[CBW_Exec] post mission statement? & sponsoring reception @cccc

Thu Aug 18 11:56:09 CDT 2011

Hannah and Liz:

Seconding what Steve said. So many thanks for all your hard work!

Susan

On Thu, Aug 18, 2011 at 12:48 PM, Steven Joseph Lamos <
Steve.Lamos at colorado.edu> wrote:

> Hannah and Liz:
>
> Great news on all fronts: many many thanks!
>
> Steve
>
> ________________________________________
> From: cbw_exec-bounces at tamu-commerce.edu [
> cbw_exec-bounces at tamu-commerce.edu] On Behalf Of J. Elizabeth Clark [
> lclark at lagcc.cuny.edu]
> Sent: Thursday, August 18, 2011 10:35 AM
> To: tpeele at boisestate.edu; cbw_exec at tamu-commerce.edu; HAshley at wcupa.edu
> Subject: Re: [CBW_Exec] post mission statement? & sponsoring reception
> @cccc
>
> Oh, and yes on posting the mission statement. I will do so to the blog and
> to the FB page later today/tomorrow when I update sessions that folks have
> been posting to the listserv.
>
>
> 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
> >>> "Ashley, Hannah"  08/18/11 12:10 PM >>>
> Steve-I think it's fine to post the mission statement.
>
> Secondly, an editor I have been working with at Pearson says Pearson would
> be happy to host a CBW reception! Ask and you shall receive!
>
> We better figure out timing for that. Also please don't post that to the
> wider cbw list until we have more formal confirmation.
>
> Hannah
>
> 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
> ________________________________________
> From: cbw_exec-bounces at tamu-commerce.edu [
> cbw_exec-bounces at tamu-commerce.edu] on behalf of Steven Joseph Lamos [
> Steve.Lamos at colorado.edu]
> Sent: Thursday, August 18, 2011 10:29 AM
> To: Conference of Basic Writing Executive Board; tpeele at boisestate.edu
> Subject: [CBW_Exec] post mission statement?
>
> Hi All:
>
> I know that we all voted on the new CBW mission statement at the end of
> last Spring--and that response was quite positive.
>
> Would it make sense to post this statement on the CBW blog site or
> elsewhere to start the new academic year?
>
> (And, if the statement has already been posted elsewhere and I just missed
> it, then I apologize in advance.)
>
> Steve
>
>
>
> ________________________________________
> From: cbw_exec-bounces at tamu-commerce.edu [
> cbw_exec-bounces at tamu-commerce.edu] On Behalf Of J. Elizabeth Clark [
> lclark at lagcc.cuny.edu]
> Sent: Wednesday, August 17, 2011 6:58 AM
> To: tpeele at boisestate.edu; cbw_exec at tamu-commerce.edu
> Subject: [CBW_Exec] New Logo
>
> i there,
>
>
> How do you like these new logos? Can we decide on one of these, or would
> you like additional choices (these are based on our last go around of
> comments in June).
>
>
> 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
> >>> Thomas Peele  07/11/11 11:07 AM >>>
> Thanks for this alert, Shannon. A comprehensive Wikipedia entry would be a
> great, on-going project for graduate courses in basic writing theory and
> pedagogy.
>
> On Mon, Jul 11, 2011 at 10:48 AM, Shannon Carter <
> Shannon_Carter at tamu-commerce.edu> wrote:
>
> > **
> >
> > Hi, all--
> >
> > Hope your summer is excellent!
> >
> > Just wanted to share that BW is on Wikipedia now, which you may already
> > know. Perhaps one of the EB wrote it! Yay! Hannah has been suggesting
> this
> > for some time, and I was so glad to see it!
> >
> > It's at: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Basic_writing
> >
> > Only thing is this: IT IS ABOUT TO BE REMOVED. OR MAY BE REMOVED.
> >
> > See--
> > http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Talk:Basic_writing#Synthesis
> >
> > REVISIONS NECESSARY, IT APPEARS. TOO ACADEMIC. Not yet within the genre
> of
> > "encyclopedia."
> >
> > I'd hate to see this happen. Anyone able to take this on?
> >
> > Here's what they need to happen (from url above)--
> > This is obviously an essay prepared as if for some professional
> > publication. It shows the typical patter of focus on a few specific
> topics,
> > rather than encyclopedic coverage: it deals with the work of some
> selective
> > figures, rather than the field as a whole ,citing almost entirely from
> their
> > writings. I presume it was copied directly from something published
> > elsewhere, but even if it was written directly for Wikipedia, it is not
> > encyclopedic. Almost the entire text was contributed by two editors who
> have
> > contributed nothing else, and two ips, both geolocating to the same
> network
> > in the Western US.
> >
> > The following needs to be done:
> >
> >    1. a considerable part of the treatment of the key authors needs to be
> > moved to the articles about them individually, if not already present
> there.
> >    2. A range of secondary and tertiary sources needs to be consulted
> >    3. all major theoretical and practical strands in the subject need to
> be
> > at least mentioned
> >    4. a slightly wider range of external websites with resources on the
> > subject needs to be listed.
> >
> > If nobody responds here, as is likely, I'll probably stubbify it or --if
> I
> > have a chance -- rewrite it. DGG ( talk ) 09:33, 4 December 2010 (UTC)
> >
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