>-----Original Message-----
>From: Shannon Carter
>Sent: Tuesday, August 12, 2008 8:38 AM
>To: Dominic Francis DelliCarpini; Becky L. Caouette; Cella, Laurie;
>Stephanie Roach; Glenn Blalock
>Cc: Mary Goldschmidt; Donna Dunbar-Odom; Greg Mitchell
>Subject: RE: NCoW Planning (NCTE and web interface)
>
>One more name--Donna Dunbar-Odom (am I right, Donna? I have slept since
>then, so I could be wrong).
>
>And I'm cc-ing Greg Mitchell on this one. I've not heard back from him,
>but he may not be in town (he's a very active conference goer/presenter)
>Just in case.
>
>I'll get into the system and get signed up. Or I may already be a
>member.
>
>And ditto to what Dominic said: Please do SIGN ON if you think you
>might be able to come but really don't know yet. If your name is listed
>in the program but it turns out you can get to Texas after all, no
>problem. We'll just make those adjustments when the time comes. You'll
>be missed, but it'll be just fine.
>
>Thanks, Dominic! Looking good!
>
>--Shannon
>
>Shannon Carter
>Associate Professor of English
>Texas A&M-Commerce
>shannon_carter@tamu-commerce.edu
>http://faculty.tamu-commerce.edu/scarter/
>903-886-5492
>
>
>
>-----Original Message-----
>From: Dominic Francis DelliCarpini [mailto:dcarpini@ycp.edu]
>Sent: Tue 8/12/2008 8:15 AM
>To: Shannon Carter; Becky L. Caouette; Cella, Laurie; Stephanie Roach;
>Glenn Blalock
>Cc: Mary Goldschmidt; Donna Dunbar-Odom
>Subject: RE: NCoW Planning (NCTE and web interface)
>
>O.K., the NWP proposal will be done by today or tomorrow. Here's what I
>need to know and for you to do: 1) So far, I will list myself, Shannon,
>Glenn, and Greg Mitchell as presenters. Does anyone else want to be
>listed (WITH THE UNDERSTANDING that you may not be able to come if you
>don't get funding from your institution. If there is a CHANCE, say yes
>and if you can't come, we'll be fine). 2) Could all of you go to the
>NWP site and fill out a profile to join (it's free and doesn't take
>long). It is REQUIRED to be listed on the program, but I also think it
>would be good for us all to be members, since they're partnering with
>us. More soon on the really cool ideas that are going back and forth on
>mission--keep at it, I'm listening and liking. I'm just a little nuts
>now with beginning of semester junk. Cheers, Dominic
>Dominic F. DelliCarpini
>Associate Professor of English
>Writing Program Administrator
>York College of Pennsylvania
>717-815-1303
>dcarpini@ycp.edu
>homepage: http://dragon.ycp.edu/~dcarpini
>Writing Program Homepage: http://depts.ycp.edu/writing/
>
>
>---- Original message ----
>>Date: Sun, 10 Aug 2008 22:56:03 -0500
>>From: "Shannon Carter"
>>Subject: RE: NCoW Planning (NCTE and web interface)
>>To: "Dominic Francis DelliCarpini"
>Caouette"
>
>Blalock"
>>Cc: "Mary Goldschmidt"
>
>>
>> Hi, Dominic--
>>
>> I had a chance to take a second, closer look at the
>> attached proposal and I think it looks terrific.
>> It's interactive, accessible, and says what it sems
>> we should really be doing with this group. I'll go
>> with whatever you guys think, but I think it is
>> ready to go.
>>
>> I've not contacted Greg Mitchell about serving as a
>> facilitator (our library director, who will be
>> presenting with us at the NCTE session that next
>> hour), but I'll do that now. I suspect he'd love to
>> be included.
>>
>> More on that front soon.
>>
>> Thanks again,
>> Shannon
>>
>> Shannon Carter
>> Associate Professor of English
>> Texas A&M-Commerce
>> shannon_carter@tamu-commerce.edu
>> http://faculty.tamu-commerce.edu/scarter/
>> 903-886-5492
>>
>> -----Original Message-----
>> From: Dominic Francis DelliCarpini
>> [mailto:dcarpini@ycp.edu]
>> Sent: Thu 8/7/2008 9:51 AM
>> To: Becky L. Caouette; 'Cella, Laurie'; Shannon
>> Carter; 'Stephanie Roach'; 'Glenn Blalock'
>> Cc: 'Mary Goldschmidt'; Donna Dunbar-Odom
>> Subject: RE: NCoW Planning (NCTE and web interface)
>>
>> Hi, again, all. As I noted in my last message, the
>> National Writing Project has invited us to sponsor a
>> workshop at their conference, which is held in San
>> Antonio in conjunction with NCTE (Nov 20, 21). I've
>> taken a crack at writing the title and session
>> description for this session, which will be like the
>> WPA session except I'd like to allow much more time
>> for interactivity. 1) See what you think of this
>> draft of the description and 2) let me know if you
>> have some interested in being a facilitator for the
>> session; I know that funding is uncertain for most
>> of us, but as I see it, if you think you may want to
>> come, I can list you on the proposal as facilitators
>> (as that might help get institutional funding), and
>> if it doesn't come through, you can simply not come.
