**Post-CCCC C-FEST Series**

[Cynthia Haynes <cynthiah@utdallas.edu>]

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                                INVITATION
                        1997 C-FEST MEETING SERIES
                               at LINGUA MOO
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                  "Delivering Ourselves to/in the Academy"
                         
 >>Be part of a C-FEST Event and share in the drafting of our Statement<<

                    In the C-FEST Forum at LINGUA MOO
                  [telnet to: lingua.utdallas.edu 8888]
                                   or
                    [WWW: http://lingua.utdallas.edu]

                  Monday, March 24th, 7pm CST (8pm EST)
                 Wednesday, April 2nd, 7pm CST (8pm EST)
                 Thursday, April 10th, 7pm CST (8pm EST)
                  Tuesday, April 15th, 8pm CST (9pm EST)
                 Thursday, April 24th, 7pm CST (8pm EST)
                    Monday, May 5th, 7pm CST (8pm EST)


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C-FEST was organized last year prior to the 1996 CCCC in Milwaukee to
discuss issues related to conference presentation formats, rhetorical 
delivery, and how technology is changing the way our conferences are
organized, and delivered (among other key topics).

Mick Doherty has proposed some post-CCCC C-FEST meetings on the
topic of developing position statements regarding tenure and promotion 
and professional recognition for those of us who work with technology.  
We are hyper-aware of the various efforts going on now in this area, 
namely, the NCTE and MLA efforts, and Eric Crump's website on 
"Professional Recognition" 
(http://www.missouri.edu/~sevenc/recognition.html).  
What Mick proposes is a coordinated effort in which our communities 
participate in the drafting of some statements for adoption (and support) 
by the ACW by early Fall. There will be ongoing discussions at the C-FEST 
MOO meetings, Eric's hypernews forum, and list discussions on ACW, C-FEST,
and Rhetnet (among others).


Our first meeting on March 24th will be a discussion of how 
this C-FEST series will proceed, laying out the terrain for
future meetings. We need volunteer facilitators for each meeting 
(preferably 2).  Facilitators may specify the agenda for the 
meetings, but ideally the meetings will cover various aspects of 
the joint effort in constructing these statements and coordinating 
efforts.  Watch for reminder notices each week.  To volunteer as a 
facilitator, please email Cynthia Haynes at cynthiah@utdallas.edu.

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Our meetings are informal and productive. In the C-FEST Forum at Lingua
MOO participants may post ideas and suggestions to the C-FEST ideas
board and obtain instructions for subscribing to the C-FEST email
discussion list. We invite everyone to join in these discussions this 
spring and summer. As always, our meetings are recorded and the 
transcripts made available on the Lingua MOO Archive and Resource page, 
or by email (see instructions in the C-FEST Forum at Lingua).

If you need help telnetting to Lingua or help with MOO basic commands,
you can go to our website and view the Lingua MOO Beginner's Guide to
MOOing: URL address: http://lingua.utdallas.edu

or, email Cynthia Haynes at cynthiah@utdallas.edu or Jan Rune Holmevik at
jan.holmevik@hedb.uib.no




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