[CBW_Exec] CBW 2011 Proposal Rankings & question

Tue Sep 7 09:48:07 CDT 2010

Hi Marcia:

I like your idea of having senior scholars (or anyone who has interest)
helping our junior folks write better proposals. I agree that BW is an area
where people don't usually get a lot of help with their scholarship, and
that having better work out there benefits us all.

Sorry if I grossed anyone out with my lice comment/oversharing. I promise I
don't have it myself, for future encounters!

Kelly

On Mon, Sep 6, 2010 at 1:53 PM, Ribble, Marcia (ribbleml) <
ribbleml at ucmail.uc.edu> wrote:

>  Hey, Kelly, hang in there.  I don't know of anyone having head lice last
> forever.  It's a shorter
> time than pregnancy....
>
> I like Kelly's idea, but want to add something, maybe because I'm used to
> thinking in terms of students
> who could improve their writing with a little help. It makes sense to
> select the most excellent proposals
> for presentation, but could we also (I'm thinking of us retired folks here
> who have no children with head
> lice) create a professional writing incubator process to help our junior
> scholars to improve the quality of
> their writing?  Seems to me that this would gradually raise the status of
> our field and our scholars if a
> greater proportion of our folks were sending out publishable quality ms
> because they'd already gone
> through presubmission critiques.  Lots of our BW folks work at institutions
> where they may not have many
> other BW folks to get critiques from, and folks outside our field may be
> willing to help, but not very helpful
> because they're unaware of our expectations.
>
> Marcia
>
>  ------------------------------
> *From:* cbw_exec-bounces at tamu-commerce.edu [
> cbw_exec-bounces at tamu-commerce.edu] On Behalf Of Gregory R Glau [
> Gregory.Glau at nau.edu]
> *Sent:* Monday, September 06, 2010 1:20 PM
>
> *To:* Conference of Basic Writing Executive Board
> *Subject:* Re: [CBW_Exec] CBW 2011 Proposal Rankings & question
>
>   I'm torn and can go either way but I think that Kelly makes a good
> point: fewer, longer discussions is probably better and more useful than
> briefer ones.
>
>  thanks,
>
>
>
>  gg
>
>
>
> ------------------------------------
> Greg Glau
> Associate Professor and Director, University Writing Program
> Northern Arizona University
> PO Box 6032
> Flagstaff, AZ 86001-6032
>   ------------------------------
> *From:* cbw_exec-bounces at tamu-commerce.edu [
> cbw_exec-bounces at tamu-commerce.edu] on behalf of Kelly Ritter [
> karitter at uncg.edu]
> *Sent:* Monday, September 06, 2010 9:40 AM
> *To:* Conference of Basic Writing Executive Board
> *Subject:* Re: [CBW_Exec] CBW 2011 Proposal Rankings & question
>
>  Hi Hannah:
>
> I will first admit that I did not read the proposals. Got a cat who needs a
> zillion day pill regimen and a kid with head lice. And some needy new TAs.
>
> Having said that, my opinion may not be super-valid. But I think fewer
> proposals that have more space and time for discussion might be better than
> including everyone. I say this having been frustrated in recent years by how
> many mediocre proposals get through the Cs review process, and hearing that
> from other attendees as well. We want to balance quality and inclusion; in
> the case of Cs in general, I think we may be leaning too far in the
> direction of inclusion.
>
> If we have 6 really good proposals, to turn the question around, is that
> enough to make for a good workshop? If so, I would probably vote to limit
> and perhaps encourage Norris to submit to BWe, making clear that while her
> proposal wasn't a great fit for this year's particular pre-conference
> activity, it *would* be a good submission for a print venue like BWe (or
> electronic print venue, if you will).
>
> Kelly
>
> On Mon, Sep 6, 2010 at 12:34 PM, Ashley, Hannah <HAshley at wcupa.edu> wrote:
>
>> Hello CBW reviewers (everyone else is getting this, too, but feel free to
>> ignore):
>>
>> So, based on people's rankings/responses, the following two items are
>> clear; there is a question at #3 below.
>>
>> 1.  The following six got consistent strongest rankings and we should
>> accept them:
>> Ianetta--DOE grant
>> Rigolino--EOP coalition
>> Hill--reading collaborative/physical plant/resistance
>> Bryant--student support/eng 100 stretch
>> Schreyer--adjunct faculty
>> Olsen--survey results
>>
>> 2. The following proposal got consistent bottom rankings and we should
>> reject it:
>> Stevens-Piazza
>>
>> 3.  Here is the question.  The following four proposals got middle or
>> mixed rankings:
>>
>> Sunderhaus
>> McLaughlin
>> Norris
>> Webb-Sunderhaus
>>
>> Please let us know your thoughts on the following:
>> a.  Do we go for greater selectivity, with the idea being that we want to
>> foster a sense that only the strongest proposals/work gets featured at our
>> fabulous precon?  Or do we go for greatest inclusivity, to bring more people
>> into the conversation?  Is there a middle ground, to do both?  (e.g, ask the
>> four above for posters but not presentations, or something?)
>>
>> b.  Do we want to define the conference theme tightly, and reject
>> proposals if they don't fit?  As in, Norris's proposal, which several people
>> have pointed out should go to BWe but perhaps does not belong in this year's
>> precon?
>>
>>
>>
>> Hannah Ashley, Ph.D.
>> Associate Professor of English, Composition & Rhetoric
>> Director, Writing Zones 12.5  (www.writingzones.net)
>> 543 Main Hall, West Chester University
>> West Chester, PA 19383
>> 610-436-2371
>>
>> "For years I pulled my own existence out of emptiness. Then one swoop, one
>> swing of the arm, that work is over."  Rumi
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>
>
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> Director of Composition
> UNCG
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