[CBW_Exec] FW: Invitation to Participate in Stage I Review

[Shannon Carter]

FYI: some more representation for BW on CCCC 2012 review team (me). I received a second name, which I sent forward as well. We may have additional coming soon.

As you may recall, the Chris Anson invited all the groups tied to CCCC (like CBW) to put forward names and contact info for potential reviewers. I forwarded that to CBW EB. This invitation is the result of that.

Thanks!
Shannon 



-----Original Message-----
From: Chris Anson [mailto:CHRIS_ANSON at ncsu.edu]
Sent: Sun 4/24/2011 3:47 PM
To: Chris Anson
Subject: Invitation to Participate in Stage I Review
 
Colleagues:

I'm writing to invite you to be a Stage I reviewer of proposals for  
the 2012 CCCC Convention in St. Louis. The success of the 2012  
convention will depend on people like you who can use your expertise  
in the field to make thoughtful, informed, and balanced decisions  
about proposals and ensure that we create a strong program.

But before I go on, please excuse the somewhat impersonal nature of  
this email. I'm trying to find the most efficient ways to work through  
the daunting review process for next year's convention without turning  
it all into a machine. At times, using group emails, surveys, and  
other tools seems to help. I DO look forward to a more personal  
exchange with each of you.

Whether or not you've participated in Stage 1 review before, let me go  
over what it entails. If you accept this invitation, you'll get  
instructions for logging into a protected site where you'll read a  
batch of proposals that should take no more than a couple of hours to  
review. You'll be asked to score each proposal on a scale of zero to  
four, with four being reserved for only the strongest proposals. (You  
may also write comments to explain your score; only other reviewers  
will see them. Comments are helpful in cases where there is a wide  
discrepancy between individual reviewer scores.) Each proposal will be  
scored by at least two reviewers. The identities of reviewers and  
proposers are not revealed.

To accept or decline the invitation to be a Stage I reviewer, please  
go to the following URL by Friday, April 30 and complete the 2-minute  
survey:  https://www.surveymonkey.com/s/FXR7D5Y

If you accept the invitation, the survey will ask you to rank-order  
four areas in which you want to review proposals, based on your  
expertise and comfort level. I know that the clusters are problematic  
on several levels, but they're what we have to work with for now.  
We'll do our best to assign you to proposals in your preferred areas.

For your convenience, I've pasted the cluster areas at the end of this  
message. Note that they've been renumbered and alphabetized, and  
include a new cluster this year, #7: "Interdisciplinary,  
Multidisciplinary, and Cross-Contextual Perspectives." I especially  
encourage you to volunteer to read proposals in this cluster if you  
have experience working across various disciplinary and professional  
borders. The entire 2012 call for proposals can be found at http://www.ncte.org/cccc/conv

I hope that you'll accept this invitation to help me create a dynamic  
and exciting program for the 2012 convention in St. Louis. Your  
participation is an important contribution to the continuing strength  
of our discipline and the quality of our annual conference.

If you have specific questions or concerns, please feel welcome to  
email me.

Many thanks!


Chris Anson
2012 CCCC Convention Program Chair


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Chris M. Anson [Web site]
University Distinguished Professor
Director, Campus Writing & Speaking Program
Box 8105, North Carolina State University
Raleigh, NC  27695-8105
(919) 513-4080






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