<div>Kathleen,</div>
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<div>I'll contriubute for you (to both causes) and will definitely take you up on that promise of a meal next year. CCCC will be in Atlanta.</div>
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<div>Rebecca<br><br></div>
<div class="gmail_quote">On Sun, Mar 14, 2010 at 1:38 PM, <span dir="ltr"><<a href="mailto:kbaca@nmsu.edu">kbaca@nmsu.edu</a>></span> wrote:<br>
<blockquote style="BORDER-LEFT: #ccc 1px solid; MARGIN: 0px 0px 0px 0.8ex; PADDING-LEFT: 1ex" class="gmail_quote">I would like to contribute, too, but will not be there. Also, didn't we agree to<br>share the cost of the buttons? Please let me know to whom I should send a check<br>
or two checks, and other pertinent info. If one of you wants to just put in my<br>share for each and have me send you a check or buy you a meal next time around<br>(where is it next year), that's fine, too. I will miss you all. kb<br>
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<div class="h5"><br>----- Original Message -----<br>From: Rebecca Mlynarczyk <<a href="mailto:rebecca.mlynarczyk@gmail.com">rebecca.mlynarczyk@gmail.com</a>><br>Date: Sunday, March 14, 2010 9:53 am<br>Subject: Re: [CBW_Exec] Something to consider before our meeting in Louisville<br>
To: Conference of Basic Writing Executive Board <<a href="mailto:cbw_exec@tamu-commerce.edu">cbw_exec@tamu-commerce.edu</a>><br><br>> That's a very nice idea, Marcia. I'll ask the board's<br>> advice/approval on<br>
> this idea and will be glad to pass the hat at the SIG if everyone<br>> agrees.<br>> Rebecca<br>><br>> On Sat, Mar 13, 2010 at 7:24 PM, Ribble, Marcia (ribbleml) <<br>> <a href="mailto:ribbleml@ucmail.uc.edu">ribbleml@ucmail.uc.edu</a>> wrote:<br>
><br>> > Rebecca,<br>> ><br>> > Making sure that all the years of hard work invested in JBW remain<br>> > available online is a project<br>> > most of us would gladly contribute to. Could we pass the hat at<br>
> the SIG?<br>> > Or designate a place/<br>> > person to whom contributions could be sent? Would you be willing<br>> to accept<br>> > the responsibility<br>> > of collecting the money, given that you seen to be connected with<br>
> all the<br>> > main players, Rebecca?<br>> ><br>> > Marcia<br>> > ------------------------------<br>> > *From:* <a href="mailto:cbw_exec-bounces@tamu-commerce.edu">cbw_exec-bounces@tamu-commerce.edu</a> [<br>
> > <a href="mailto:cbw_exec-bounces@tamu-commerce.edu">cbw_exec-bounces@tamu-commerce.edu</a>] On Behalf Of Rebecca<br>> Mlynarczyk [<br>> > <a href="mailto:rebecca.mlynarczyk@gmail.com">rebecca.mlynarczyk@gmail.com</a>]<br>
> > *Sent:* Saturday, March 13, 2010 8:21 AM<br>> > *To:* Conference of Basic Writing Executive Board<br>> > *Cc:* <a href="mailto:HopeKCC@aol.com">HopeKCC@aol.com</a><br>> > *Subject:* [CBW_Exec] Something to consider before our meeting in<br>
> > Louisville<br>> ><br>> > Dear Board Members,<br>> ><br>> > Thank you all for your good wishes on the e-publication of *Basic<br>> Writing*by George Otte and me. It's exciting to see the work of<br>
> many years available<br>> > at last. We are so pleased that the book is available free to<br>> anyone who<br>> > wants to read part or all of it.<br>> ><br>> > Meanwhile, I'm writing to ask you to consider another<br>
> longstanding project<br>> > related to basic writing. For several years, we've been trying to<br>> make all<br>> > the past issues of the *Journal of Basic Writing* available<br>> online, open<br>
> > access, but we need a small amount of money to hire a tech person<br>> to get<br>> > this to actually happen. At the moment, here's where we stand: Mike<br>> > Palmquist of the WAC Clearinghouse has enthusiastically agreed to<br>
> host the<br>> > archive on their site. A librarian at our college has carefully<br>> scanned most<br>> > of these issue into searchable PDFs. But we need to hire a tech<br>> person here<br>> > in NYC to work with the Clearinghouse to get this archive up and<br>
> running. I<br>> > think our wonderful editorial assistant Corey Frost would be able<br>> to do this<br>> > in the spring or summer for about $1,000. I don't know what the<br>> financial> situation of CBW is at the moment, but even a partial<br>
> contribution to this<br>> > end (which would of course be acknowledged on the website) would<br>> be a great<br>> > help.<br>> ><br>> > If I recall correctly, Greg is the treasurer, and I'm not sure<br>
> that Greg<br>> > will be able to attend the meeting. But Greg, if you could find a<br>> way to let<br>> > us know the status of the treasury, that would be helpful.<br>> ><br>> > A historical footnote: now that we have changed printers, there<br>
> are no more<br>> > stored copies of previous issues, so if we don't manage to host<br>> these issues<br>> > online, some of them will really be lost; there will be no way for<br>> > composition scholars to access them in the future.<br>
> ><br>> > I know how busy you are all, getting ready to leave for<br>> Louisville. But<br>> > Shannon thought it would be good to touch base with you before<br>> the exec<br>> > board meeting. Any comments or suggestions would be welcome, and<br>
> then> perhaps we won't have to spend as much time discussing this<br>> at the meeting.<br>> ><br>> > All the best,<br>> ><br>> > Rebecca<br>> ><br>> > Rebecca<br>> ><br>
> ><br>> > _______________________________________________<br>> > CBW_Exec mailing list<br>> > <a href="mailto:CBW_Exec@tamu-commerce.edu">CBW_Exec@tamu-commerce.edu</a><br>> > <a href="http://mailman.tamu-commerce.edu/mailman/listinfo/cbw_exec" target="_blank">http://mailman.tamu-commerce.edu/mailman/listinfo/cbw_exec</a><br>
> ><br>> ><br>><br><br></div></div>Kathleen Baca<br>English and Communication Dept.<br>Doña Ana Community College<br>MSC 3DA, PO Box 30001<br>Las Cruces, NM 88003<br>575-527-7626<br>
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