**C-FEST Reminder Notice**

[Cynthia Haynes <cynthiah@metronet.com>]

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                                INVITATION
                        1998 C-FEST MEETING SERIES
                               at LINGUA MOO
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                      Thursday, March 12, 7-8pm CST
                  
                  "Issues in the State of the Profession"
               
          Discussion this week is on "Disciplinary Politics and Rhet/Comp"
                        Facilitated by D.Diane Davis
                    In the C-FEST Forum at LINGUA MOO

                  [telnet to: lingua.utdallas.edu 8888]
                                   or
                    [WWW: http://lingua.utdallas.edu]
                 (Instructions for logging on are below)
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Last week we discussed the CCCC with Cindy Selfe and others, looking at 
ways
the conference can better meet the needs of individuals and the fields we 
all
represent. Cindy has already taken action to forward our ideas to Victor
Villanueva and other CCCC staff. This week we want to discuss how we can
better navigate the turbulent waters of disciplinary politics and raise 
the
image of Rhetoric and Composition and the CCCC itself.

Schedule of future C-FEST meetings:

Wed -- 3/18 -- 7pm CST -- "The Job Search Process" Facilitated by Eric 
Crump 
                          and Michael Day 
Thu -- 3/26 -- 7pm CST
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>From original announcement of C-FEST 1998 Series:

"First, we are calling for an open forum on the "state of the 
profession," namely, in terms of the job market and the unprecedented 
numbers of applicants for unprecedented types of jobs. During this series 
of C-FEST meetings we would like to ponder the state of the academic job 
market, the state of graduate programs, the state of institutional 
budgets, and the state of our professional organizations (CCCC, NCTE, 
MLA, NWCA). Second, in order to make our meetings as productive as 
possible, we would like to address these issues in the form of 
resolutions by the end of this series. Our goals are for C-FEST 
resolutions to become policy, to form networks, to find bridges between 
academic jobs and the private sector, to found clearinghouses for 
positions, to address the problems of academic couples, and all to better 
serve our graduate students and each other."

Here's how to get to Lingua MOO:

1.  Telnet to:  Lingua.utdallas.edu 8888
2.  Log on as a guest if you do not have a character at Lingua.
        (at Lingua welcome screen type: connect guest firstname)
3.  Type '@go C-FEST' to get to the forum room.
4.  Read the instructions in the room description about where to sit and 
how
    to talk. There are 2 couches to sit on. You may talk at your couch 
and only those on                         that couch may hear you, or if 
you wish to address the entire group, type SU (for
    'speak up') and your text.
5.  To quit the MOO, type @quit.

As in the past, we need volunteers (2 per meeting) to facilitate the 
discussions. If you would like to volunteer for any of the, please 
contact Cynthia at 'cynthiah@utdallas.edu'. Otherwise, all YOU have to do 
is show up and enter the discussions! Each C-FEST meeting will be 
recorded and archived at Lingua MOO in the C-FEST Forum.

Cheers,

Cynthia and Jan



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