[CBW_Exec] HELP! ( following up on query: what am I supposed tobring?)

[Shannon Carter]

Awesome, Sugie. Fantastic Plan! Thank you. 
 
Bill: I can bring three copies of statement, but less urgent with Sugie's awesome response. 
 
--S

________________________________

From: cbw_exec-bounces at tamu-commerce.edu on behalf of Sugie K Goen-Salter
Sent: Sat 4/9/2011 5:46 AM
To: Shannon Carter
Cc: Conference of Basic Writing Executive Board
Subject: Re: [CBW_Exec] HELP! ( following up on query: what am I supposed tobring?)



Shannon,
In email from Liz, you'll see three statements, one from David Bartholomae, one from Bruce Horner and then I sent one from Rebecca. You can read those 3 statements. I'll read the list of names of people who can't be here but what their names to be read in support of motion. Bill will introduce and read the motion itself. Anyone else who shows up can speak(time permitting of course). Do you have the emails from last night with those 3 statements?
I have no idea who has the statement we passed around with signatures attached!

Sent from my iPad

On Apr 9, 2011, at 6:11 AM, "Shannon Carter" <cartershannon at gmail.com> wrote:

> Hi, all--
>
> 1. What am I supposed to bring to 8:00 am meeting?
> 2. Where is the thing we signed at SIG? Who has that? I do NOT have that
>
> If no one who knows exactly where it is and how to get it to me by 7:00 at latest so I can make copies of it in time for meeting.
>
> Very anxious about this morning as I have nothing ready and no idea what I am supposed to have ready. Help!
>
> What am I supposed to prepare
>
> Sent from my iPhone
>
> On Apr 8, 2011, at 11:44 PM, wlalicker at wcupa.edu wrote:
>
>> I think read the names + statements (with permission + time). --Bill
>> Sent from my Verizon Wireless BlackBerry
>>
>> -----Original Message-----
>> From: Sugie K Goen-Salter <sgoen at sfsu.edu>
>> Date: Sat, 9 Apr 2011 00:20:02
>> To: J. Elizabeth Clark<lclark at lagcc.cuny.edu>
>> Cc: cartershannon at gmail.com<cartershannon at gmail.com>; WLalicker at wcupa.edu<WLalicker at wcupa.edu>
>> Subject: Re: State of the House Resolution for CCCC Saturday morning--a worry
>>
>> Thanks Liz.
>> I'll keep updating the list until tomorrow morning. Bill and Shannon, is it agreed then that we'll simply read the list of names? I also have a statement from Rebecca Mlynarczyk:
>>
>> "Basic Writing is an important sub-set of composition studies with a significant student population and with a long and distinguished history and scholarship. We feel it is important that Basic Writing be acknowledged explicitly by CCC in a time of waning public support for this important endeavor." Rebecca Mlynarczyk, Co-editor, Journal of Basic Writing, Co-author with George Otte, Basic Writing (Parlor Press, 2010).
>>
>> Sent from my iPad
>>
>> On Apr 8, 2011, at 7:59 PM, "J. Elizabeth Clark" <lclark at lagcc.cuny.edu> wrote:
>>
>>> Hi All,
>>>
>>>
>>> Names & 2 statements to be read on the floor follow.
>>>
>>>
>>> Thanks to Sugie for compiling the names.
>>>
>>>
>>> Shannon: can you also photocopy the original page or e-mail me the names
>>> (or snail mail me the page)? I think I'll add names to the statement on
>>> the blog (but not Bruce or David's statements without their explicit
>>> permission.
>>>
>>>
>>> Can someone e-mail the listserv tomorrow to let us know what they upshot
>>> is?
