An Issue of Accountability

[Edward Schreiber]

Hello,
I just again read Tom's and was thinking,
the Journal, with all its problems now of changing ownership,
and the need for writers - is the ARM of the ASGPP, a gift
and benefit to members.

Will you - the Program Committee - support this ARM of our
organization with inclusion.  I don't buy "there's no room".
My suggestion:  make room and hear the call from the Executive
Editors and members.  This is not about ego-leading-workshops-pleading
for space; it's a call for a need we have the Journal is working to  
address.

We need this workshop.



Begin forwarded message:

> From: "T. Treadwell" <ttreadwe at grouptalkweb.org>
> Date: October 10, 2007 11:16:54 PM EDT
> To: list at grouptalkweb.org
> Cc: ttreadwe at mail.med.upenn.edu, Linnea_Carlson- 
> Sabelli at rsh.net.premer, Tianmanhattan at aol.com, @uky.edu
> Subject: 2008 ASGPP Writers Workshop
>
> Writers Workshop Not Accepted --
>
> The executive editors submitted a writers workshop proposal, based  
> on the
> writing model used at the 2007 ASGPP conference, to be presented at  
> the
> 2008 ASGPP conference.  We have heard positive comments on how the
> workshop was received thus we submitted another proposal.
>
> The conference committee informed us that the workshop was not  
> accepted
> due to lack of space.  Last year we developed a writers’ circle  
> made up of
> persons who were interested in helping members write.  The writers’  
> circle
> is made up of professionals who are not part of the executive  
> editorial
> staff.
>
> What is confuses us is writing for one's discipline is critical to  
> keep
> any professionalism in an acceptable light, both practical/applied and
> research.  By not having such a workshop limits us in a big way - we
> cannot talk and discuss with members, writing difficulties and  
> successes,
> and as a result we handicap our membership thus demoting our  
> discipline.
>
> I had one of my workshops accepted yet i would be willing to give that
> slot up for the writers’ workshop.  [I think the writing workshop  
> is more
> important].
>
> However, I would appreciate feedback from the listserv regarding their
> impression of having or not having a writer’s workshop.
>
>
>
> Thomas Treadwell         CompSoc - GraphPlot                
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