[CBW_Exec] CBW 2011 Proposal Rankings & question

Tue Sep 7 10:50:58 CDT 2010

Shannon,

I don't think my last email made it onto the list.  I received an email
saying it "bounced"  Can you possibly re-post it?  (all apologies for
sending this current message to everyone)

Thanks,

Susan

On Tue, Sep 7, 2010 at 11:09 AM, Shannon Carter <
Shannon_Carter at tamu-commerce.edu> wrote:

> I'm up for the consensus. Thanks for summing that up, hannah.
>
> Thanks, as well, for the comments about mentoring and opening things up to
> more junior scholars in the earliest phases of a research project.
>
> Remember, too, that the roundtable presentation portion embedded in our
> proposal was actually imspired, in part, by the Research Network Forum. For
> that participants submit works in progress and are paired with a leading
> expert in that area for feedback and supper in moving the project forward.
>
>
> If (now or in the future) we treat the roundtable discussions we were
> exploring as part of the way to get more, newer bw participants in cbw (with
> multiple, concurrent discussion tables going on and a very, very short
> presentation time--8-10 minutes each) perhaps we can accomplish both
> quality/selectivity and the mentoring of newer scholars/projects.
>
> In other words, we could accept the best proposals for the panels in
> morning and afternoon and other promising yet still too raw/unrefined for
> general cosumption for the roundtable sessions.
>
> Just a thought.
>
>
>
> Sent from my iPhone
>
> On Sep 7, 2010, at 9:54 AM, "Kelly Ritter" <karitter at uncg.edu> wrote:
>
> 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>
> 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 [ <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>
>> 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 [ <cbw_exec-bounces at tamu-commerce.edu>
>> cbw_exec-bounces at tamu-commerce.edu] on behalf of Kelly Ritter [<karitter at uncg.edu>
>> 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>
>> 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  ( <http://www.writingzones.net>
>>> 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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>>
>> --
>> Dr. Kelly Ritter
>> Associate Professor of English
>> Director of Composition
>> UNCG
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