>>>
>>>
>>> Liz
>>>
>>>
>>> Names to be added to our list:
>>>
>>> Laura McCartan
>>> Metropolitan State University
>>>
>>> Jennifer Cost
>>> San Diego Mesa College
>>>
>>> Elizabeth Modarelli
>>> Stark State College
>>>
>>> Joanne Gabel
>>> Reading Area Community College
>>>
>>> Rachel Rigolino
>>>
>>> Joanne Howard
>>> Montgomery College, Rockville Campus
>>>
>>> Ana Marie Lopez
>>>
>>> Jennifer Swartout
>>> Heartland Community College
>>>
>>> Jason Evans
>>> Praire State College
>>>
>>> Elizabeth Cone
>>> Suffolk Community College
>>>
>>> Thomas Reynolds
>>> University of Minnesota
>>>
>>> Linda Stine
>>>
>>> Judy Hansen
>>> College of Southern Idaho
>>>
>>> Beth Gulley
>>> Johnson County Community College
>>>
>>> Sue Henderson
>>> East Central College
>>>
>>> Sarah Kirk
>>> University of Alaska, Anchorage
>>>
>>> Hannah Ashley
>>> West Chester University
>>>
>>> Bruce Horner
>>> University of Louisville
>>>
>>> Robert Miller
>>> Community College of Baltimore County
>>>
>>> Sheila Otto
>>> Middle Tennessee State University
>>>
>>> Nicole P. Greene
>>> Xavier University of Louisiana
>>>
>>> Carla Maroudas
>>> Mt. San Jacinto Community College
>>> Statements of Support:
>>> 1. I fully support a conference cluster and featuredsessions devoted to
>>> issues represented by the term "basic writing."  This commitment will
>>> insure that the organization continues to pay appropriateattention to
>>> questions of diversity and language difference.
>>> Yours,
>>> Dave
>>> David Bartholomae
>>> Professor and Charles Crow Chair
>>> Department of English
>>> University of Pittsburgh
>>> Pittsburgh, PA  15260
>>>
>>> 2. The teaching of basic writing occupies aparadoxical position in
>>> composition.  It is the specialty of some of theleading figures in
>>> composition studies and, simultaneously, the province ofteachers and
>>> students placed at the bottom of the academic institutionalhierarchy.
>>> The emergence of basic writing as an academic field in theearly 1970s
>>> has frequently been cited as crucial in the development ofcomposition,
>>> producing "[m]any of the teaching and research projects wenow take for
>>> granted and "a number of remarkable innovations in the studyand teaching
>>> of writing" (Trimbur, "Cultural Studies" 14). Basic writing represents a
>>> writing movement that has consistently addressed"broad questions about
>>> the aims of education and the shape of variouseducational institutions"
>>> and that contributes significantly to the"revitalizing of the teaching
>>> of writing" (12).  By working withstudents institutionally designated as
>>> at the bottom, basic writing hasexplicitly called into question the
>>> social and political role of educationalinstitutions and the politics of
>>> representing students, or prospectivestudents, and their writing in
>>> particular ways, as either "literate"or "illiterate," "college material"
>>> or"remedial," "skilled" or "unskilled."
>>> Yet the lessons and insights of basic writingare at risk of being lost
>>> or forgotten.  John Trimbur has written that weneed to "relearn" the
>>> insights of open admissions ("CulturalStudies" 14-15).  James Slevin has
>>> expressed concern that thetraining of writing teachers typically does
>>> not include investigation of therole writing instruction has played in
>>> socializing those new studentpopulations historically called "remedial"
>>> (14).
>>>
>>> I support the statement to sustain thecontinuing insights of basic
>>> writing and its project of responsibility to thosemost commonly
>>> identified as outsiders to the academy.  I do so both inorder that we
>>> meet our responsibilities to these students, but also to ensurethat we
>>> meet our responsibilities as a field and organization committed
>>> torethinking the meaning of literacy, the teaching of writing, and
>>> theirpotential contributions to projects of democracy and justice.
>>>
>>> Bruce
>>>
>>> --
>>> Bruce Horner
>>> Endowed Chair in Rhetoric and Composition
>>> 315 Bingham Humanities Bldg.
