Tom's offer
Sylvia Israel
sylvia at imaginecenter.net
Sun Oct 14 14:15:24 CDT 2007
I appreciate Tom's offer. Thank you for your generosity.
I hope to be in touch.
Sylvia Israel, TEP
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> Date: Sun, 14 Oct 2007 08:28:39 -0500 (CDT)
> From: "T. Treadwell" <ttreadwe at grouptalkweb.org>
> Subject: Re: 2008 ASGPP Writers Workshop
> To: edwschreiber at earthlink.net
> Cc: list at grouptalkweb.org
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> Writing for any professional journal causes most, if not all, of us to get
> very anxious. Why - it activiates the 'incompetent or defective' schemas
> we all posess. These negative schemas emerge when we 'think' there is a
> 'threat of rejection'.
>
> My point is that your thinking processes reflect what most professionals
> think - we just do not admit it to the general public.
>
> On another note -- you say you are 'journal phobic' and my hunch is that
> you just might be 'phobic' to rumors that seem to have engulfed the
> journal. The current editors have been working hard dispelling some of
> these 'old beliefs' that keep on emerging.
>
> We can test this though - I am sure you have a manuscript that perhaps you
> might like to submit for publication? Hopefully so, and i would encourage
> you to send it to me -- i'll go over it and make suggestions, if
> necessary, [usually is something that needs adjustment] and that
> 'something' only makes for a better manuscript.
>
> I appreciate your interest in writing and your support in arousing
> interest in writing for the journal. So can i look forward to a
> manuscript from you? Don't worry about what shape it is in - just get it
> to me. You can send it to me either electronically or by snail mail -
> prefer electronic...
>
> ok??/ let me know your thoughts.
>
> tom
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>> Hi,
>> I am going to be selfish here, I don't know any other way I feel drawn to
>> reply other than selfishly.
>> I want to write for the Journal and I am "journal phobic" in some way. I
>> know the reasons, they have to do with my own sense of can I do this for
>> the journal given its recent history of rejecting really great writers and
>> thinkers in our society? I here is the selfish part, John, I feel I want
>> to learn how to write well, for the Journal, and damn it, the Journal
>> needs to flower too, and more writers are needed. So I don't care who
>> does what, John, but I do care that we pull together in the spirit of full
>> inclusion. That said, it would be great to have work done at the
>> conference for writers for our work and our journal. We as a society have
>> a lot to say to the world.
>>
>> Best,
>>
>> Ed
>>
>> -----Original Message-----
>>
>>> From: "T. Treadwell" <ttreadwe at grouptalkweb.org>
>>> Sent: Oct 13, 2007 9:04 AM
>>> To: Midsouthcenter at aol.com
>>> Cc: list at grouptalkweb.org
>>> Subject: Re: 2008 ASGPP Writers Workshop
>>>
>>> Thank you john for taking time to respond to writers workshop. However,
>>> my concern is not with the future of the 'journal' - that is in the hands
>>> of a committee and with Heldref Publishing.
>>>
>>> My concern is helping members write for our journal.
>>>
>>> The workshop you accepted, jackie fowler's, is a good workshop. However,
>>> jackie attended the editor's workshop last year and asked if she could be
>>> helpful - thus we integrated her as a helper in assisting others/members
>>> to write. In brief, i do not think the workshop will meet writing
>>> expectations or needs for a professional journal.
>>>
>>> tomt
>>>
>>> Tom, if part of your concern happens to be having a forum in which to
>>> discuss the future of a "journal" for the Society , then I invite you to
>>> log onto
>>> the Membership Forum of the ASGPP Web , JOC section(Journal Options
>>> Committee)
>>> and enter into dialogue about a future publication. This forum gives us
>>> ample space and time to give the JOC thoughts, concerns and wishes of
>>> the
>>> membership.
>>>
>>>> Tom and Grouptalk readers:
>>>> I am encouraged by the interest expressed in the writing workshop of
>>>> '07.
>>>> The Workshop Proposal Committee was certainly aware of the success of
>>>> that
>>>> workshop last year and we are excited to have selected Jackie Fowler 's
>>>> submission to present a workshop at the 08 conference dealing with
>>>> developing writing
>>>> skills for any type publication. The conference committee hopes this
>>>> workshop
>>>> will experience the same positive reviews as last year. I believe Ms.
>>>> Fowler
>>>> was recommended by you Tom. Her selection serves the goal of inclusion
>>>> and
>>>> diversity that the conference committee believes is important and we
>>>> hope
>>>> satisfies those interested in writing for the new journal of ASGPP or
>>>> any
>>>> other
>>>> publication. I hope that you will sign up for this presentation and
>>>> look
>>>> forward to hearing your response.
>>>> Tom, if part of your concern happens to be having a forum in which to
>>>> discuss the future of a "journal" for the Society , then I invite you
>>>> to
>>>> log onto
>>>> the Membership Forum of the ASGPP Web , JOC section(Journal Options
>>>> Committee)
>>>> and enter into dialogue about a future publication. This forum gives
>>>> us
>>>> ample space and time to give the JOC thoughts, concerns and wishes of
>>>> the
>>>> membership.
>>>> I close by thanking Ann Hale for her comments and reiterate how
>>>> challenging
>>>> it can be to create a conference where all needs are met .
>>>> Peace,
>>>> John Rasberry,M.Ed,LMFT,TEP
>>>> President
>>>> ASGPP
>>>>
>>>>
>>>>
>>>>
>>>>
>>>>
>>>>
>>>> In a message dated 10/10/2007 9:17:10 P.M. Central Standard Time,
>>>> ttreadwe at grouptalkweb.org writes:
>>>>
>>>> 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 Computerized
>>>> Dept. of Psychology \ / Sociometry
>>>> West Chester Univ. __/ \__ Phone-610-436-2723
>>>> West Chester, Pa. ttreadwe at grouptalkweb.org
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