[CBW_Exec] Something to consider before our meeting in Louisville

[Rebecca Mlynarczyk]

That would be great, Bill.

Rebecca

P.S. If others are reading this, please make out all checks to Journal of
Basic Writing.

On Mon, Mar 15, 2010 at 11:58 AM, Lalicker, William <WLalicker at wcupa.edu>wrote:

>  Sign me up for $10—how about a check at CCCC, Rebecca? --Bill
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> William B. Lalicker, Ph.D.
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> Professor of English
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> Director, Composition Program
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> Director, Global Development Collaborative
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> West Chester University of Pennsylvania
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> Main Hall, 720 S. High Street
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> West Chester, PA 19383 USA
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> wlalicker at wcupa.edu; tel. 610.436.2268; fax 610.738.0516
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> *From:* cbw_exec-bounces at tamu-commerce.edu [mailto:
> cbw_exec-bounces at tamu-commerce.edu] *On Behalf Of *Rebecca Mlynarczyk
> *Sent:* Saturday, March 13, 2010 8:22 AM
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> *To:* Conference of Basic Writing Executive Board
> *Cc:* HopeKCC at aol.com
> *Subject:* [CBW_Exec] Something to consider before our meeting in
> Louisville
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> Dear Board Members,
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> 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.
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> 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.
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> 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.
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> 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.
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> 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.
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> All the best,
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> Rebecca
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> Rebecca
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