>>> University of Louisville
>>> Louisville, KY 40292
>>>
>>> J. Elizabeth Clark, Ph.D.
>>> Professor of English
>>> LaGuardia Community College--CUNY
>>> e-mail:  lclark at lagcc.cuny.edu
>>> Phone:  718.482.5665
>>> www.jelizabethclark.com
>>>>>> shannon carter  04/08/11 6:43 PM >>>
>>> Hi, Bill--
>>>
>>> I can grab that list of online sigs, perhaps jsut handwritten? I can do
>>> that
>>> tonight after my last meeting, which I think is over at 9:30.
>>>
>>> You aleady have the three copies we need to get on floor,. right? Should
>>> I
>>> bring three copies of the additional signatures as well? Do we include a
>>> copy of the additional statements?
>>>
>>> Liz, as Mayor Awesome of Awesomeville!, told me she was going to
>>> present.
>>> fly home,. then complile for us. Damn she's good!
>>>
>>> Sugie agreed to help as well. Seems we'll ahve folks out in force.
>>>
>>> As long as I know what I"m supposed to do, I'm more than happy to do it.
>>> I
>>> am SO jazzed about how much action your statement is getting., Bill!
>>> Fab-u-lous!
>>>
>>> --Shannon
>>>
>>> On Fri, Apr 8, 2011 at 4:42 PM, Lalicker, William wrote:
>>>
>>>> Okay, now I have lost track, in the slew of wonderful statements of
>>>> support: Who is willing to compile a count, or a list, of the online
>>>> signees, and attest to it at the CCCC business meeting tomorrow?
>>>>
>>>>
>>>>
>>>> And apropos of Michael's last comment: he's identified one of the
>>> steps of
>>>> the long-term plan we should develop to raise the equity of BW and
>>> CBW; we
>>>> need a publicity committee. Good work to be done!--Bill
>>>>
>>>>
>>>>
>>>> William B. Lalicker, Ph.D.
>>>>
>>>> Professor of English (Main Hall, Room 534, 610.436.2268)
>>>>
>>>> Dean's Assistant for Student Issues (Anderson Hall, Room 119C,
>>>> 610.436.3521)
>>>>
>>>> College of Arts and Sciences
>>>>
>>>> West Chester University
>>>>
>>>> West Chester, PA 19383
>>>>
>>>> wlalicker at wcupa.edu
>>>>
>>>>
>>>>
>>>> *From:* Conference on Basic Writing [mailto:CBW-L at LISTS.UMN.EDU] *On
>>>> Behalf Of *Michael Hill
>>>> *Sent:* Friday, April 08, 2011 4:25 PM
>>>>
>>>> *To:* CBW-L at LISTS.UMN.EDU
>>>> *Subject:* Re: State of the House Resolution for CCCC Saturday
>>> morning--a
>>>> worry
>>>>
>>>>
>>>>
>>>> Can I just say....awesome.  I am so impressed with this group right
>>> now:
>>>> the workshop, the SIG, this motion.  Let's keep it up and continue to
>>> build.
>>>>
>>>> An update on Inside Higher Ed:  their rep at the conference is flying
>>> out
>>>> tomorrow morning before the meeting.  He asked me to send him
>>> materials and
>>>> an update.  I will certainly do so--the resolution, an explanation of
>>> a
>>>> State of the House Resolution, perhaps Bruce Horner's statement
>>>> (permission?)--but should we do an official press release?  We do not,
>>> as of
>>>> yet, have a publicity arm, so is anyone experienced in such matters
>>> and
>>>> willing to write up a story to be placed in Inside Higher Ed and (why
>>> not?)
>>>> The Chronicle?
>>>>
>>>> If so, contact me off list and I'll pass along contact info for IHE.
>>>> Mike
>>>>
>>>> Michael D. Hill
>>>> English Division
>>>> Henry Ford Community College
>>>> (313) 845-6368
>>>>
>>>>
>>>>>>> "Modarelli, Elizabeth"  04/08/11 4:03 PM
>>>>>>>
>>>> Please add my name as well.
