Re: Need Feedback:NWCA

[Michael Pemberton <michaelp@uiuc.edu>]

At 01:22 PM 1/8/97 -0600, you wrote:

>Proposal: Next year, at NCTE, we would like to show the professional
>community what it is we DO in writing centers. Therefore, we would like to
>propose that we establish a working writing center at the conference. The
>Conference Writing Center would be located in a booth among the textbook
>vendors and would be staffed by two tutors (that's two of us folks): one
>would be a tutor, the other would be there to field questions about what we
>do (are doing) and to talk about writing center publications which would
>also be featured at the booth. The tutor would work with colleagues on
>anything they are writing or on conference proposals for next year's NCTE. 

>Problem to be solved: We will need volunteers to staff the booth. Therefore,
>we would need firm commitments ahead of time (to the conference, of course!).
>

What a fantastic idea!  You can count on me to help out in whatever capacity
you want/need.

--
Michael A. Pemberton
Assistant Professor, Department of English
Director, Writers' Workshop
University of Illinois, Urbana-Champaign
608 S. Wright St.
Urbana, IL  61801
(217) 333-7014
michaelp@uiuc.edu