[CBW_Exec] CBW 2013--Important to READ and REPLY ALL! REPLY ALL! REPLY ALL!

Sat Apr 21 21:24:06 CDT 2012

 Hi everyone,

I especially agree with #7 on Susan's list about welcoming newcomers to
CBW. At my first CBW, I felt a little bit like an outsider who was joining
a conversation that had been going on for a long time. I think that
everyone really and truly tries to be welcoming at CBW, but it's
uncomfortable to enter a group where everyone seems to know everyone
already (or at least it was for me and a few other people I've spoken to
over the past few years).

The thing that I LOVED about my first experience at Computers and Writing
was that the GRN made me feel instantly like I was being welcomed to the
group and that folks were interested in my ideas and perspectives.And I
left with some really concrete ideas about how to/why to reframe some
of the work I was doing.

I also agree that the workshop should not be limited to grad students. I
think it's worth mentioning, though, that most grad students interested in
BW (myself included) are probably working in doctoral programs that don't
have a BW expert, so this kind of workshop would be especially valuable for
those of us in that position. A special plug for grad students might be a
good way to draw new people in.

Lynn

On Sat, Apr 21, 2012 at 9:41 PM, Susan Naomi Bernstein <
susan.naomi at gmail.com> wrote:

>  Lynn Reid’s suggestion of offering a publishing/grant writing workshop
> similar to the Graduate Research Network at the Computers and Writing
> Conference sounds really wonderful. Based on that model here’s what we
> might propose for maximum involvement for our participants and for members
> of the executive board. And definitely think of the list below as
> suggestions to completely revise, tweak, or disregard as necessary.
>
>
>
> 1)   Before the conference, interested participants submit a brief
> abstract of something they are working on or trying to work on to the EB
> (or an EB subcommittee charged with this task).
>
> 2)   People who submit are automatically invited to take part in the
> workshop and their name would in the CBW program so they can ask for
> funding from their home institutions.  People who do not submit ALSO can
> take part; see #5 below.  The workshop would NOT be limited to graduate
> students.
>
> 3)   During the workshop, the group is broken into tables with 1-2 table
> mentors, people who have published, researched, and/or won grants in
> particular areas.  The EB has so many qualified people that this part of
> the process should be easy.
>
> 4)   Additionally we can invite people outside CBW to serve as mentors.
> Or we could use horizontal organization and have people at tables discuss
> their projects and offer suggestions to each other—whatever format seems
> most feasible to the EB.
>
> 5)   Participants choose tables based on their particular interests. Or
> participants can be assigned to tables based on the abstracts they
> submitted.  Participants who did not submit can choose among these
> tables, and/or we can create a table for people who don't know where to
> start.
>
> 6)   Participants share a bit about their projects and then the mentors
> lead a discussion on how to: frame the research, shape the research for
> publication, consider IRBs, identify potential grant funders and so on.
>
> 7)   This process would help to welcome new folks to CBW and would be a
> terrific draw, IMHO.
>
> Best,
>
> Susan
>
>
> On Sat, Apr 21, 2012 at 12:28 PM, Michael Hill <mdhill1 at hfcc.edu> wrote:
>
>> This sounds great to me.  Liz, be safe and have a great trip .
>>
>> Mike
>>
>>
>> Michael D. Hill
>> English Division
>> Henry Ford Community College
>> (313) 845-6368
>>
>> >>> "J. Elizabeth Clark" <lclark at lagcc.cuny.edu> 04/21/12 12:11 PM >>>
>>
>> i All,
>>
>>
>> I'm getting ready to leave (in an hour!) and will be off-line for all of
>> next week. If there's easy access to the Internet, I may check in mid-week,
>> but I'm not going to promise if for now, since I'm not sure what I'm
>> walking into. I'm back on 5/1, which will give us another week to nail down
>> the details.
>>
>>
>> Thanks in advance to everyone for all of your fabulous ideas and comments.
>>
>>
>> Here's where we are right now:
>>
>>
>> Basic Writing and Race: A Symposium
>>
>>
>> Morning:
>>
>>
>> 1. Keynote--hopefully Victor Villanueva (Bill, let us know how that comes
>> along)
>> 2. Poster session featuring new scholars (call to come out later).
>> 3. Networking
>>
>>
>> Afternoon:
>>
>>
>> 4. Roundtable on Basic Writing and Whiteness)
>>
>>
>> 5. Publishing/Grant writing workshop.
>>
>>
>> 6. Reception again (if they're game?)