>>>>
>>>>
>>>> Elizabeth Modarelli
>>>> Instructor, English Dept.
>>>> 6200 Frank Ave. NW
>>>> Stark State College
>>>> North Canton, OH 44720
>>>> (330) 494-6170 ext. 4928
>>>> ________________________________________
>>>> From: Conference on Basic Writing [CBW-L at LISTS.UMN.EDU] On Behalf Of
>>>> Joanne Gabel [JGabel at RACC.EDU]
>>>> Sent: Friday, April 08, 2011 2:22 PM
>>>> To: CBW-L at LISTS.UMN.EDU
>>>> Subject: Re: State of the House Resolution for CCCC Saturday
>>> morning--a
>>>> worry
>>>>
>>>> I am not at the conference but have been following this thread with
>>> great
>>>> interest. Please add my name in support of the resolution.
>>>>
>>>> Joanne E. Gabel, PhD
>>>> Coordinator of Developmental Writing
>>>> And Professor of Humanities
>>>> Reading Area Community College
>>>> Reading, PA 19603
>>>>
>>>> -----Original Message-----
>>>> From: Conference on Basic Writing [mailto:CBW-L at LISTS.UMN.EDU] On
>>> Behalf
>>>> Of Beth Gulley
>>>> Sent: Friday, April 08, 2011 12:39 PM
>>>> To: CBW-L at LISTS.UMN.EDU
>>>> Subject: Re: State of the House Resolution for CCCC Saturday
>>> morning--a
>>>> worry
>>>>
>>>> I am also not at CCCCs this year, but I would like to add my name in
>>>> support of the resolution.
>>>> Beth Gulley
>>>> Associate Professor of English
>>>> Johnson County Community College
>>>> Overland Park, KS 66210
>>>>
>>>>
>>>> -----Original Message-----
>>>> From: Conference on Basic Writing [mailto:CBW-L at LISTS.UMN.EDU] On
>>> Behalf
>>>> Of Sue Henderson
>>>> Sent: Friday, April 08, 2011 11:11 AM
>>>> To: CBW-L at LISTS.UMN.EDU
>>>> Subject: Re: State of the House Resolution for CCCC Saturday
>>> morning--a
>>>> worry
>>>>
>>>> I may have already missed the meeting deadline--I didn't get to go to
>>> CCCCs
>>>> this year. But I have noticed this trend away from a BW presence at
>>> the
>>>> conference (and elsewhere) and would like to add my name in support of
>>> the
>>>> resolution.
>>>>
>>>> Thanks,
>>>>
>>>> Sue Henderson
>>>> Dept. of English
>>>> East Central College
>>>> Union, MO
>>>>
>>>> -----Original Message-----
>>>> From: Conference on Basic Writing [mailto:CBW-L at LISTS.UMN.EDU] On
>>> Behalf
>>>> Of
>>>> Sarah Kirk
>>>> Sent: Friday, April 08, 2011 10:23 AM
>>>> To: CBW-L at LISTS.UMN.EDU
>>>> Subject: Re: State of the House Resolution for CCCC Saturday
>>> morning--a
>>>> worry
>>>>
>>>> Wow! This discussion is great and valuable. Please add my name (Sarah
>>> Kirk,
>>>> University of Alaska Anchorage), if appropriate, to the statement
>>>> (whichever
>>>> version is read).
>>>>
>>>> NOTE: I will be attending next year's CCCC no matter my u's funding
>>> issues.
>>>> I miss working face-to-face with the group.
>>>>
>>>> -Sarah
>>>>
>>>> -----Original Message-----
>>>> From: Conference on Basic Writing on behalf of Ashley, Hannah
>>>> Sent: Fri 4/8/2011 7:17 AM
>>>> To: CBW-L at LISTS.UMN.EDU
>>>> Subject: Re: State of the House Resolution for CCCC Saturday
>>> morning--a
>>>> worry
>>>>
>>>> I agree-add my name, if such is appropriate. And I agree that it's a
>>>> win-win: motion passes, all good. Motion defeated-fodder for action.
