $1,000. I don't know what the financial
> situation of CBW is at the moment, but even a partial contribution to this
> end (which would of course be acknowledged on the website) would be a great
> help.
>
> If I recall correctly, Greg is the treasurer, and I'm not sure that Greg
> will be able to attend the meeting. But Greg, if you could find a way to let
> us know the status of the treasury, that would be helpful.
>
> A historical footnote: now that we have changed printers, there are no more
> stored copies of previous issues, so if we don't manage to host these issues
> online, some of them will really be lost; there will be no way for
> composition scholars to access them in the future.
>
> I know how busy you are all, getting ready to leave for Louisville. But
> Shannon thought it would be good to touch base with you before the exec
> board meeting. Any comments or suggestions would be welcome, and then
> perhaps we won't have to spend as much time discussing this at the meeting.
>
> All the best,
>
> Rebecca
>
> Rebecca
>
>
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