>>
>>
>> I was originally going to invite editors to do the publishing workshop,
>> but I love Lynn's idea of making it a workshop. We could have groups
>> according to where people are at with publishing, ranging from ideas to
>> manuscript critiques.
>>
>>
>> What do you think?
>>
>>
>> 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
>> >>> Lynn Reid 04/19/12 2:47 PM >>>
>> Hi everyone,
>> First, thanks to all for the welcoming words. I'm looking forward to
>> working with each of you.
>>
>> As for CBW 2013, I also support Liz's idea of the publishing and grant
>> writing workshop. The Computers and Writing Conference offers a similar
>> session as part of the Graduate Research Network, and it's by far the most
>> valuable part of my conference experience there every year. I wonder if we
>> could model their approach and ask folks to bring ideas or research in
>> progress for a mentoring session on publishing.
>>
>> Everything else sounds fantastic for next year!
>> Best,
>> Lynn
>> On Thu, Apr 19, 2012 at 8:31 AM, Susan Naomi Bernstein <
>> susan.naomi at gmail.com> wrote:
>>
>> > Liz and colleagues,
>> >
>> > I write in support of Liz's idea of the publishing and grant writing
>> > workshop. The 4th edition of _Teaching Developmental Writing_ will be
>> > available for Cs 2012 and I can ask Bedford if they would be willing to
>> > provide copies for all attendees. In addition, I would be happy to
>> assist
>> > in facilitating the publishing piece of the writing workshop, if the
>> Board
>> > would be amenable.
>> >
>> > I'm reading the unfolding conversation on next year's CBW Wednesday
>> > gathering with great joy and so much gratitude. Kudos to all for
>> creating
>> > visibility for these critical issues!
>> >
>> > Peace & best,
>> >
>> > Susan
>> >
>> >
>> > On Thu, Apr 19, 2012 at 8:13 AM, J. Elizabeth Clark > wrote:
>> >
>> >> You guys are AMAZING! We are going to have a great year. I've been
>> >> listening to this conversation and I'm excited about the great ideas we
>> >> have here, the ways this is pushing our work ahead, and the ways we are
>> >> thinking of new ideas and new directions. I also particularly
>> appreciate
>> >> Steve and Hannah's careful thoughts about what direction we should go
>> in.
>> >>
>> >>
>> >> Thanks to Shannon for getting our new EB folks on the list. I've added
>> >> Wendy Olsen into the conversation since she and Steve may lead a
>> roundtable
>> >> for us. So, please do continue with "reply all" here so Wendy can see
>> the
>> >> conversation.
>> >>
>> >>
>> >> I'm going to attempt to distill this conversation to move us towards a
>> >> consensus for the program so we can get invitations out to folks. I
>> think
>> >> (?) this is a combination of the ideas we've passed around, spinning
>> off of
>> >> the text that Steve and Cheryl shared with us.
>> >>
>> >>
>> >> I think we've agreed that we want to focus on Basic Writing and Race.
>> >> Great!
>> >>
>> >>
>> >> I think we should approach Victor Villanueva and Malea Powell for
>> >> keynotes to start. Bill, can you contact Victor? Does anyone know
>> Malea?
>> >> If not, I will e-mail her.
>> >>
>> >>
>> >> Steve and Wendy, I'd love to do a roundtable featuring both of you and
>> >> your work on BW and whiteness. Do you want to add in Scott Lyons?
>> People
>> >> were very excited by this! If you are willing to do the roundtable, I
>> >> think it would be a GREAT addition! Who knows Scott personally?
>> >>
>> >>
>> >> In addition to the keynotes, I think we should do the poster session
>> >> again. We don't need to work this out now, it can be a placeholder in
>> the
>> >> program and we can send to the CBW-L list later, as we did last year.
>> That
>> >> worked well, but I want to give it a little more time next year--I
>> think it
>> >> was a little rushed.
>> >>
>> >>
>> >> I would also like to add in a roundtable on publishing and grant
>> writing
>> >> at the end of the day, since that's something we've seen interest in
>> on the
>> >> CBW Facebook page and other forums.
>> >>
>> >> If we do 2 keynotes, 2 roundtables, and an extended poster-session, we
>> >> have a lovely program.
>> >>
>> >>
>> >> What do you think?
>> >>
>> >>
>> >> I have not included, here, Ian Marshall. I'm very open to inviting him,
>> >> but I'm not sure where he would fit in in this formulation.
>> >>
>> >>
>> >> What do you think?
>> >>
>> >>
>> >> Starting Title:
>> >>
>> >> "BW and Race: A Symposium"--not very sexy--any thoughts for making this
>> >> stronger?
>> >>
>> >>
>> >> 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
>> >>
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