>>>>
>>>> Now we're thinking like organizers!
>>>>
>>>> Hannah
>>>>
>>>> Hannah Ashley, Ph.D.
>>>> Director, Writing Zones 12.5 (www.writingzones.net)
>>>> Service Learning Faculty Associate, WCU
>>>> Associate Professor of Composition and Rhetoric
>>>> Main Hall 543
>>>> Department of English, West Chester University
>>>> Spring 2001 Office Hours: M, 2-4, W 2-3, F 11-12
>>>>
>>>> I was part of a generation of kids who saw something special about
>>> what it
>>>> means to be human--something bloody and dramatic and scandalous that
>>>> happened right here in America--and hip-hop was our way of reporting
>>> that
>>>> story, telling it to ourselves and to the world...the story of the
>>> hustler
>>>> was the story hip-hop was born to tell...hustling is the ultimate
>>> metaphor
>>>> for the basic human struggles: the struggle to survive and resist...to
>>> win
>>>> and make sense of it all. --from Jay-Z, Decoded (2010)
>>>>
>>>> From: Conference on Basic Writing [mailto:CBW-L at LISTS.UMN.EDU] On
>>> Behalf
>>>> Of
>>>> Sugie K Goen-Salter
>>>> Sent: Friday, April 08, 2011 11:13 AM
>>>> To: CBW-L at LISTS.UMN.EDU
>>>> Subject: Re: State of the House Resolution for CCCC Saturday
>>> morning--a
>>>> worry
>>>>
>>>>
>>>> Good morning everyone,
>>>> It's good to see and read all of these thoughtful responses to the
>>> Sense of
>>>> the House motion. Thanks Lynn, Melissa and Bruce for your thoughts and
>>> I
>>>> think Liz has crafted a responsible course of action. I'll be there on
>>> Sat
>>>> am and can help make sure that the ideas presented over email get
>>>> expressed.
>>>> Best,
>>>> Sugie
>>>>
>>>> Sent from my iPad
>>>>
>>>> On Apr 8, 2011, at 10:41 AM, "Lalicker, William"
>>>>> wrote:
>>>> Liz, I like your balanced approach. I do thank Lynn and Melissa for
>>> their
>>>> points, and I do agree with them that we want to work with CCCC, not
>>>> against
>>>> it. And we in CBW, especially, can all work together, as we are
>>> motivated
>>>> by
>>>> the same values!
>>>>
>>>> Collegially (in the fullest sense of the word),
>>>>
>>>> Bill
>>>>
>>>> William B. Lalicker, Ph.D.
>>>> Professor of English (Main Hall, Room 534, 610.436.2268)
>>>> Dean's Assistant for Student Issues (Anderson Hall, Room 119C,
>>>> 610.436.3521)
>>>> College of Arts and Sciences
>>>> West Chester University
>>>> West Chester, PA 19383
>>>> wlalicker at wcupa.edu
>>>>
>>>> From: Conference on Basic Writing [mailto:CBW-L at LISTS.UMN.EDU] On
>>> Behalf
>>>> Of
>>>> J. Elizabeth Clark
>>>> Sent: Friday, April 08, 2011 9:50 AM
>>>> To: CBW-L at LISTS.UMN.EDU
>>>> Subject: Re: State of the House Resolution for CCCC Saturday
>>> morning--a
>>>> worry
>>>>
>>>> Hi Folks,
>>>>
>>>> I value this debate greatly and I think it's important.Thank you to
>>> Lynn
>>>> and
>>>> to Melissa for raising your concerns and your edits. I think you have
>>>> raised
>>>> really important issues.
>>>>
>>>> That said, we have 4 people who have weighed in on this on-line,
>>> versus 30
>>>> who were at the SIG last night. I'm very aware that a number of people
>>> are
>>>> not following this conversation on-line because they are in sessions
>>> and/or
>>>> are not paying $13.00 a night for internet access.
