[CBW_Exec] Other thoughts from the EB on CBW Mission Statement?

Mon May 2 14:43:19 CDT 2011

Another vote of agreement with Shannon: it's a strong document, with enough breadth to cover our foreseeable (and maybe unforeseeable) applications of our main values and interests. (My editor role asks for "benefiting"
to be spelled with one t.) Great work on constructing a mission statement that connects the practical and the ideal. --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: cbw_exec-bounces at tamu-commerce.edu [mailto:cbw_exec-bounces at tamu-commerce.edu] On Behalf Of Susan Bernstein
Sent: Monday, May 02, 2011 12:48 PM
To: Conference of Basic Writing Executive Board
Subject: Re: [CBW_Exec] Other thoughts from the EB on CBW Mission Statement?

All,

I also agree with Shannon. As people suggest revisions, however, please know that as we were drafting, we decided to avoid the label "basic writer" because of its essentialist connotations as a fixed category. Instead, we're looking for some version of "student(s) enrolled in Basic Writing" -- an existential position rather than a permanent identity.

Thanks and best,

Susan
On Mon, May 2, 2011 at 12:23 PM, Thomas Peele <tpeele at boisestate.edu<mailto:tpeele at boisestate.edu>> wrote:
Hi all,

I agree with Shannon; the document is strong as it is. I also like Deborah's suggestion about making explicit connections between ourselves and 6-12 faculty. Maybe something like this: "Collaborate with secondary education faculty to facilitate smooth transitions from high school to college for students identified as basic writers."

I have created a Google doc that you should have access to by following this link:

https://docs.google.com/document/d/1UnoaQ_GGxJimI00hL_S762tXvExfNsJNCQP3_10lmi0/edit?hl=en&authkey=CKS2veYC
Technology being what it is, you might experience some difficulty getting to the document. I'd be happy to try to help, and can be contacted directly at tbpeele at gmail.com<mailto:tbpeele at gmail.com>. For those of you unfamiliar with Google docs, please know that you can't accidentally destroy it! It automatically saves accessible versions as you edit.

Tom

On Mon, May 2, 2011 at 9:02 AM, Shannon Carter <Shannon_Carter at tamu-commerce.edu<mailto:Shannon_Carter at tamu-commerce.edu>> wrote:
Agreed. Thanks, Steve!

For what it's worth, I think this looks great as is and am happy to
give an enthusiastic thumbs up now. Eager to see discussion that may
unfold after Friday as well.

Thanks!

Sent from my iPhone

On May 1, 2011, at 7:48 PM, "J. Elizabeth Clark"
<lclark at lagcc.cuny.edu<mailto:lclark at lagcc.cuny.edu>> wrote:

> Hi Steve,
>
>
> Thanks for moving us ahead on this. I think this is a great plan!
> And I think people will appreciate if we do this after Friday.
>
>
> Liz
>
> J. Elizabeth Clark, Ph.D.
> Professor of English
> LaGuardia Community College--CUNY
> e-mail:  lclark at lagcc.cuny.edu<mailto:lclark at lagcc.cuny.edu>
> Phone:  718.482.5665<tel:718.482.5665>
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>>>> Steven Joseph Lamos  05/01/11 8:33 PM >>>
> Hi everyone:
>
> I like Tom's suggestion about Google Docs, and I definitely
> appreciate his willingness to get things started for us.
>
> A few quick things, then:
>
> 1) I've attached a .docx and .rtf file with that tries to include
> all of the changes that I think have been requested so far.  (I've
> also included the actual e-mails that I've received in case others
> see something I've missed.)  Right now, I've left "Track Changes" on
> so that people can see where we seem to be headed.
>
> 2) I'll ask people to take a look at these changes over the next
> week or two--although I promise not to start really nagging until
> _after_ all of the CCCC proposing is done at the end of this week.
>
> 3)  I'll ask Tom, if he's still willing, to set up a google doc for
> us sometime this week or early next so that we can group-author our
> way to a final version of this thing once the CCCCs madness has died
> down a bit.
>
> (And, Tom, my e-mail is lamos at colorado.edu<mailto:lamos at colorado.edu>: if you need me to send
> along a non-track changes of this document, or if you need anything
> else from me, just let me know.)
>
> Sound OK?
>
>
> Steve
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