>> I am also still hoping we can get some space in the
>> exhibit hall to promote NCoW, if we can work up some
>> copies of the video(s) and some promo materials.
>> Does that seem reasonable to you all? Anyway, let me
>> know what you think--honestly. Cheers, Dominic
>> Dominic F. DelliCarpini
>> Associate Professor of English
>> Writing Program Administrator
>> York College of Pennsylvania
>> 717-815-1303
>> dcarpini@ycp.edu
>> homepage: http://dragon.ycp.edu/~dcarpini
>> Writing Program Homepage:
>> http://depts.ycp.edu/writing/
>>
>> ---- Original message ----
>> >Date: Wed, 6 Aug 2008 10:43:31 -0400
>> >From: "Becky L. Caouette"
>>
>> >Subject: RE: NCoW Planning (NCTE and web
>> interface)
>> >To: "'Cella, Laurie'"
>> Carter'"
>>
>> DelliCarpini'"
>> Roach'"
>>
>> >Cc: "'Mary Goldschmidt'"
>>
>>
>> >
>> > Hi All-
>> >
>> >
>> >
>> > Fresh from an extended vacation in Rocky
>> Mountain
>> > National Park (the mountains are even better up
>> > close) and on a hiatus from folding onesies for
>> the
>> > impending new addition, I thought I would chime
>> in
>> > here.........
>> >
>> >
>> >
>> > 1. Icould scrounge together some funding for
>> this
>> > fall to go to NCTE, but realistically, a
>> soiree
>> > in PA might be more up my alley. Dominic,
>> do
>> > you want us to check airfare, etc., and get
>> back
>> > to you? Or would the money that WPA can get
>> > together be better spent on a publicity
>> > campaign? I don't mean to make us choose an
>> > either/or scenario (I too benefited from the
>> > energy of the group meeting on Sunday
>> morning,
>> > and tend to be more involved when I can see
>> > people face to face and be accountable to
>> others
>> > that way). But look at the beautiful job
>> those
>> > early flyers and calendars did to motivate
>> > several of us, and I think we're on to
>> > something.
>> > 2. My interest in this project, I will confess,
>> is
>> > to get the public to realize the work we do
>> in
>> > the academy, that, as Laurie lauded, the
>> > "Everyone is a Writer" component (I just had
>> to
>> > listen to my husband's grandfather tell me
>> how
>> > crappy kids are writing nowadays, and I
>> STILL
>> > haven't thought of an appropriate response
>> to
>> > that). While we need to continue to get
>> this
>> > message to schools, K through college, I
>> also
>> > think we have a vital organization that is
>> > already committed to our cause and has
>> resources
>> > in place: the NWP. We really need to tap
>> into
>> > this resource. They send fellows into
>> schools
>> > and classrooms all the time to talk about
>> > writing with teachers and students, as well
>> as
>> > hold institutes, seminars, workshops and
>> > celebrations of their own. While I don't
>> > suggest we shove the K-12 part of this
>> project
>> > in their laps, I also think there's no need
>> to
>> > reinvent the wheel. I would be more than
>> happy
>> > to start a conversation with our NWP
>> Director at
>> > Storrs to see how we can work together.
>> While I
>> > realize that the looming date of NCTE makes
>> > conversation about writing in schools
>> paramount,
>> > I think we also need to remember the scope
>> of
>> > this project. A multi-pronged campaign,
>> rather
>> > than starting in schools and fanning out to
>> the
>> > public, eventually, makes the most sense to
>> me.
>> > 3. Back to the publicity. My interest in
>> community
>> > outreach is fledgling, but I think publicity
>> in
>> > local libraries, community centers, etc.
>> might
>> > be a way to reach the public better. So,
>> let's
>> > return to Dominic's list of activities that
>> need
>> > to be done, and start with those. First,
>> via
>> > email, we need "to conceptualize in
>> economical
>> > language a definition of the project and its
>> > goals, as well as `ways to get involved'"
>> that
>> > builds on the revisions of Shannon. Can we
>> > start there? I think Laurie's question
>> about
>> > how we want to talk about writing, what we
>> want
>> > to say, might help with the framing.
>> > 4. Finally, I'm already planning a video
>> component
>> > of my course this fall that will invite
>> students
>> > to speak about what they learned as they
>> > researched the kinds of writing that gets
>> done
>> > in career of their choosing. We'll see how
>> that
>> > goes, but I don't think it will be ready for
>> > NCTE.
>> >
>> >
>> >
>> > Long-winded? Me? Never. Thanks for your
>> patience.
>> >
>> >
>> >
>> > Becky
>> >
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