>>>>
>>>> For that reason, I'm inclined to suggest the following strategy:
>>>>
>>>> 1. Introduce the motion as is.
>>>> 2. Bill--when you speak to it, please mention 2 points: a. the
>>> historic
>>>> issue and b. the immediate issue that led to this
>>>> 3. Lynn--can you be prepared to offer a friendly "amendment" from the
>>> floor
>>>> IF it looks like the language about a special session/featured session
>>> is
>>>> swaying the audience in the wrong direction?
>>>> 4. Everyone else who is attending: please be prepared to speak, as you
>>> feel
>>>> moved to do so, about why basic writing is important. You cannot speak
>>> for
>>>> more than 2 minutes, so make sure you get your most important points
>>> in
>>>> first.
>>>> 5. MIKE HILL: YES, DO CONTACT INSIDE HIGHER ED!!!!!
>>>>
>>>> Some thoughts: what this strategy allows us to do is to honor the work
>>> of
>>>> the folks in the preconference workshop and the SIG but also to
>>>> realistically get something in the official minutes of the meeting.
>>>>
>>>> Also, please remember that this is NOT the end of the discussion; this
>>> is
>>>> our opening entree into a much longer & more detailed discussion with
>>> CCCC
>>>> about moving basic writing back into a place of prominence. This will
>>> take
>>>> time, but I am confident that we are moving in the right direction.
>>>>
>>>> If the WORST happens, and the house defeats the Sense of the House
>>> motion
>>>> that we submit, that will give us serious fodder for a
>>> theme/direction/and
>>>> for proposals for next year. If the best happens, and the motion is
>>>> approved, we are already moving forward. If the compromise happens,
>>> we're
>>>> still moving ahead.
>>>>
>>>> What do you think? These are just my initial thoughts, on the go. We
>>> can
>>>> adopt a different strategy, if you would like.
>>>>
>>>> Liz
>>>>
>>>>
>>>>
>>>> J. Elizabeth Clark, Ph.D.
>>>> Professor of English
>>>> LaGuardia Community College--CUNY
>>>> e-mail: lclark at lagcc.cuny.edu
>>>> Phone: 718.482.5665
>>>> www.jelizabethclark.com
>>>>
>>>>>>> "Adams, Peter D." >
>>>> 04/08/11 9:21 AM >>>
>>>> I had to miss the EB meeting on Wednesday and, therefore, am reluctant
>>> to
>>>> add anything at this point, But since Lynn and Melissa have already
>>> stirred
>>>> this pot, I am going to add my half a cent worth.
>>>>
>>>> At Wednesday's workshop, I and perhaps some of the others present were
>>>> stirred up a bit, especially by the omission of BW from the Chair's
>>>> address.
>>>> As a result, I, at least, was moved to express some displeasure with
>>> CCCC
>>>> for, what seems to me, has been a gradual squeezing of BW out of the
>>> CCCC's
>>>> agenda in favor of other more current concerns.
>>>>
>>>> There is a different approach, suggested in Lynn's and Melissa's
>>> emails, in
>>>> which rather than adopt an antagonistic stance toward CCCC, we point
>>> out
>>>> that we are threatened from many forces outside higher ed, and ask
>>> CCCC to
>>>> support us in resisting these by giving us a more prominent place on
>>> their
>>>> agenda.
>>>>
>>>> Upon reflection, I think we are more likely to gain support by this
>>> second
>>>> approach--by appealing to our colleagues to assist us in resisting
>>> outside
>>>> forces--rather than by suggesting that it is CCCC itself that has been
>>>> minimizing our place in the field (even though they have).
>>>>
>>>> Following that line of thought, I'd like to add my support to the
>>>> suggestions from Lynn and the "new girl," either of which seems to me
>>> to
>>>> shift our tone to the one I have been suggesting.
>>>>
>>>> My apologies to those who worked hard to get the wording fixed and
>>> agreed
>>>> to
>>>> by a large number of CBW members, and I completely understand if
>>> making
>>>> changes at this point is simply not possible. I'll be there Saturday
>>> to
>>>> support the resolution regardless of the wording.
>>>>
>>>>
>>>>
>>>> Peter
>>>>
>>>> Peter Adams | Director of Accelerated Learning Program
>>>> Department of English
>>>> Essex Campus
>>>> Community College of Baltimore County
>>>> 7201 Rossville Blvd
>>>> Baltimore, MD 21237
>>>> 443?710?1852 | padams2 at ccbcmd.edu
>>>>
>>>>
>>>>
>>>> -----Original Message-----
>>>> From: Conference on Basic Writing on behalf of Melissa Ianetta
>>>> Sent: Fri 4/8/2011 7:07 AM
>>>> To: CBW-L at LISTS.UMN.EDU
>>>> Subject: Re: State of the House Resolution for CCCC Saturday
>>> morning--a
>>>> worry
>>>>
>>>> Not like you need the new girl's opinion, but:
>>>>
>>>> Given the professional resources of a lot of people in who I know
>>>> locally in basic writing, it seems to me that the cluster may not do a
>>>> whole lot to raise the visibility of the field -- people just can't
>>>> afford to come to the CCCC. I do, however, get Lynn's point that all
>>>> the sneeches want stars (ie everybody would like a designated special
>>>> session). How about limiting that claim a bit to get a toe in the
>>>> door? And parallelism? Something like:
>>>>
>>>> "Be it resolved that, as Basic Writing is a vital field whose students
>>>> and teacher-scholars represent a productive force within composition
>>>> yet is under attack by exclusionary public policies, it will be
>>>> recognized publicly by CCCC as a conference cluster and with a
>>>> featured session at the 2012 Conference."
>>>>
>>>> I think if one set it up as a field that's particularly at risk at
>>>> CCCC and in this national political climate and, in the introductory
>>>> remarks, connect it to Malea's call for "contesting boundaries" and
>>>> social justice, y have a pretty good shot.
>>>>
>>>> I'm not 100% sure about the suggested wording though -- I have yet to
>>>> caffenate or shower, so I'm not yet my best self for the day.
>>>>
>>>> Best, Melissa (aka "new girl")
>>>>
>>>>
>>>>
>>>> On Thu, Apr 7, 2011 at 11:04 PM, Lynn Troyka
>>>>> wrote:
>>>>> Hi all,
>>>>>
>>>>> I'm sorry that I couldn't get to the SIG Thursday night. I like the
>>> idea
>>>> of
>>>>> the resolution and will certainly be at the Biz meeting to support
>>> it.
>>>>>
>>>>> I do worry, however, about its lack of parallelism (and therefore
>>>> clarity)
>>>>> but mostly for its demand for "featured sessions." Traditionally at
>>> CCCC,
>>>>> the program is determined by the membership (proportionate to the
>>> number
>>>> of
>>>>> proposals), BUT each year's Program Chair can use the Featured
>>> Sessions
>>>> to
>>>>> put forward his/her agenda. I can imagine that other areas--e.g.,
>>> tech
>>>>> writing, creative writing--might oppose the resolution because they,
>>> too,
>>>>> want to legislate for a share of featured sessions.
>>>>> I realize folks have signed in support of the wording in place, but
>>> the
>>>>> proposers might want to encourage a "friendly amendment" to
>>> eliminate the
>>>>> "must" concerning "featured sessions." Or perhaps the EC of CBW
>>> would
>>>>> consider dropping that wording altogether.
>>>>>
>>>>> And since I've put my toe in the water, I'll go all the way and
>>> suggest
>>>> what
>>>>> might be more logical/parallel wording:
>>>>>
>>>>> Within composition studies Basic Writing (BW) is a vital field, and
>>> its
>>>>> students and teacher scholars a productive force; however, BW is
>>>>> increasingly devalued and suffers from sharp reductions in
>>> resources. Be
>>>> it
>>>>> therefore resolved that CCCC recognize the importance of BW by
>>>>> reestablishing it as a conference cluster. [49 words]
>>>>>
>>>>> The above is Ink, not ego,. I trust you will feel free to ignore,
>>> oppose,
>>>> or
>>>>> consider my suggestions as too little, too late.
>>>>>
>>>>> Onward, with hope that the pendulum starts swinging back our way
>>> soon,
>>>>>
>>>>> Lynn Troyka (troykalq at nyc.rr.com and
>>>> ltroyka2 at gmail.com)
>>>>>
>>>>>
>>>>>
>>>>>
>>>>>
>>>>>
>>>>>
>>>>>
>>>>> On Wed, Apr 6, 2011 at 9:17 PM, J. Elizabeth Clark
>>>>>
>>>>> wrote:
>>>>>>
>>>>>> Hi Folks,
>>>>>>
>>>>>>
>>>>>> Based on our discussions at today's CBW preconference workshop, we
>>> have
>>>>>> decided to take immediate action to begin to address the
>>> invisibility of
>>>>>> basic writing at CCCC.
>>>>>>
>>>>>>
>>>>>> The Executive Board has put together the following State of the
>>> House
>>>>>> resolution to be presented Saturday morning at CCCC's business
>>> meeting.
>>>>>>
>>>>>>
>>>>>> The text (which has to be less than 50 words) reads:
>>>>>>
>>>>>>
>>>>>> "Be it resolved that Basic Writing is a vital field and its
>>> students and
>>>>>> teacher scholars a productive force within composition; is under
>>> attack
>>>> by
>>>>>> exclusionary public policies; and therefore must be recognized
>>> publicly
>>>> and
>>>>>> supported by CCCC as a conference cluster and with featured
>>> sessions."
>>>>>>
>>>>>>
>>>>>> 1. At tomorrow night's SIG, we will distribute a list for people to
>>> sign
>>>>>> in support of the statement.
>>>>>> 2. If you can be at the meeting on Saturday morning in Atlanta,
>>> please
>>>> be
>>>>>> there by 8 a.m. You can read or give a speech of 2 minutes or less
>>> in
>>>>>> support of the statement.
>>>>>> 3. Bill Lalicker and Shannon Carter will be presenting the
>>> statement on
>>>>>> Saturday.
>>>>>> 4. If you cannot be there, but would like to offer a statement to
>>> be
>>>> read
>>>>>> in your absence, please send it to the CBW-L by Friday morning.
>>> Shannon
>>>>>> Carter will be compiling these statements to offer in support on
>>> the
>>>> floor.
>>>>>>
>>>>>>
>>>>>> Thanks to everyone for your work in support of Basic Writing!
>>>>>>
>>>>>>
>>>>>>
>>>>>>
>>>>>>
>>>>>> J. Elizabeth Clark, Ph.D.
>>>>>> Professor of English
>>>>>> LaGuardia Community College--CUNY
>>>>>> e-mail: lclark at lagcc.cuny.edu
>>>>>> Phone: 718.482.5665
>>>>>> www.jelizabethclark.com
>>>>>
>>>>>
>>>>
>>>>
>>>>
>>>> --
>>>> Melissa Ianetta
>>>> Director of Writing
>>>> Associate Professor
>>>> University of Delaware
>>>>
>>>>
>>>>
>>>>
>>> http://www.english.udel.edu/content/index.php?option=com_content&task=view&i
>>>> d=77
>>>>
>>>>
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>>>>
>>>> Not spam:
>>>>
>>>>
>>> https://killspam.ccbcmd.edu/canit/b.php?i=01EsX7Q9J&m=7d0c1e50ca65&t=2011040
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>>>>
>>>> Forget vote:
>>>>
>>>>
>>> https://killspam.ccbcmd.edu/canit/b.php?i=01EsX7Q9J&m=7d0c1e50ca65&t=2011040
>>>> 8&c=f
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